What's the difference between split water cooling and integrated water cooling?

1. Different installation: Because the whole system is huge, the steps of installing the common split water cooling system on the motherboard and chassis are also complicated. In addition to paying attention to the connection between components, we should also plan the location and space of water tanks, pumps and other equipment in the chassis according to the actual situation, and also consider the installation of cold rows and the length of water pipes, so there will be more requirements for the chassis. If water cooling is integrated, it is basically only necessary to install the fan, fix the cold row on the chassis and install the water cooling head.

2. Different flexibility: the integrated water cooling system basically has only 120 and 240 cold rows to choose from, which will have certain limitations in performance, and at the same time, the fittings such as water cooling head cannot be freely matched. For ordinary water cooling system, players can easily extend the water cooling coverage from CPU to peripheral hardware such as motherboard, graphics card and memory to realize overall heat dissipation, while ordinary integrated water cooling in the market is basically designed for CPU and cannot dissipate heat for other hardware.

Matters needing attention in using water-cooled radiator

No matter how strong the hardware performance in the chassis is, it can't be waterproof, and the water-cooled radiator conducts heat with the help of water-cooled liquid, so avoiding water leakage of the radiator is also the first thing users need to pay attention to.

Now the technology of water-cooled fittings has been improved, and water leakage caused by quality problems and compatibility problems of fittings is not common. Usually, water leakage is caused by installation problems or design pipeline problems.

Water-cooled radiator has many weak links. Before installation, the integrated water-cooled radiator should be tested at different angles. If there are signs of water leakage, stop and check until the radiator is watertight before installation. After the installation is completed, the split water cooling needs to be tested with a small amount of water first, and it is also necessary to ensure that there is no water leakage before completely supplying water.

Refer to the above? Baidu encyclopedia -CPU water-cooled radiator, Baidu encyclopedia-integrated water-cooled radiator