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Woo hoo! I'm water cooled now!!

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M Powered

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After installing my 7800 GTX and watching the temperature on both the CPU and the Card go sky high, I decided enough is enough - I'm going H20.

Best decision ever made, well instead of spending numerous hours on this board researching about water cooling, I just went to Fry's and picked up the most expensive product they have.

In my case, it is the Zalman Reserator 1

I bought the VGA water block because that was the main reason why I went to H20, but the screws didn't fit my card.. so I had to put the damn thing together again :bang head

Anyways, the temps at full load is 41C - and 29-30 at Idle.

BIG improvement from 48C Idle, and 58-60C full load.

I guess next step for me is bumping the FSB up a little higher - now that heat isn't a problem :)

Btw, I fixed the bad benchmark scores in Aquamark3; turns out "Windows automatic update" was bogging my system down. Turn that puppy off, and I'm almost at 90k on Aquamark3 :)

Anyone know what Waterblock to buy for my VGA card?
 
M Powered said:
Anyone know what Waterblock to buy for my VGA card?

I've had good success with the MCW55. There's also the Maze4 and Low Profile Maze 4 for tightly spaced SLI situations. Frankly, I like the design of the MCW55 block's innards better than the antiquated Maze 4, but that's just my opinion.
 
MoreGooder said:
I've had good success with the MCW55. There's also the Maze4 and Low Profile Maze 4 for tightly spaced SLI situations. Frankly, I like the design of the MCW55 block's innards better than the antiquated Maze 4, but that's just my opinion.

Space is not an issue, however I would like one way directional flow of water. Lots of recommendations for the Danger Den, but that will add a lot of turns in the hoses inside my system.

Any link for purchase?
 
The MCW55 is sold in a number of places. I believe I bought mine from CrazyPC.com. Google for Swiftech MCW55 and you'll see a number of places sell it. I didn't see any price differential, but with with CrazyPC because their shipping for my overall order was less. YRMV.
 
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