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- Sun Apr 18, 2010 6:19 pm
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: X2O 750 Dual 5.25â€
- Replies: 22
- Views: 36296
I don't recommend getting two 240 radiators unless you really need them, it's just too expensive for the gains. One issue with the various Reserator systems is the combination of aluminium and copper. In a system with both metals an inhibitor becomes necessary. Zalman provides an inhibitor, but if y...
- Sun Apr 18, 2010 5:02 pm
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: X2O 750 Dual 5.25â€
- Replies: 22
- Views: 36296
- Sun Apr 18, 2010 4:34 pm
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: X2O 750 Dual 5.25â€
- Replies: 22
- Views: 36296
My D5 in stock config (I bought an aftermarket mod) at about half power was about as loud as an 600RPM - 800RPM S-Flex, but lower, more midrange, with a faint very high pitched hiss. At full power it had a grumbling noise and a lot of vibration, but at half power it wasn't too bad. The aftermarket m...
- Sun Apr 18, 2010 2:49 pm
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: X2O 750 Dual 5.25â€
- Replies: 22
- Views: 36296
The real problem with the XSPC kit is the loud pump. You'll have to replace it with a quieter one, and that will make the end cost higher than just buying custom. A D5/MCP655 is about $70 Cad. Primochill tube is about $20 Cad for 10'. An MCR220 radiator costs about $60 to Cad (don't know if it's ava...
- Sun Apr 18, 2010 2:15 pm
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: Bigwater 760is enough to cool GTX 480 from evga?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7258
I would have thought high-end air-cooling would utterly trounce a thermaltake bigwater - it was worse than top-end air-cooling when it came out, and struggled with 100w processors. A 300w graphics card would probably turn the water to steam. Ditch it and get proper water cooling or else wait for af...
- Sun Apr 18, 2010 2:13 pm
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: X2O 750 Dual 5.25â€
- Replies: 22
- Views: 36296
I too am interested in this, as I am looking at the XSPC X2O 750 Dual Complete WaterCooling Kit which includes the pump/reservoir. I would have to mount the pump/reservoir somewhere other than a 5.25" drive bay though as all of mine are full (Optical Drive, Kaze Server fan controller, 2 x Scythe Qu...
- Wed Apr 07, 2010 9:08 pm
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: Bigwater 760is enough to cool GTX 480 from evga?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7258
If you have a corrosion inhibitor you can mix copper and aluminum, but I don't know how well it would work or for how long. It would likely be easier to get a standalone radiator. It would also be easier to get a copper/brass radiator than it would be to find an aluminum water block, but if you have...
- Sat Apr 03, 2010 2:57 pm
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: X2O 750 Dual 5.25â€
- Replies: 22
- Views: 36296
The Liang DDC/Swiftech MCP350 is reported to by a pretty quiet pump. I haven't heard one myself, though it's supposed to be quieter than a D5/MCP655. Swiftech reports it to be ~25dBa @ 12v, and it can be undervolted to 8 or 9v. Your radiator isn't really a good choice for low fan speed operation, to...
- Sat Mar 20, 2010 12:10 pm
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: My Thoughts on the Scythe Flex G
- Replies: 17
- Views: 13543
It was aimed at ces, he asked if any radiators were designed for low restriction air flow a number of posts back. Ah sorry. In that case, yes, I completely agree with your post. RPM and dBa aren't really the deciding factors here. Noise character is. A smooth noise character lets the fan spin faste...
- Fri Mar 19, 2010 12:08 pm
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: My Thoughts on the Scythe Flex G
- Replies: 17
- Views: 13543
The Thermochill PA120.3 series and PA140.3 series are designed for low pressure fans. They have about 10 fins per inch. The Black Ice 480GTX has about 19 double stacked fins, and the Feser Monsta 120.3 has about 12 per inch. There's pic in this link: http://martin.skinneelabs.com/HWlabs480GTX-Revie...
- Thu Mar 18, 2010 9:35 pm
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: My Thoughts on the Scythe Flex G
- Replies: 17
- Views: 13543
The Thermochill PA120.3 series and PA140.3 series are designed for low pressure fans. They have about 10 fins per inch. The Black Ice 480GTX has about 19 double stacked fins, and the Feser Monsta 120.3 has about 12 per inch. There's pic in this link: http://martin.skinneelabs.com/HWlabs480GTX-Review...
- Tue Mar 16, 2010 5:55 pm
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: Water Cooling Heresy
- Replies: 34
- Views: 244618
The main problem with Frostytech's temps is the lack of a universal reference fan. If he runs the system with whatever was in the box than you know the out-of-the-box performance. OOTB ability doesn't really matter compared to the ability with the Nexus 120. And from what I gather from random commen...
- Tue Mar 16, 2010 5:41 pm
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: peltier coolers
- Replies: 11
- Views: 12623
ProCooling has an active extreme cooling community. Peltiers are rarely if ever used for silencing, as they use CPU levels of electricity to work. They are also very inefficient and get worse as the temperature differential increases and need an independent PSU most of the time. I assume that some ...
- Mon Mar 15, 2010 11:55 pm
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: Can a Zalman Reserator 1 V2 handle a Core i7 and a 5870 GFX?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 31949
1. Yes, the heat must be transfered to the air, but a radiator has more surface area than a heatsink. Ex. I have two heatsinks, both are 120mm square, made of aluminium with an equal number of fins that are equally thick, however one is 1" thick, the other is 4" thick. The 4" one can dissipate the ...
