Geoff
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I will probably have this installed on Thursday, so I will post some more pics then.
My new water cooling setup (w/Photos!)
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I will probably have this installed on Thursday, so I will post some more pics then.
Geoff
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I finally got the water cooling system installed! It's not as neat as I was hoping, but it's the performance I get definitely off sets that.
I'm already late for work so I don't have time to upload all the photos and the steps I took, but heres a teaser photo and a screenshot of the temps*.
*The speedfan readings aren't correct, as it's about 65F in my room (SpeedFan shows 45F for the cores). Although SpeedFan reported ~20C for the cores, and around 28-35C for the CPU temps, so it's a huge drop in temperature already! Now when I get home i'll do some overclocking and hope that the temps stay much lower then on air (I was hitting 73C at 3.6GHz
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I'm already late for work so I don't have time to upload all the photos and the steps I took, but heres a teaser photo and a screenshot of the temps*.
*The speedfan readings aren't correct, as it's about 65F in my room (SpeedFan shows 45F for the cores). Although SpeedFan reported ~20C for the cores, and around 28-35C for the CPU temps, so it's a huge drop in temperature already! Now when I get home i'll do some overclocking and hope that the temps stay much lower then on air (I was hitting 73C at 3.6GHz
)
WhiteFireDragon
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only the CPU in the loop? are you going to add the GPU or NB later?
WhiteFireDragon
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outside, on top of the case of course. where else would that outer wire lead to? i'm also assuming you're res is out there on top?
IMO, P35 don't need water cooling, just dumps more heat into the loop and restricts more flow.
Think the rad is on top by the 200 fan danny.
Kornowski
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WhiteFireDragon
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i guess just wait until he gets back from work to take a pic of the WHOLE setup...
Kornowski
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Hmmm, I supose...
Geoff
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The 900 is very cramped when it comes to trying to install a water cooling system, finding a place for the pump was the hardest. And I agree, I'm sure load temps will be even better since water can transfer heat much quicker/more efficiently then air.Looks interesting, any water in a 900 is an achievement
I think your temps will be a lot nicer to you on load now, the jump from idle to load is much lower on water than air
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Yes, I thought about cooling the video card but in all honesty, the card runs cool enough. It never gets close to overheating, and unless I was volt modding it theres really no need to liquid cool it. Besides, if I did then the water going to the CPU would be warmer and less effective. As for the NB, it runs at about 25C, and the current heatsink and heatpipes are more then enough to deal with that.
Thanks!
That looks good! Cramped though!
Where's the rad?
Yes the radiator is on top, and the reservoir is on the side. Pics will follow in my next post (uploading now).
Geoff
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I'm at 3.8GHz right now. I'm mainly just testing using SuperPi to see if I can hit speeds and get a simple benchmark to run. I'm going to run a real stress test once I find a nice stable speed.
xxxalpinexxx80
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that looks like 1/2 tubing is it? or is it 3/5 or somthin near that, with all my fans on high i just poped it to 3.6ghz in 1 minuite i think i could get to 3.8 or even 4.0 but this weekend when i get the time i will try, i have b3 stepping i doubt it is a huge amount of temp differnce, and i wish i had the same case as you, boy my motherboard just makes fits perfectly. and the case isnt that big, how much do those antecs cost, i want to get 1 : )