| Any extra powerful domestic computer will get | | | | can result in a much faster computer without |
| very hot and have a constantly running noisy fan, | | | | spending tons of extra money for the more |
| so some people are fitting water cooling systems | | | | expensive models. The only downside is that the |
| with a reservoir, pies and 12v water pump to | | | | overclocked processors will produce a lot of extra |
| circulate cool water around the busy processor. | | | | heat, to the extent of going well beyond the safe |
| When I say processor, I mean processors plural | | | | operating temperature of the motherboard. This |
| because the latest chipsets have reached a | | | | means the fan swill be on much more than off, |
| maximum speed that can be achieved with one | | | | and just the extra noise of a busy fan might be |
| chip for now, and are combined as duo or quad | | | | enough to make you want to install a water |
| processors. Off the shelf, these supercomputers | | | | cooling system with a 12v water pump. |
| are factory set so that the processor never | | | | The solution to having a quieter, cooler computer |
| exceeds a set speed, even though the electronics | | | | lies in having a water cooling system which |
| are quite capable of running a a lot faster. So | | | | comprises of a reservoir of water, a means to |
| hardware hackers have found ways of setting | | | | circulate the water (the 12v water pump) and a |
| the speed higher, maybe up to double the normal | | | | heat exchanger of some sort which goes beyond |
| speed. This is a procedure known as overclocking | | | | the scope of this little article. |
| - resetting the clock speed to a faster one, and it | | | | |