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Lancelot

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Just installed larger diameter hoses and rerouted my loop:

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My loop contains automotive GlycoShell diluted coolant as you can see on the sticker at the reservoir's bracket. No more waterblock for the videocard cuz when my OCed 6800LE died I got a 6800GT and the mounting hardware didn't fit anymore. I fit it with an NVsilencer5 rev.3 as you can see though...
 
Looks great! So this automotive liquid can be purchased at a place like Autozone, right? How much does it cost? I just want to make sure before I go out and get some. :p
 
Lancelot said:
My loop contains automotive GlycoShell diluted coolant as you can see on the sticker at the reservoir's bracket. No more waterblock for the videocard cuz when my OCed 6800LE died I got a 6800GT and the mounting hardware didn't fit anymore. I fit it with an NVsilencer5 rev.3 as you can see though...
So you are using shell oil brand antifreeze ? EDIT Sorry just googled it and it is shell brand for sure.
 
Very nice, clean setup. I thought the only blue antifreeze was the VW/pentosin kind. I was unaware that Shell has blue antifreeze.
 
voigts said:
Very nice, clean setup. I thought the only blue antifreeze was the VW/pentosin kind. I was unaware that Shell has blue antifreeze.

he's in the Netherlands. I've never seen any of it stateside. I looked all over..PepBoys, autozone, Strauss, etc. no luck.
 
I removed the bottom grille and placed the radiator on top of 4 motherboard-standoffs. This corresponds nicely with the edges of the opening thus forming sort of a duct. So the radiator gets (almost) unrestricted cold airflow, there's plenty of free space underneith the case cuz I'm using the coaster-wheels. The fans are coolermaster silent 120mm fans that are pulling air upwards through the radiator. I really can't tell temps cuz the monitoring utility that came with the NCCH-DL board is a resource-hog that even makes my mouse stutter every few seconds! (a well-known problem) I'm not getting anal about it cuz I know with this cooling setup and a minor OC to 2* 3.4Ghz it's safe to let her fold 24/7 even during high summer temps.
 
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ok now for the important aspect of your build
CPU?
what is it OC to?
what is the temps
-idle?
-load?
 
CPU's (yes plural) are in his sig along with their operating speeds, if you bothered to look there, and he has already stated all the temps. Try using your computer with a monitor, I found it very helpful.
 
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