Build a Liquid Cooling System for Your Computer

How ? Let me tell you 

Liquid cooling systems for computers allow for more precise temperature control of the Central Processing Unit or CPU. The ability to control the temperature more accurately as well as the ability to cool to temperatures not attainable through fans allows for greater maneuvering to overclock the CPU.

This article serves as a guide for building and installing a liquid cooling system on your computer.

Set your budget.

Look at what you may change in the near future and if you buy any parts for your liquid cooling system that work with your computer, make sure that what you buy will work.

Look at the available components for your build and make a list of their prices.

Research and then review the products you fancy.

Make sure all the components you want to have the same make-up, i.e don't mix copper blocks with aluminum if possible.

• There are many ways you can approach the system, minimum requirement for a simple starter build would be...
• A reservoir, a pump, or combined unit like the XSPC, a CPU water block, tubing, fixings (clarification needed) and a radiator (these can be active with a fan or passive without a fan.)
• Moving up a stage you can then buy water blocks for your GPU (graphics card)
• Then cool your RAM.
• Then cool your Northbridge, Southbridge, and Mosfet chips.

When upgrading to liquid cooling on your graphics card beware!!! Overtightening can damage your graphics chip. Undertightening can cause water blocks to swivel (if they have only two pins to mount them)

• So far the best route for a cooling system seems to be a reservoir -> RAM -> N/Bridge & S/bridge -> CPU -> GPU -> radiator -> reservoir.

Remember, a single reservoir system should split as follows: Using two RADIATORS: Reservoir -> Split -> Split1 RAM -> Split1 CPU -> Radiator1 -> Join -> Reservoir.

Using one RADIATOR: Same as above but: Split2 -> N/bridge & S/bridge -> GPU -> Radiator2 -> Join -> Reservoir.

Join tubing to barbs. Jubilee clips are great for joining tubing to barbs, but some of the plastic UV clips look better.

Remember to test your system first for leaks, and remember liquid expands under heat, so do not overfill your reservoir at the start.