Your PC ATM

Soylent Joe · Jul 25, 2010

(FIH) The Don said:
you need full water loop lol XD

EDIT: you should use some MX2/3 instead, its waaaay better and doesnt need curing time

I'll get MX2/3 when I'm done with this AS5. I've got 2 or 3 applications left in the tube.

aCid888* · Jul 25, 2010

Lap the bottom of your Xiggy and get rid of those awful aluminium dividers.

They stick out about 1mm too much and reduce the cooling capability of the HDT-128x/copied designs.

Once done you should see a nice drop in temps because 54'C idle is too much.

Athlonite · Jul 25, 2010

(FIH) The Don said:
you need full water loop lol XD

EDIT: you should use some MX2/3 instead, its waaaay better and doesnt need curing time

I'm a bit miffed at myself for not buying some MX3 instead of the Gelid GC2 that stuff is so thick and hard to spread it's like trying to spread yr old peanut butter thats dried out LOL :shadedshu

mlee49 · Jul 25, 2010

Soylent Joe said:
A few shots from my venture today:
http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/1723/1scattered.jpg

A little dusty
http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/4097/2platbefore.jpg

In goes the new
http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/5039/3closeup.jpg

http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/5175/4platafter.jpg

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/8097/5together1.jpg

http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/4008/6together2.jpg

Turned out the extra 2 sticks I tried out didn't work with my old memory so they'll just be sitting around for a week or two with the E8400 until I can buy Mlee's LP Jr. Oh and someone kick me in the butt for buying a Dark Knight. It's fan mounting system is rediculous :shadedshu I've got everything running alright now so it's time to reinstall Windows.

Also some breaking news - C2Q's run quite warm 51C at idle doesn't make a happy Joe

Looks nice man! :toast:

Are you adding a second card?

(FIH) The Don · Jul 25, 2010

the mx3 is also a bit on the dry side imo

i just saw they put out the mx4 :eek:

mlee49 · Jul 25, 2010

(FIH) The Don said:
the mx3 is also a bit on the dry side imo

i just saw they put out the mx4

TT review shows it worse that MX3:

http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/3383/arctic_cooling_mx_4_thermal_compound/index4.html

I'll see a few more reviews before I pass judgment.

(FIH) The Don · Jul 25, 2010

yeah i saw that too, :shadedshu
but i still think that the mx2 is one of the best there is for cheaps

Soylent Joe · Jul 25, 2010

AS5 is very easy to spread, but I guess the biggest downside to it is that it can short stuff out unlike the ceramic pastes.

aCid888* said:
Lap the bottom of your Xiggy and get rid of those awful aluminium dividers.

They stick out about 1mm too much and reduce the cooling capability of the HDT-128x/copied designs.

Once done you should see a nice drop in temps because 54'C idle is too much.

I'll think about. It's just such a pain to get the DK out. You basically have to take the motherboard out just to take the fan off of the thing.

mlee49 said:
Looks nice man! Are you adding a second card?

Not anytime soon, the 5850 maxes out all the games that I play. By the time I'm ready to upgrade I'm sure a better single-GPU solution will be out, like always :rolleyes:

I would like to get a PhysX card in the near future though.

Wile E · Jul 25, 2010

mlee49 said:
Peet, does your res show flow? I mean can you see a generous amount of water flowing?

I tested the pumps solo(no rad), with 1 rad, w/2 rads(and 90º fittings); all had very good flow rates until I hooked up these blocks.

Too bad these blocks are 2x the price of the MCW80's.

I did test the single gpu and it was still pretty crappy imo.

Flow rates don't really matter, only end results. Too much flow can actually hurt performance. Do the blocks cool the cards well?

Athlonite · Jul 25, 2010

(FIH) The Don said:
the mx3 is also a bit on the dry side imo

i just saw they put out the mx4

hmmm looks like my GC2 is still a pretty good product just hard to spread maybe it needs to be warmed up a bit first (snap lock bag and bowl of warm water)

Chicken Patty · Jul 25, 2010

Super clean Joe :toast:

p_o_s_pc · Jul 25, 2010

Wile E said:
Flow rates don't really matter, only end results. Too much flow can actually hurt performance. Do the blocks cool the cards well?

i noticed this myself. My temps lowered when i put the GPU block in and i even had a nasty kink in the tube and could hardly even see any water move in the res but temps still dropped :wtf:

now that i have new tube and kinks out and setup the loop different and gained alot of flow back CPU and GPU temps both lowered alittle. That just shows that too much flow hurts temps as does too little.

Athlonite · Jul 26, 2010

to much flow hurts temps because the water passes over the fins in the block to quickly to transfer the heat to it before passing out of the water block and the opposite effect of heating the water to much before it passes out of the block if it's to slow a flow.. so really a nice medium flow rate is what you want

erocker · Jul 26, 2010

So I noticed my words per minute have been way down lately. Apparently my keyboard cannot keep up with current tech while running stock. :shadedshu

So I watercooled it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoSGb1_uido

WPM before: 55

WPM watercooled: 1,000

1337. :laugh:

Thrackan · Jul 26, 2010

erocker said:
So I noticed my words per minute have been way down lately. Apparently my keyboard cannot keep up with current tech while running stock. :shadedshu

So I watercooled it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoSGb1_uido

WPM before: 55

WPM watercooled: 1,000

1337.

Problem with keyboards is you need gloves when you try liquid nitrogen.

(FIH) The Don · Jul 26, 2010

omg

Thrackan said:
Problem with keyboards is you need gloves when you try liquid nitrogen.

sissy lol

grunt_408 · Jul 27, 2010

The googlenator got an upgrade....

I know I know it is dusty.

(FIH) The Don · Jul 27, 2010

i always wanted a speedo adv, i love the looks of that case

and grats on the upgrade

grunt_408 · Jul 27, 2010

Thanks. It sucks mega amounts of dust. It is a good case and one day when I can be bothered it also offers pretty good cable managment.

Athlonite · Jul 27, 2010

try a few swifter refills for dust filters they work and when they get full just rip it off and throw it away and replace with a new one

Wile E · Jul 27, 2010

I don't use filters. They kill flow, and therefore cooling.

I just keep a can of air handy, and choose not to be too lazy to clean out my PC every once in a while.

HammerON · Jul 27, 2010

New pump and res as well as adding the SB WB:

Temps dropped for the GPU's as they were not making good contact with the WB's after first install. Very happy now

grunt_408 · Jul 27, 2010

hooked up to the correct 12v rails now

Thanks Laurijan

Athlonite · Jul 27, 2010

@ Wil e only if your using shit fans with low CFM to start with my 3 180mm fans still push a butt load of air through my case and they're filtered

Laurijan · Jul 27, 2010

Craigleberry said:
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd145/Craigleberry/IMG_0456.jpg

hooked up to the correct 12v rails now Thanks Laurijan

np

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