Hi , Has anyone here ever Modded or Used something like an SLi GFX Card Watercooling Kit for use in a PSU ? I have seen kits like the Coolermaster Aquagate Duo Viva going for as little as £22 . Do you think something like that would work or could even be upgraded to work in that type of setup ? I just bought a Corsair Hydro H50 to cool an AM3 System i bought . The system will be a Media Center System, Mainly just playing TV Shows & Movies . I want the system to run 24/7 as quiet as possible. I definitely wont be overclocking it . Motherboard - Asus M4A785TD-V EVO CPU - AM3 Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition Memory - 2 x 2GB OCZ Platinum Dual Channel Kit
Watercooled PSU's? Dont use them. First of all its my feeling of having water close to one of the most inportant parts of your whole PC. Second (but more important), with a watercooled PSU you're ruining your airflow because you dont have enough outtakes to create a underpressure.
I've seen modded psu's for water cooling, and water cooled psu's stock. Modding your own psu for water cooling takes a lot of calculation because the heat sinks that are in there are designed to disperse a certain amount of heat and you have to match that or get better than that to be sure you aren't stressing your psu. If you manage to find a water cooled psu, it will be costly. I think you would have better luck getting a passive psu. Look around this site.
not to mention that some heatsinks can be live inside a PSU, which would only make the coolant loop live. its a crap idea, if the PSU makes to much noise, rip it open and replace the fan.
What size PSU are you using? Any pretty much any PSU with a 120mm or larger fan will be near quiet to the point where watercooling will not be beneficial for noise reasons alone. I cannot see how this is true unless the PSU is faulty the the heatsink would be live since multiple components are mounted to the same heatsink.
The PSU im using is 400w Corsair Power Series CMPSU-400CXUK . It was just a thought . Ive always wanted to try and build a completely silent System, and i know with water cooling this really isnt practical as all water cooled systems require some fans to cool the water . I'll just hunt out either passively cooled components or replace the stock fans with better/bigger ones that can do the same job at lower rpms . BTW - I have never seen or heard of any reputable PSU's that have Live heatsinks, what PSUs are you aware of that have this ?
