Advice for Water Cooling Setup

[zedane]

Looking good there. Pretty decent temps. Didnt know i7-860 runs that cool. Did you overclock your chip?

 

[godot09]

Looking good there. Pretty decent temps. Didnt know i7-860 runs that cool. Did you overclock your chip?

Nope. The CPU for this rig is I7-950 so the temps are very good compared to when it was air-cooled. When it is air-cooled, at ambient 31 deg, the cpu temp is around 43-45 deg at idle. And, I did not overclock the cpu.

The I7-860, is certainly a much cooler cpu compared to the i7-950. At idle, it hovers around 33-35 deg, air cooled. There is no need to water cool this unit.

Coming back to the I7-950 ... At idle, the temps improve alot but the real potential of WC is seen under load.

 

[zedane]

ah my bad didnt see the i7-950 stated. Watercool shines mostly at load. Idle wise would even lose to better air cooler.

 

[KB]

i'm thinking of water too, also looking the the xspc kits, 240 or above. thing is i'm thinking if i need to change out my cpu, can i just remove the block and replace or do i have to drain the system?

or might just take up a corsair for simplicity. my cm V6 is not up to par when i do linx with AVX le...

 

[Mythmaker]

i'm thinking of water too, also looking the the xspc kits, 240 or above. thing is i'm thinking if i need to change out my cpu, can i just remove the block and replace or do i have to drain the system?

Depending on how long your tubes are. If like godot09 then sure no problem. If something like mine:

Then probably have to drain the entire loop

Don't bother with stuff like Corsair H50 or H60. There won't be much of an improvement over your current v6.

 

[zedane]

Wow myth very neat setup.

 

[KB]

my V6 is giving me 83C full load IBT w/latest linpack AVX. cmi leh. this is if i do 4.8ghz with my 2500k. now i only dare to hoot 4.5ghz. still giving me around 70+ degC.

 

[godot09]

My GPU waterblock arrived on Sunday. Got it up and running. The temperature findings are:

Stock fan:
idle : 54 deg
load : 80 deg

With WC:
idle : 44 deg
load : 50 deg

The drop in temperature is substantial. What is more impressive is the load temperature. The max was about 50 deg with the average temperature hovering around 45+ deg during gaming. No longer do I need to bear with the loud fan noise during gaming.

BTW, the fan blowing directly at the NB significantly reduces the temperature from 66 deg to 44 deg. Since I kept the backplate of the GPU on, it acts as a firm base for the fan.

 

[Aeroplane.]

http://wehub.com/hwz/wc_2.jpg[IMG]


My GPU waterblock arrived on Sunday. Got it up and running. The temperature findings are:

Stock fan:
idle : 54 deg
load : 80 deg

With WC:
idle : 44 deg
load : 50 deg

The drop in temperature is substantial. What is more impressive is the load temperature. The max was about 50 deg with the average temperature hovering around 45+ deg during gaming. No longer do I need to bear with the loud fan noise during gaming.

BTW, the fan blowing directly at the NB significantly reduces the temperature from 66 deg to 44 deg. Since I kept the backplate of the GPU on, it acts as a firm base for the fan.[/QUOTE]
Those are ACRyan fans i suppsoe? Damn nostalgia, ****ing noisy though.

 

[godot09]

I7 950 / X58 Sabertooth
AMD 6950 2GB

With the completion of the GPU loop, the WC-rig is finally done. Will stop tinkering with it and start enjoying what it can offer.

Perhaps, just perhaps, I might waterblock another 6950 2GB in the near future if necessary.

For now, this water-cooled single 6950 2GB handles eyefinity just fine.

 

[zedane]

I7 950 / X58 Sabertooth
AMD 6950 2GB

With the completion of the GPU loop, the WC-rig is finally done. Will stop tikering with it and start enjoying what it can offer.

Perhaps, just perhaps, I might waterblock another 6950 2GB in the near future if necessary.

For now, this water-cooled single 6950 2GB handles eyefinity just fine.

Nice Enjoy your rig man.

 

[godot09]

Nice Enjoy your rig man.

Thanks, fellow wc-enthusiast!

 

[godot09]

Change of panel - WC loop in its full view.

 

[ghillie]

wow nice wats the total dmg on ur wc?

 

[ravener]

nice, considering to either get a new casing or change to watercooling...

looks like watercooling might be a good choice...

edit: as ghillie has pointed out, do list out the cost of your watercooled setup.

 

[eurofunk]

hmm gpu idle 44, average load gaming 45+? 1 deg diff heh

 

[godot09]

It goes to around 50+ sometimes but by and large hovers around 45 -50 thereabout. Looks pretty ordinary on idle it seems but a huge difference when on load.

 

[godot09]

wow nice wats the total dmg on ur wc?

1 x XSPC Rasa 750 RX360 WaterCooling Kit
1 x PT Nuke
1 x Lamptron Fan Controller FC4 Black (FC4)
1 x EK FC6970 - Nickel + Plexi
1 x UV CCFL
Tubing + extra fittings

An estimate would be around $550

 

[Gizamo]

Bro where u get ur haf 932 windowed side panel? Wan to change my haf x side panel too :3

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[terence52]

Looks great. Apart from the Acryan fan placement to cool your nb + vrm.