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Originally Posted by bobo5195
Apple's G5 was a hot beast that had to be wedged into a case. Watercooling is not ever going to move into the main stream.
Strictly speaking heatpipes are liquid cooling. There should not be much reason why a heatpipe based system cannot achieve WC results levels. Watercooling hs a number fo things up its sleave (jet impingment cooling, mounting the rad outside the case) but there is not reason why a bigger heatsink cannot overcome that. Especially if the higher BTX HS weight limit comes in.
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I agree that heat-pipes are liquid-cooling too! Some even do well against WC'ing setups. However, heat-pipes have a down side, Literally. They do not work well enough to cool upside down, nor very well on their sides.
Heat-pipes can hang outside the computer case like some of the WC'ing setups do. Although the tubing is hard metal line and would require a coil winding to locate the mounting towards the CPU. Very tricky to do too.
Apple's G5 2.0Ghz uses a very LARGE heat-pipe that weights over 2.2lbs per CPU. With two CPU's, 4.4lbs are hanging from the main MOBO.
The Apple G5 2.5+Ghz units with liquid-cooling weighs about 2.42lbs for two CPU's.
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Originally Posted by Etacovda
well, apple have managed. It honestly cant be that difficult - it only becomes hard when bling is applied to the situation. Use hard lined tubing which doesnt allow (much if any) water evap through the tubing. Use a soldered copper block, and a decent pump + radiator. Have the connections pre-done in the case with everything in there waiting for an install.
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Some of it was easy for us, other parts were a great challenge. The G5 is not a HydroCool at all, although we did learn some valuable things with the HydroCool.
Liquid cooling isn't just for gamers, overclockers nor college youth, other industries use WC'ing as well. The largest being the Telecommunications and Data Acquisition industries. There are data computer terminals with Intel and AMD64 units out there in really harsh environments. These units are not the high ended Ghz CPU's, but still need WC'ing due to the ambient temps outdoors. One example is an automated toll booth collection system on a highway.
Computers are really everywhere. Even in places that the typical person isn't aware of.