PC Cooling and Tank Heating

gnatster · Post by **gnatster** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 9:46 pm

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While perusing the latest from TomsHardwareGuide I stumbled over <a href="http://www.globalwin.com.tw/products/wa ... index.html" target="_blank">this</a>. So I’m thinking, I run an overclocked box and heat is always an issue, and the radiator piece is plastic and copper. Remove the fan, extend the lines and pop in the sump. Water is better then air when exchanging heat, what can go wrong?

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Ghazanfar Ghori · Post by **Ghazanfar Ghori** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 10:53 pm

It could work. I wouldnt do it but that shouldn't
stop you from trying! Let me know how it works out.

SCMurphy · Post by **SCMurphy** » Fri Mar 26, 2004 8:57 am

[QUOTE=gnatster] what can go wrong?
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To much heat.

Cory · Post by **Cory** » Fri Mar 26, 2004 10:59 am

I have a watercooled PC, best thing about it is the no-leak quick disconnects. My cpu core wasn't very good to start with, flickers pushed me back down to 2.4. I had it stable at 2.88 for quite some time, but had to back it down. Supposed to dissapate max 200 watts, never done the math but my cpu doesn't go above 37C.

Jonathan Kalmes · Post by **Jonathan Kalmes** » Fri Mar 26, 2004 7:58 pm

[QUOTE=gnatster]what can go wrong?[/QUOTE]

Scunge!

I get scunge in my 3/8" filter lines on a fairly regular basis... even the ones under the stand with no reasonable source of light. I suspect the scunge is combination of diatoms and regular tank leftovers... food, biologically processed food <img border="0" src="smileys/smiley2.gif" border="0"> and who know what else.

I'd expect a much smaller line from the PC Cooler to clog up pretty quickly.

I can also imagine an MTS or two getting jammed up in there pretty good and blocking the line (and then cooking on a toasty CPU).

Just my two cents. I wouldn't try it on a PC I cared about... But I <em>would</em> try it.

Silenti etc · Post by **Silenti etc** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 9:19 am

Yeah,

Running a watercooling loops with tank water ruins your water block. Also, the 'scunge' basically eliminates any benefit you would have with heat transfer. Apparently this stuff works as a nice insulator.

gnatster · Post by **gnatster** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 10:34 am

Wow, talk about digging an old thread up

dmartin72 · Post by **dmartin72** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 10:52 am

Did you ever try it?

gnatster · Post by **gnatster** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 11:42 am

No, one look at the lines going to one of my filters pretty much nixed the idea. Way to much "scunge" buildup.

PC Cooling and Tank Heating

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