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Why Watercooling

 

 

WATERCOOLING ENGINE

 

Air-cooling has become less and less effective in cooling as the hottest parts in computers, especially CPU’s and graphic cards, have become more and more power demanding. As a result, watercooling has become more and more popular, especially among computer enthusiasts.
In last 3 years when the power consumption of main computer parts has jumped so dramatically, the air-cooling emitting sound became unbearable. This is the main reason why the popularity of water cooling has grown fast and will continue to grow.
 

 

 

WATERCOOLING SYSTEM

 

Water-cooling system consists of:

 


Bottom picture shows us the engine of water-cooling. 


Image 1: water-cooling engine

The medium of a watercooled system is mostly distilled water with anticorrosion additives and fluids which protects the metal system parts from corrosion and anti-algae additions which prevents algae to grow in the water.
The water flow is shown in the image above. The water pump circulates the water in the system. Then the water absorbs heat in the CPU waterblock and continues to flow through the radiator, where the heat is transmitted into the air which is flowing thru the radiator ribs and fins. Fans help increase heat transmission by increasing air flow. Finally, the water continues to water reservoir which enables us to fill the system with water very easily.

 

 

PROS AND CONS OF WATERCOOLING

 

In the table below are the advantages and disadvantages of watercooling:

 

  Air cooling Water cooling
Loudness -- ++
Cooling performance -- ++
Installation difficulty + -
Price + -
Space requirements + -

 

The main advantages of water-cooling are much better cooling performance and low noise emission. With water cooling the temperatures can be reduced up to 2 times and the PC can became soundless. These are the reasons for PC users to go for water-cooling.

 

 

WATER & COMPUTER?

 

Many PC users are afraid of having water in their computer, but the fear of water leaking can reduced to a minimum if the system is installed correctly. For more skeptical users, the fluid for water-cooling has been developed which is not electrically conductive, therefore there are no possibilities for cooling fluid to damage the hardware.
 

 

 
HOW NOISY IS WATERCOOLING

 

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Image 2: The watercooling noise
The image tells us everything: water-cooling is much quieter than air-cooling and even the sound from an insect.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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