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- Mar 9, 2003
Experts... how can i get the best out of my Rad?
I designed my watercooling setup to be compact and quiet, and in that respect its a GREAT setup. but... my idle temps are around 105 F. I am only cooling my cpu (athlon xp 2200+ tbred). These temps seem higher than they should be.
The reason I blame my radiator is that when i boot up the computer, and start running it at Load... My temps are still below 100. As time goes on they slowly creep up over 100 and sometimes to like 110 F. I don't think my Radiator is cooling the water enough, and causing the gradual increase in temp.
My questions are:
1) Is a 120 mm BIX enough to keep an athlon xp 2200+ below 100 degrees? (i thought it was easily)
2) Is 80 cfm just not enough air going through the radiator? Should i get a more powerful fan?
3) Would a push/pull setup be better than just a pull?
4) Could i keep this same setup (diff WB prolly) if i was to cool an Athlon 64 CPu?
My setup:
Danger Den maze 4
Hydor L20 pump
Black Ice Xtreme Radiator
1/2" ID tubing
Evercool 120 mm fan (80cfm)
(setup in a T-line)
Thanks for any advice you can give me, I am on vacation now and i plan to try a vantec tornado when i get back. but until then, i'd like to hear any suggestions.
thanks,
Ice
I designed my watercooling setup to be compact and quiet, and in that respect its a GREAT setup. but... my idle temps are around 105 F. I am only cooling my cpu (athlon xp 2200+ tbred). These temps seem higher than they should be.
The reason I blame my radiator is that when i boot up the computer, and start running it at Load... My temps are still below 100. As time goes on they slowly creep up over 100 and sometimes to like 110 F. I don't think my Radiator is cooling the water enough, and causing the gradual increase in temp.
My questions are:
1) Is a 120 mm BIX enough to keep an athlon xp 2200+ below 100 degrees? (i thought it was easily)
2) Is 80 cfm just not enough air going through the radiator? Should i get a more powerful fan?
3) Would a push/pull setup be better than just a pull?
4) Could i keep this same setup (diff WB prolly) if i was to cool an Athlon 64 CPu?
My setup:
Danger Den maze 4
Hydor L20 pump
Black Ice Xtreme Radiator
1/2" ID tubing
Evercool 120 mm fan (80cfm)
(setup in a T-line)
Thanks for any advice you can give me, I am on vacation now and i plan to try a vantec tornado when i get back. but until then, i'd like to hear any suggestions.
thanks,
Ice