Video card block choice

[ScoobaMike]

I bite the bullet and bought the mcw55 today, in several weeks when i get everything here and together Ill post back my thoughts on it.

but its not staying that way for long, its getting a 172watt peltier slapped to the bottom with a coldplate and neoprene, and will be on a Sapphire x1800xt

 

[custom90gt]

I bite the bullet and bought the mcw55 today, in several weeks when i get everything here and together Ill post back my thoughts on it.

but its not staying that way for long, its getting a 172watt peltier slapped to the bottom with a coldplate and neoprene, and will be on a Sapphire x1800xt

lol, you're building this system for me right? Sounds like a great setup, let us know what you get with the water and with the peltier...

 

[ScoobaMike]

haha, I have been slowly adding up all the bills from this NEW computer adventure im on...lets just say I gave myself a VERY nice christmas gift..hehe

Chieftech Dragon series case
OCZ Powerstream 520 SLI PSU
AMD Opteron 170
DFI LANParty UT SLI-DR Expert
2x1 GB pc4000 Mushkin Redline
Sapphire Radeon x1800XT

Water Cooling---

Swiftech Storm
Swiftech MCW55 (with 172 watt peltier to be added)
DD-D5 pump
Black Ice Xtreme III Triple 120mm Radiator
3xSilverstone 120mm FM121
Meanwell 320-12 PSU
Thermaltake Water Temperature Indicator
DangerDen Fillport
7/16" tubing
Swiftech Pump Relay Switch v2

*edit, HEY i just noticed you have the same chip as me, and same memory...I hope i have some of that same performance!! My chips a 0543 though

 

[Beginner]

haha, I have been slowly adding up all the bills from this NEW computer adventure im on...lets just say I gave myself a VERY nice christmas gift..hehe

Chieftech Dragon series case
OCZ Powerstream 520 SLI PSU
AMD Opteron 170
DFI LANParty UT SLI-DR Expert
2x1 GB pc4000 Mushkin Redline
Sapphire Radeon x1800XT

Water Cooling---

Swiftech Storm
Swiftech MCW55 (with 172 watt peltier to be added)
DD-D5 pump
Black Ice Xtreme III Triple 120mm Radiator
3xSilverstone 120mm FM121
Meanwell 320-12 PSU
Thermaltake Water Temperature Indicator
DangerDen Fillport
7/16" tubing
Swiftech Pump Relay Switch v2

*edit, HEY i just noticed you have the same chip as me, and same memory...I hope i have some of that same performance!! My chips a 0543 though

nice, when your done you can ship it to me

 

[samuknow]

It will be some time. I plan to build the new rig in February.

So much for that huh...........

 

[custom90gt]

haha, I have been slowly adding up all the bills from this NEW computer adventure im on...lets just say I gave myself a VERY nice christmas gift..hehe

Chieftech Dragon series case
OCZ Powerstream 520 SLI PSU
AMD Opteron 170
DFI LANParty UT SLI-DR Expert
2x1 GB pc4000 Mushkin Redline
Sapphire Radeon x1800XT

Water Cooling---

Swiftech Storm
Swiftech MCW55 (with 172 watt peltier to be added)
DD-D5 pump
Black Ice Xtreme III Triple 120mm Radiator
3xSilverstone 120mm FM121
Meanwell 320-12 PSU
Thermaltake Water Temperature Indicator
DangerDen Fillport
7/16" tubing
Swiftech Pump Relay Switch v2

*edit, HEY i just noticed you have the same chip as me, and same memory...I hope i have some of that same performance!! My chips a 0543 though

sounds like a heck of a system you are building there, i'm sure you will love it. I'm also sure that you'll enjoy your opty, the 0543 should clock similar to mine from what I've seen online. You'll be computing in style

 

[samuknow]

I am still kicking this around a bit....

I may be able to come up with enough for an NV-45 or perhaps a cool-matic NV45 cooler.

Are these worth the extra 40-50 bucks above say a DD Maze 4 and some copper ram sinks?

 

[Aidenswarrior]

I am still kicking this around a bit....

I may be able to come up with enough for an NV-45 or perhaps a cool-matic NV45 cooler.

Are these worth the extra 40-50 bucks above say a DD Maze 4 and some copper ram sinks?

not worth the extra money. get the maze 4 and sinks. use the other $50 to get something else.

 

[Etacovda]

You really have to look at hardware cost vs cooling cost... is the 6800 unlocked to 16 pipes? (can they even be unlocked to 16 pipes? its been a while, lol) if not, id look at getting a 6800GT s/h instead and selling the 6800 personally.

 

[custom90gt]

I am still kicking this around a bit....

I may be able to come up with enough for an NV-45 or perhaps a cool-matic NV45 cooler.

Are these worth the extra 40-50 bucks above say a DD Maze 4 and some copper ram sinks?

I dont think its worth it. I would rather have a more universal block and some quality heatsinks with some extra dough in my pockets.

 

[Moto7451]

If you use a thin layer of epoxy (better for performance in any case) & use an "extra large" ram sink so that you have leverage to remove the sink, its not deadly. The only problems I've had were the ones I purposely inflicted to see what happens (tried it with the MOSFETs on a dead mobo, lots of fun seeing how each thickness of layer would do, paper thin is best to say the least).

 

[samuknow]

You really have to look at hardware cost vs cooling cost... is the 6800 unlocked to 16 pipes? (can they even be unlocked to 16 pipes? its been a while, lol) if not, id look at getting a 6800GT s/h instead and selling the 6800 personally.

Yea it is unlocked to 16x1 6

It breaks 10K easily in 3Dm2k3 (just shy of 11K) See sig

Fan drives me nuts when gaming... Plus dumping heat in my case....

My FX 5900 would run 5950U speeds + water cooled. Even that ram clocked higher with just the GPU WC and the stock ram sink.....

I will go ahead with a nice GPU blocks and ram sinks....

Thanks

 

[MoreGooder]

I'd like to report back to this thread with my findings on the MCW55 water block.

I'd have to say that I am VERY satisfied with it. I have it in the same loop with my Swifty Apogee CPU block. I use a res, so I can see the flow rate. NOT at all scientific, but I can see that the flow rate from these two new blocks is pretty darn excellent. Previous rig was an overclocked P4 2.4C and an ATI X800XT AIW. The were cooled by the MC5002 and the MCW50 accordingly. With my new extremely different/extremely powerful AMD dual rig and 7800GT, both overclocked approx 18%, my temps are only 7 degrees higher by comparison. Previous idle/full load was 27/33, new idle/full load is 34/40. Nothing else about my loop has changed (same rad, pump, res, same 1/2 tube routing bla bla bla).

I can say that I'm perfectly happy with both the Apogee and the MCW55.

 

[samuknow]

Very awsome..........