Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: new system hardware

[Pandu Poluan]

On Nov 11, 2012 12:13 AM, "James" <wireless@×××××××××××.com> wrote:
>
> Dale <rdalek1967 <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>
> > I guess it is good for the folks that use water cooling tho.  I run
> > plenty cool and quiet with air so I'm not planning to switch.  I still
> > like my CPUs to be bare when possible then purchase my cooler
separately.
>
> For me, it's basic thermodynamics. Water as a (liquid at working
temperatures)
> fluid, moves orders of magnitude more heat than air (as working fluid)
does,
> Sure Glycol or TEG (Tetraethylene Glycol) is best, but I do not have time
> to find a non corrosive, non conducting fluid in lieu of water (although
Silicone
> brake fluid or DOT-5 might just do the trick). Sorry for the
digression.....
>

Oh, we like digressions :-)

I recall that sometimes last year, Tom's Hardware tested running a system
without heat sink... but completely immersed in... cooking oil! They made a
large acrylic container, poured in gallons of high-quality cooking oil,
then proceeded to overclock the CPU and GPU to unholy frequencies...

And, IIRC, Seymour Cray likes to use some inert fluoride-based coolant to
dunk the components of his supercomputer machines. And he would even go to
lengths to design a "coolant fountain" that's not only functional, but also
decorative.

> The only caveat, is to get a cooling system, that is made of robust,
quality
> components. Also, monitoring the temperature is important, and it'd be
> nice to have a micro pressure transmitter, downstream of the pumping
mechanism
> to ensure no leaks by detecting tiny leaks BEFORE they happen (delta-P).
>

That's the only qualms I have Re: water-coolant. I always an afraid of
leaks. So, I always wimped out and use the thermal wick kind of almost, but
not quite, somewhat similar to liquid coolant ;-)

Rgds,
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