Re: Water Cooling?

On Jun 16, 10:09 pm, "SteveH" <steve.houghREM...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
"Wagg" <n...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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Does anyone reccomend a good system? I have a AMD X2 4200+ and want
something for that, although I would like upgradeability (looking at
getting something faster as this is getting slower!).

I've had an oil cooled system before but it didnt have much
upgradeability and I think was a trial like product as I havent seen
one since. I dont mind spending a bit of money, but I need to cool:

7800GTX Graphics card
the CPU
4 hard drives (I reckon these get hotter than the CPU!)

I dont know if I need anything else. The oil cooled thing had
something that sat on the ram, but I dont think that produces much
heat.

Any help appreciated. I quite like Zalman, and have only seen two or
so products with their name on, but I am open to suggestions. Right
now there are 13 fans in the machine, the side is off, and the window
is always open!

TIA

-Ben

As you don't give your current system temps, or say if you're overclocking,
it's hard to recommend anything
really.
But if you /need/ to run all those fans (I assume you are including
video/psu/cpu in that) then I would think the airflow through your case is
the problem.
Is your CPU overheating? If so, the HSF could just be seated badly. However,
I've setup several X2's with nothing more than the stock AMD HSF and never
had a heat problem.
And out of interest, what case is it all in? It can make a big difference.
We've got 2 PC's here in Antec P180's and my X2 4600/2
HDD's/7300GT/X-Fi/3xDVDRW's never gets a CPU temp above 48C. If I need to
add any more HDD's I'll just put another 120mm fan in the case.

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Hi Steve,

Sorry, didnt think to include them! The case is a Thermaltake X1000,
the current case temp (inside) is 29degrees C, and the hard drive
temperature is 33C. The hard drives occasionally spike when I am
doing a lot of video or sound work to 40+ and then I usually shutdown
to stop them going higher. The current CPU temp right now is 37.6C.

7 of the fans came with the case, nice silent ones, good airflow, but
what they are rated for I do not know. Without the fans I get maybe
35C on the case, and the hard drives run around 38-40 on their normal
useage, then spike when I go do something intensive.

For the hard drives, I have one 320gb, 1 75gb, 1 250gb and a 500gb.
The 500 doesnt get nearly as hot as the 250, but its been hot since
day one. I have a complete external backup solution which is all self
contained so if it fails, its not too much of a problem, but back to
the problem at hand...

The machine is not overclocked, it could be, but I've given up doing
things like that on the machines I am working on, perhaps a game
machine, but not this one. There is plenty of airflow through the
case, but it heats the room, I just want something better for it,
unless its runnign fine now? I just find 40C a tad high!

CPU has never overheated, has a normal AMD one that came with it at
the moment, but I do have a Zalman copper flower here which used to be
on it, in fact I only got it back the other day as part of the system
failed and Zalman had to replace it, but I only acheive around a 4 -
7C reduction in heat.

HTH?

-Ben

.

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