Small pack of Watercooling Q's

[iggybaseball]

Im going to get started in watercooling but i have a couple of small questions.
1. How cold can the water be without a radiator?
2. Whats the chances of condensation?

thanks:)

[ButcherUK]

Originally posted by iggybaseball
Im going to get started in watercooling but i have a couple of small questions.
1. How cold can the water be without a radiator?
2. Whats the chances of condensation?

thanks:)

1. As cold as you make it :). As for how cold it's likely to be in a closed loop system, depends on your cpu and stuff. In general you'll get much better results with a radiator.

2. With striaght water pretty much zero, the water will always be at least at ambient temperature. Condensation is usually only a problem if using chilled water or TECs.

[FrozenInHI]

don't try watercooling without a radiator first of all, unless you're going to build a bong instead, which works great i might add.

You will not see any condensation so long as you are not actively cooling the water itself before it goes to the cpu.

[iggybaseball]

how much of a temp difference will there be with chilled water or ambient water?