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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: trax1 on December 20, 2008, 10:53:41 PM
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Anybody here have a liquid cooling system in their computer? I'm in the middle of upgrading my computer, just bought a new case, and I've been looking into buying a liquid cooling system for my CPU & VGA, so just curious if anybody here has one and how you like it, and maybe how much you spent on it, I'm looking at around $200?
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huh, there is a water cooling system for computers? Man, i am way out of touch with technology
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Trax. They require constant attention. I used water cooling and put in the cooling liquid suggested. It was provided with the system
The coolant discolored...had a radiator with a variable speed fan....built up scale. Had to flush the system many times to keep it clean.
I would suggest a top quality heatsink and fan instead.
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Yeah that was the other option I was looking at, they have some pretty massive heatsinks with fans that look like they could keep the chips cool.
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If you're just going to throw the thing together and leave it be, use a standard heatsink and fan...or maybe a fancy one. You get the idea.
If you're going to overclock it, mess with it, experiment, go for high benchmarks, ect. then use a liquid cooling system. It's sort of the "labor of love" idea; lot of work it, high-performance out.
Although, I do remember a story of a guy who lived in Northern Canada and had his set up so that his radiator was out his window in the snow. :D He had to use antifreeze in his.
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Water cooling is really only good for the cool factor, or if your ambient temps are high.
A nice HSF and a couple good case fans are all you need for almost all overclocking.
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If you're just going to throw the thing together and leave it be, use a standard heatsink and fan...or maybe a fancy one. You get the idea.
If you're going to overclock it, mess with it, experiment, go for high benchmarks, ect. then use a liquid cooling system. It's sort of the "labor of love" idea; lot of work it, high-performance out.
Although, I do remember a story of a guy who lived in Northern Canada and had his set up so that his radiator was out his window in the snow. :D He had to use antifreeze in his.
I always enjoyed the picture I saw of someone that made an air tunnel out of duct taped 12 pack containers from his window air conditioner to the side of his PC. It was very Red Greenish, but I'm sure it worked fairly good too!
Similar idea to this, but more ghetto fabulous.
(http://www.mikevanelst.com/chiller/47.gif)
More info on this rig.
http://www.mikevanelst.com/chiller/chiller.html
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Thermaltake 760i $170. Brought my temps from mid 50's to mid 30's full load. Also used artic silver. Simple install but you have to take motherboard out to install posts for plates.
(http://i435.photobucket.com/albums/qq77/AAdeath/bigwater_01.jpg)
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Yes I neglected to inform you when I installed my water cooled system I had to remove the base plate for the CPU and mount for the heat sink and fan from the bottom of the motherboard. If you aren't careful you'll pooch the motherboard. they are glued on.
Just get a good DRY cooling fan and heat sink.
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I have 2 of mine on water ...the handmade system for 7 yrs now on 2 pc builds.
and this one at home for 4 yrs now .
i'll do pic's and tips if your interested .
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i'll do pic's and tips if your interested .
definitely. :aok
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Thermaltake 760i $170. Brought my temps from mid 50's to mid 30's full load. Also used artic silver. Simple install but you have to take motherboard out to install posts for plates.
(http://i435.photobucket.com/albums/qq77/AAdeath/bigwater_01.jpg)
I was looking at that one and heard about a slight flaw in it's design, that you need 2 slots to mount it and you really can't mount it with anything above it, like in the top 2 slots, otherwise you can't get at the reservoir.
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just get one of these:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835154001
^^i use this one.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835233003
^^this one in my kids comp.
either of these coolers will keep you cpu just a few degrees above ambient. even with a mild OC.
NOT
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Trax. They require constant attention. I used water cooling and put in the cooling liquid suggested. It was provided with the system
The coolant discolored...had a radiator with a variable speed fan....built up scale. Had to flush the system many times to keep it clean.
Prestone ELC..5yrs/100k miles..opps, wrong forum...sorry.
I would suggest a top quality heatsink and fan instead.
yup..K.I.S.S. method..best solution. :)
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how about a refrigerated comp?
this thing has 2x dual core processors, each run at about -25 degrees C and under full load about -10. can drop down to -40 if pushed hard enough. only drawback is it sounds like a fridge running, and its huge. :D
(http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/2466/cimg14241xw6.png)
my step-father is the founder of NorthWater Xtreme PC Cooling aka the NorthWizard, put this together on his spare time because he wanted too.
www.frozencpu.com
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I was looking at that one and heard about a slight flaw in it's design, that you need 2 slots to mount it and you really can't mount it with anything above it, like in the top 2 slots, otherwise you can't get at the reservoir.
Trax.... 4 screws it slides out like butter. 30 seconds. I run antec 900 case. My gtx280 is so big I had to let cooler stick out a tad but it runs even cooler since it draws some outside air!