Are G5 Dual 2,7 and others with liquid cooling still reliable?

[Mac Hammer Fan]

I have read there are some users who suffered from leaks in the liquid cooling system. Does this affect many G5 users with such a Mac or is it only occasional?
I have bought a second hand G5 2x2,7 but I didn't know it had liquid cooling.
It came with 4 GB RAM and an nVidia 6600 graphics card and the price was 800 $ which looked cheap.

 

[iGary]

I have read there are some users who suffered from leaks in the liquid cooling system. Does this affect many G5 users with such a Mac or is it only occasional?
I have bought a second hand G5 2x2,7 but I didn't know it had liquid cooling.
It came with 4 GB RAM and an nVidia 6600 graphics card and the price was 800 $ which looked cheap.

Yes, the dual 2.7 has liquid cooling. And it seems pretty rare, through failures do occur.

 

[Dr.Pants]

Many people here will say that the LCS G5s are completly unreliable. I beg to differ. Mine still works, and it was secondhand to begin with.

Can't recommend it since I haven't done it yet, but replacing the hazardous coolent with silicone oil is a good idea; non-conductive, similar heat capacity and viscosity (as far as I know).

 

[300D]

ALL of them will eventually fail, its only a matter of time.

 

[OllyW]

Read this.

 

[aibo]

They all seem to be failing, and Apple seems unable to source the necessary parts for repair. 82 pages of reports on xlr8yourmac so far.

 

[OrangeSVTguy]

ALL of them will eventually fail, its only a matter of time.

Well then ALL computers in general will fail; liquid, air or nitrogen cooled. It's only a matter of time. If you want to put it that way .

But the silicone oil is a good idea if you want peace of mind.