| The Components
The water pump is the easiest to find - just go to your
nearest fish shop or pet shop and ask for a submersible water
pump. It's the most expensive component in my water cooling setup.
Get at least 200 gallon/hour water pump. Mine is a 270 gallon/hour
pump, suitable for a water cooling system. Such submersible types indeed
do heat up water a little, by 1-2°C.

The box of the water pump

Water pump in action
Many of my friends ask when they saw the water,
"What the hell is that yellowish liquid?". It's just
normal tap water with some anti-rust. (In the picture, it looks
like white, but in real life, it's yellowish)

This is the anti-rust liquid I use for my water
cooling system

As you can see, the water block is welded, which
can't be done on copper. This is the reason why steel was used.
It's painted with red oxide anti-corrosive paint. I didn't paint
the contact part, just in case it acts as an insulator. See that
custom made clip? It's made of the scrap metal from the casing
that you get after you plug in your PCI or AGP cards. I'm getting a new water block which
made of stainless steel so I will be able to get rid of the anti-rust.
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