Water Cooled Power Supply

h2ocooler · 14 Apr 2006 at 22:35

Hi all
Going to build a Media PC soon and want it as Quiet as poss as it will be on 24/7 (and crunching), going to watercool everthing (going to get a Tt Symphony

so load wont be a prob) and just have 1 very slow 120 fan stirring inside, Has anyone heard of a watercooled power supply or done their's, if you have done your own could you post pics ? or let me know any probs or things not to do!
Thanks

Drazic · 14 Apr 2006 at 22:47

There wa sone in Micro mart ages and ages ago

Though i bleive the heat dump is a large one and a PA120.3 with 6 deltas pushing and pulling is needed

Explicit · 14 Apr 2006 at 23:33

Watercooled power supply? Can't say I've every heard of that one before. Imagine if you had a leak...

MikeTimbers · 14 Apr 2006 at 23:42

They are available on the continent but it's really unnecessary. A media PC won't make a PSU hot enough for its internal fan to do more than spin slowly and even crunching shouldn't if the rest of the system is watercooled. Any current 120mm fan-based PSU from Tagan or Seasonic (S12) will be inaudible. My own Tagan is silent as is my X-Pro in my two water-cooled systems.

ukdave · 15 Apr 2006 at 00:02

I would agree. Without a power hungry system the PSU fan will run at its slowest setting and will be inaudible. I'd go Tagan probably.

barney · 15 Apr 2006 at 01:31

Water cooling and PSU, not two things i would like to see put together tbh

Ice Tea · 15 Apr 2006 at 01:35

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17555327

binaryknight · 15 Apr 2006 at 02:02

water cooled psus do exist but are of less wattage than standard and quite expensive

Zefan · 15 Apr 2006 at 02:08

Drazic said:
Micro mart

Is it just me who screams "OMG competit0rz!" when i see this?

I saw a homemade w/c PSU once, looked solid to do.

binaryknight · 15 Apr 2006 at 02:22

quick google found some links more stuff around but not postable

for diy.... which i wouldnt recomend
http://www.digital-explosion.co.uk/index.php?articleID=65

Watercooled Power Supply based on Enermax Noisetaker Series!

Zalman is looking to expand its water cooling products, and even considering bringing out a water cooled power supply if it will pass European regulations.

h2ocooler · 15 Apr 2006 at 08:41

Thanks all, will wait and see now how noisy it is with standard one i think, might have a play with an old PSU though

The $6m Dan · 15 Apr 2006 at 10:10

There are a few fanless PSUs, which you could look at.

Almost silent - Top of the page

Completely silent - Bottom of the page

I haven't used any of these so you might want to speak to some one who has. I'd try and find out what they're like in systems with no case cooling / no fans.
Just trying to give you some more options

h2ocooler · 15 Apr 2006 at 10:18

The $6m Dan said:
There are a few fanless PSUs, which you could look at.

Almost silent - Top of the page

Completely silent - Bottom of the page

I haven't used any of these so you might want to speak to some one who has. I'd try and find out what they're like in systems with no case cooling / no fans.
Just trying to give you some more options

Thanks for that, the Zen noisless one looks promising, will have to do some research into it.