Right I am thinking about going for watercooling however I have a few concerns: I don't run my pc 24/7 as I can't sleep with it on and as such I am sure I would forget to turn the pump on when I went to start my pc. The alternative would be to run the pump all the time even though the pc is off but by my understanding this isn't a good idea as the pump would heat the water. Is there anyway to make the pump turn on with the pc, someone said something about a relay. If they can be used can they be bought as me and mains electricity to not mix very well at all. Another alternative would be to get the ehiem 1046 12v version, now seeing as this plugs into the psu would it turn on/off with the psu as well? Also where can I get the 12v 1046 from? thanks in advance.
I used to leave my 1046 on 24/7, no problem whatsoever. (Mind you, I used to leave the PC on most of the time too.) If your rad can't passively cool your pump, it will have a hard time actively cooling your components. The way I got around forgetting to turn the pump on before I had a relay was to plug it into the same switched four-way socket that the PC plugged into. No power to pump, no power to PC. Alternatively, if you have a pass-through socket on your PSU, you could fit a 3 pin socket connector on your pump and power it this way, meaning it came on with hard power to the PC, rather than soft power like with a relay or a 12V pump. [Edit] Besides, you may find you can sleep with it on soon...
got an enermax so no pass through, I would probably prefer to use a relay, got any links or info on these?
http://www.pclincs.co.uk/acatalog/Pumps__Resevoirs___Pump_Relay_Kits.html http://store.over-clock.co.uk/acatalog/Pumps___Accessories.html At the bottom of the page in each case.
"Criticool PowerPlant PCI Relay Card" that looks like the one for me, damn this is getting so expensive.
I was thinking of watercooling, but i had a thought, to save money is it really worth getting a res? I mean, little res's cant really do much can they?
A res makes it much easier to fill your system and bleed it of air. It has very little benefit to cooling, other than keeping air out of the block/rad/pump. It is definitely more appropriate to call them air traps, as this is the main purpose they are designed for, other than looking good. 8-ball. PS, I think it might have been the criticool relay card which resulted in bare traces with mains running through them. Not very safe if you like tinkering about in your computer.
Better be careful with that one there. I think it leaves exposed wires with the AC voltage going through it. And you definitely do not wanna touch that.
It was, but it only affected the first few batches, once it was brought to their attention they quickly sorted it out. All the new versions are not affected by this problem (supposibly)
this has been resolved I beleive. I think only the solder points for the 120 vac traces were exposed...most pcbs traces are insulated.
Some people were saying that the newer ones were "fixed", does anyone know anything about this? I have an early one and believe me those contacts are exposed. Like a knucklehead i slowly tried to remove my sound card and BLAM! it shorted on the card and blew the fuse in my house. Luckly i had some old paxmate laying around and cut a piece to cover the backside of the powerplant (found a use for that foam crap ).
