Hello Again!
I ended up ordering the Raystorm kit from Dazmode. The kit included XSPC dual bay reservoir that holds the D5 vario pump. EX240 Rad. Raystorm CPU block. 7/16 tubing and compression fittings. I replaced the stock fans with 2 noctua 12p fans which seem to be working great so far.
i7 950 CPU
Air cooling - 3.8Ghz - idle 50ish load - 87
Water cooling 3.8 idle - 35 load 56
I have pushed it to 4.0 now with idle 38 and load 64 after a few hours of prime95 small.
I initially had the speed setting on the pump on 3, but was quite annoyed with the vibration noise I was getting. I tried putting some dynamat underneath and on the side of the metal bay and putting some foam on the sides of the res but this didn't seem to help to much. I now have the speed setting on 2 which has helped a ton with the noise while not affecting the temps.
Two questions:
1) How can I decrease the noise with the speed higher?
2) When I add a GPU block for my gtx 580, will the speed of 2 be ok?
Thanks!
I ended up ordering the Raystorm kit from Dazmode. The kit included XSPC dual bay reservoir that holds the D5 vario pump. EX240 Rad. Raystorm CPU block. 7/16 tubing and compression fittings. I replaced the stock fans with 2 noctua 12p fans which seem to be working great so far.
i7 950 CPU
Air cooling - 3.8Ghz - idle 50ish load - 87
Water cooling 3.8 idle - 35 load 56
I have pushed it to 4.0 now with idle 38 and load 64 after a few hours of prime95 small.
I initially had the speed setting on the pump on 3, but was quite annoyed with the vibration noise I was getting. I tried putting some dynamat underneath and on the side of the metal bay and putting some foam on the sides of the res but this didn't seem to help to much. I now have the speed setting on 2 which has helped a ton with the noise while not affecting the temps.
Two questions:
1) How can I decrease the noise with the speed higher?
2) When I add a GPU block for my gtx 580, will the speed of 2 be ok?
Thanks!