2003CRF450GUY
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Processor | AMD athlon 3700+ oc to 2.71 Ghz |
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Motherboard | MSI K8 NEO 4 |
Cooling | Swiftech 120mm rad, CPU Apogee gt, MCP350 pump |
Memory | 2 gigs of OCZ pc3200 Platinum edition ram |
Video Card(s) | ATI X1900XT 512 MB 722 core 792 MEM |
Storage | 320 gb Seagate Barrracuda 7200 Sata |
Display(s) | 19 inch Samsung Sync Master 955df |
Case | XBLADE |
Audio Device(s) | onboard |
Power Supply | ULTRA X connect 500w |
Software | Windows xp pro |
Hi guys I recently just got my liquid cooling up and running and I’m not all that impressed with my results so far. I’m using all swiftech parts except for the reservoir, here are a list of the parts I am using for my liquid cooling.
MCR120 "Quiet Power" series Radiators with 120mm fan.
MCP350 Pump.
APOGEE Extreme duty universal water block.
Primo chill reservoir and 3/8 tubing
Redline water wetter mixed with distilled water.
My currant temps are 45c idle and 53c max load, with my Zelman CNPS9500 I was at about 48c idle and about 57 to 58 max load,my AMD San Diego core is running at 2.71 Ghz sadly I can’t do any better on liquid. When I touch the rad it’s barely luke warm, I have all the tubing routed as it should be just like swiftech recommends. I was just hoping for a much better drop in temps then what I’m getting, do these temps sound rite? I have tried just about everything the water is flowing really strong.
There is only one other thing I can think of. I have my radiator mounted at the back of my case with the barbs at the bottom, on swiftechs site it says that these rads have a Patent-pending Self purging plenum chambers design when installed upright or on its side. So I’m wondering if maybe the rad is trapping air in it because I have it mounted upside down. I called swiftech and they said it should work fine the way I have it but I still wonder if air is getting trapped in it.
MCR120 "Quiet Power" series Radiators with 120mm fan.
MCP350 Pump.
APOGEE Extreme duty universal water block.
Primo chill reservoir and 3/8 tubing
Redline water wetter mixed with distilled water.
My currant temps are 45c idle and 53c max load, with my Zelman CNPS9500 I was at about 48c idle and about 57 to 58 max load,my AMD San Diego core is running at 2.71 Ghz sadly I can’t do any better on liquid. When I touch the rad it’s barely luke warm, I have all the tubing routed as it should be just like swiftech recommends. I was just hoping for a much better drop in temps then what I’m getting, do these temps sound rite? I have tried just about everything the water is flowing really strong.
There is only one other thing I can think of. I have my radiator mounted at the back of my case with the barbs at the bottom, on swiftechs site it says that these rads have a Patent-pending Self purging plenum chambers design when installed upright or on its side. So I’m wondering if maybe the rad is trapping air in it because I have it mounted upside down. I called swiftech and they said it should work fine the way I have it but I still wonder if air is getting trapped in it.
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