Quote Originally Posted by Daniel Browning


They do. It uses "iWater", which is like regular water except twice as expensive and it comes in a baby bottle. They also use it to make the Kool-Aid. I'm sure it's better for you than Microsoft Water Pro 2011 Starter Edition, which is actually industrial sewage masked by thick sugar syrup. Personally, I prefer GNU/Water 3.0, which provides the ultimate in purified dihydrogen monoxide (a very dangerous chemical; look it up), the only downside is that you have to spend weeks building the contraption from scratch with the free blueprints.

Hmm....I may stick with tap water.


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Quote Originally Posted by Daniel Browning


Aside from the obvious (protection, portability), there can be several reasons. For me, it's mostly a matter of noise. I buy sound-dampening cases (Antec) that go a long ways to lower the decibels of my water cooler fan and raid array. Lower noise helps my sanity as well as audio/video post-production.


Another issue is cooling: in a still room, the convection alone (and/or turbulence from nearby component-specific fans) may not provide sufficient cooling for components that lack their own cooling fan. In a case, the power supply fan and case fans generally ensure sufficient air flow and turbulence over such parts (e.g. south bridge, video card, hard drives, etc.).

Back in the day (1985 to be exact), I had a business acquaintance that had a rental shop for construction equipment. He spent piles of cash for a computer for his little shop and had to build a special room for the computerto keep it air cooled. With Dr's method he could keep the garage at a chilly 68 degrees and be ok I think, plus being surrounded by computer equipment your room becomes the computer box.


I really like his system, but last week itwas 110-112 degrees where I live, I am not sure I could afford the air conditioning in my uninsulated garage to build a system like his.