What are the pros/cons of water cooling CPU?

I really dont know too much about water cooling systems but i tired my best to try to find you a link that will in someway help you in understanding water cooling cpu's or products relating to it etc. http://www6.tomshardware.com/cpu/20020102/index.html. Even if this link doesnt help you www.tomshardware.com is a great site for computer parts and understanding how they work, reviews and the different products that are available to consumers. I hope I helped.

Better than 100% air cooling (or should be). Think of the maintenance of a swimming pool or aquarium if you never have one. What a car radiator does not have to fight with is fugus and bacteria because of "high heat" while CPU water cooling is dealing with 30 to 60 C temp, kind of warm in relative term.

Thanks guys.

I know nothing of water cooling. Although I have several machines (all overclocked), I have never had a problem with 100% air cooling...then again, I never O/C to the extreme. I always build under a tight budget & personally don't have the need for the extra cooling power, added expense, & potential problems that a water cooling system would bring to the table.

Now, with that being said, there was a recent post regarding water cooling & how the components deteriorate quickly if not properly cared for. I'm not sure if that's what real_cool was getting at in his post when he mentioned pool & aquarium maintenance or not (sorry real_cool, not sure what point you were trying to make). In any mechanical system, there's always a potential for problems, however slight...pump failure, water leakage, hose blockage, condensation, etc...these are all things to take into consideration.

You might wanna browse thru these posts on another forum:

http://forums.procooling.com/vbb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=7239

Leave it to the imagination. Warm water collects and grows "things". Any food processing engineer could tell you the pain they must go through with stainless steel "farm tanks".

Water cooling a computer does not yield the high enough temperature as to a car radiator. Therefore, fugus will come and ruin/attack metal surfaces. It is the "warm" water they like the most. Okay the fish tank or swimming pool may not ring the bell.

Ahhh...OK...I had a feeling that's what you were getting at.

The post I referred to mentioned that exact thing...I don't recall if it was posted in this forum or not. There was a link provided that showed pictures of a badly corroded & leaking water block

Don't have too much exp. with water cooling, but use pure anit-free-coolant, or boiled are filtered water. Also heard of mixing some alcohol with the water, but dont quote me on that. Also NEVER mix aluminum parts with copper parts in a water cooling system.