Homemade Waterblocks

[bluesfan]

Hi Everybody

I'm wanting to hear opinions and thoughts about water cooling
a computer to eliminate fan db. I use my machine mostly for
playing my mp3 files (so I hate fan noise), my kids also play the lastest games on it.

My thought was to bury a coil of copper under ground (about
six feet or so) and use a manifold to distribute low temp H2o
to all components producing heat. I looked around the web for
a few days and have decided to attempt the project.

For those of you kind enough to help with suggestions, keep in
mind that I live in North Texas, and summer is coming. Normal temps (July - August) inside the room where the machines are would be 78 - 82 degrees F.

Current system specs:

P4 2.4GHz
Swiftech MCX4000 heatsink
(my CPU fan is mounted outside
the case, and a duct carries air
directly to the pins of the h.s.)
Abit IT7 MAX2 ver.2 MoBo
512MB DDR 2700 Crucial RAM
Asylum GeForce4 Ti 4600
Creative 5.1 speakers

Thanks to all!

[NDC]

Welcome to XPC, bluesfan... :)

Here is a link you may want to read related to this subject...

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[bluesfan]

Thanks for the welcome NDC, yeah I know bout all those sad stories of folks flooding their rigs, but I have about 20 years of
experience making connections with water (i'm a plumber), that
it's something that I know really well. Computers are my hobby, so I have older setups to test with before installing something
in my "good" box. Currently, my proc runs at about 41 degrees, and the northbrige chip is about 38. These temps are at idle. Of course once summer temps arrive in Texas, these will rise by as much as 8-11 degrees.

I feel that as procs continue go faster, heat will become more of a concern. Air cooling will no longer do the job. I don't overclock my rigs, but would like to cool those chips for longer life.