Newbie Question *sigh*

[AluvianKnight]

I heard that distilled water did not conduct electricity, is that true? if so, does that mean then if it leaked from a water cooling device there would be a lesser chance of it damaging my components?

Thanks

[Richard]

It's pretty much impossible to keep water from becoming an electrolyte in a cooling rig.

The best thing you can do is check and double check all connections to ensure the system is watertight. Once you assemble the whole thing run it overnight on a countertop. Place paper towels underneath the setup and check it for leaks. If after 24 hours you don't see any trace of water you're probably safe.

In the early days of watercooling I had a pretty major leak in the system. I was playing a game of Quake2 when all the sudden the screen locked up. I peeked at the system and saw a nice little waterfall on my graphics card. DOH!

Well, I immediately shut down and unplugged everything. Luckily I was able to get everything cleaned and dried off. The bright side is that everything worked fine. The graphics card still works to this day and the CPU is churning out 1's and 0's on a system as we speak.

[AluvianKnight]

Thanks for the help :-)


Got one last question, do you thing simple cooling (bucket with pump) is effective? will I notice much of an improvement?

my 1000 Tbird is OC'd to 1100 right now and idle is running at
32C

I have a PC power and cooling Z1-D sink and fan

[Newbie_Doo]

It will be, for a while (probably a long while depending on the size of the bucket). Increasing the volume of water used to absorb the heat increases the thermal capacity of the system. If you do not have a suitable closed-loop system, a bucket will work just fine. Ice-cubes may help too. :D

[Mord-Sith]

Your cpu is running at a fine temp as is I would just save up untill you can afford the whole system. As mentioned a bucket (5gallon) will be fine but I would point a fan at it. This will enduce evaporation and cool the water.

Good luck

btw always use distilled water anyway to help cut back on corosion (sp?)

[AluvianKnight]

What if I way to use my current sink as the plate, encase it so it sealed and run through that, sound like an idea?

[Richard]

Sure man. Watersinks have been proven to work well.

The tricky part is ensuring that you seal it up properly.

Our good friends at overclockers.com wrote up a nice article demonstrating this idea.
http://www.overclockers.com/tips92/

Originally posted by AluvianKnight
What if I way to use my current sink as the plate, encase it so it sealed and run through that, sound like an idea?