Thinking about getting back into watercooling(Using a bong cooler).

[Tantalum]

I used to do a bit of water cooling back when I overclocked my CPU and graphics card but I stopped after one of my water blocks leaked all over my power supply and hard drives.

Lately though I have been wanting to push my system a little harder than air cooling can provide (mainly my GTS 250) so I have been thinking about getting all my old water cooling parts back together. Only problem is I don't know of a good and low cost water block for my GTS 250, I have my old 8800 GTS (G92) but I'm not sure if it will work on my GTS 250.

Another reason I stopped water cooling is I got tired of the insane amount of water my bong cooler would use up, I pretty much needed to keep a few 10 gallon water jugs nearby to keep it filled to safe levels. While this could be solved by just going for a normal radiator setup, I really liked the sub-ambient temps I would get with the bong cooler.

Would using a dehumidifier and running a pipe from the dehumidifier to the reservoir on my bong solve some of my water level problems? What I'm really worried about is if the water from the dehumidifier is safe for a water cooling loop. The water should be nearly free of minerals but I'm not sure about how free from biological organisms it would be.

 

[BillParrish]

Would using a dehumidifier and running a pipe from the dehumidifier to the reservoir on my bong solve some of my water level problems?

yes

What I'm really worried about is if the water from the dehumidifier is safe for a water cooling loop. The water should be nearly free of minerals but I'm not sure about how free from biological organisms it would be.

Thats going to be the issue, regular cleanings, silver in the bong (get some cheap pre-1964 dimes from a coin shop). I have no idea about the effect of spraying the normal anti-fungals such that they will be "in the air". Off hand it does not seem a good idea. You might be able to contact some of the companies that make the stuff.

I got curious and googled "mold fungicide" and found this.
http://www.agriculturesolutions.com...ide-and-bactericide-1-Gallon/flypage.tpl.html

read the pdf's

The MDS sheet is susprisingly tame in light of even the mds for pure water has warnings. Pretty harmless but no clue about smell etc. I am not recommending it in any way shape or form.

Going to be a lot of maintenance and energy cost.