On Nov 11, 2012 12:13 AM, "James" <wirel...@tampabay.rr.com> wrote: > > Dale <rdalek1967 <at> gmail.com> writes: > > > > I guess it is good for the folks that use water cooling tho. I run > > plenty cool and quiet with air so I'm not planning to switch. I still > > like my CPUs to be bare when possible then purchase my cooler separately. > > For me, it's basic thermodynamics. Water as a (liquid at working temperatures) > fluid, moves orders of magnitude more heat than air (as working fluid) does, > Sure Glycol or TEG (Tetraethylene Glycol) is best, but I do not have time > to find a non corrosive, non conducting fluid in lieu of water (although Silicone > brake fluid or DOT-5 might just do the trick). Sorry for the digression..... >
Oh, we like digressions :-) I recall that sometimes last year, Tom's Hardware tested running a system without heat sink... but completely immersed in... cooking oil! They made a large acrylic container, poured in gallons of high-quality cooking oil, then proceeded to overclock the CPU and GPU to unholy frequencies... And, IIRC, Seymour Cray likes to use some inert fluoride-based coolant to dunk the components of his supercomputer machines. And he would even go to lengths to design a "coolant fountain" that's not only functional, but also decorative. > The only caveat, is to get a cooling system, that is made of robust, quality > components. Also, monitoring the temperature is important, and it'd be > nice to have a micro pressure transmitter, downstream of the pumping mechanism > to ensure no leaks by detecting tiny leaks BEFORE they happen (delta-P). > That's the only qualms I have Re: water-coolant. I always an afraid of leaks. So, I always wimped out and use the thermal wick kind of almost, but not quite, somewhat similar to liquid coolant ;-) Rgds, --
