overclocking and liquid cooling

[McDaddy]

does any one have any opnions on overclocking, water cooling, and case moding.

[RedXO]

How do you liquid cool a computer?

[joey]

Basically, watercooling works by using a waterblock instead of a standard heatsink with air forced into it to keep it cool.

Watercooling is a little more expensive than using a standard heatsink, but the results will almost always make it worth it.

Water dissipates heat faster than air does, so water is contantly pumped in an order usually similar to this, through tubing and other things.

Completely enclosed to make sure that no water leaks out and sprays all over your system (although you can buy non-conductive liquids to use instead of water, with practically no performance break at all) The water is stored in a resevoir, which usually also contains the pump, and is pumped into a radiator, just like a car. Fans are placed over the radiator to dissipate the heat from it, and it is then pumped into your waterblock. A waterblock is like a normal heatsink, only it has 2 connectors on the ends for the tubing to go into. The water is pumped into one side, and usually snakes through the inside of the waterblock to keep your CPU cool, then is pumped back into the resevoir. There are tons of addons and different things you can do with watercooling to make sure that there are no leaks, such as a pressure gauge, etc.

[allabout42]

Watercooling has many advantages, but the maintance can be a hassle at times... One you have to make sure that there is no leakage. A leakage could lead to a major problem. Second you need to flush and change the water every so often and that could be a bit of a hassle.

But, all in all, the risk(s) are well worth the reward in the end IMO.

[joey]

Yeah, if you don't clean out your water (and you should use distilled water to begin with,) you'll start to get alge... keep it to the pools

I prefer to use non-conductive liquids available from any PC store.