[Buzzdog]

I have a question. I have been researching and trying to design a h2o/petl system. When I finish adding up the cost of everything including a new case, the price gets up into the range of a vapochill system.

The question I have for everyone that is currently using or have used a vapochill/prometia phase change system. How much more were you able to increase the FSB on your system compared to aircooled? I am just trying to figure out how much more head room I would gain by going with supercooling. I am currently stuck at 165fsb on aircooling stable with my PIV 2.26.


Thanks in advance,

Buzzdog

[hooziewhatsit]

I don't have one of the cases you asked about, but I'll try to answer anyways.

back in the day, my tbird 700 wouldn't go over about 850 stable. Once I added watercooling, it would do 950 all day. If I added a pelt, I know that it would do 1000 (I added ice to my bong one day and almost finished loading windows )

I have an abit kt7 board, so the fsb won't go over about 107 anyways... so I mainly use the multiplier.

[Tiger]

I don't get as cold as the on-die refrigeration but I would say that the difference would marginal anyway but I achieved 15% better oc's with sub-0 on a Duron 800 and a T'bird 1.33 AXIA. This doesn't sound fantastic but then I only paid $20 for my rig. I went my route for precisely the reason you have stepped back and are questioning whether it's worth it. The extreme overclock is not the only thing you achieve with extreme cooling - the big benefit is unbelieveable stability. I have never experienced the stability that comes with extreme cooling and everyone that uses it will tell you the same thing. The big negative is condensation. I lost my much admired T'bird to it and its not something to be taken lightly.