This is my second wc'ed rig the first was internal but the case got too heavy so i decided to move the lot out and upgrade at the same time.
I say almost because it works but have yet to finish the aesthetic side of things, as in paint and things.
Rig is:
2 heater cores in parallel
1250
cascade
dual bay res
clearflex 1/2" id
Quick connects
assorted hose clamps (zip ties, plastic ones, screwable ones)
runs in this order:
res ---> pump --->heatercores --->block --->res
Temps:
system: 21
core idle: 23
core load: 26 in prime 95
room temp: freezing, the central heating broken in the coldest days of this year.
PC is:
Abit AI7
P4 2.6C 1.6v core
1 gig Samsung ddr400
although is it still full load if prime 95 only seems to make my cpu work at 70% according to the cpu monitor in windows?
There's only one fan strapped to the heater cores with a home made cardboard shroud, i'm looking into making an alu one with aviation snips recommened in another thread.
Not clear on the fan speed but dead slow as my radeon 9800 makes more noise so i'm going to put a heat pipe on it. Don't fancy getting a gpu block as the zalman is cheaper.
I can turn off the fan on the heatercores and after a few hours idle is only 25C but i didn't leave it any longer so i don't know if there's a point where it levels out.
You may have noticed the 1.6v core i was messing around in the bios and forgot to put it back down, but makes little difference to the temps say a degree.
I tried OCing it but had some problems don't know if it's the chip or the board but something doesn't like being Oc'ed not the ram though as i ran 3:2 to make sure. This is very annoying because this is what the rig was primarily built for, all p4's do so well i doubt it's that but i could be very unlucky i guess, might try out another one. I'll keep playing with it, it could be the GAT or PAT or whatever it is, but any other suggestions?
Will post some pics when i figure out how to do it. I have a digi cam and web space but is it a case of ftp'ing it to the host and then just putting the url and tagging the image name on the end?
Any help will be appreciated.
Tell me what you think.
Later
I say almost because it works but have yet to finish the aesthetic side of things, as in paint and things.
Rig is:
2 heater cores in parallel
1250
cascade
dual bay res
clearflex 1/2" id
Quick connects
assorted hose clamps (zip ties, plastic ones, screwable ones)
runs in this order:
res ---> pump --->heatercores --->block --->res
Temps:
system: 21
core idle: 23
core load: 26 in prime 95
room temp: freezing, the central heating broken in the coldest days of this year.
PC is:
Abit AI7
P4 2.6C 1.6v core
1 gig Samsung ddr400
although is it still full load if prime 95 only seems to make my cpu work at 70% according to the cpu monitor in windows?
There's only one fan strapped to the heater cores with a home made cardboard shroud, i'm looking into making an alu one with aviation snips recommened in another thread.
Not clear on the fan speed but dead slow as my radeon 9800 makes more noise so i'm going to put a heat pipe on it. Don't fancy getting a gpu block as the zalman is cheaper.
I can turn off the fan on the heatercores and after a few hours idle is only 25C but i didn't leave it any longer so i don't know if there's a point where it levels out.
You may have noticed the 1.6v core i was messing around in the bios and forgot to put it back down, but makes little difference to the temps say a degree.
I tried OCing it but had some problems don't know if it's the chip or the board but something doesn't like being Oc'ed not the ram though as i ran 3:2 to make sure. This is very annoying because this is what the rig was primarily built for, all p4's do so well i doubt it's that but i could be very unlucky i guess, might try out another one. I'll keep playing with it, it could be the GAT or PAT or whatever it is, but any other suggestions?
Will post some pics when i figure out how to do it. I have a digi cam and web space but is it a case of ftp'ing it to the host and then just putting the url and tagging the image name on the end?
Any help will be appreciated.
Tell me what you think.
Later
