hey, just wondering if anyone would be able to tell me how exactly a water cooling system works and if i should get one for my pc. have never heard of water cooling for PC's untill just recently at a lan party. I'm running an athlon 64 at 1.8 on an Asus K8V board with 1.5M of DDR400(3x 512). Vid card is ATI 256. I've got about 4 case fans and at idle the CPU runs at about 28.5 C and anywhere from 30 to 33 on full load. the mobo is constant at about 27 degs. So, again just wondering about a water cooling and how it works and if it would help out my temps at all. Doing mostly video editing and gaming work.
Thanks,
Jose

AMD Athlon 64 2000 @ 1800+
Asus K8V-Deluxe
1536MB (3x512) Samsung PC3200 DDR400
2x Maxtor Diamondmax 120Gig HD ATA133

Water cooling is a pretty simple concept, but why do you want it? You have perfect temps, and unless you plan on some serious overclocking, you have no need for this very expensive option. It wouldn't serve you any purpose.

Basically, you have a "waterblock" attached to the CPU...the heat is transferred to the block, which in turn transfers the heat to the circulating water. The water is passed through some sort of radiator that has a cooling fan. The cooling fan transfers the heat into the room air, then the cool water is recirculated back to the CPU/waterblock again...

There is a bit of maintenance involved...filling it with water, adding chemicals to the water to prevent corrosion, periodically checking for leaks, keeping the radiator & it's cooling fan dust free, inspecting the water block for signs of corrosion, to name but a few...basically, there are several components that have the potential for failure, whereas with aircooling, you really only have one...the fan!

I agree with Atomicboy...your temps are excellent...there's absolutely no need for water cooling on your system...don't waste your money

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I agree with atomicboy and jam. You will only need watercooling if you have, for example, Prescott which consumes a lot of power, and in turn increase heat.

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