[metarinka]

I would just like to take contention that the future of water cooling. As it gets to be more refined and commercialized there will always be the need for a knowledge base and DIY community. I think this to a level mirrors the automotive industry. in the beginning there were many competing designs and theories in automotive technology and it took about 30 years or so for there to become a general consensus in terms of construction and theories (internal combustion, assembly line etc) now cars are more complex to a large factor but I see the same thing happening in watercooling. In the beginning there was many competing designs and interesting formats (anyone remember that block that was coiled copper tubing on base plate?) It was exciting and every few months a better design came out. Soon watercooling will become pretty cheap, commercial and just plane (still exotic to the non hardcore computing crowd). All the arguments and design of parts will pretty much have been fleshed out with little room for "new ideas" . But - as in cars- there's still much room for tweaking modification and "bling" to make off the counter parts something that is yours, or even possibly something that performs better.
I'm an amature watercooler compared to you guys, but I saw the exact same thing is happening in the modding community where LED fans went from being OMG AMAZING HOW DID YOU SOLDER THAT!!!!11! to being a $4 item you can get at best buy. but just as in modding, there's still plenty of room left for creative design and implementation in setups. I'm not claiming to be the most innovative or anything but I'm trying to be novel at the very least by building a passive radiator (designs in the radiator section).
At any rate the reason I came to procooling from bit-tech (although I still post there) Is the pure technical knowledge of members. I posted a clear cut question on Joint fitment in acrylic. Here I got 33 views and 3 very helpful answers; on bit-tech I got 40 views and no one has even responded. I'm guessing it's not interesting or too technical for most of them. At any rate I have high hopes for the wiki If I had the time to sit down and really learn the format I would try wipping out more articles on what I know best as a educated welder and fabricator. I think the future of procooling is our extensive knowledge base for the DIY aspect as no matter how cheap or common place water cooling becomes there will always people pushing the envelope or just doing something different such as building your own flow meters or crazy radiators in my case. Watercooling as cars may become common place, but there will always be a need for mechanics

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