Innovatek Cooling

[Btrigg]

I went with thg's recommendation in watercooling, and I would like to know where the condensation limit is. I have a 2200+, and have no idea where to aim for, as far as temp I think I'm fine, I have a better radiator/pump then what they used in their 3rd vid, but they said they got condensation from the 2.2 p4 after 3100, doing the math for how much % ocing that is, I should be able to get the 1.803 ghz 2200+ to about 2.5 ghz, although I'm sort of running the hot thoroughbred version. Is there a general rule of how high you can go before condensation becomes an issue?

Also, what's the best way to add probes to your computer. I'm a newbie at watercooling, and figured I can only learn so much from online reviews, and I had just make the jump and buy the stuff and see if I can get it to work. Right now I have a builtin temp reader on my mobo for the cpu, but would like to put one on my gpu and one on my chipset, I have an lcd screen thing that reads temps, I just have to get the info to the lcd somehow, is there like a pci card that lets you measure temps?

 

[Crashman]

Condensation is not normally an issue with standard water cooling, as the water is (at best) room temperature, so no condensation occurs. Condensation only happens when a component is cooler than the surrounding air.

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[Btrigg]

That's what I figured, but after the 3rd thg vid, it says towards the end that they had condensation if they oced too far. How do I interpret that?

 

[Crashman]

I believe you're refering to a refrigerated system, with the coolant below ambient, which works off the principle of evaporation. Yes, those cause condensation, but water cooling doesn't.

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[svol]

Well it could be that they mean that they got a little condensation inside the tubes when the water evaporates a little (this also happens on 20 C room temp... but very slow). If all tubes are closed then the water can't escape and will drip back once it condensates.

You can only get condensation on your components if you bring them below ambient with peltier of phase-change cooling.

My dual-PSU PC is so powerfull that the neighbourhood dimms when I turn it on 😱