I need some help off you guys, my dad's water cooled PC has sprung a leak whilst it was on during the night. I've opened it up and found where the water has come from and it's the CPU end of the system, which I think is a cheap model. The water has dripped onto the gfx card and run off towards the front of the case.

I've looked online for some help on what to do about it but more advice would be helpful as well as some recommendations for switching over to air cooling. I'm gonna dry it out and then see if it'll run before I go looking for replacement parts if it needs any.

It's a refurbished Advent Centurion CBE 1401, specs are here.

I've attached a couple of pics of the water cooler and the damage.

Dry it, wait a day or two before starting it up. Hairdryer should help alot too.

Convert back to air cooling and solve future issues with liquid.

Quote from Takumi_lfs :

Dry it, wait a day or two before starting it up. Hairdryer should help alot too.

Quote from Sueycide_FD :

Convert back to air cooling and solve future issues with liquid.

Hey guys, long time no see.

Make sure everything is dry before starting anything up again!

At the end of the day, this incident might have saved you. Judging from the amount of dust sitting on the bits of your GPU card the water didn't touch, any potential gains from water cooling would be negated.