What sort of cooling?

leetkyle · 12-23-2006, 12:54 PM

Okay, so my temperatures are the following:

System: ~41C - Antec P180
CPU: ~35C - Intel C2D E6400 2.1GHz
Video: ~50C - ATI Radeon X1900XT Stock
HD: ~37C - WD 10K-RPM 74GB

I want to take my temperatures down to around;

System: ~20C
CPU: ~20C
Video: ~25C
HD: ~27C

Should I go watercooling? I have an Antec P180 so I'd have to get a Zalman Reserator1 V2 or something. Or are there good, silent fans that do the job for me?

Thanks.

[-0MEGA-] · 12-23-2006, 01:07 PM

How warm is your room? 20C is 68F, and with water cooling you cant get the temps below room temp.

Also, generally water cooling is just for the CPU and video card, most of the time the chipset and hard drive are still air cooled.

fade2green514 · 12-23-2006, 04:36 PM

yea, you would need a $300-500 water cooling system applied professionally (you know, lapped to like 5000grit) and then it would need maintenance constantly... and even then there's no guarantee because of the cpu's integrated heatspreader. i suggest you worry more about what you do with it, rahter than what temperature its running at. if they were higher id say go for it, you may want to on the video card, but the cpu can handle like 60C and the video can handle like 90C easily...

Ku-sama · 12-23-2006, 04:38 PM

He could take off the IHS and lap the CPU core

fade2green514 · 12-23-2006, 04:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ku-sama

He could take off the IHS and lap the CPU core

yea, that would be even more dangerous than lapping the thing. the cpu core is crushed so easily its not even funny...
thats why they put the thing on, to allow for larger heatsinks to be used more safely.
i mean you have to actually screw the big typhoon down to your motherboard... lol

Ku-sama · 12-23-2006, 04:46 PM

but I'm talking about water cooling, so it not as much pressure

The_Beast · 12-23-2006, 06:44 PM

instead of getting a water cooling setup invest in a few good fans and a really nice HSF

leetkyle · 12-23-2006, 08:20 PM

My room varies from 15-25 degrees usually. The idea is to limit noise and hot air from the computer.

12-23-2006, 12:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
leetkyle Platinum Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Northern Ireland Age: 17 Posts: 587	What sort of cooling? Okay, so my temperatures are the following: System: ~41C - Antec P180 CPU: ~35C - Intel C2D E6400 2.1GHz Video: ~50C - ATI Radeon X1900XT Stock HD: ~37C - WD 10K-RPM 74GB I want to take my temperatures down to around; System: ~20C CPU: ~20C Video: ~25C HD: ~27C Should I go watercooling? I have an Antec P180 so I'd have to get a Zalman Reserator1 V2 or something. Or are there good, silent fans that do the job for me? Thanks. __________________ Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 @ 2.13Ghz \| Asus P5W "Digital Home" Deluxe \| 2GB Corsair XMS2 PC2-6400 800MHz 5-5-5-12-T1 \| Hiper Type-R 580W Blue \| 74.3GB Western Digital Raptor 10000RPM 8MB Cache \| 300GB Samsung 7200RPM 16MB Cache \| DVD+/-RW Dual Layer 18x18 \| LG CD-R/DVD-ROM Drive \| Antec P180 \| X1900XT 512MB Slave Edition w/ Arctic Accellero \| Creative Audigy 2 ZS 17" Dell TFT 1280x1024 \| 17" Sony TFT 1280x1024 \| Saitek Rumble Cyborg 3D Joystick \| Creative T5100 5.1 Speakers

12-23-2006, 01:07 PM	#2 (permalink)
[-0MEGA-] Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Concord, NH Age: 20 Posts: 27,082	How warm is your room? 20C is 68F, and with water cooling you cant get the temps below room temp. Also, generally water cooling is just for the CPU and video card, most of the time the chipset and hard drive are still air cooled. __________________ Desktop // Laptop Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.0GHz // Core 2 Duo P8400 2.26GHz Asus Rampage Formula X48 // Intel PM45 ATI 4870X2 2GB GDDR5 // 512MB GDDR3 9800M GTS 4GB (2x 2GB) DDR2 940 // 4GB DDR3 800 750GB SATAII w/32MB // 200GB SATAII 7200RPM Creative SB X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty SilverStone 750W +12V@60A 3DMark06: 21391 // 9179

12-23-2006, 04:36 PM	#3 (permalink)
fade2green514 Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: buffalo ny Age: 19 Posts: 3,626	yea, you would need a $300-500 water cooling system applied professionally (you know, lapped to like 5000grit) and then it would need maintenance constantly... and even then there's no guarantee because of the cpu's integrated heatspreader. i suggest you worry more about what you do with it, rahter than what temperature its running at. if they were higher id say go for it, you may want to on the video card, but the cpu can handle like 60C and the video can handle like 90C easily... __________________ Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 3ghz HD 4850 512mb (750/2350mhz) 2x2gb G.Skill ddr2-835 (5-4-4-10) 2x80gb sata2 in RAID 0 system drive 250gb sata2 storage drive 13,574 - 3dmark06 score

12-23-2006, 06:44 PM	#7 (permalink)
The_Beast Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Wisconsin Age: 17 Posts: 3,300	instead of getting a water cooling setup invest in a few good fans and a really nice HSF __________________ Rendering Machine - Gigabyte DS3L P35 - - C2D E6550 - - Corsair XMS2 2Gb - Seagate 'Cuda 320Gb - Sapphire 2600 XT 256mb - - Antec Earthwatt 430 watt - - Antec New Solution Series Case - - Hp w1907 monitor - Check Out My Custom Clock Picture 1/\Picture 2

12-23-2006, 08:20 PM	#8 (permalink)
leetkyle Platinum Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Northern Ireland Age: 17 Posts: 587	My room varies from 15-25 degrees usually. The idea is to limit noise and hot air from the computer. __________________ Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 @ 2.13Ghz \| Asus P5W "Digital Home" Deluxe \| 2GB Corsair XMS2 PC2-6400 800MHz 5-5-5-12-T1 \| Hiper Type-R 580W Blue \| 74.3GB Western Digital Raptor 10000RPM 8MB Cache \| 300GB Samsung 7200RPM 16MB Cache \| DVD+/-RW Dual Layer 18x18 \| LG CD-R/DVD-ROM Drive \| Antec P180 \| X1900XT 512MB Slave Edition w/ Arctic Accellero \| Creative Audigy 2 ZS 17" Dell TFT 1280x1024 \| 17" Sony TFT 1280x1024 \| Saitek Rumble Cyborg 3D Joystick \| Creative T5100 5.1 Speakers

12-23-2006, 04:38 PM	#4 (permalink)
Ku-sama banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Computer Cave. AKA: King Computer Inc. Age: 18 Posts: 5,312	He could take off the IHS and lap the CPU core

12-23-2006, 04:46 PM	#6 (permalink)
Ku-sama banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Computer Cave. AKA: King Computer Inc. Age: 18 Posts: 5,312	but I'm talking about water cooling, so it not as much pressure

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