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Types of Water blocks
there are many types of water cooled blocks. some are useful and some are not. i will list all the water block types that i know of.
CPU / Processor
This is what a CPU water block looks like
this is what it cools.
and here is it installed.
GPU / Video Card
There are two types of blocks for GPU, a full card block or just the processor. full water blocks have better cooling since everything on the card that produces heat is cooled by water. the draw back they have is they are pricey and can only be used for that video card. water blocks that only cool the processor do a good job but you have to add ram sinks to keep the on board ram cool.
Full Block
This block is for a 8800GTX.
this is what it cools.
This is the water block installed.
Processor only
This block is for a 8800GTX.
this is what it cools.
This is the water block installed with ramsinks.
Chipset
this is for the Chipset on motherboards.
which cool these, you can get north bridge and south bridge coolers.
This is the water block installed.
RAM / Memory
this particular water cooler uses a bag to cool the ram.
This is what it cools.
This is the water block installed.
Voltage Regualtor
This water block cools the voltage regulators which can heat up a lot when overclocking.
which cool little chips that look like this.
This is the water block installed.
Hard Drive
This particular hard drive cooler again uses a bag stlye cooler.
This is what it cools.
This is the water block installed.
Power Supply
water cooled power supplies are rare to say the least. this one can be added to a cool loop.
and this one has its own self contained water cooling loop.
Motherboard
this is very rare and i have never seen one used. it uses the bag style of cooling and is placed behind the motherbaord to help cool and prolong the life of the motherboard.
this concludes my basic water cooling tutorial, thanks for reading and any comments/suggestions are welcome and appreciated. please feel free to pm me if you want anything added.
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Very nice work ^_^, maybe next work on a tutorial on how to hook it all up?
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carefully?! haha i will add that to this some time this week its a good idea so +rep. though i'm not sure how good it will be since i've never done water cooling. i will look into it.
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Maybe some info about rad/fan mounts (spacer or whatever it is). A run-through of the physics of how and why WC works, reason for distilled water and consequences of using tap water, why it's best to mount the res above all the other parts, why you don't want to mix metal types in the loop, pci power controller cards, use of peltier with WC rigs and danger of condensation, single vs dual pass rads, different tubing material (advantages and disadvantages of each), typical tube inner and outer diameters, dual vs single pump systems (why they need be serial vs parallel, etc...
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Maybe some info about rad/fan mounts (spacer or whatever it is). A run-through of the physics of how and why WC works, reason for distilled water and consequences of using tap water, why it's best to mount the res above all the other parts, why you don't want to mix metal types in the loop, pci power controller cards, use of peltier with WC rigs and danger of condensation, single vs dual pass rads, different tubing material (advantages and disadvantages of each), typical tube inner and outer diameters, dual vs single pump systems (why they need be serial vs parallel, etc...
ok so i knocked off a couple of those suggestions. but not all, some are out of my league so i will have to do some more research until i can safely add it without misleading people.
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Could you maybe post what you use/recommend?
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i've never done water cooling before just a bunch of reading on it and felt i knew enough to advise others on the basics. once i get my gaming rig built 2000 left to go i might get water cooling and if i do this is what i will be getting.
5 x $16.95 = $84.75 Panaflo H1 High Performance 120mm Fan Sleeved
10' x $1.49 = $13.90 ClearFlex 60 Tubing 1/2" ID 3/4" OD
1 x $1.99 = $1.99 Swiftech HydrX Coolant
1 x $79.95 = $79.95 Swiftech MCP655™ 12 VDC Pump
1 x $42.95 = $42.95 Swiftech Radiator - MCR220 Quiet Power Series Dual 120 mm - Black
1 x $28.95 = $28.95 Swiftech Radiator - MCR120 Quiet Power Series 120mm Heat Exchanger - Black
1 x $109.99 = $109.99 Swiftech STEALTH GeForceŽ 8800 series VGA Water-block
1 x $69.95 = $69.95 Swiftech APOGEE GTX Extreme Performance Universal Water-block
1 x $19.99 = $19.99 Swiftech MCRES-MICRO™ Reservoir
sub total = $452.42
as you can tell i really like swiftech :)
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Geez.... thats alot of cash to just put into water cooling. Id like to find a kit for around like $200... because $452 is just too much :/
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if you just want to water cool the cpu for a first time here is a 200 kit. its hard to get low prices with cooling all that you want to, i picked pretty high end parts though.
here is a kit to cool just the cpu for 179.
here is a kit that will cool cpu, gpu, and 1 chipset for 350.