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    You know you are addicted to WCing when...

    when the cost of your loops exceeds the cost of the actual hardware.

    when your computer weighs 40lbs more than when it was air cooled.

    when your room is dust-free because all the dust got sucked into your radiators.

    Next?

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    Quote Originally Posted by TopFuel1471 View Post
    when the cost of your loops exceeds the cost of the actual hardware.

    when your computer weighs 40lbs more than when it was air cooled.

    when your room is dust-free because all the dust got sucked into your radiators.

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    so true!

    When your wife is screaming at you because your computer is in pieces again.

    When you spend more time installing hardware then using it.

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    haha, more time installing and tuning hardware then actual using time X-D lol
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    Quote Originally Posted by TopFuel1471 View Post
    when your computer weighs 40lbs more than when it was air cooled.
    Guilty


    Quote Originally Posted by dejanh View Post
    When your wife is screaming at you because your computer is in pieces again.
    When you spend more time installing hardware then using it.
    or that the pieces have been on the floor all around your room for months
    guilty on both of these.

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    mostly same as u all, pieces of parts over the floor when assembling, computer weight is heavy, mid-high end hardware with much more expensive water cooling components, spent most time setting up water cooling loop compare to setting up hardware components, spending hours just to get the loop done etc...
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    Quote Originally Posted by zeropluszero View Post
    Guilty



    or that the pieces have been on the floor all around your room for months
    guilty on both of these.
    Very guilty of the pieces around the floor...in fact, I had finished my last loop change for almost a month and there're still things littered about

    Here's more:
    When you find yourself tempted to watercool things that are not really hot or yields no overclocking advantages.
    You find yourself still very tempted to watercool those things even after seeing the price tags on those specialty blocks
    You still insist on watercooling those things although you've been fighting with tubing routes and fittings for a week and still cannot get them in proper order
    You're happy when its all over and done with although your vital components are now running warmer because all these extra junk in the loop and the casing are restricting water and airflow

    I'm guilty of that
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    When you only have watercooling parts and no hardware at all

    lol


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    When as soon as you have installed your new WC setup, you already start thinking of possible upgrades
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    When you're in work and reading XS forum instead of work

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    Oh dear .......... all of the above

    Also, when your 24/7 temps are never low enough.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ChaosAD View Post
    When as soon as you have installed your new WC setup, you already start thinking of possible upgrades
    That's the one...

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    When you're in work and reading XS forum instead of work
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    Quote Originally Posted by ChaosAD View Post
    When as soon as you have installed your new WC setup, you already start thinking of possible upgrades
    when you cant stop thinking of upgrades.

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    Quote Originally Posted by zeropluszero View Post
    when you cant stop thinking of upgrades.
    LOL

    just thinking about upgrade again

    when you say

    ill sell this to get this and it just ends up in the corner

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    Quote Originally Posted by ChaosAD View Post
    When as soon as you have installed your new WC setup, you already start thinking of possible upgrades
    When you have just ordered new components and thinking of ways to upgrade them.

    When you want to turn your PC into a Kegorator.
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    Quote Originally Posted by dejanh View Post
    so true!

    When your wife is screaming at you because your computer is in pieces again.
    Quote for truth !

    You know you are addicted to WCing when...

    whilst draining your loop and blowing down a tube to get the last bit of coolant out you refer the taste as "a bit tangy"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Assassin48 View Post
    LOL

    just thinking about upgrade again

    when you say

    ill sell this to get this and it just ends up in the corner
    my build has been awaiting parts for the past 4 months, from what my computer was, the only thing still the same is the hard drives.
    even my signature, which i thought was finished, is now incorrect.
    all my new parts are bought more or less week by week.
    even now, i'm still awaiting some un designs parts.

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    You started with a $200-400 budget and have ended up spending over $1000-2000

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    when you have a rubber ducky in your reservoir and not in your bathtub

    when a leak in your bathroom is of a 'MEH' level, and the leek in the loop is of the
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    When you finish your new computer but you dont actually use it because its going to be in the photo studio for the next 2 weeks

    When you get a quote for laser cutting the acrylic for your reservoir @ $196 and you say "yeah lets do it, that's not bad"

    When you have so many extra parts that you can run a contest with many prizes based on things you have but dont need.

    When you finish your most recent build and you have already started the CAD drawings for your next, three fold more complex, build.....

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    health risk involved ...do not try this at home ...or anywhere else:

    when you tell your GF that a DDC 3.2 with aftermarkt top squirts with more pressure than she
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    Lol, this is good.

    When you buy more blocks and rads even though there's nowhere to use them (i've only the one rig, 5 rads and 3 cpu blocks).

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    1 - WC stuff: Pump, Reserv, rad, CPU block.

    2 - WC Stuff: Pump, reserv, rad, CPU block, VGA block.

    3 - WC Stuff: 2 Pump, 2 Reserv, 4 rad, CPU block, VGA block, Mosfet block, NB block.

    4 - WC Stuff: 5 Pump, 9 Reserv, 10 Rad, CPU block, VGA block, Mosfet block, NB block, SB block, HDD block, memory block and your home became a big water cooling case :p.
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    When you upgrade your CPU block for a 1C drop in temp at best...

    or when you add a second rad to your cpu only loop, just for the fun of it.
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