why liquid-cooling?
Liquid cooling simply out performs air-cooled systems and is ideal for overclockers, gamers, users who work with high-speed processors, and those looking for consistent performance with greatly reduced fan noise. Air-cooled systems that approach the performance of liquid-cooling suffer from increased heat sink mass, extremely high RPM fans, minimum loads, and are just plain noisy.
How does liquid-cooling work?
A small water pump circulates the water through tubing. Rather than an air-cooled heat sink and fan on the processor, a water block is attached which transfers the heat away from the CPU. Then the water is forced to circulate through a radiator which cools the water and returns to the pump, to restart the loop again.
What are the advantages to liquid-cooling?
#It cools processors and any other chip it is applied to far better than air-cooled systems.
#It is much quieter and more efficient than air-cooled systems.
#Components are kept cooler with less heat variance, thereby extending their lifespan and allowing more stable operation.
Isn't it too dangerous to have water near electronics?
Of course water and electronics are not compatible, but the key is the enclosed system. The XIREX liquidcooling system uses only the highest grade materials to protect against any leaks. The liquid cooling system, when properly installed, is almost maintenance-free and will typically outlast most computers.
What are the temperature advantages with liquidcooling?
Processors are heat sensitive and the hotter they run, the shorter their lifespan and the greater the risk for a system crash. In most systems, processors will fail somewhere above 80°C, yet they can become unstable even at temperatures closer to 60°C. A typical fan-cooled system will run between 55-65°C, with lots of noise from the high-speed fan and more severe temperature highs and lows, causing undue stress on the processor. Air-cooled systems are severely dependent on the room temperature and typically run around 30°C hotter than the air temperature.
A liquid-cooled system typically runs at much lower temperatures. It has less variance between the highs and lows which helps to reduce stress on the processor, increase its lifespan, and greatly reduces the risk of a system crash.
There are many factors which contribute to heat removal in liquid cooled systems: speed and voltage of the CPU, RPM of fan, amount of water flow, size of the radiator, and room temperature. There are simply no air-cooled systems that keep temperatures low and noise at a minimum when compared to liquid-cooling.
Why do I still need fans with a liquid-cooled system?
The fans used in a liquid cooled system are used to draw air through the radiator and also to expel the warm air out of the computer case. These fans are typically low RPM and are very quiet and efficient even at low speeds. As opposed to an air-cooled system where the fans are used to actually cool the processor, the fans in a liquid-cooled system simply circulate the air while the water block and circulating water cool the processor. Also, in a liquid cooled system only one fan on a radiator can replace all the original fans on the components like GPU and chipset, if watercooled as well, reducing furthermore the amount of noise produced, and the power consumption of the system in its whole.
What happens if my water pump stops running?
We recommend using a temperature monitoring program or set your BIOS to automatically shut down the system if a certain maximum temperature is reached. This is really no different than if your fan for the air-cooled heat sink failed, except air-cooled systems will melt down quicker if the fan shuts down. Liquid cooling pumps are also specifically designed to work 24/7 for more than 50.000hrs, which is more than 6 years of continuative use, being so one of the most reliable components in the computer cooling scene.
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