What Should I Know Before Water Cooling?

[mrjordann]

Hello! I know almost nothing about water cooling, and I really want to know what there is to worry about I've seen a YouTuber (JaysTwoCents) talk about algae build-ups and conducting liquids and stuff, and I know nothing about this. Also, what is a custom loop and what is a sealed loop? Is the sealed loop un-openable? Do I have to replace the liquids in a sealed loop? Thanks for reading, and please reply if you know what it means to have a sealed loop, and what I should take into account before water cooling my PC. Thanks! -Jordan

[Jade]

Sealed loops are closed. You don't have to replace the liquid at any point. Custom loops are ones that are custom designed and cut for the machine, eg. Linus' whole room loop would be considered 'custom.'

[Taswell]

well sealed loops are not as much fun and are "usually'" a lot safer. so If you want to play it safe then get something like a Corsair H50 and see  if you like it.

 

On the Other han d custom water cooling loops are lot of work, planning, potential risk, expensive, and take up wayyyy more space than a sealed loop in most cases.

 

My loop was about $450 USd and I have a pretty simple loop that only cools my CPU, However i dropped my temps about 20C and added a 10% increase on my overclocking headroom.

 

Was it worth it....I have no idea but it looks good.

[Interfectorem]

well sealed loops are not as much fun and are "usually'" a lot safer. so If you want to play it safe then get something like a Corsair H50 and see  if you like it.

 

On the Other han d custom water cooling loops are lot of work, planning, potential risk, expensive, and take up wayyyy more space than a sealed loop in most cases.

 

My loop was about $450 USd and I have a pretty simple loop that only cools my CPU, However i dropped my temps about 20C and added a 10% increase on my overclocking headroom.

 

Was it worth it....I have no idea but it looks good.

Off-Topic: What voltage do you use for your OC, also, how much rad space do you have for your CPU?

[Jade]

Was it worth it....I have no idea but it looks good.

Pictures? 

[mrjordann]

Off-Topic: What voltage do you use for your OC, also, how much rad space do you have for your CPU?

Dude you have an overkill Motherboard for your build (that is, if it's a 99. I love Asus and all, but you can't tell from their motherboard names hardly)

[Interfectorem]

Dude you have an overkill Motherboard for your build (that is, if it's a 99. I love Asus and all, but you can't tell from their motherboard names hardly)

It was like $140 when I got it. It's not an X99 motherboard, it's a 990FX motherboard

[mrjordann]

It was like $140 when I got it. It's not an X99 motherboard, it's a 990FX motherboard

oh wow lol

[Taswell]

Pictures? 

There are picture in my profile gallery8

 

Off-Topic: What voltage do you use for your OC, also, how much rad space do you have for your CPU?

I have a single tripple rad and ill have to look at my voltages. They are like .10 above stock voltage.