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Benefits regarding Water Cooling
Sadly air isn't the ideal at storing lots of heat. Which means that in order to deal with the system's thermal efficiency a lot of fans (all producing a lot of noise!) and that for any given noise level, your system's performance is restricted. Oh, and chips just keeping getting warmer. So people looked to using a different medium to transport the heat! Water has a much higher capacity to take in heat than air.
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When buying a reservoir make sure you got enough space to fit. Some reservoir are design for certain pump only, so make sure you read everything through before making a purchase. Note: any acrylic product do not put alcohol inside or in contact with or else the acrylic product became dry and cracks.
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In the early days of water-cooling, the kits were crap and DIY was the only way to get a kiss-ass performance. That's no longer a case, water-cooling has entered the mainstream and stiff competition has led to powerful prefab kits from Swiftech, Danger Den, Corsair and Koolance. While building a DIY setup can be a lot of fun, there's no shames in a prefab kit, especially if you're not a water cooling wizard. However, I do recommend the DIY water-cooling system over prefab kit because you will have better cooling results to your specific cooling needs. Computer water cooling can be quite a difficult process and you also need to make certain you've installed it all properly, or else you could potentially damage your system in the event of a leak or even other devastating difficulties.
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In water cooling, a reservoir is a pretty simple thing-it's a tank of water, with an inlet and an outlet. You might wonder why, exactly, you need a big tank of water in your system, since it doesn't have an immediate function, like absorbing or dispelling heat.
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Once you've worked out where you want your reservoir to go, you just need to do a little research on what is currently the best solution for you. I have used many in the past and I found that some bay reservoirs can be a bit of a pain when it comes to bleeding, especially if you don't have it in the top drive bay, something that can be difficult if you have a radiator in the top of the case. The Swiftech MCRES are compact and work really well and come with a selection of useful brackets, very handy if you can't use a combo and space is an issue. In recent years, the two main contenders were the Laing DDC and the Laing D5/Vario / Swiftech MCP655, the DDC comes in two flavours, a 9w and an 18w (Swiftech MCP350/MCP355). The 9w version is very quiet (assuming it is properly isolated), uses minimal power and is powerful enough to run even moderate sized loops. The 18w, as you can imagine is a much more powerful beast and is more for people that want excellent performance at the cost of slightly more noise and double the power draw. The 18w version is by no means noisy, but it is essential that it is properly isolated, or, like it's little brother, it'll vibrate and whine and generally get on your nerves! The DDC comes with fixed 3/8" barbs as standard, so unless you are going to be using 3/8" tubing, you are going to need a new top for it, and there are lots to choose from. You can go for a simple Delrin/Acetal top that could increase the performance of the pump over the standard top, or you can go for a reservoir top, these can really save valuable space in your case.

All of these parts would be worthless without a proper fluid flowing through them. People will dump most anything into their loops. I have even heard of beer being used! Regular tap water contains too many things that can hurt the components or start growing things. Antifreeze has half the specific heat capacity of water. The best choices are to use distilled water with a few additives or a premium coolant. So which should you choose? Well the main benefit of using distilled water is it is cheaper right? Not really after you buy the additives that make it "perfect" for water cooling (anti-corrosive agent ($9), biocide ($5), and any dyes desired ($8)). So basically you can take your pick, but don't plan on saving a ton by using distilled water. Personally, I prefer to use premium coolants for the convenience, less things to purchase and store.

With the reservoir filled with coolant, you can now fire up the pump. You don't want to actually turn on your motherboard yet, so you'll need to trick the power supply into powering the pump. Generally, this is done by shorting the green wire on the power supply's ATX connector to one of the black wires, although it's wise to consult the manual for your specific power supply.

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