Kyle’s catastrophic failure
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...
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.
Defending AlphaCool and the risks of water cooling
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...
Follow-up on AquaTuning
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...
Water cooling build in my wife’s computer – Part IX
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...
Water cooling build in my wife’s computer – Part VIII
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...
Water cooling build in my wife’s computer – Part VII
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...
Water cooling build in my wife’s computer – Part VI
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...
Water cooling build in my wife’s computer – Part V
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...
Water cooling build in my wife’s computer – Part IV
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...
Water cooling build in my wife’s computer – Part III
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...