New to Watercooling, some q's

Lol thx, anyone that sells Bawls is good in my book.

More stores and some links to read.

Guides
http://forums.extremeoverclocking.com/showthread.php?t=... Pretty up to date info and buying guide
 verclocking-and-cooling&Itemid=86" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://gilgameshreviews.com/index.php?option=com_conten... Another good guide
http://forums.extremeoverclocking.com/showthread.php?t=... What to do once all the stuff is in the door
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=22... Many build logs on MANY cases, great learning tool.

My latest rig:
http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=604016

Forums
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/index.php? Not a noob site, but great stickies
http://www.ocforums.com/ My fav, good peeps, know their stuff, less hardcore
http://www.over-clock.com/ivb/inde [...] opic=20277 A GREAT Europe site
http://www.overclock.net/water-cooling/ Decent site

Tests on equipment, not reviews, truly scientific tests
http://translate.google.com/transl [...] n&ie=UTF-8 Info on rad testing
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=22... More rad testing
http://skinneelabs.com/ Host for Martins lab and some newer tests
http://www.skinneelabs.com/MartinsLiquidLab/ Test results, very technical


Stores
http://www.dangerden.com
http://www.petrastechshop.com/
http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/
http://www.jab-tech.com/
http://www.performance-pcs.com
http://www.frozencpu.com/

I just wish I could order direct from Swiftech, aah well I can still get my order through Frozen. Look for DangerDen and Swiftech waterblocks (same with pumps).

Try Petra's Tech Shop as well.

Hey Conundrum...real quick question...

Do you not drink?  

If I built something that nice, I'd end up dumpin a whiskey and coke in the middle of it after tripping over my spare set of Dolby surround speakers  

just my paranoia makes me put stuff in a case.  

Cool rig tho...

I do, and too much. I take it really slow and I have been at this a while. I'm still a noob in many ways for watercooling, you should see some of the pro rigs.

But been building/working with PC's since the Commodore 64 first came out, ohh 1983?

LOL...that's awesome.

^   No wonder he's a bit edgy some times.

Conumdrums Next build: Beer cooled PC    

Guys guys. I moved past beer a long time ago. I have my 'Easy Button' just like on TV. Jack n Ice. Simple.

I'm able to build a basic overkill rig like that cuz I make good coin and my life experiances gave me plenty of ability. Repaired/taught electronics for years/ fixed a radar system that had 30,000 volts, 1000 PSI hydraulics to move the antenna, pressurized waveguides. And now I work on a newspaper press 275 ft long, 70 ft high, over 500 motors not counting cooling fans, all PC and specialized electronics everywhere. I lift 200 lb rollers, scrape up an ink spill wearing a paper suit sweating like a pig inside a printing unit, find a 3000 PSI hydraulic leak, replace a circuit card, and use a laptop to update the operator touchscreen software, and replace a bad sensor unit all in one day. Yea, that day really sucked. But that's my breadth of experiance.
Been playing with PC's since 1984.
So if I can't build a simple watercooled PC while relaxing with a drink or five, I don't know what to say.

I am more a vodka man, myself. But I applaud the Jack.

I don't know, you're certainly cutting the mustard at work, but I'm guessing you're doing that all sober. If not, then you must be really good or really lucky. A guy I know saw a person working on a sheeter in a carton plant (it takes a several-ton roll of paper and slices it into sheets about 4' by 5') while high on cocaine. The coke guy got his hand absolutely crushed by the huge hydraulic roller at the infeed for the sheeter that is under something like 30 tons of hydraulic force. Plus most places drug test and you'd likely land on your butt out on the curb sooner or later if you drank on the job. Jack and Coke isn't anywhere close to actual coke, but I'd still probably keep the number of glasses of Jack down to just a few before you get done closing the PC up- just saying. That being said, a Jack and ice or five is an excellent way to celebrate a successful build.

@Shadow: there are two problems with a beer-cooled PC. One is that you'd need to bleed out all of the bubbles and that would make the beer flat. The second is that the loop would heat up your beer and turn it from ice-cold to piss-warm. That's exactly what you don't want- nasty, flat, piss-warm beer. Well, unless you're some kind of goofy European or something  

^^ I live in Lawrence. You have our mascot upside down...how dare you, Tigger.

I'm sorry  



It's what we call "flipping the bird." It's a bit classier than the shirts that have "f-u-c" on the front and "KU!" on the back. We have to find some way to be amused during the MU-KU basketball games as the game rarely goes in our favor.

yeah, I'm aware...I work with 3 MU guys. They like to make fun of our 'imaginary' mascot.

Yep...imaginary bird...real championship trophies.