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- Dec 31, 2006
- Location
- Laval, Canada
Hello everyone. I have a pc with a water cooling since last year. So far, everything is great. Here is my setup:
PC:
Case: Thermaltake Armor Case
cpu: amd sempron 3100+
video card: xfx geforce 6800 gt AGP
Water Cooling:
Kit: Thermaltake Big Water CL-W0005 (not exactly the one on the link, without the liquid tank)
VGA Water Block: Thermaltake CL-W0038 VGA Water block
Coolant: Car Prestone Radiator Coolant
Tubbing: Included 1/4" ID
Radiator Cooled with 2 12 cm fan, 1 in, 1 out
Currently, the VGA Water Block is removed because my vga card broke so I had to send it back.
I find that setup good but not perfect. Since my room is hot even in winter (lived in canada, when it's -30 outside, it's atleast 25 in my room, in Celcius), I removed my air cooling for water cooling when my computer started to be at critical temp even on idle. With my water cooling, I managed to get a decent below 50 degree for my cpu but my gpu stay hot since water is coming already hot from cpu. My pump is having a hard time too so I'm planning on changing for a new one but I don't know what to take. I'm planning on adding the following component but unsure if it's good or better can be found for same price range.
Here are my upgrades:
North bridge Water Block: Thermaltake CL-W0083
Liquid tank: Thermaltake CL-W0031 Aquabay M3
Water Flow Rate and Water Level Checker: CL-W0032 Aquabay M1
I'm thinking on changing for 1/2" tubing too, that should help a lot.
The setting I'm thinking to do is as follow:
Start from radiator to liquid tank, continue to pump, from pump go to Aquabay M1, then use a Y/T-Splitter that goes (a)1 part to gpu, (b)the other to another Y/T-Splitter. this one goes to (c1) the cpu and (d1) the north bridge. After, (c2) and (d2) use another Y/T-Splitter to get back to (e) 1 tube. Now, (a2) and (e) merge with another splitter to get to (f), which go to the radiator. (check graphic)
http://olympus.kicks-***.org:8080/~neo/image/pc.gif
Why use Y/T-Splitter? That way all water going to water block are freshly cooled from liquid tank and radiator, not heated from a recently cooled water block.
I don't know if that can be made or if my parts are good. I'm also planning on installing a prob for the temp of my water. If you have better idea or better parts then the one I used (not necessarily thermaltake) and a good pump to pump all that, you can always say it, I'm here to get more info, suggestion on feedback on my setting and what I'm planning to do.
Thanks a lot
PC:
Case: Thermaltake Armor Case
cpu: amd sempron 3100+
video card: xfx geforce 6800 gt AGP
Water Cooling:
Kit: Thermaltake Big Water CL-W0005 (not exactly the one on the link, without the liquid tank)
VGA Water Block: Thermaltake CL-W0038 VGA Water block
Coolant: Car Prestone Radiator Coolant
Tubbing: Included 1/4" ID
Radiator Cooled with 2 12 cm fan, 1 in, 1 out
Currently, the VGA Water Block is removed because my vga card broke so I had to send it back.
I find that setup good but not perfect. Since my room is hot even in winter (lived in canada, when it's -30 outside, it's atleast 25 in my room, in Celcius), I removed my air cooling for water cooling when my computer started to be at critical temp even on idle. With my water cooling, I managed to get a decent below 50 degree for my cpu but my gpu stay hot since water is coming already hot from cpu. My pump is having a hard time too so I'm planning on changing for a new one but I don't know what to take. I'm planning on adding the following component but unsure if it's good or better can be found for same price range.
Here are my upgrades:
North bridge Water Block: Thermaltake CL-W0083
Liquid tank: Thermaltake CL-W0031 Aquabay M3
Water Flow Rate and Water Level Checker: CL-W0032 Aquabay M1
I'm thinking on changing for 1/2" tubing too, that should help a lot.
The setting I'm thinking to do is as follow:
Start from radiator to liquid tank, continue to pump, from pump go to Aquabay M1, then use a Y/T-Splitter that goes (a)1 part to gpu, (b)the other to another Y/T-Splitter. this one goes to (c1) the cpu and (d1) the north bridge. After, (c2) and (d2) use another Y/T-Splitter to get back to (e) 1 tube. Now, (a2) and (e) merge with another splitter to get to (f), which go to the radiator. (check graphic)
http://olympus.kicks-***.org:8080/~neo/image/pc.gif
Why use Y/T-Splitter? That way all water going to water block are freshly cooled from liquid tank and radiator, not heated from a recently cooled water block.
I don't know if that can be made or if my parts are good. I'm also planning on installing a prob for the temp of my water. If you have better idea or better parts then the one I used (not necessarily thermaltake) and a good pump to pump all that, you can always say it, I'm here to get more info, suggestion on feedback on my setting and what I'm planning to do.
Thanks a lot