I have a few question about water cooling? (New to it)
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1. Don't use quick disconnects, ever.
2. No. You can mix and match them, but not freely. There are several different flavors of metal used in water cooling:
Copper
Brass
Nickel-plated Copper
Aluminium (most likely to be found in a cheap radiator)
You cannot mix copper with aluminium, you'll get nasty corrosion. You'll end up with corrosion on a pure copper block as well, but it'll be much worse if there's an aluminum surface in there. If you want to avoid that corrosion, you must use pure ethylene-glycol (antifreeze), which doesn't cool quite as well as distilled water or most premixed coolants. I recommend seeking out components that have brass or nickel on the inner surface.
2. No. You can mix and match them, but not freely. There are several different flavors of metal used in water cooling:
Copper
Brass
Nickel-plated Copper
Aluminium (most likely to be found in a cheap radiator)
You cannot mix copper with aluminium, you'll get nasty corrosion. You'll end up with corrosion on a pure copper block as well, but it'll be much worse if there's an aluminum surface in there. If you want to avoid that corrosion, you must use pure ethylene-glycol (antifreeze), which doesn't cool quite as well as distilled water or most premixed coolants. I recommend seeking out components that have brass or nickel on the inner surface.
Drain the loop and then disassemble the loop at those points. There really are only 3 ways to connect components:
1. Barbs + hose clamps (cheapest, most common)
2. Compression fittings (expensive bling, may not always fit)
3. Quick disconnects (inflexible combination of the two which can leak)
Okay, sorry for all the question, you just seem to be the most help on water cooling I have received.
1.) If I was to use this Graphics card - http://www.frozencpu.com/products/20223/ex-vga-33/EVGA_GeForce_GTX_780_SC_VGA_Card_w_EK_XXL_Waterblock_and_Backplate_Professionally_Installed_-_03G-P4-2783-KR_.html#blank
2.) Would this work with koolant products? (pumps, reseviors, .....)
3.) Whats the difference between a cpu block and a cpu chipset? (water cooling)
I am also having some trouble finding some good pumps, reseviors and cpu blocks, do you mind helping me?
or tell me what to look for, I guess I am going for koolant products
1.) If I was to use this Graphics card - http://www.frozencpu.com/products/20223/ex-vga-33/EVGA_GeForce_GTX_780_SC_VGA_Card_w_EK_XXL_Waterblock_and_Backplate_Professionally_Installed_-_03G-P4-2783-KR_.html#blank
2.) Would this work with koolant products? (pumps, reseviors, .....)
3.) Whats the difference between a cpu block and a cpu chipset? (water cooling)
I am also having some trouble finding some good pumps, reseviors and cpu blocks, do you mind helping me?
or tell me what to look for, I guess I am going for koolant products
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PM me i'll help you. Check out EK waterblocks They have pretty much all you need. yes koolance products are ok to use. The chipset is part of the motherboard, usually you use a motherboard specific waterblock. With the cpu, Its based on its socket, but most waterblocks come with universal or amd/intel back plates.
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