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System Name | Dragons Breath |
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Processor | Intel i7-3770K OCd to 5ghz Not Delidded |
Motherboard | ASUS Sabertooth Z77 |
Cooling | CPU TEC Chilled Water Cooling, GPU Radiator Cooled |
Memory | G.Skill Trident 1600mhz 8G 2 x 4G |
Video Card(s) | GTX 1080 w EK Copper/Acetal Water Block |
Storage | Samsung 1T SSD, WD HDD 7200rpm 2T Backup |
Display(s) | 46" Toshiba HDTV 1080P |
Case | Antec 900/2 main machine, Azza 1000 cooling |
Audio Device(s) | Creative Sound Blaster z |
Power Supply | Corsair RM1000X, and 1000w Silverstone TEC Cooling |
Mouse | Microsoft Trackball Explorer |
Keyboard | Logitech Illuminated wired |
Software | Win7 Pro 64bit |
Hi everyone, I would like to share the cooling I am using for everyone's consideration, it is chilled water cooling with the chill supplied by peltiers or TEC units.
This type of cooling allows a higher stable overclock because it operates below ambient temperature but above the temperature that condensation forms.
There is about a 15c range below ambient before condensation begins forming, of course this is varied by your environmental dew point, that would need to be tested yourself to discover when condensation occurs.
This type of cooling is for the rare few that have exhausted traditional air and water cooling and have discovered a point they just cannot get beyond with that type of cooling.
It is not a mainstream cooling solution, it is not portable to LAN parties, hardware wise it would cost a thousand dollars US to duplicate the setup, and where I live cost me $15.00 ~ $17.00 US a month to operate it utility wise.
That utility cost is estimated at 8 hrs per day which is in most situations the longest time it would be powered and operational, as this type of cooling system is not left on 24/7.
That utility cost is also seasonal that's the reason for the $15.00 ~ $17.00 monthly range it is higher in Summer and Winter than it is in Spring and Fall.
This cooling has been operational since December 30th, 2012 and tomorrow it will be operational for 3 years and 4 months, and allows me to overclock my Intel i7-3770K to 5ghz rock solid stable, and the CPU has not been delidded.
Ambient cooling would not support the 3770K overclocked to 5ghz as I run it at a 10c coolant temperature which is 15c below ambient room temperature.
I run at 10c coolant temperature to avoid condensation which begins forming at 8c as a frosty look and worsens as the temperature drops lower where at 5c drops are forming and that is the danger zone, but as long as it is operated in the 10c range there is zero condensation.
I am also a member of Toms Hardware as 4ryan6 and the link below is to the Chilled Water Cooling thread posted at Toms Hardware, it is a detailed construction of how this cooling is made.
Thank You for any interested. Ryan
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/282844-29-peltier-water-cooling
This type of cooling allows a higher stable overclock because it operates below ambient temperature but above the temperature that condensation forms.
There is about a 15c range below ambient before condensation begins forming, of course this is varied by your environmental dew point, that would need to be tested yourself to discover when condensation occurs.
This type of cooling is for the rare few that have exhausted traditional air and water cooling and have discovered a point they just cannot get beyond with that type of cooling.
It is not a mainstream cooling solution, it is not portable to LAN parties, hardware wise it would cost a thousand dollars US to duplicate the setup, and where I live cost me $15.00 ~ $17.00 US a month to operate it utility wise.
That utility cost is estimated at 8 hrs per day which is in most situations the longest time it would be powered and operational, as this type of cooling system is not left on 24/7.
That utility cost is also seasonal that's the reason for the $15.00 ~ $17.00 monthly range it is higher in Summer and Winter than it is in Spring and Fall.
This cooling has been operational since December 30th, 2012 and tomorrow it will be operational for 3 years and 4 months, and allows me to overclock my Intel i7-3770K to 5ghz rock solid stable, and the CPU has not been delidded.
Ambient cooling would not support the 3770K overclocked to 5ghz as I run it at a 10c coolant temperature which is 15c below ambient room temperature.
I run at 10c coolant temperature to avoid condensation which begins forming at 8c as a frosty look and worsens as the temperature drops lower where at 5c drops are forming and that is the danger zone, but as long as it is operated in the 10c range there is zero condensation.
I am also a member of Toms Hardware as 4ryan6 and the link below is to the Chilled Water Cooling thread posted at Toms Hardware, it is a detailed construction of how this cooling is made.
Thank You for any interested. Ryan
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/282844-29-peltier-water-cooling