Water Cooling

[oldschool]

I know that the whole water cooling issue has been discussed in other posts, but I'd like to hear from people who have built one, or have ordered one (I am looking at a Blizzard unit.)
These things are really swank, but I've got to know a few things about them first. Like, how reliable are they? How loud are they? Would you trust one on your main system?

Let's hear it, water-coolers!

 

[Grizely1]

I wouldn't trust something slapped to my CPU that has h20 being pumped through it! Only if it was on a Peltier, then even still I wouldn't feel comfortable knowing water is being pumped through my case.....

 

[oldschool]

That was my first conscern, naturally. But then I started looking at this stuff, and it seems pretty solid. "Seems."

Even though I have a problem with running water through my system, I have an equal problem with buying a CPU that can fry itself after less than 1 second without a heat sink.

 

[Grizely1]

Well if your not overclocking, just get a normal heatsink/fan combination (really good fans for overclocking or just normal use can be found at www.coolerguys.com). I bought my heatsink off of there and this 750 @ 1050 is 20 degrees.

 

[LTJLover]

I built a water cooler. I am testing it now. I figure the more I test it and perfect it, the less chance there is to spring a leak or something. I built it from scratch as kind of a project although I know you can buy them. So far so good. I am going to re-design the heat sink part cause it is too big right now. It rocks though. I held a large propane torch to it for like 20 seconds, removed it and touched the heat sink. Barely warm...and back to room temp in a few seconds. That was way more heat than a CPU would pump into it. The 12V pump is very loud at 12V, but at 5V it is barely noticeable and that is what I did the test at.

Jon
"Water-Cooled CPU Runner"

 

[oldschool]

I knew you were the man, Jon.

Is your pump external or submerged?

 

[LTJLover]

it is an inline freshwater supply pump. Has input and output 3/8 barbed connectors. Got it at a Marine supply store for 30 bucks. 12V rated, but it kicks in at 5V. At 12V it is rated 200gph, but at 5V it is not even 100gph I'd say, which is great for this application. I don't have a reservoir or anything, just a closed system filled with water.

Jon
"Water-Cooled CPU Runner"

 

[oldschool]

Now that sounds cool. Could just take apart my sister's old aquarium.

Anyone here have a Blizzard system?

 

[soup20000]

I have a blizzard and its not loud at all. It works great... not much else to say.

soup.

AMD for Life!

 

[oldschool]

Hey thanks!