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Do-it-yourself CPU Water Cooler

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the why-the-hell-not dept.

Foss writes "This article on EIMod.com shows a (very) cheap and effective way of getting that usually-expensive water cooling system that many of us have thought about. There are some pretty pictures too :)"

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  1. Cheap and effective? by SimplyCosmic · · Score: 3, Insightful


    Sure, for the ten minutes that the article mentions that the pump runs before overheating.

  2. Why water, try oil. by bluGill · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Water conducts electrisity. Well, pure water doesn't, but pure water will eat metal until it does conduct. That means you have to keep your water carefully sererate from everything else.

    By contrast, oil doesn't conduct, doesn't disolve metal. Fill your case with oil, and you have better cooling than air, and much easier to deal with. (Note, oil isn't as good as water for heat capacity, but it is still better than air and has all the other advantages)

  3. Re:look at what I found on eimod.com by stoolpigeon · · Score: 4, Insightful

    These guys have some time on their hands.

    That's cool though- they are just thinking up ideas and trying them out. They are not worrying too much about convention apparently.

    How many great ideas started that way?

    More than I could name.

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