- Joined
- Jul 17, 2001
- Location
- wherever my little feet carry me
wassup ya'all. Sorry for not posting lately, but school's been a bit rough these days. Anyways, I guess I could let you in on the news in my life. First and foremost, my computer died. That's right, my 1.4 Ghz T-bird finally had enough heat and fried its little self to oblivion.
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If any of you out there value your cpu and the hard-earned (for some of us) dollars that it took to buy it, do not, I repeat, DO NOT buy/use a Golden Orb heat sink!!!! They are the embodiment of all that is evil in a cooling unit! Over the last 7 months, I saw my idle temps go from 47C (not good) to 58C (borderline hideous). All of this rising peaked Thursday when, as I was monitoring my temps, I saw them steadily climb to a painful 68C over 5 minutes of IDLING! I obviously felt the need to shut off, so I did. I gave the old girl a night to think about what she'd done. Saturday, I thought, "hey, maybe a little rest did some good", so I tried booting up..............video card screen.............blank screen............check signal screen...............still no post.................ummmmmm, what's that smell?................. 5 seconds of power and I fried the cpu! So to make a long rant short: DON'T BUY GOLDEN ORBS!!!
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I don't quit. Even when it's my 21st and I'm totally wasted and my 3 brothers are pinning me to the ground, I keep yelling, "I can take you all on, c'mon you b*tches!" I certainly wasn't going to beaten by a toasted processor, so I went ahead that very night and ordered a brand-spankin' new AthlonXP 1800+. I would've ordered the oem, but I'm sure as sh*t not going to use that golden orb ever again, not even as a paperweight, in fact, I've buried it under a pile of rat feces in the crawl space of my house! So the plan is to use the factory hs/fan (i know they suck) until I get my tax return and can afford watercooling. I also would've gotten a better processor, but my msi turbo-lite only supports up to 1800+. Anyway, on with the questions......
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Like I said, I'm going to watercool, but I don't want any one kit. I like bits and pieces from a couple places and this is where the problem comes in: I have decided on the pump/reservoir from http://www.overclockershideout.com because of it's huge flow rate and smooth looking reservoir; I like the radiator (the big one) from http://www.aquastealth.com mostly cause it's huge!; and I like the waterjackets from http://www.koolance.com because they look sharp and have good, solid mounting brackets. The only thing that makes these pieces incompatable is that the barbs on the jackets from koolance are 1/4" and the OD of the reservoir and radiator are 3/8". My questions are these:
If I put a 3/8" --> 1/4" reducer in the line before the jackets and then do the opposite before the radiator, am I going to have problems with pressure, leaks, flow rates, etc.? Or should I just buckle and get the jackets from somewhere else?
How (if possible) can I hardwire the power from my pump into my psu so that I don't have to unplug it every time I turn my computer off? If not possible (AC/DC incompatability), could I wire the main power switch to the pump for the same reason as above?
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Sorry for taking up so much time and space, but I had to vent to those who are sympathetic to my plight (not like my parents who just say, "Why the hell aren't you spending all this money on books?!?!?!") I hope you can feel my pain (but I hope you never HAVE to). Anyways... if someone could give me some feedback on these issues of mine, I would be forever in your debt!
Cheers!
(RANT SECTION
If any of you out there value your cpu and the hard-earned (for some of us) dollars that it took to buy it, do not, I repeat, DO NOT buy/use a Golden Orb heat sink!!!! They are the embodiment of all that is evil in a cooling unit! Over the last 7 months, I saw my idle temps go from 47C (not good) to 58C (borderline hideous). All of this rising peaked Thursday when, as I was monitoring my temps, I saw them steadily climb to a painful 68C over 5 minutes of IDLING! I obviously felt the need to shut off, so I did. I gave the old girl a night to think about what she'd done. Saturday, I thought, "hey, maybe a little rest did some good", so I tried booting up..............video card screen.............blank screen............check signal screen...............still no post.................ummmmmm, what's that smell?................. 5 seconds of power and I fried the cpu! So to make a long rant short: DON'T BUY GOLDEN ORBS!!!
(STORY SECTION
I don't quit. Even when it's my 21st and I'm totally wasted and my 3 brothers are pinning me to the ground, I keep yelling, "I can take you all on, c'mon you b*tches!" I certainly wasn't going to beaten by a toasted processor, so I went ahead that very night and ordered a brand-spankin' new AthlonXP 1800+. I would've ordered the oem, but I'm sure as sh*t not going to use that golden orb ever again, not even as a paperweight, in fact, I've buried it under a pile of rat feces in the crawl space of my house! So the plan is to use the factory hs/fan (i know they suck) until I get my tax return and can afford watercooling. I also would've gotten a better processor, but my msi turbo-lite only supports up to 1800+. Anyway, on with the questions......
(QUESTION SECTION
Like I said, I'm going to watercool, but I don't want any one kit. I like bits and pieces from a couple places and this is where the problem comes in: I have decided on the pump/reservoir from http://www.overclockershideout.com because of it's huge flow rate and smooth looking reservoir; I like the radiator (the big one) from http://www.aquastealth.com mostly cause it's huge!; and I like the waterjackets from http://www.koolance.com because they look sharp and have good, solid mounting brackets. The only thing that makes these pieces incompatable is that the barbs on the jackets from koolance are 1/4" and the OD of the reservoir and radiator are 3/8". My questions are these:
If I put a 3/8" --> 1/4" reducer in the line before the jackets and then do the opposite before the radiator, am I going to have problems with pressure, leaks, flow rates, etc.? Or should I just buckle and get the jackets from somewhere else?
How (if possible) can I hardwire the power from my pump into my psu so that I don't have to unplug it every time I turn my computer off? If not possible (AC/DC incompatability), could I wire the main power switch to the pump for the same reason as above?
(THE END
Sorry for taking up so much time and space, but I had to vent to those who are sympathetic to my plight (not like my parents who just say, "Why the hell aren't you spending all this money on books?!?!?!") I hope you can feel my pain (but I hope you never HAVE to). Anyways... if someone could give me some feedback on these issues of mine, I would be forever in your debt!
Cheers!
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