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Category: First water cooled build

First attempt at building a water cooling loop in my wife’s computer. Absinthe would be the follow-up to this.

First water cooled build

Kyle’s catastrophic failure

Posted on May 5, 2018 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

It was only a matter of time before one of the popular YouTube content creators had a catastrophic failure similar to what my wife and I experienced about 4 yea...

First water cooled build

Defending AlphaCool and the risks of water cooling

Posted on March 26, 2018 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Four years ago, in late March 2014, I had my first attempt at a water-cooled system. Using my wife’s computer as the guinea pig. About two months later, I...

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Follow-up on AquaTuning

Posted on October 28, 2014 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

It has been a while since I’ve written about the situation I’ve had with AquaTuning and the concern with regard to the CPU block catastrophe. I̵...

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Water cooling build in my wife’s computer – Part IX

Posted on July 3, 2014 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

For just $6, I was able to overnight a $160 power supply. Pretty sweet deal, courtesy of Amazon Prime. Anyway. I ordered the RM1000 power supply to go in my wif...

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Water cooling build in my wife’s computer – Part VIII

Posted on July 1, 2014 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

The day after posting the last part, the AlphaCool CPU water block was confirmed delivered in Germany. I’m definitely curious as to what they’d find...

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Water cooling build in my wife’s computer – Part VII

Posted on June 24, 2014 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Well to begin, the CPU block is going through customs in Germany as I write this. I don’t have any reason to believe it won’t get through, but we...

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Water cooling build in my wife’s computer – Part VI

Posted on June 16, 2014 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

The original CPU water block was sent on its way to Germany a little later than I wanted, via USPS. That was part of the delay, as I originally wanted to send i...

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Water cooling build in my wife’s computer – Part V

Posted on June 4, 2014 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Yes the build log continues, but this iteration does not begin on a high note. And just to warn you, this is going to be a long article, but I cover a lot of th...

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Water cooling build in my wife’s computer – Part IV

Posted on April 14, 2014 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

I used the time between the order and the time I picked up the overnight shipment at my local FedEx Office to make sure I had everything I needed. One thing I m...

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Water cooling build in my wife’s computer – Part III

Posted on April 6, 2014 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Ah Saturday. It’s typically my day for getting stuff done as my wife sleeps off her overnight shift at work. And that day’s errands started with a t...

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