Thursday, May 13, 2010

Can liquid cooling be used with any computer case?

i have some case from antec i think the model p160w or something anyways. Would liquid cooling work with any case or does it have to be a special case? thanks!Can liquid cooling be used with any computer case?
Well usually you need holes in you case for the tubes to lead to and from the radiator. You can drill two holes into your case where you want the hoses to go and place rubber washes around the hole so you won't dig into the tube.Can liquid cooling be used with any computer case?
Yes i have heard that liquid cooling need special casing. And it should. I have seen lots of normal casing and none of them designed to support a liquid cooling system (No holes).





But liquid cooling is dangerous. If the liquid is somehow spilled it could short the circuitry of your PC. Its not very popular.
it'll work with any case. All you need is the water block that sits on your cpu/vid card and the tubes connecting it. The rest can all be outside the computer. Although the reservoir can be in a 3.5'; bay, which I suggest because its easy and you can get ones for it that look really cool (reservoirs can also be mounted in other places in the case). Then u've got ur pump and radiator which u can mount inside your case, though I dont suggest that. They create excess heat, which raises ur case temp, and then you need noisy fans, which kinda defeats some of the point of water-cooling.





Go to Xoxide.com and click on one of the water-cooling kits to see how people have assembled their kits. There are some ways that dont put many components in the computer, but don't look thrown together.
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/liquid鈥?/a>

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