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I moved to water cooling for my most recent system, after having an air-cooled system that sounded a bit like a 747 starting up when the CPU was under load. I will probably go back to air cooling (but with more attention to reported sound levels!) with my next system. Problems I have encountered:
1) Even though both the cooler and the (mid tower) case I used were made by ThermalTake, I had to offset the mounting of the radiator and remove one of the two fans from it to get everything to fit - I think that you really need to be using a full size tower case to be sure that you won't have this sort of problem.
2) The radiator clogs with dust much faster than the fins of a typical air cooled heat sink, so you have to blow and vacuum it out at least every 2-3 months.
3) I am noticing some deterioration of the cooling performance after a year (even after cleaning), and am concerned that there may be some internal corrosion or clogging - in a sealed system, there is no way of checking and/or fixing this.
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Thank you. This is the type of feedback I am looking for.
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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Codeproject, you went AWOL. I missed you so. Where oh where did you go?
Glad you are back, but for how long? We want to know.
Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
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Chris switched everything over to codeproject.net. Gotta keep up with the times bro.
Jeremy Falcon
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Dang it anyhow. That's what I get for not living here 24/7. Better luck next time.
Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
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So you weren't done? Clicky[^]
Your time will come, if you let it be right.
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A database update that went wrong. I'm going to write a Tip-from-the-the-Trenches about it, but essentially an update that should have been a 5 min update, that hit a snag at the worst possible time and escalated into an hour long update that, of course, then failed.
It's purely a database issue, and no data has been lost. It just locked everything up and forced us to shut down the site in order to give it a fighting chance to recover gracefully. Which it didn't.
And of course it all worked flawlessly on our (deliberately) underpowered test rig.
In any case, the final update is still limping along in the background so things may remain slow for the next couple of hours.
What a day. Sorry for the hassle.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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That's the kind of stress that can cause your hair to fall out.
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Clearly I've had a few days too many like that 
cheers
Chris Maunder
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This may be the longest code project down I ever got it. Nice to see its back again.
Wonde Tadesse
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phew - didn't think I could drink any more coffee
nice work CP Team//hamsters 
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Fortunately, we're all devs. So, I'm sure all of us are thinking "been there, done that." It's always during a demo too. Why code Gods why!!
Jeremy Falcon
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CeBIT 2010. Humanoid robot project, with a test-walk as demonstration. It broke the day before departing but the machanical and electronic hamsters worked inside the van to fix it, and they did. It worked flawlessly for at least 20 demonstration, then the TV was approaching and... Instead of moving forward it kneeled down and fell.
Yeah, been there done that.
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Back in another life (20 years ago) when I was the head of IT at my company I used to describe my job as "98 percent boredom, 2% sheer terror."
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. ~ George Washington
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And I missed it... Typical!!
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Chris Maunder wrote: And of course it all worked flawlessly on our (deliberately) underpowered test rig.
It only does that to lull you into a false sense of security.
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Chris Maunder wrote: A database update that went wrong
Sounds like you need a DBA
Common sense is admitting there is cause and effect and that you can exert some control over what you understand.
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Next you're going to start going on and on about "process" and "best practices" and "backups" and "not drinking on the job" and other such nonsense.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Hmm, "Quote selected text" doesn't work on the ipad.
Anyway, is drinking on the job a cause or an effect?
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
(√-sh*t) 2
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Jörgen Andersson wrote: Anyway, is drinking on the job a cause or an effect?
If the world was perfect they would be synonyms  ![Beer | [beer]](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/beer.gif)
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Few hours ago, I was about to throw my iPad Mini, for not loading my Code Project.
Then I opened some other website, which worked. 
I missed Code Project. Hope everything is fine now.
I can also see the Google Helpouts option at right side of screen. Nice work Chris. 
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Your sense of transparency (the word these days) is refreshing. I am glad your site is still rocking the Casbah.
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