It all sounds nice and dandy. What if/when the water leaks? Water and circuit boards don't mix too well...
That's my main concern, I don't like that most of the fittings are tension fit, in such a way that you can't put a clamp on them. Not the least reassuring. I feel like murphys law really applies on a trading computer, if something COULD go wrong, it most definitely will, and it will happen when you can least afford for it to happen. Baffles me they don't care enough to make a tight fitting with a clamp for every hose connection. That's right, just stick it on there and HOPE that it doesn't come loose and leak some day.
Hmm, on closer inspection these fittings actually might stay tight. I've never found a picture with someone assembling them, but I just checked a manufacturers web site and I guess they screw tight, not just tension fit.
But I'd still feel safer with a hose clamp I can make really tight, after sticking it over barbs. What really worries me is that I don't turn my computer off... what if it leaked when I wasn't there. That's a lot of computer components fried.
Yikes, don't use clear plexiglas. I found a video of a leak... not from a hose, but from a crack in the plexiglas cpu cooler itself. Looks like it came from a slightly over tightened screw that eventually fractured the plastic. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRLEOg0R7HU
I have a self-contained water cooler on my cpu... after looking at the risk of leaks I'm thinking even this could be a bad idea. Trading is stressful enough, without having to worry about springing a leak when you least can afford to have a problem. That's when it'll happen, guaranteed. I think the benefits of water cooling don't outweigh the risk, silence is nice, but frying a computer...
Yeah. That was my major concern too in this approach. With an automobile engine, coolant leak is bad, but it won't cause the engine to explode or spark and then freeze up.
What's Intel #1 enemy ? Heat. If water cooling was adequately safe, Intel would have adopted this method of lowering temperature as a standard.
You can always go the mineral oil route.... No noise... No heat... No dust... http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/441587/building-a-mineral-oil-submersed-computer/ http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/276288-29-mineral-links
Well, I decided to order a Thermalright HR-22 heatsink instead. That should keep the processor cool, especially if I push-pull it with 140mm fans.