cooling upgrade: your thoughts?

[p27182]

ok, I've got a kingwin 3000 all in one unit now where the pump/radiator and temp monitor are all in that 2x5.25 enclosure and I'm only using the cpu waterblock. my evga pci16 card isnt being liquid cooled, yet.
I've got a 6420 c2d and she's at 2.4GHz right now with a '1200Hz' fsb...
highest temp hit with TAT is 57degrees. this is a hefty increase over the stock 40degrees or so...

I wanna upgrade to the Swiftech Apex Ultra H20-220 With Apogee GT for ~220 bucks. I'm under the impression this is a very nice cooling system, do you agree?

I was also thinking I'd scrap the rubber hoses and use metal hoses in the interest of dissapating a wee bit more heat. other than the obvious rusting concerns can you think of any other issue i might run into?

I want to be able to break the 3GHz barrier without breaking 60degrees.

any comment/suggestions are appreciated.
thanks!
-pat


p.s.- i was also wondering to myself why all these water cooling systems show all the waterblocks hooked up in serial.... whussup with that? am i wrong in saying the heat extracted from the first component in the waterline will be carried TO the second device? or is this temperature gradient insignificant???
thanks

 

[Hawk1]

ok, I've got a kingwin 3000 all in one unit now where the pump/radiator and temp monitor are all in that 2x5.25 enclosure and I'm only using the cpu waterblock. my evga pci16 card isnt being liquid cooled, yet.
I've got a 6420 c2d and she's at 2.4GHz right now with a '1200Hz' fsb...
highest temp hit with TAT is 57degrees. this is a hefty increase over the stock 40degrees or so...

I wanna upgrade to the Swiftech Apex Ultra H20-220 With Apogee GT for ~220 bucks. I'm under the impression this is a very nice cooling system, do you agree?

I was also thinking I'd scrap the rubber hoses and use metal hoses in the interest of dissapating a wee bit more heat. other than the obvious rusting concerns can you think of any other issue i might run into?

I want to be able to break the 3GHz barrier without breaking 60degrees.

any comment/suggestions are appreciated.
thanks!
-pat


p.s.- i was also wondering to myself why all these water cooling systems show all the waterblocks hooked up in serial.... whussup with that? am i wrong in saying the heat extracted from the first component in the waterline will be carried TO the second device? or is this temperature gradient insignificant???
thanks

While I'm no expert at watercooling, I have been doing research on it for the past month or so, so I'll give you what I have learned.

1. You should see a good improvement by going with the Swiftech kit, as it has a much better pump for a better flow rate.

2. By going in serial for the blocks, you are correct, the temp will be insignificant to the next block. Flow rate in the loop is the most important factor.

3. As far as using metal hoses, it may dissipate more heat, but you will probably need to use several 90 degree angles, which I hear just kill the flow rate, which would result in higher temps all around.

Anyway, just my .02. Someone with W/C experience can chime in and correct me/expand on my comments.

 

[Sasqui]

I was also thinking I'd scrap the rubber hoses and use metal hoses in the interest of dissapating a wee bit more heat. other than the obvious rusting concerns can you think of any other issue i might run into?

p.s.- i was also wondering to myself why all these water cooling systems show all the waterblocks hooked up in serial.... whussup with that? am i wrong in saying the heat extracted from the first component in the waterline will be carried TO the second device? or is this temperature gradient insignificant???
thanks

Advice: Use copper if you do go metal.

Good question with serial vs parallel - serial gives you consistent flow, and typically you put the most critical components on the cool end of the loop.

 

[p27182]

http://www.jab-tech.com/Asetek-Wate...iple-120mm-Rad-LGA-775-03-L-1257-pr-3123.html

OR

http://www.jab-tech.com/Swiftech-Apex-Ultra-H20-220-With-Apogee-GT-pr-3198.html

i definitley need help with this decision . . .

your thoughts?

gracias.
-pat