Transporting and water cooling

[square_nothing]

Just wondering would you have to drain your pc if you were going to move it? Im talking about house to house moving so in the car exc,. Would you have to drain the loop or should a good loop be perfectly fine?

sorry about the large amount of questions on water cooling but just want to know if it is doable for me , but so far looks good

 

[bilston]

if all the stuff is inside the case I dont see a problem of not draining it. mine however, goes all over hte bloody place so it would be impossible

 

[ecat]

Depends on how confident you are about your build skills

Drain for safety.

I have a water cooled htpc system I built on a whim 2 years ago. It has survived various forms of movement abuse and neglect over this time but ymmv .

 

[shadowscotland]

I have an exteral passive rad but quickconnectors and a little care make moving it very easy.
Waterblocks usually have much better fixing that HSF so as long as your not in a crash or have an open top res it should be fine.

I'd be more conserned over long graphic cards flexing with every bump (but an attach full cover block should limit this )

 

[square_nothing]

I have an exteral passive rad but quickconnectors and a little care make moving it very easy.
Waterblocks usually have much better fixing that HSF so as long as your not in a crash or have an open top res it should be fine.

I'd be more conserned over long graphic cards flexing with every bump (but an attach full cover block should limit this )

hmm i think i will just have to stick some padding around the pc, mebey even take out the gcard

the reason i asked is because when i go to uni dont want to be spending fresher’s week draining and rebuilding a pc

thanks for the replies its appreciated, you guys are helping a awful lot

 

[ecat]

the reason i asked is because when i go to uni dont want to be spending fresher’s week draining and rebuilding a pc

Again it's down to how you build your loop but draining should be over in under a minute. Filling takes a little longer:

1) With a T it takes a couple of minutes to fully fill the loop and depending on layout up to many hours to bleed.

2) With a res filling may be a little quicker and bleeding should be much quicker.

3) Removing the loop to fill in an external bucket can reduce fill time, it will reduce bleed time if you run the pump while in the bucket but now you have the whole reassembly time. This is also wasteful of cooling fluid.

4) If you can live with the extra tube length and an extra straight connector then you can fill using a bucket without removing the loop. Put the free tube end feeding up to the pump in bucket, suck until fluid is past the pump, squash sucked end and carefully/quickly place in bucket, start system, once bleeding is complete join tube ends below fluid level using the straight connector, secure tube ends. Filling is quick, bleeding is quick but I recommend and extra pair of hands, or a pair of clamps. This method is also wasteful of fluid.