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by midgetdoggy

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I was wondering, do you have to periodically replace the water in a water cooling system or do you just keep using the same water for a long time?

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by oh smeg

But you should be using a Glycerol not water as water can corrode through the Metal Fittings and destroy the M'Board and associated electronics.

You want something that doesn't attack the fittings and water isn't this substance.

If you use water you should change it monthly and reverse flush out the system to prevent it getting clogged with Brown Algae growing inside the Lines and Heat Sinks.

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by midgetdoggy

was thinking of eventually getting a water cooling system. Would it be recommended to still have a fan or two in the case or is there not even any space for fans with the water cooling?

by oh smeg

Not water Cooling as most of these systems don't actually use Water.

Secondly depending on what you actually have cooled by the Liquid governs what is required in the case. If it is just the CPU then the GPU, North & South Bridge still need to be cooled so you need some form of cooling through the case and this generally means air flow of some sort.

While you can technically cool the GPU and other heat producing IC's by connoting them with Heat Transfer units to the body of the case like Zalman does with it's Fanless Cases this is expensive so it is not used all that often. With most Liquid Cooling Kits currently being sold for Nonprofessional Systems these just cool the CPU the High End Liquid Cooling Kits will cool the CPU, GPU, and other IC's on the M'Board but because these M'Board mounted IC's are of a nonstandard nature the costs of making Cooling Heat Sinks for these Integrated Circuits is Prohibitive unless it is required for a special purpose application so a Liquid Cooling Kit that costs 10 times the cost of a complete computer isn't a high sale item so these are not made in big enough numbers to introduce a Cost Benefit from large scale production. Basically they are not made for anything but Special Case Applications like the Zalman Fanless Enclosures. These do not have any sort of Fan anywhere in the entire system and are great for dusty conditions where dust sucked into the case destroys a system in a few months. But not many will buy a $1,200.00 case & power supply for a $500.00 computer.

You can get these things if you are willing to pay for them but they are expensive with a complete Liquid Cooling Setup costing several thousand $ to do a similar thing that a Air Cooled system does for under $50.00. No sane person would buy the Liquid Cooling Solution in these cases unless there was an overriding need for them which just doesn't exist. The current generation Liquid Cooling Systems replace the CPU Heat Sink and Fan and will set you back $250.00 or more for what a $25.00 Heat Sink and Fan will do.

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by mjd420nova

The number of systems I've worked on that had WATER cooling were using demineralized - deionized water. This limits the corrosion factor and also enhances the heat exchanging qualities. Because it is demineralized it also limits its conductivity should any leaks appear.

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