The Watercooled PC Appreciation Thread...

[Gareth]

My own:

Some of my favourites:

Post yours up

 

[Scutch]

Bloody. Hell.

 

[George@RTR_Parts]

Pretty impressive stuff mate. These fairly new as never heard of them, bet they arn't cheap!

 

[Scutch]

Is it really necessary? Not knocking or anything, but seriously, do you need water cooling for what you're doing?

 

[mace¬]

What are the benefits of a watercooled system? Like what Scutchio asked.

 

[sbridgey]

whats your specs then gareth?

 

[Christopher]

Seriously impressive. It's a shame they run Windows.

 

[sbridgey]

Seriously impressive. It's a shame they run Windows.

You never know he might be running hackintosh

 

[Clart]

There was a guy at work who was into all this s**t, he kept banging on about his benchmarks scores. He didn't actually use the PC for anything serious, other than improving his benchmarks. Then every 6 months he'd spend £200/300 upgrading it.


fcuking mentalist.

 

[Silent_Scone]

benefits are that it doesn't sound like a hair dryer, and temps are low enough to ramp up the volts so you can overclock safely


Plus it looks fairly cool lol.

 

[BIGASH]

Never heard of these before but they look impressive would be like a firework display when they spring a leak though surely?!

 

[conneh]

Should of bought a Xbox. Teeheeeeeeeeee

High end PC's are the way forward. Really shouldn't of spunked all my money on drinking lately though.

 

[Christopher]

Do you of one?

 

[Wilkeh]

Seriously impressive. It's a shame they run Windows.

I'm afraid you are clueless. Go back to thumb twiddling on your console

 

[Christopher]

Don't be afraid.

 

[Gareth]

whats your specs then gareth?

Spec is:

Corsair 800D Case
Corsair AX1200 PSU
ASUS Rampage III Extreme Motherboard
Intel i7 950 CPU
12GB Corsair Dominator GT 2000Mhz Memory
Corsair Airflow & Airflow Pro Memory Fans/LED Readout
2 x EVGA Hydro Copper 2 FTW 580 GTX (Watercooled) SLI
Creative Labs XFi Titanium Soundcard
2 x Corsair Force 120GB SSD HDDs
2 x Western Digital 150GB 10,000rpm Raptor HDDs
2 x Western Digital 1TB HDDs
LG Blu-Ray Reader/Writer
Lamptron FC5 V2 Fan Controller
XSPC 360mm Radiator
EK Supreme HF (Nickel/Plex) CPU Waterblock
EK Rampage III Extreme Motherboard Waterblock (Nickel/Plexi)
4 x Scythe Gentle Typhoon 120mm Fans (1450rpm)
iandh Stealth Reservoir 225
Laing D5 Pump with Bitspower Mod Top (V2)
Bitspower Compression Fittings
Tygon R3603 Tubing (Clear)
Feser One Fluid (Red)
XSPC LCD Water Temp Readout
MDPC-X Black Sleeved Cables
MDPC-X Screws, Fixtures & Fittings etc

I have changed some of the fans for a bit more lighting though.

As said, the idea is to have a quieter PC and/or be able to overclock further. I personally did it for the look and it was something I've always wanted to do.

 

[Wilkeh]

I'd love a bash of Crysis on that

 

[Munson]

Lol at men questioning water cooling a PC. The same type who don't think something called 'boost' is awesome.

 

[Coby.]

My Mum told me not to put water and electronics together :S

Couple of guy I work with w**k themselves silly over this stuff, I just play dumb (I am ) and wind them right up regarding all of it.

I'm sure it works brilliantly and does look good it's just not for me.

 

[mace¬]

Lol at men questioning water cooling a PC. The same type who don't think something called 'boost' is awesome.

But people are talking about gaming.

You game on a games console

and

p**n on a p**n Computer (PC)

OR will a water cooled PC improve my p**n experience?

 

[Adam]

Have you got a link for the build on the first one of your favourites, it looks pretty impressive.

I have just realised I have never once drained, cleaned and replaced the fluid in mine since I built it, 3 years ago

 

[Munson]

Anything liquid cooled is automatically awesome. It's really that simple.

 

[Gareth]

Have you got a link for the build on the first one of your favourites, it looks pretty impressive.

I have just realised I have never once drained, cleaned and replaced the fluid in mine since I built it, 3 years ago

It's on a private forum I'm afraid. It's a monstrous build, must of cost an absolute fortune and the case was self-built.

 

[Adam]

Fecking hell!

Is there a need thought, really?

 

[mace¬]

Anything liquid cooled is automatically awesome. It's really that simple.

I can't really argue with that....
Barrels of machine guns
Hydro electric generators

The list goes on.

 

[Gareth]

Fecking hell!

Is there a need thought, really?

I felt guilty having spent so much on mine afterwards, but that's in a different league!

 

[.Adam.]

But people are talking about gaming.

You game on a games console

and

p**n on a p**n Computer (PC)

OR will a water cooled PC improve my p**n experience?

Squirts you with water to coincide with a finger gushing on screen.

 

[mace¬]

Squirts you with water to coincide with a finger gushing on screen.

No water cooled system could cope with Danimals squirt generating abilities right?

 

[Munson]

Who watches p**n on computers anyway?

That's what iPads are for.

 

[mace¬]

Touchpad.

 

[Josh Youare]

Less viruses on iPhones/pads.

Might post some of mine later which i built a few years ago. Makes me want to build a new one looking at these!

 

[Cliotoby]

I have a H50 does tha count?

 

[Gareth]

I have a H50 does tha count?

No.

 

[Silent_Scone]

lol H50 is OK if you're not overclocking.

Thats an SR2 board in that build ^ serious bit of kit, board still goes for 400 quid.

 

[Nickson]

lol H50 is OK if you're not overclocking.

Thats an SR2 board in that build ^ serious bit of kit, board still goes for 400 quid.

Had a bad experience with a H50, wouldn't use again unfortunately, although they are quite a cool piece of kit!

After seeing some of these, I will definitely be putting mine under water

 

[Naith]

right i'm totally lost here, they look amazing but thats it for me there... whats the deal?

 

[Munson]

I'm running 4.4Ghz at silly low temps using one of those crap all-in-one solutions. I could push a lot harder but don't need to. They're ok. Way better than air. People saying you can't overlock with them are just using their own Googled geekness as a frame of reference.

Next time I will go bespoke water. Just for the lols.

 

[Vish]

I always wanted a gaming computer, just to run the Grand Prix series.

I wouldn't bother with one now as I have no need for a desktop but they are massively cool on an über geek level. Look so impressive.

 

[Darren S]

You have to have your floor reinforced too - in order to displace the weight.

True story that.

D.

 

[Munson]

High-end PC gaming is like comparing Blu-ray to VHS. Totally different experience.

Of course the console monkeys like to bleat on about graphics meaning little, yet they own the latest console and like to wax lyrical about the visual advances between Forza and Forza 2.