water cooling leaks?

[skimzzz]

Liquid cooling looks like the best method, but I would be very afraid of any leaks which would then cause havoc with your system. How likely are leaks with water cooled systems?

thanks

 

[BladeRunner]

A lot depends on how well you build the cooling system. When I started mine I was also concerned about leaks but six months on I've not had one leak yet anywhere in the system.

Here's an older picture of the Pipework, it's a bit neater now.

<b><A HREF="http://www.zytec.worldonline.co.uk/pictures/jpgs/water-cooled.jpg" target="_new">Water-Cooled</A></b>

I'm also cooling the CPU, Vga GPU & Ram, Mobo Chipset, and HDD now

More details in my sig link and these Pics of the updates since.

<b><A HREF="http://www.zytec.worldonline.co.uk/pictures/jpgs/asuswcmk2hmed.jpg" target="_new">Watercooled Asus GF3 MK2</A></b>
<b><A HREF="http://www.zytec.worldonline.co.uk/pictures/jpgs/hdd3small.jpg" target="_new">Copper HDD waterblock</A></b>

I recommend you get everything together for a watercooling system and test run it all for a week on the bench. most of my blocks are homemade and I test them out with compressed air a 2bar, (28psi), with the block immersed in water. If it wont leak air at 2bar it definitely wont leak water. I also make sure the pipe I use is almost impossible to get on the barbs which will insure it can't pop off, quite a few leak failures are caused by pipes not being tight enough. (My rule is you should never be able to pull the pipe off the barb however hard you try, cutting it off is the only way)

As said it will be as good and leak proof as YOU make it, That is not to say I will never have a leak with mine but along with all the above and the fact I will replace the pipes once a year or whenever I have to remove them for upgrading the PC, (whichever is first), is the best leak insurance I can humanly do.

I just have the PSU to do and then there will be no fans & silence



<i><b><A HREF="http://www.dwpg.com/stealth/1/" target="_new">Stealth Cooling Project</A></b></i>

 

[digital_trucker]

How 'bout some advice on making waterblocks?

Yippeekiiaayyy yippeekiioohhh Ghost rabbits in the sky.

 

[HonestJhon]

have blade runner make them....hehe....his look SWEET....
btw...would you happen to have an inside shot of those blocks blade??

-DAvid

-Live, Learn, then build your own computer!-

 

[BladeRunner]

I use all copper, (and brass barbs), for my blocks which once the channels are milled, (using pretty basic equipment), are sealed with soldering a plate, (usually 2mm), which becomes the contact surface, ensuring uniform thin heat transfer, seems to work well and not to hard to make. It's explained better in the pics and questions answered in these topic threads.

<b><A HREF="http://discussions.hardwarecentral.com/Forum11/HTML/016678.html" target="_new">Been at it again folks.... GF3 Ram block MKII </A></b>

<b><A HREF="http://discussions.hardwarecentral.com/Forum11/HTML/017053.html" target="_new">Copper HDD waterblock build (pics)
</A></b>
<b><A HREF="http://www.tekheads.co.uk/forum/posts.php?threadId=887" target="_new">All Copper This time folks</A></b>




<i><b><A HREF="http://www.dwpg.com/stealth/1/" target="_new">Stealth Cooling Project</A></b></i>

 

[CALV]

I tested mine for about 5 minutes, then ripped it apart and changed my plans, plugged it in, fired up the pump and its been going ever since, I was of course concerned about leaks, but as Blade said, if you put it together right then it shouldnt leak, <A HREF="http://www.calvsplace.cwc.net" target="_new">heres my project</A> havnt updated recently, now have a 1400 @ 1700 but you will see how I went about it.



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