First attempt at water cooling...FAIL!

[sneekypeet]

I dont know if the block is redesigned (in flow I mean), but my block has flow in my pic going in on the left and out on the right. May take an Email to DD themselves to see how it is intended to flow. But you did make a good point , and also its yours, so Im sure you can do as you wish as long as it works.

BTW I am testing with Orthos looking for max OC stability and as far as I can tell Coretemp puts me @ 44*c load with an ambient of 23*c .....just as a reference for ya !

 

[Dr. Spankenstein]

WOW! That is a good point of reference! especially since your on a 120.2 rad! Great temps!

Looks like I'm going to have to rethink me strategy, Yarr!

 

[sneekypeet]

Also take this into concideration as well with YOUR temps Vs. mine....I dont have my NB in the loop either, Pretty sure if I did my temps would be about 5*C higher than they are currently!

 

[Dr. Spankenstein]

Oh yeah, good point about the NB. You really think it's adding 5C to the loop?!?

If that's the case, I may rip that bugger out and put a fan on it!

Decisions, decisions...

 

[DOM]

well didnt have time to read the wole thread

but your block should be like how sneekypeet has his cuz in the video from DD how to install it its or looks like your mobo and it has it the same way he has it

and the intake should be the one over the center of the block

 

[sneekypeet]

TBH I cant say specifically...try shooting a PM to D44ve and see if he might have a better informed guess as to what it adds. It may just be like you were saying B4....kind of the ceiling for intells with an OC on water.

Right now Im @ 3280 on my E6400 /stock volts. Now my Nb on the other hand is requireing 1.9V+ to run this speed and is a bit toasty!

 

[DOM]

I dont know if the block is redesigned (in flow I mean), but my block has flow in my pic going in on the left and out on the right. May take an Email to DD themselves to see how it is intended to flow. But you did make a good point , and also its yours, so Im sure you can do as you wish as long as it works.

BTW I am testing with Orthos looking for max OC stability and as far as I can tell Coretemp puts me @ 44*c load with an ambient of 23*c .....just as a reference for ya !

at what volts speed are those temps ?

 

[sneekypeet]

Stock on the CPU(3280MHz) and overvolted (1.56 Vcore)7600 GT's(750/900) in SLI in the loop.

 

[DaMulta]

Here's the quick and dirty:

Ambient temp. 69F (20.6C)-from thermostat (I know, not the most scientific. I'm just jazzed this thing is running, so cut me a little slack!)

TAT running 100% load for 10 min. (3000Mhz @ 1.30Vcore)
On my Tuniq 120: 21/19 idle 58/56 load
On water: 25/22 idle 45/44 load

ORTHOS small FFT's @ 6 priority (3000Mhz @ 1.3Vcore)
On Tuniq 120: 21/19 idle 52/50 load
On water: 25/22 idle 39/39 load

ATI Tray Tools Artifact Scan for 5 min. (722/999 @ 1.60 core 2.1025 mem)
On HR-03 w/Noctua 120: GPU 58-60 Env. 44
On water: GPU 40 Env. 37

I was also able to make it through an entire 3DMark 06 run with the card @ 735/999. This was impossible before. Can't wait to push it!

In short, I am amazed at how it keeps the temps down. they shoot up fast but seem to hit a "ceiling" that it is hard-pressed to break though. On air it was as slow and steady rise to much higher temps.

I love it!!

When you go water you don't go back

Come on you have to get my X1950XTX OC score thru 3Dmark06 LOL

 

[Dr. Spankenstein]

well didnt have time to read the whole thread

Sorry, I tend to be a bit verbose.

@ sneekypete,

I didn't see you had SLI running in that loop too! Man, those are great temps!

 

[Dr. Spankenstein]

When you go water you don't go back

You have another convert, for sure!

Come on you have to get my X1950XTX OC score thru 3Dmark06 LOL

...ermm, I thought I had...

Thanks for the pep talk!

 

[DaMulta]

- Connect3D X1950XTX @ 762/1071
Hehehe

 

[Dr. Spankenstein]

Gotcha!

Must....smoke....card....

Those are some wicked speeds...
to bad you won't come into the Intel light! You might really have something there...

 

[DOM]

- Connect3D X1950XTX @ 762/1071
Hehehe

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showpost.php?p=522015&postcount=2088

 

[Dr. Spankenstein]

...for anyone who has seen Titanic (it's o.k., you don't have to admit it in print!)


BASTARDO!!!!!

 

[DaMulta]

you hit my OC........LOL(but have you passed it?)

Too bad I don't have the cards no more damn

 

[DOM]

you hit my OC........LOL(but have you passed it?)

Too bad I don't have the cards no more damn

naw not yet waiting for it to get colder and going to put it in the back yard with my dogs that was at 50F some dont remember maybe lower


Dr. Spankenstein

how is your loop the oder

pump>cpu etc..

 

[Dr. Spankenstein]

It goes pump>rad>CPU>GPU>NB>pump thinking the rad would negate the heat-dump from the D5 before cooling the CPU.

Who knows, I'm such a frikin' knob at this I don't know what I'm talking about...


... I do know that you will pass DaMulta's OC soon with that awesome 1950xt you hold!
Like me, you must be holding out for R700 to drop. Am I right?

 

[DOM]

It goes pump>rad>CPU>GPU>NB>pump thinking the rad would negate the heat-dump from the D5 before cooling the CPU.

Who knows, I'm such a frikin' knob at this I don't know what I'm talking about...


... I do know that you will pass DaMulta's OC soon with that awesome 1950xt you hold!
Like me, you must be holding out for R700 to drop. Am I right?

well the loop looks good thats how I have mine (Res>Pump>Rad>CPU>GPU>NB>SB>Res) MX-2

let me try 1.3v at 3GHz

cuz use coretemp or speenfan cuz tat is lil off on my cpu

and idk about a new card want to but got a bun in the oven and its due in feb lol

 

[DOM]

cuz on load is it at 1.3 or does it drop ?

 

[Dr. Spankenstein]

and idk about a new card want to but got a bun in the oven and its due in feb lol

Congratulations!! (Dad's gun ain't shootin' no blanks, eh?)



Oh, to answer your question: for some unknown reason I recently have been unable to adjust the Vcore on my board! Intel was no help: "Operating outside of specification is not supported." blah, blah, blah... Look I have to look to the Integrator's Toolkit to build a custom BIOS to flash. Hopefully that will work, but now I have to research how to do that! Sheesh!! When do I get to just enjoy my machine?!?

 

[Random Murderer]

It goes pump>rad>CPU>GPU>NB>pump thinking the rad would negate the heat-dump from the D5 before cooling the CPU.

Who knows, I'm such a frikin' knob at this I don't know what I'm talking about...


... I do know that you will pass DaMulta's OC soon with that awesome 1950xt you hold!
Like me, you must be holding out for R700 to drop. Am I right?

that order is fine, but you could have done a little better at routing the tubing, especially on your vga block. you do know that the barbs on those blocks can "flip" sides, right? if you flipped the barb that's pointing down you could eliminate about a foot of tubing.

 

[DOM]

Congratulations!! (Dad's gun ain't shootin' no blanks, eh?)

its a girl damn im going to pay when she gets older but I hope shes not like the lil stupid girls here that are getting pregnant and having sex im going to try my best to raise here right and to think of her future then boys lol

but im getting 41C load on the cores at 1.296v 3GHz

 

[DOM]

and are your tubes blue or is that the coolant ?

 

[Dr. Spankenstein]

Yeah, I've always been a "form over function" kind of guy. I just like the aesthetics of the layout. Kinda organic, no?

Random Murderer: Um, yeah... real pretty....moron.