If I want to build a water cooled rig, ould I be able to by the water cooling system and kepp my existing case, motherboard, video card, and CPU? Or would I have to build a whole new rig that work special for a water cooled system? Thanks a bunch!
Unless you're going to be pushing your clock speeds really far, there's not much reason to run a water cooling loop. Not to mention that you'd be paying upwards of $400 to cool everything you have listed there. To answer your question, though, you only need to remove the heatsinks from your components, but won't need to buy new parts. Keep in mind that watercooling is going to void the warranties for almost all of your components, too. So, you're SOL if something breaks.
Watercooling is a waste of money even when you want to pull of insane overclocks. Proper air cooling will probably exceed your needs for a fraction of the cost.
Watercooling is a waste of money even when you want to pull of insane overclocks. Proper air cooling will probably exceed your needs for a fraction of the cost.Penguin_dragon
I was just wondering because I saw that Reactor PC on G4 today. You know the one that's submerged in that oily water stuff. It's pretty cool. That rig fully loaded in 10k! I just wanted to get really close but I guess it's too expensive. Yeah?
I just wanted to get really close but I guess it's too expensive. Yeah?siskokidd
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Not really. I bought an evercool kit back in 2004 for my first build. I still use it on my 3rd PC. It cost me $100 at the time, now you can get those for under $50. I did buy a new waterblock to increase performance. When set up right, watter cooling WILL excede air in heat disbursement. I always do a water/air combo on my boxes. Watercool the CPU, and provide major airflow for the other components.Since the CPU is not generating hot air inside the case, the memory and gpu's are easily cooled with air.
If I want to build a water cooled rig, ould I be able to by the water cooling system and kepp my existing case, motherboard, video card, and CPU? Or would I have to build a whole new rig that work special for a water cooled system? Thanks a bunch!siskokidd
no u don't have to build a whole new rig for watercooling. u can either by a kit or build it yourself so u can save money (like how people build their own gaming rig for a cheaper price)
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