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general watercooling question
- Thread starter madhatR
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Do you mean swapping out watercooling components or general hardware?
IMO both are as hard as you make them.
Swapping out water parts usually requires draining the loop, which is as easy as you make it when you design the setup in your case.
If you mean other hardware, again, take that into consideration when you install the wc, and you should be ok. Something that is watercooled like the cpu or gpu is obviously gonna be a little bit harder.
I don't have any problem swapping out hardware in my system.
IMO both are as hard as you make them.
Swapping out water parts usually requires draining the loop, which is as easy as you make it when you design the setup in your case.
If you mean other hardware, again, take that into consideration when you install the wc, and you should be ok. Something that is watercooled like the cpu or gpu is obviously gonna be a little bit harder.
I don't have any problem swapping out hardware in my system.
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cpu shouldnt be too hard .. just undo the block .. swap cpu .. tighten block back down ..
of course gpus will be hard .. cuz u have to change blocks .. etc ..
im kinda up in the air about using a swifty micro res .. just one more thing to worry about leaking
of course gpus will be hard .. cuz u have to change blocks .. etc ..
im kinda up in the air about using a swifty micro res .. just one more thing to worry about leaking
Tygon is the best, Masterekleer a distant second for a fraction of the price.
For coolant you need and anticorrosive and an anti algae. Glycol based antifreeze is good for corrosion and iodine works for algae. The all in one coolants are a jip in my opinion. 5% antifreeze is enough for all copper.
If its solidly built and taken care of, you can pry get away with changing coolant once a year.
For coolant you need and anticorrosive and an anti algae. Glycol based antifreeze is good for corrosion and iodine works for algae. The all in one coolants are a jip in my opinion. 5% antifreeze is enough for all copper.
If its solidly built and taken care of, you can pry get away with changing coolant once a year.
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mad, took you long enough to take the plunge!
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The Coolermaster coolant is a little expensive. You could certainly mix up something much cheaper. But, I had extra cash, so I bought some and am currently running it. Very nice blue color. No complaints so far. Seems to work fine.
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citronym said:
The only reason a res would leak is a) it a cheap piece of %$#@ to begin with or it wasn't built well to begin with. To have a nice res, all you've got to do is get some acrylic, cut it appropriately, bond it appropriately, and wahla, you've got a res.
Sorta like the attached pic. (The vortex didn't work out as well as I'd hoped, but the res itself has been very solid.)
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Maybe we could get a decent guide on how me build a res....
