I'm not an expert on water cooling, but what happens if you have leak in the system? I know that pure water will not conduct, but water with electrolytes will... (tap water, etc). or is there some additive that you add to the water to lower its conductivity?
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Water cooling questions
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Depending on what gets shorted, the computer might just shut down and not start again - or you could be fun with it and let the magic white smoke out 
And everybody knows that all electronics live on the magic white smoke and will die immediatly without it
And everybody knows that all electronics live on the magic white smoke and will die immediatly without it Deadlierchair
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This question belongs in the watercooling portion of this forum, but that's okay.
I don't think you can really lower conductivity in water just by pouring in some special liquid. Some people use water wetter or antifreeze in their setups as to fight bacterial growth. You should just buy a gallon of distilled water and put in some bleach and that should keep things nice.
I don't think you can really lower conductivity in water just by pouring in some special liquid. Some people use water wetter or antifreeze in their setups as to fight bacterial growth. You should just buy a gallon of distilled water and put in some bleach and that should keep things nice.
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It really depends on how much water is leaking and where, but the simple fact is water is electrically conductive and if it gets on/in your shit it has a good chance of causing an electrical short (connecting two or more points electrically when they normally would never be connected, therefore causing damage). Often times no permanent damage is done and a good dryout will have you up and runnign again, other times you're gonna end up replacing something.
The best thing to do is pay attention when you are putting your system together. A well thought out and carefully assembled watercooling system will NOT leak nor have a chance of leaking under normal circumstances.
I recently had a leak scare of my own: I left for a week, came back, and my Eheim 1250 had a pool of dried water wetter as well as some water around it. Turns out I overtightened the outlet fitting when I re-assembled the pump last, and cracked the pump casing around the inlet. It was due to my own hurried carelessness and I'm lucky the damage was minimal.
All I gotta say is thank the gods for JB-Weld.
The best thing to do is pay attention when you are putting your system together. A well thought out and carefully assembled watercooling system will NOT leak nor have a chance of leaking under normal circumstances.
I recently had a leak scare of my own: I left for a week, came back, and my Eheim 1250 had a pool of dried water wetter as well as some water around it.
Turns out I overtightened the outlet fitting when I re-assembled the pump last, and cracked the pump casing around the inlet. It was due to my own hurried carelessness and I'm lucky the damage was minimal. All I gotta say is thank the gods for JB-Weld.
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Not at all a bad idea. It's a fun project if you can afford it, and not nearly as 'risky' or unsafe as you may think. You just need to know that there IS a small amount of added risk versus aircooling.
I personally didn't NEED watercooling, my mobile barton could hit 2.3ghz easy on air. I did it for the experience of doing it, and for the added benefit of a quieter PC. Why do you want to watercool, or why are you considering it?
I personally didn't NEED watercooling, my mobile barton could hit 2.3ghz easy on air. I did it for the experience of doing it, and for the added benefit of a quieter PC. Why do you want to watercool, or why are you considering it?
Deadlierchair
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x1600c said:
That's sort of true but not true at the same time. It doesn't make sense to watercool in some scenarios if you're not comfortable with the extremely small risk and added maintenance requirements. Also, if you're not going to overclock and your system is already quiet enough, it doesn't make sense. Use your common judgement, if more RAM or more hard drives would help you more, do that over a little show-off WCing system.
On the other hand, if you want to overclock and have a quieter system (ie water makes sense for you) then go ahead with it. Research your options and peruse the forums, you'll find all you need to know. It is safe if you do it right and though it does require some extra attention, it doesn't require a lot of extra attention.