Watercooling

scobywhru · May 17, 2003, 07:54 AM

I'm just wondering how many people actually use watercooling or a none Air Cooler, any tips they might have, not that I don't have a few of my own, but if they have any tips to make 'um work better.

One good tip that will help when first setting up a watercooling system that I know of is always place the reservoir or fill tube on the inlet to the pump... Really helps with filling the System I tried it the other way so i could hide inlet tube and MAN was that a Pain in the butt

Also make sure you don't twist the tubing when putting it on the barbed fitting ESPECIALLY when they are the Cheap plastic ones... almost ruined my motherboard and Radeon 9700 in one foul swoop when the fitting backed out and started leaking in my computer and no I won't take out the watercooling it is so nice to have a quiet computer AND performance

**MIG-31** · May 17, 2003, 08:23 AM

would'nt trust watercooling myself,for as u described in last paragraph,it would be a expensive f***up,in the future if a pipe splits while in opperation!!!!

scobywhru · May 17, 2003, 08:29 AM

IF its not leaking within the first 24hrs Its not going to leak, that why you leave it outside the case to test, unfortunatly I never caught this problem to begin with and I was always messing with the tubing and putting strain on the connector and so it backed out and was leaking for weeks before I found it

~~craig588~~ · May 17, 2003, 01:35 PM

I tested my set-up for a week in a pentium 1, just to be sure I wouldn't kill my real components. Mine is home made, so I can't give you good ideas on what stuff to buy, but if you want to make your own I can give you some tips.

May 17, 2003, 07:54 AM	#1
scobywhru DriverHeaven Senile Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Penthouse Basement Posts: 619 Rep Power: 0	Watercooling I'm just wondering how many people actually use watercooling or a none Air Cooler, any tips they might have, not that I don't have a few of my own, but if they have any tips to make 'um work better. One good tip that will help when first setting up a watercooling system that I know of is always place the reservoir or fill tube on the inlet to the pump... Really helps with filling the System I tried it the other way so i could hide inlet tube and MAN was that a Pain in the butt Also make sure you don't twist the tubing when putting it on the barbed fitting ESPECIALLY when they are the Cheap plastic ones... almost ruined my motherboard and Radeon 9700 in one foul swoop when the fitting backed out and started leaking in my computer and no I won't take out the watercooling it is so nice to have a quiet computer AND performance __________________

May 17, 2003, 08:23 AM	#2
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,821 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	would'nt trust watercooling myself,for as u described in last paragraph,it would be a expensive f*up,in the future if a pipe splits while in opperation!!!! __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here**

May 17, 2003, 08:29 AM	Thread Starter #3
scobywhru DriverHeaven Senile Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Penthouse Basement Posts: 619 Rep Power: 0	IF its not leaking within the first 24hrs Its not going to leak, that why you leave it outside the case to test, unfortunatly I never caught this problem to begin with and I was always messing with the tubing and putting strain on the connector and so it backed out and was leaking for weeks before I found it __________________

May 17, 2003, 01:35 PM	#4
~~craig588~~ Banned Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: In clothing Posts: 3,510 Rep Power: 0	I tested my set-up for a week in a pentium 1, just to be sure I wouldn't kill my real components. Mine is home made, so I can't give you good ideas on what stuff to buy, but if you want to make your own I can give you some tips.