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Old 25th July, 2003, 07:51 AM
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Question Will water cooling be better than air cooling (PLEASE READ)

Hi.

I want to watercool my PC. I've never done it before, and thats the main reason I want to, but the other reason is because my system is very loud. Because of the expense of setting up a good system, I want to hear what you guys have to say about what you'd expect from my system.

Here's my current setup:
Hardware
~ Epox EP-8RDA3+
~ XP1800 (can't remember stepping, but its a good one)
~ 2 Western Digital Raptors in RAID0
~ Vantec Iceberg on NB
~ Zalman Gold Heatsink on SB
~ Heatsinks and 60mm fan on MOSFETS
~ 5 Thermaltake Smartfan 2's (3 in, 2 out)
~ 92mm Vantec Tornado Fan on an SLK-900
~ 2 Vantec NXP-201 Fan Controllers

Settings & Voltages
~ Vdd = 1.6v
~ Vagp = 1.5v
~ Vdimm = 2.63v
~ Vcore = 1.825v
~ 215mhz x 11 = 2375mhz

With all fans at slowest under full load
CPU Temp = 60oC
*remember that the 8RDA3+ reads about 8oC higher than the 8RDA+*
Case Temp = 30oC

With all fans on maximum under full load
CPU Temp = 50oC
Case Temp = 29oC

Purposed watercooling hardware
~ Dangerden Maze 4 CPU block
~ Danderden Z-chip NB Block
~ Eheim 1250 pump
~ Black Ice radiator w/ 120mm fan
~ Tygon tubing
~ Voyeurmods reservior
~ Waterwetter/anti-freeze

So, my questions are:
1) Is my current setup good, and are the temps good?
2) With a good watercooled setup, what temps would I be expecting? I realise that this differs from setup to setup, but educated guesses are what I'm after.

Thanks for all your time, and if I've missed anything out, just ask...
Blackmyst
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EPOX 8RDA3+ rev1.1, 3526 bios, vantec iceberg (nb), zalman gold (sb), heatsinks/fan (mosfets)
XP1800+ slk900 w/92mm vantec tornado, 11 x 215mhz, 1.85v
TWINMOS PC3200 ch-5 winbond, 2x256mb, dc-sync, 8,3,3,2.0, 2.63v
RADEON 9800 PRO 128mb, 380/680
WD RAPTORS 2x36gb, sata raid0
CHEIFTEC CASE enermax 550w
XP HOME sp1, nforce v3.13, catalyst v4.3
3DMARK2001se 18120

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