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Originally Posted by Kloef
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Well you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink.
Yes; a junkyard heater core. A heater core is a tiny radiator, no more - no less. But a heck of a lot cheaper & thousands of water cooling users around the globe are running them as we speak. If you're twitchy or lack the ability to pressure test it with a water hose then go to an auto parts store & buy a NEW one....still cheaper than a purpose built one for a P/C.
The reason you use distilled water is because it doesn't conduct electricity like regular water will & it's not nearly as corrosive - the water wetter I suggested is to negate galvanic corrosion.
Five degrees of cooling is just an arbitrary number btw; I get much more than that.
As far as water cooling for looks? I think you have water cooling mixed up with all those fans, mine is totally 100% contained in the case! No fancy windows or spinning led's.
Edit: BTW my P/C's been water cooled as I mentioned for two years now without a hiccup, without a leak, without a change of coolant. Not sure why everyone is scared of what they don't understand but I'm living proof it's easy, it's reliable, it's the best performing cooling solution there is & it can be done affordably with a little leg work.
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I know what a heater core is,but i mean i wouldnt put some cheap,trow-away part in my pc,i'd rather spend some more and get the good stuff,hey but thats me...in the end most watercooled systems have a radiator thats cooled with........fans..:rotfl:
And yes there are people that buy it for looks,just as with cooling fans,just a matter of taste and what you like i guess..
Then i was going to write something about the cow and the scared of what they dont uderstand stuff,but i use to own a watercooled pc,so i leave it at that...keeping Webster's quote in mind |
My point stands you aren't accurately describing watercooling or it's parts & implementation & are giving out information from a "scared of liquid in my P/C" viewpoint. Especially stuff like this......
Air cooled systems need more than the one or two fans needed by a watercooled system; which by the way can be set on low RPM by a fan controller where air cooled systems can't without suffering heat soak. If you were speaking from a neutral viewpoint you'd mention facts like the four or even more fans that water cooling negates etc. I've read plenty of fear mongering about water cooling & the truth is it can be affordable & can't be beaten by any air cooling option out there. You fail to give any logic for the fear you're imparting, heater core....not some "
cheap throw-away part" but rather identical in form & function to the P/C radiators & at 1/15th the cost. Water inside a P/C, corrosion, cost etc. are all stock, off the shelf bullet points for people who fear water cooling. Would I say it's over-kill to put water cooling on an average system? I'd say yes without hesitation; but that's not the question & I'll leave it at that.