How to cool a rad or a Watercooling system cooler then intended

alleycat · Apr 5, 2008

arighty first off let me just say that all of you scared of installing water-cooling, get over it lol it gives you such nice temps. but my question is about my watercooling kit it is the gigabyte 3d galaxy II, when i installed it, it gave me 25 degrese celcius almost constantly and under load 32-34 degrese. now for some reason its normal temperatures has gone up to 32-33 degrese idling and 38-39 degrese under load. i know some of you are gonna say your crazy if you think thats high but thats besides the point, i am trying to think of ways to either cool my rad or use coolant that has constant temperatures. i just dont understand how withing like a week the temps shoot up 7-9 degrese. i wanna get my temps super low b4 i do a mass overclock, i actually thought of buying a cheap mini-fridge and placing my rad in there but was wondering if i did it would my tubing condensate and if any of you have any other quicker and easier fixes even if its farfetched feel free to say what u have in mind because any help you can suply would be HIGHLY appreciated, thanks in advance

trog100 · Apr 5, 2008

forget the mini fridge idea.. it wont work..

how about your room temps going up to explain your temp increase.. the whole lot is linked to room ambient.. its room ambient air thats ultimately doing the cooling..

trog

philbrown23 · Apr 5, 2008

I have an idea!! get a better kit!

calvary1980 · Apr 5, 2008

is this kit brand new? I think your Thermal Paste is just burning in. you have some options change out Liquid Coolant, Apply new Thermal Paste or Change out Fan.

if you plan on changing out the Fan on the Radiator see if you can add another on the opposite side maybe a make shift clamp like a Cable Tie.

- Christine

Morgoth · Apr 5, 2008

philbrown23 said:
I have an idea!! get a better kit!

Phase change

wait no use Liquad Nitrogen
hold on! use Liquad Helium yes thats it !

alleycat · Apr 6, 2008

ya the computer is located in the basement so the temps vary because the ducts run threw here so sometimes its warmer then others but all of your suggestions are fairly good but i am not going to get a new kit im not made of money but im just trying to see what i would be able to do to squeeze out a few extra degrese thanks for all inputs and suggestions

largon · Apr 6, 2008

Place the rad laying on the floor. That's where the coolest air is.

phanbuey · Apr 6, 2008

largon said:
Place the rad laying on the floor. That's where the coolest air is.

thats also where dust is...

change the fans to pull... = 2-5 C difference.

largon · Apr 6, 2008

*cough*
Dust? What dust?
Regular vacuuming is a given isn't it?

Silverel · Apr 6, 2008

Basement walls tend to be pretty cool year round. That's where I keep my PC. Mobo side up against it. I like to believe it's the cause of my good temps...

alleycat · Apr 7, 2008

lol i live in a townhouse so the walls in the basement are attached to another house so not too cold =P but phanbuey what type of fans would you put ? ive heard nothing but good things about noctua fans but there mainly built for silence any suggestions ? (doesnt matter if its not that quiet i just want max cooling

oily_17 · Apr 7, 2008

You can read a good review of a lot of fans HERE.

Has all the info you should require.

alleycat · Apr 7, 2008

thanks oily, ive seen the specs but do you have any personal suggestions ?

oily_17 · Apr 7, 2008

Well I just ordered three of the Zalman ZM-F3 for my system and hopefully get them tomorrow.

Will let you know how I get on with them.

alleycat · Apr 7, 2008

aright, if they are good then i might go pick some up as well so plz keep me posted

phanbuey · Apr 7, 2008

alleycat said:
aright, if they are good then i might go pick some up as well so plz keep me posted

Yeah theyre amazing... but theyre really rare. If you do find some, it would be really cool if you post a linkas to where.

alleycat · Apr 7, 2008

found some http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=18624&vpn=ZM-F3&manufacture=ZALMAN TECH

phanbuey · Apr 7, 2008

Thanks man! ... i was talking about the Sanyo Ace ones (without really being to clear about that lol), the F3 are not as hard to find but still great fans.

alleycat · Apr 8, 2008

phanbuey said:
Thanks man! ... i was talking about the Sanyo Ace ones (without really being to clear about that lol), the F3 are not as hard to find but still great fans.

no problem i went searching and i personnaly really like ncix cuz there prices are good and im located in canada so shipping isnt that bad (its actually where i got my watercooling setup from) but ya i ordered a cupple so well see in a cupple days how that works out with my temps

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Cooling	Dark Rock TF air cooler.. Stock vga air coolers with case side fans to help cooling..
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Mouse	Logitech G700s
Keyboard	Logitech K270
Software	Win 10 pro..
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Motherboard	ASUS P5Q-E!!!
Cooling	TEC cooled cpu, everything else is under water :D
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Case	ROCKETFISH FOR NOW :(
Audio Device(s)	ONBOARD WORKS JUST FINE FOR ME :p
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