How does a watercooling works? Watercooling vs aircooling

[JointSaviour]

Nice vid always wondered how that worked but still I prefer to keep liquids away from my electronics ;)

[benwake07]

@JointSaviour don't bother, a lot of people do :) But it has a nice look and good performance though.

[pirates209]

Ima laugh when one of those tubes bursts.

[benwake07]

@pirates209 Sure... In 7 years of having a watercooling installed in all my rigs, I never had a leak. If you install it well, there is absolutely no risk!

[benwake07]

~30°C

[TheSaeed7894]

what is your cpu temperature

[benwake07]

@TheSaeed7894 most of the time around 30°C

[hunkyjelly]

cool im starting to build my own pc, this helped so much

[benwake07]

@hunkyjelly thanks for that positive comment. You can always contact me if you need some help :)

[BillieJean900]

how often u change water

[benwake07]

@BillieJean900 : once / 2 years approximately

[thegingabishouen]

@benwake07

Do you need special coolant or just water? I'm buying a new desktop and it comes with particular coolant, does it matter?

[benwake07]

@thegingabishouen Hi, yes it does matter. Normal water will cause corrosion. You need destillated water (or special water from watercooling manufacturers).

[TheTobijes]

Thanks for the video! :D

[benwake07]

@TheTobijes : you're welcome :)

[benwake07]

@GamerzHeavens The air comes from out of the case, this should be the room temperature. The water temperature can be warm, but doesn't harm the system as water cools much better than air.

[benwake07]

I have to add water once a year

[leoisforevercool]

do you ever have to add more/new water?

[FredChangcz]

Funny that I do a completely versa from rad. to CPU/GPU then to pump and last reservoir (sry for my bad language google helped me)

[benwake07]

@FredChangcz : Actually, it isn't that important because the water temperature will be the same. Sometimes it is just a matter of esthetics (how the tubes are set inside the case)

[GeekingForJesus]

How often should you refill the reservoir (Or do you even)? And how easy is the process? I've never had a water cooling system, but with the new machine I'm building for gaming, I'm going to get water cooling so I can effectively over clock.

[benwake07]

@GeekingForJesus : 2 times a year approximately. The process is very easy, you can't have any problems if you power on the watercooling system with an extra PSU or another PC. If there is a leak, it won't affect your current system. Watercooling for overclocking is a very good idea :-)

[GeekingForJesus]

@benwake07 Yeah, definitely. I think what I want to do is either 3 way SLI, or 2 way SLI with a dedicated PhysX card. And either way, overclock whichever Intel processor I pick. Now, would I be safe doing the SLI with standard fan cooling for the graphics and water cooling the processor? The graphics would probably be EVGA Superclocked (So, it will come pre-overclocked).

[benwake07]

@GeekingForJesus : you should do the complete pc watercooled, and why not ATI :-)

[GeekingForJesus]

@benwake07 I'm actually going to buy from avadirect's website. Doing so, I can have them set up a machine that is watercooling the CPU, and up to 3 GPUs.

[benwake07]

@GeekingForJesus : That's nice, but isn't it cooler/cheapier to do it yourself? This way you can choose all you favorite components :-)

[GeekingForJesus]

@benwake07 Probably. But last time I put a PC together, I couldn't get it working for 3 whole weeks. And you know what the problem was? ONE CORD WAS UNPLUGGED!! Lol. I'll just let someone else put it together for me so I can be ready to go when it arrives.

[xrikimarux]

how do you install the liquid? aren't you scared it will leak or something? i have water cooling but im scared it will leak and break all my shit.

[benwake07]

@xrikimarux : You just have to put the liquid in the reservoir. What I always do, is run the watercooling for a few minutes without powering on the computer (I power the watercooling on with the 12V from another PC or from my Powermac^^)

[adilsokolovic12]

Great video. Explained me good :) but how come the CPU doesnt break if the awter gets in it???

[benwake07]

@adilsokolovic12 : the water flows in a copper block which is fixed on the cpu. The water doesn't get in direct contact with the cpu, but the cooled down copper does. This makes the cpu run cool.

[YourJustAPawn]

Great video.... deserves more views, Will post on a forum, very educational.

[benwake07]

@YourJustAPawn : Thanks!