Water cooling: is it worth it?

[totokan]

Well, Liquid Nitrogen caused condensation on the southbridge, so I would suggest against it.

[Rekarp]

distilled, deionized-reionozed water

You know thats still conductive because the instant it goes into your water cooling loops and touches the copper/metal blocks it picks up ions.

I used to do my fair share of water cooling a couple years ago. Your best bet is to pick up a kit at sidewinderscomputers.com to get you started.

Also http://www.ocforums.com/ has a wealth of knowledge to get you started on watercooling.

After water cooling for 4 years I gave up on it as it was just a pain in the ass to keep maintained and swapping parts out was a chore. I would just get a really nice heatsink fan combo.

[Ben Cebhrem]

Oh yeah, I know. Good clamps that touch all of the hose is your main thing there- if you lose liquid, no matter what kind, you can probably say goodbye to your computer anyhow. The main reason I use it is that it isn't corrosive enough to the metal for the few years I'll be using it. There are other concerns of course that prompted me to use it- the high heat carrying potential of water as opposed to a non-conductive fluid (although minimal) as well as cost, and ease of replacement (like I said, I get it locally- no wait for me).