Water cooling attempt on old comp?

[mattgaunt]

I am really interested in water cooling, but i dont want to put it in my new build in case something should go wrong

But i was seriously thinking about perhaps putting it my old computer if a lot of the parts i can then transfer from the old computer into the new computer

Am i jus wasting a load of money?? ill be honest i dont know what parts i would need and what can be re-used or anythin, if anyone can give me advice on the idea or a really gd guide that would be awesome.

Also jus out of interest, what could be the worst case in this situation **** water cooling goes wrong???

 

[mrthingyx]

The internet is the greatest source of both information and misinformation mankind has ever created bar the Great Library at Alexandria and 'Heat' magazine, so use it (the Internet, that is). You'll find everything you ever wanted to know about watercooling and even something you should but didn't even know existed. Find out more before jumping in - that is for free.

As to the rest of it, I'm sure some eager beaver will be in here to tell you just what you need, but it's much better for you to ascertain that sort of thing for yourself: you will have fewer problems, and those you do will be easier to resolve without you getting in a tizz.

Watercooling has come a very long way since I started and assuming you use your brain (I'm assuming you've got a good one: you're at the UoB, after all... but then you also use text speak, so maybe not... ) you will find parts that are readily transferrable from one system to the next, with only £10-ish between the two for a new socket clamp (i.e. going from Socket 462 to a LGA775)...

Your exams will be over soon, so you're going to need something to fill your time with, aren't you?

 

[WJA96]

There is a cooling sticky at the top of the page that includes water-cooling basics.

The worst case scenario if it goes wrong is a complete failure of any PC components touched by water.

That almost never happens, generally because most people are careful to do leak-testing before installing the electronics and also there are now some wonderful non-conductive fluids (eg. Feser One) that you can spray all over a working PC and it just keeps working.

Check this out

And yes - I still cool most of my systems with Feser One