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rocketmanx · 01-01-2004, 09:22 AM

Was just wondering out of curiosity if anyone has any idea, theoreticaly, what the lowest temp delta above room temp might be with straight water cooling.
We all hope to acheive as low a temp as possible with our water cooling setups but even with a "perfect" water block etc... exactly room temp will never be acheived. Or will it? Is it ever going to be possible, with nothing more than air cooling and heat transfer, via water, rad, air, to ever come within a couple of degrees of room temp?

Again, this is just out curiosity and I don't know the specific formuas for this, obviously, so I am asking here as i know there are several guys here that might know.

01-01-2004, 09:22 AM	#1
rocketmanx Cooling Savant Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Indiana Posts: 127	Min. temp delta above room temp with water cooling Was just wondering out of curiosity if anyone has any idea, theoreticaly, what the lowest temp delta above room temp might be with straight water cooling. We all hope to acheive as low a temp as possible with our water cooling setups but even with a "perfect" water block etc... exactly room temp will never be acheived. Or will it? Is it ever going to be possible, with nothing more than air cooling and heat transfer, via water, rad, air, to ever come within a couple of degrees of room temp? Again, this is just out curiosity and I don't know the specific formuas for this, obviously, so I am asking here as i know there are several guys here that might know.