- Joined
- Sep 5, 2002
- Location
- St. Louis, MO
Goal: 10x250 Athlon XP system
Current parts: Epox 8RDA+ (need to RMA, CMOS error, GRRRR!)
Athlon 2400+ (AIUCB) ... should probably look for a G or H
Corsair PC3500 ... couldn't get it past 202 FSB
Eheim pump
Lots of 1/2" reinforced tubing
White Water block (thank you, Cathar!)
Chevette heater core with shroud
Innovatek Reservoir (dumb purchase)
When I get my 8RDA+ back, I plan to burn it in for several days. This one didn't last two days, which is pretty frustrating. I wasn't doing anything extreme -- it just never came back from the last reboot. Stops boot sequence at "05" every time. Anyway, once I'm sure I have a good board, I plan to do the VDD mod. I've heard around the forums that this will make the northbridge very hot, but also the voltage regulators and southbridge. However, this should let me get to very high FSB, everything else being equal.
The problem is, of course, nutty amounts of heat for cranking the board up this far. My idea is to use two Bayres reservoirs and a water chiller to circulate COLD water into the system.
Two questions: Lets assume an absolutely insane case where I wanted to watercool my CPU, northbridge, votage regulators (mosfets), GPU, and Video memory. The first question is, how should I build a circuit to do this? Should I just run the water from one block to the next, in serial? Or should I create a second water circuit and split the load? Would I need two pumps to do the latter?
The second question is, assuming ludicrous water chilling (say, 1-5C), what are the most effective ways of fighting condensation?
Now, I'm sure that not every bit of this will get done. However, my environment is such that temps can get to 35C ambient with significant humidity. (Summer in St. Louis SUCKS) So, even if the water were "only" chilled to 15-20C, condensation could still be an issue. Since I'll be doing the VDD mod, I may want to throw a heat pipe or water at the voltage regulators ... and certainly, moisture there could fubar a lot of things.
Current parts: Epox 8RDA+ (need to RMA, CMOS error, GRRRR!)
Athlon 2400+ (AIUCB) ... should probably look for a G or H
Corsair PC3500 ... couldn't get it past 202 FSB
Eheim pump
Lots of 1/2" reinforced tubing
White Water block (thank you, Cathar!)
Chevette heater core with shroud
Innovatek Reservoir (dumb purchase)
When I get my 8RDA+ back, I plan to burn it in for several days. This one didn't last two days, which is pretty frustrating. I wasn't doing anything extreme -- it just never came back from the last reboot. Stops boot sequence at "05" every time. Anyway, once I'm sure I have a good board, I plan to do the VDD mod. I've heard around the forums that this will make the northbridge very hot, but also the voltage regulators and southbridge. However, this should let me get to very high FSB, everything else being equal.
The problem is, of course, nutty amounts of heat for cranking the board up this far. My idea is to use two Bayres reservoirs and a water chiller to circulate COLD water into the system.
Two questions: Lets assume an absolutely insane case where I wanted to watercool my CPU, northbridge, votage regulators (mosfets), GPU, and Video memory. The first question is, how should I build a circuit to do this? Should I just run the water from one block to the next, in serial? Or should I create a second water circuit and split the load? Would I need two pumps to do the latter?
The second question is, assuming ludicrous water chilling (say, 1-5C), what are the most effective ways of fighting condensation?
Now, I'm sure that not every bit of this will get done. However, my environment is such that temps can get to 35C ambient with significant humidity. (Summer in St. Louis SUCKS) So, even if the water were "only" chilled to 15-20C, condensation could still be an issue. Since I'll be doing the VDD mod, I may want to throw a heat pipe or water at the voltage regulators ... and certainly, moisture there could fubar a lot of things.