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  • Ready to try water cooling. Where to start? Library of links-basics to expert (p.9)
6/9/2021
biiigshawn
nice and comprehensive guide! Good stuff
6/11/2021
Klaus H
Interesting the new fluids being researched for cooling.
6/12/2021
ty_ger07
vavash
Would love to see numbers on a mineral cooled GPU


Not anywhere close to as good as water cooling.  Water cooling has the benefit of fast removal of heat from the GPU, lots of surface area of the radiator, and fast removal of heat from the water via the radiator.  Just plain mineral oil turns into a big blob of heat; it takes a long time, but the end result isn't exceptional.... and it is very messy in comparison.
6/15/2021
Slade__
Awesome
9/15/2021
MataMataMoo
Open loop water is very niche. It certainly isn't impossible, and does have benefits, but for most people, I don't think it's worth it other than for the experience/hobby reasons.
9/15/2021
MataMataMoo
SimplySepe
So I have a custom hard tubing loop. But it got me thinking, since GPU and CPU have different maximum temperature thresholds would it be most ideal to have them on separate loops?


I think so, but there is certainly a point of diminishing returns, if you have a huge amount of radiator surface, or really fast flow rate, the water can certainly be considered homogenous and the difference would be negligible, but unless you set up your flow very specifically you could be sending water with less thermal capacity (warm water) through the latter item in the loop. I.E. A radiator before each component block vents heat to ensure it can pick up as much heat from each block. As long as the one with the higher temperature is getting enough cooling with the added heat from the other components to have thermal overhead, you aren't getting anywhere near exotic cooling levels where too much cooling can cause issues.
9/23/2021
redrek43
Great info, thanks!
9/23/2021
Cool GTX
redrek43
Great info, thanks!


thanks
10/7/2021
stebru94
wow that's amazing. Thank you for sharing!

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