Is water-cooling a travellers PC a bad idea?

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PabloSVK

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Hi guys.

I am about to build a custom-case PC which will serve as a workstation.
The problem is - I travel a lot with the PC, so I want to make the custom-case as small as possible. The space-saving leads to VERY crowded case so I´m thinking about watercooling the CPU(6700k) and GPU(single 1080gtx and but ready for 2xSLI for the future).

I know that expansion bottle + pump + radiators will also use some space, but at least would keep components cool.

My question is - is the water cooling extremly likely to fail with a PC which will live 10-hours a week in a moving car?

I am worrying about bubbles in coolant, or possible leaks or other possible problems.

Thank you for your advice.

 
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n0ns3ns3
no. just don't drop it too much. A massive CPU air cooler would be bigger problem.
Id recommend to move it while the motherboard is in horizontal position.
Also, using flexible tubing is good.
too cool all those components efficiently, you will need about 480-600 rad (4-5 120mm sections).
If you use distilled water, and drain it every 6 month or so, it is non conductive fluid. so worst case, you will have to dry your PC under fan ... takes 20-30 mins.
I'm a long time liquid, so have experience with that.
If you build your loop properly, and nothing moves within case, you should not have any problem.
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n0ns3ns3

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no. just don't drop it too much. A massive CPU air cooler would be bigger problem.
Id recommend to move it while the motherboard is in horizontal position.
Also, using flexible tubing is good.
too cool all those components efficiently, you will need about 480-600 rad (4-5 120mm sections).
If you use distilled water, and drain it every 6 month or so, it is non conductive fluid. so worst case, you will have to dry your PC under fan ... takes 20-30 mins.
I'm a long time liquid, so have experience with that.
If you build your loop properly, and nothing moves within case, you should not have any problem.
 
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JackNaylorPE

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You defined your own problem ... where are you going to fit the radiators necessary to cool an OCd CPU and 2 cards in SLI in a compact case ?

Will you be in freezing weather ?

They have computers for travellers, they are called laptops :)

My workstation is a 4.6 GHZ OC on CPU and 27% on SLI'd cards. It has 5 x 140mm of radiator and 16 fans (10 on rdas / 6 case). Used as a CAD workstation and home office server during the day and my primary gaming box at night. I use a laptop, not only when traveling but also on daily visits to job sites. The biggest inconvenience of the lappie is not performance but lack of a full size KB and no mouse... I am very satisfied with the performance.

 
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