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So since I have started building all my water cooled rigs and posted step by step pics of the builds, I have had LOTS of people wanting to move away from normal air cooled components to Water cooling.
There are a few things to consider and to take into account when wanting to move to water cooling.
Firstly there are 2 Options. AIO Units (AIO= All in one, meaning it is a sealed unit), and custom open loops.
Each with their pros and cons. In general AIO coolers are more common the custom open loops as they are easier to install and maintain. You don't have to mess around with the coolant, tubing or anything like that with a AIO cooler. There are AIO coolers that can expand from EK, but most of them can't expand so this means that the radiator on it is what you get and stuck with. Custom loop possibilities are ENDLESS, only limited by your case ( sometimes your room even ). You can have 3+ radiators in a loop, multiple reservoirs or pumps.
The benefits of a custom loop is that you have more control over how much water is getting cooled, and with more radiators = more fans you can run all your fans at much lower rpm being very silent to get the same temperature as one loud AIO unit with it's fan spinning its fans off.
Custom loops have one very big negative. You can't quickly connect/disconnect your cooling. It needs to be drained and removed piece by piece if you need to remove certain components for any reason.
I am an enthusiast builder, so for me I LOVE hard tubing custom loops so will go more into more detail in water cooling in another thread if there are people interested in here
There are a few things to consider and to take into account when wanting to move to water cooling.
Firstly there are 2 Options. AIO Units (AIO= All in one, meaning it is a sealed unit), and custom open loops.
Each with their pros and cons. In general AIO coolers are more common the custom open loops as they are easier to install and maintain. You don't have to mess around with the coolant, tubing or anything like that with a AIO cooler. There are AIO coolers that can expand from EK, but most of them can't expand so this means that the radiator on it is what you get and stuck with. Custom loop possibilities are ENDLESS, only limited by your case ( sometimes your room even ). You can have 3+ radiators in a loop, multiple reservoirs or pumps.
The benefits of a custom loop is that you have more control over how much water is getting cooled, and with more radiators = more fans you can run all your fans at much lower rpm being very silent to get the same temperature as one loud AIO unit with it's fan spinning its fans off.
Custom loops have one very big negative. You can't quickly connect/disconnect your cooling. It needs to be drained and removed piece by piece if you need to remove certain components for any reason.
I am an enthusiast builder, so for me I LOVE hard tubing custom loops so will go more into more detail in water cooling in another thread if there are people interested in here
