Installed Water Cooling on PC

[Jaimecbr900]

Maybe I should of worded my question differently then.....I kinda figured what it was for, but does having your PC be "watercooled" make it DO anything different, i.e. process faster, work faster, longevity of the processor or board, etc.

I know heat is the biggest enemy of electronics, so I'm sure it must have some benefits other than merely cooling. Otherwise you'd just put more efficient fans or something, right?

[Nemesis]

Maybe I should of worded my question differently then.....I kinda figured what it was for, but does having your PC be "watercooled" make it DO anything different, i.e. process faster, work faster, longevity of the processor or board, etc.

I know heat is the biggest enemy of electronics, so I'm sure it must have some benefits other than merely cooling. Otherwise you'd just put more efficient fans or something, right?

I overclocked my AMD 64 3500+ to a 3800+ spec. At first the heat rose high, but now its staying at a consistent 38*C. But running cooler all the time means all those things you said above. I did have 4 fans in my Antec Sonata case, which has spots for it, but it still ran pretty hot when overclocked. But as soon as I get a waterblock for the Video card, ill be able to overlock it as well.

Currently im running quake 4 at a consistent 98FPS.

[Deaf Pimp]

Maybe I should of worded my question differently then.....I kinda figured what it was for, but does having your PC be "watercooled" make it DO anything different, i.e. process faster, work faster, longevity of the processor or board, etc.

I know heat is the biggest enemy of electronics, so I'm sure it must have some benefits other than merely cooling. Otherwise you'd just put more efficient fans or something, right?

I can probably answer part of that question. I know when water cooling first came out, it was able to cool everything a lot better than any fan could. Gamers especially would try to eek out faster frame rates by overclocking their video cards and processors. Water cooling was able to allow the processor and video card to be overworked past its limits by keeping it operating at normal temps. Granted, if you are just using a regular PC and not doing anything extreme with it, water cooling is a waste IMO.

[Jaimecbr900]

I can probably answer part of that question. I know when water cooling first came out, it was able to cool everything a lot better than any fan could. Gamers especially would try to eek out faster frame rates by overclocking their video cards and processors. Water cooling was able to allow the processor and video card to be overworked past its limits by keeping it operating at normal temps. Granted, if you are just using a regular PC and not doing anything extreme with it, water cooling is a waste IMO.

Nemesis and DP: I see now. So when you say you are "over clocking" something I assume it means you're pushing it, right? How exactly is it that you can do that? I thought electronic things like chips and processors had a definite limit to their capabilities.

Yall are both wayyyyy above my head on this stuff that's why I ask. I'm just curious on how you guys are doing these things.

So you are overworking the processor/card to do what? Make it give you better resolution, faster processing, etc? I'm just assuming that would be the purpose, right? Is this mostly a gaming thing or does it help in processing data too or maybe the net?

[5thgcelica]

Nemesis and DP: I see now. So when you say you are "over clocking" something I assume it means you're pushing it, right? How exactly is it that you can do that? I thought electronic things like chips and processors had a definite limit to their capabilities.

Yall are both wayyyyy above my head on this stuff that's why I ask. I'm just curious on how you guys are doing these things.

So you are overworking the processor/card to do what? Make it give you better resolution, faster processing, etc? I'm just assuming that would be the purpose, right? Is this mostly a gaming thing or does it help in processing data too or maybe the net?

yeah its basically uping the mhz on your processor or video card. you gotta up the voltage and crap..i dunno. never messed with it.