Liquid cooler frozen during Winter ?

[skpatel71]

Hey recently i upgraded to liquid cooling and where i live in winters the temperature goes down to -20c min and -10c max for like 1 week and during that time everything freezes and for 5 months temperature stays in - , should i worry that my water cooler will freeze and i will not able to use my pc.

 

[USAFRet]

Hey recently i upgraded to liquid cooling and where i live in winters the temperature goes down to -20c min and -10c max for like 1 week and during that time everything freezes and for 5 months temperature stays in - , should i worry that my water cooler will freeze and i will not able to use my pc.

Your PC is in the same living space as you are, correct?

Unless it is in a walk-in freezer, or if it is outside during the winter...it is fine.

 

[skpatel71]

Hey recently i upgraded to liquid cooling and where i live in winters the temperature goes down to -20c min and -10c max for like 1 week and during that time everything freezes and for 5 months temperature stays in - , should i worry that my water cooler will freeze and i will not able to use my pc.

Your PC is in the same living space as you are, correct?

Unless it is in a walk-in freezer, or if it is outside during the winter...it is fine.

thats the problem , my house is 4bhk and heater is only in the main bedroom and my pc is in last room which gets
super cold during night its like my pc is outside

 

[USAFRet]

Unless it is in a walk-in freezer, or if it is outside during the winter...it is fine.

thats the problem , my house is 4bhk and heater is only in the main bedroom and my pc is in last room which gets
super cold during night its like my pc is outside[/quotemsg]

If you were to leave a glass of water on the desk next to your PC, would it freeze solid?

 

[skpatel71]

Unless it is in a walk-in freezer, or if it is outside during the winter...it is fine.

thats the problem , my house is 4bhk and heater is only in the main bedroom and my pc is in last room which gets
super cold during night its like my pc is outside

If you were to leave a glass of water on the desk next to your PC, would it freeze solid?[/quotemsg]

did not tried that ever , but all the water in water pipes freezes

 

[USAFRet]

did not tried that ever , but all the water in water pipes freezes

Temperature inside the walls where the pipes are is different than the ambient temperature inside the room.
If a glass of water would freeze, than so might your liquid cooling situation.

Solution?
Leave the PC on all the time.

 

[skpatel71]

did not tried that ever , but all the water in water pipes freezes

Temperature inside the walls where the pipes are is different than the ambient temperature inside the room.
If a glass of water would freeze, than so might your liquid cooling situation.

Solution?
Leave the PC on all the time.

i think i wil have to wait till winters , if it freezes i will try to boot pc , it might melt from cpu heat and probably my pc will work fine , lets wait and see

 

[USAFRet]

i think i wil have to wait till winters , if it freezes i will try to boot pc , it might melt from cpu heat and probably my pc will work fine , lets wait and see

If the liquid in the system actually freezes, then it will almost certainly burst a pipe or the radiator.
And even if it does not, frozen water will not circulate. Leading to a swiftly overheated CPU.

 

[ccampy]

If it gets that cold the real question is why did you get liquid Cooling in the first place?

But do water pipes freeze even I the room's?
If so disable automatic shutdown hibernated ect and keep the pc running
Should help the room stay a little warmer too

 

[skpatel71]

If it gets that cold the real question is why did you get liquid Cooling in the first place?

But do water pipes freeze even I the room's?
If so disable automatic shutdown hibernated ect and keep the pc running
Should help the room stay a little warmer too

i still have my air cooler , i will use that if it freezes in winter
cant use my pc 24h , electricity does not stays here 24h during snowfall , this is a remote area

 

[skpatel71]

i think i wil have to wait till winters , if it freezes i will try to boot pc , it might melt from cpu heat and probably my pc will work fine , lets wait and see

If the liquid in the system actually freezes, then it will almost certainly burst a pipe or the radiator.
And even if it does not, frozen water will not circulate. Leading to a swiftly overheated CPU.

look its only sept and my idels are 18c with my gpu
temps are gonna drop till jan