Understanding & Mastering Water Cooling @ Tech ARP

Vikingod · Feb 7, 2007, 12:07 PM

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So, you're getting tired of your processor's and graphics card's stock coolers and you start thinking, "What next can I try?". The answer is simple - get an after-market replacement cooler! But which one, you may wonder.

The most common option is to get an air cooler. Air coolers are cheaper and easier to install, but their performance will suffer as dust accumulates, necessitating periodical cleanings. Noise from their fan can also be a really big problem, especially if you are looking for cutting-edge performance which is only possible with insanely fast (and noisy) fans.

Lelisevis · Feb 7, 2007, 08:25 PM

"Ah haaa" you may say, "Then I should just get those ready-made water-cooler kits by [COLOR=Black]companies[/COLOR] like Coolermaster and Thermaltake, right?"

Bad idea, my friend. Those kits were designed based on rather poor fluid engineering principles, which I will explain later in this article. Therefore, they are the worst kits you can buy. High-performance air coolers beat them both in price and performance.

One page later: Beware of blocks made and sold by Thermaltake and Coolermaster. They are poorly designed. For example, the base plate is thick and it has poorly designed water channels. They also use rather small barbs with a diameter of only 1/4".

Thats a direct quote from that article on watercooling. Anyone see what was advertised directly below? Yup you got it the very same coolermaster and thermaltake products they dissed inches above.

Way to handle the advertising guys

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**dj_stick** · Feb 7, 2007, 11:06 PM

those price finder ads are generally independent of the website, the algorithm reads the page, finds a related product listed there, and finds prices

OldBuzzard · Feb 8, 2007, 01:23 AM

So, 1/4" is bad, and so is low flow rate.

HMMMM, I guess that he's never heard of Koolance, especially he conviently managed to overlook them.

Maybe because that an off-the-shelf Koolance system will just as well if not better than anything that he can put together.

My EXOS is ALL 1/4"/low flow, and it was designed to be efficent using those paramaters.

I'd like to see his 'home brewed system compared to a Koolance EXOS system.

Feb 7, 2007, 12:07 PM	#1
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,162 Rep Power: 94 System Specs	Understanding & Mastering Water Cooling @ Tech ARP Source: Tech ARP ____________ So, you're getting tired of your processor's and graphics card's stock coolers and you start thinking, "What next can I try?". The answer is simple - get an after-market replacement cooler! But which one, you may wonder. The most common option is to get an air cooler. Air coolers are cheaper and easier to install, but their performance will suffer as dust accumulates, necessitating periodical cleanings. Noise from their fan can also be a really big problem, especially if you are looking for cutting-edge performance which is only possible with insanely fast (and noisy) fans. __________________ *How You Can Help DriverHeaven By Using Digg*

Feb 7, 2007, 08:25 PM	#2
Lelisevis Howlin at the moon Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,663 Rep Power: 0	"Ah haaa" you may say, "Then I should just get those ready-made water-cooler kits by [COLOR=Black]companies[/COLOR] like Coolermaster and Thermaltake, right?" Bad idea, my friend. Those kits were designed based on rather poor fluid engineering principles, which I will explain later in this article. Therefore, they are the worst kits you can buy. High-performance air coolers beat them both in price and performance. One page later: Beware of blocks made and sold by Thermaltake and Coolermaster. They are poorly designed. For example, the base plate is thick and it has poorly designed water channels. They also use rather small barbs with a diameter of only 1/4". Thats a direct quote from that article on watercooling. Anyone see what was advertised directly below? Yup you got it the very same coolermaster and thermaltake products they dissed inches above. Way to handle the advertising guys.

Feb 8, 2007, 01:23 AM	#4
OldBuzzard DH's oldest Geek? Join Date: May 2003 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 2,362 Rep Power: 94 System Specs	So, 1/4" is bad, and so is low flow rate. HMMMM, I guess that he's never heard of Koolance, especially he conviently managed to overlook them. Maybe because that an off-the-shelf Koolance system will just as well if not better than anything that he can put together. My EXOS is ALL 1/4"/low flow, and it was designed to be efficent using those paramaters. I'd like to see his 'home brewed system compared to a Koolance EXOS system. __________________ When looking for a reason as to why things go wrong, never rule out sheer STUPIDITY