- Mon Mar 15, 2010 11:54 pm
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: Water Cooling Heresy
- Replies: 34
- Views: 244618
All I see there is someone who didn't do enough research and bought something that would not do a good job. Any forum with a serious watercooling board will tell you that, with very few exceptions, you should never buy a watercooling kit. Swiftech kits are better than most, but there radiators aren'...
- Mon Mar 15, 2010 11:34 pm
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: Reviewed pumps
- Replies: 13
- Views: 16457
Ek Water Blocks EK-D5 X-TOP Version 2 Custom Pump Top for D5 & MCP655 So I bought one of these, mostly for the cleaner shape over the normal MCP655. I didn't expect it to, but it made my pump quieter. With the stock top the pump seemed unbalanced, and had a lot of vibration, with a combination of me...
- Sun Mar 14, 2010 2:14 pm
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: Water Cooling Heresy
- Replies: 34
- Views: 244618
More heat --> more dissipation applies to both air and water cooling. Every watt used must go out to the air. Watercooling simply has an intermediate heat absorber, the water, and greater dissipating area. You state that temperatures are not useful, than what is a useful metric for watercooling perf...
- Sat Mar 13, 2010 12:28 pm
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: Water Cooling Heresy
- Replies: 34
- Views: 244618
The basic WC points are: 1. Radiating area can be almost unlimited 2. The Radiator itself can be placed outside of the case 3. Fans work in parallel, lowering speed and noise 4. Replaces loud GPU fans Those are the main advantages of watercooling. Watercooling systems work somewhat similarly to a hu...
- Sat Mar 13, 2010 10:38 am
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: Help me understand if WC would benefit me
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6493
The fans on a water cooling setup could be made quieter with lower voltage and different fans, but the pump on a water cooling setup is over 30db, which bothers me since I want my setup to be quiet and cool. Are there methods anyone recommends to muffle the sound of the pump--throwing an old winter...
- Sat Mar 13, 2010 10:29 am
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: Water Cooling Heresy
- Replies: 34
- Views: 244618
I have said this before but sometimes it has to be said again. Temps are meaningless, it is all about heat capacity and total heat removal ability. Temps are not meaningless, the simply need to be taken in context. Knowing temps + watts shows heat removal. We were talking about temps in relation to...
- Fri Mar 12, 2010 7:27 pm
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: Water Cooling Heresy
- Replies: 34
- Views: 244618
Note Since you made two posts with pretty much the same content I'm going to quote my message and your reply. According to this computer power scale, SPCR's test CPU draws about 152w (stated in the SPCR test bed article to be 160w, so I'll use that) at 100% load when overclocked and overvolted. It's...
- Fri Mar 12, 2010 6:25 pm
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: Can a Zalman Reserator 1 V2 handle a Core i7 and a 5870 GFX?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 31949
1. Yes, the heat must be transfered to the air, but a radiator has more surface area than a heatsink. Ex. I have two heatsinks, both are 120mm square, made of aluminium with an equal number of fins that are equally thick, however one is 1" thick, the other is 4" thick. The 4" one can dissipate the s...
- Wed Mar 10, 2010 1:32 pm
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: Lowering Pump Speeds?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3254
Here is a Swiftech pdf which states that the pump can be started at 9 volts and run at 8v. That should allow you to reduce the speed, but the 3 pin connector is for speed monitoring. The four pin molex connector is for power. The MCP355 is supposed to be pretty loud, the MCP350 is a quieter model. ...
- Wed Mar 10, 2010 12:31 am
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: Can a Zalman Reserator 1 V2 handle a Core i7 and a 5870 GFX?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 31949
According to this computer power scale, SPCR's test CPU draws about 152w (stated in the SPCR test bed article to be 160w, so I'll use that) at 100% load when overclocked and overvolted. It's also stated that the temps are from the hottest CPU core, not the sensor labeled 'CPU'. At about 19dBA the No...
- Tue Mar 09, 2010 12:42 am
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: Radiator airflow using negative pressure
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6270
I realize what the OP is saying, I just wanted to clarify it a bit for him. My point being that the dead spots, even when the are an issue, are not a large issue. I don't agree that the setup has very good potential. It does have some ability, but the combination of all of the exhaust heat being pul...
- Sun Mar 07, 2010 9:29 pm
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: Experimental radiator
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5820
- Thu Mar 04, 2010 11:01 am
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: Swiftech H2O-220 Apex Ultima Noise Level?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6095
My MCP655 is unacceptably loud at full power, but at significantly reduced speed it is much better. The Swiftech H2O-220 Apex Ultima uses the MCP655-B version though. It has no speed control. Also, a Thermochill PA120.2 or 120.3 is a better choice of radiator for sure. A MCP655 at full power is loud...
- Wed Mar 03, 2010 10:07 pm
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: ft02b+water cooling?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 8256
- Wed Mar 03, 2010 10:06 pm
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: water cooling a Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3528
I wouldn't recommend WCing the mosfets and chipset. Typically they are adequately cooled by their default heatsinks, and even with overclocking they don't get any substantial benefit. That money would be better spent on a better GPU, CPU, PSU, more memory, ect. Even if you watercool everything in th...
- Sat Feb 27, 2010 6:17 pm
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: Q. about loop configuration. single vs double
- Replies: 10
- Views: 9044
If you want to maximize pressure use two pumps in parallel. If you want more pressure, putting the pumps in series would be better. Both parallel and series increase effective pressure, but you are correct, series potentially produces higher pressures. It really depends on the system's restrictiven...