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Suggestions please... W/C with chiller.

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PoX Freak

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Hey all... I need a suggestion. I just shifted back to water because My case temps we're influencing (spelling) CPU temps, with some of the heat off the H/S recirculating in the case (weak fan setup). Even though i have 4 older Nidec temp controlled 80mm fans in the front (8 total, 2 in the PSU), The temps climb wildly and the TT Volcano11 with the sensor in the block couldnt keep up (fan would run 5300RPM continuously). So i went back to water on both the chipsets and GPU/CPU. Temps went from avg. 46º idle/51-52º load to 42º idle/47-48º load.
Question is, do i go back to my water fountain setup, which was a 1/2 gallon water fountain chiller which drops the temps below dew point at any setting, :shrug: , or do i use the old fridge setup, where i can set the water temp to a more manageable 65-70ºF?

Any Thoughts, other than the obvious, would be greatly appreciated.

Thanx
PoXie
 
I say always go colder so long as you don't mind insulating everything. I'm running a water fountain cooler too.
 
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