Magoo's Wise Words
Guide to Water Cooling

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Other considerations

Don’t forget to check your system occasionally for corrosion and ample water. If you mix different types of metal on the same cooling system (such as a copper water block and an aluminum radiator), check more often because the metals may corrode faster (due to an electrical connection between the different metals through the water.) Adding some type of coolant such as Water Wetter will slow or completely stop corrosion. Also, make sure you use distilled water. If you used tap water, you will get things growing inside your water block. No bueno.

Once you are up and running, you may want to look into some software add-ons to compliment your new system. You can purchase flow detectors to detect the flow of your water. After installing one of these devices inline in your system, you can hook them to one of the fan detectors on your mother board. It’s an easy way to monitor weather or not water is still flowing. You can also download software that will keep an eye on that flow detector and shut the computer down if the water slows down to certain levels, the same why you can monitor fans. Personally, I just use VCool to monitor my system temps and turn the computer off if it gets too hot. With my large reservoir, my computer has plenty of time to get shut down before overheating. It works great and saved me once already when my pump burnt out from old age.

Performance

I use VCool to keep an eye on my CPU temps while my computer is running. The ambient temperature in my room is about 24.6*C. At idle and normal use, the water in my reservoir is usually about 26*C, and my processor is at about 29*C. Under full load, my water temperature gets as high as 35*C and my CPU occasionally gets as high as 45*C. For a completely silent cooler, these are excellent temperatures. With my previous air-cooling solutions from Thermaltake (which was loud enough to annoy me,) my CPU temperatures were often in the high 50's.

Stay cool!

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