liquid cooling...or not?

Question

im building a high end computer (dual geforce 8800 ultra video cards), quad core extreme 6850, 4gb of ram etc, my question is should i use liquid cooling or not, and if i did would i still need fans?

Answer 1

Well this is entirely a matter of whether you plan to overclock or not. I think I can safely assume from what you have listed so far that money is not an issue, so its just a question of whether it is worth the hastle. If you want to overclock, then definately go with liquid cooling, if not, just a waste of your time and effort, stock cooling will be fine. If you want more info, feel free to IM me, I can show you some good liquid cooling units.

Answer 2

Absolutely NOT, Liquid cooling will cuase condensation, and water and electronics don't get along, even if you seperate the cooling unit so that is out side the case the condensation that it does produce will end up inside the case, and what happens is it forms very tiny spots on the motherboard and add on cards, after a while these spot begin to oxidise like iron rusting, when this happens very tiny metal crystaline matrials form and then it grows until you have a short.
I did this about 8 years ago, not once but twice. I thought that after the first attempt I had learned what the casues were and how to correct it, but what I forgot was simple hydrodynamics and humidity standars relative to electronics.
I will how ever recommend the latest invention, Now working for the last 4 years, with a 40 Degree decrease in ambient air tempature inside the case, and a low humidity. I use a Thermoelectric Heat Sink, which has the ability to Heat or Cool depending on the polarity of the 12 volts supplied to it.
The cheapest way to build these units are to go to walmart and purcahse a Coleman Thermoelectric cooler. These are 12 volt coolers that you plug into a cigarette lighter and they work off a thermo heatsink which get cold when 12 volts is passed through it. If you tear the cooler aprt to salavge the parts and then incorporate it into the case, and you will need a AC/DC power convertor, @ let a 10 amp one. A standard power supply will not stand the load.
And the reason for buying the cooler, well you can buy these coolers with the cord and all for about $40 buck, and the replacement Modules alone are $65.00 from colemen.
So there you go, now everyone knows, but it's a great way to get another 15% gain in performance while keeping the average working temps inside a case at about 38 Degrees F.
With a outside ambient temp. of 72 degrees.

Answer 3

Liquid cooling would be the better cooling method for a high end system such as yours. I would highly reccomend using liquid cooling on both the video cards and your cpu. If you have the versatility to water cool the ram modules then do that as well. But, remember the more parts connected to it the higher the temperatures will be, compared to less parts and lower temperature. I would recommend using fans in your system even though you have liquid cooling because of all the other parts that the liquid cooling doesn't effect. It will improve the airflow in the pc as well. One such part of the pc that most likely will be not be liquid cooled are the harddrives. If there is no airflow for the harddrives, then they will heat up and there is a chance of failure.

Answer 4

Liquid cleansing soap. i've got faith like i will get purifier with that, exceedingly the froth! additionally i'm style of twist of destiny carriers and the bar I had final have been given slippery and ended up interior the rest room that's next to the sink. So I persist with the liquid. Powder cleansing soap is cool too.

Answer 5

Hard to say without knowing the cooling flow of your case.

I assume you're getting a motherboard that comes with a CPU temp sensor. I also guess that the processor you're buying comes with a fan. Try it with the fan first and watch the temp. If it's running high, then look at liquid cooling.

Answer 6

If you are still undecided on liquid cooling, consider the best air-cooling solution around, Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme.
http://www.anandtech.com/casecooling/showdoc.aspx?i=2943&p=3

And for the graphics cards:
http://www.ocia.net/articles/thermalrighthr03plus/page5.shtml

Answer 7

not unless your overclocking. By the looks of your insane computer nothing will overheat yet. All of your games will run extremely smooth. I would get some fans, but not too many or they'll sound like an airport. That is a nice sounding computer.

Answer 8

Call this on me, but no, I wouldn't trust liquids inside my computer connected by pipes.