Reflections on watercooling: Difference between revisions
Created page with "I've been watercooling my primary personal machine since 2020. It started off simple—a waterblock on my Threadripper 3970X, an EKWB reservoir+pump combo, and a Hardware Labs GTR360 radiator. A total of about $480 (not including fans), less than my motherboard cost. It is no longer so simple: the same machine in its current incarnation boasts a monoblock, a GPU block, a custom GPU backplane, four radiators, two reservoi..." |
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* We don't use Fahrenheit. We don't really use Kelvins either, but Kelvins are equivalent to Celsius with an offset of -273.15. Liquids boil at lower temperatures at higher altitudes (boiling occurs when internal vapor pressure equals atmospheric pressure). Water expands both above and below 4℃. A quick table: | * We don't use Fahrenheit. We don't really use Kelvins either, but Kelvins are equivalent to Celsius with an offset of -273.15. Liquids boil at lower temperatures at higher altitudes (boiling occurs when internal vapor pressure equals atmospheric pressure). Water expands both above and below 4℃. A quick table: | ||
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