WaterCooling Fun

[nvening]

If i buy i kit can i just buy a block for the gpu?

[Smokey21]

I couldnt quite be bothered to go that far. I went for a brand new but slightly dented dual 120mm xspc radiator for £18 which i was still happy with.

I got a hydor l30 off ebay for just under £20 and an RBX for £22. I got a couple of fans for ~£3.50 each and out them at 5v. My dad got me all the tubing i wanted for free and we built a reservoir from drainpipe.

Came to about £70 and isnt bad in terms of noise and performance.

Yeah, but that pump really ain;t powerful enough for that block.

You'd of been better off with a 6002. There like 30quid brand new.

[SilentDeath]

Yeah, but that pump really ain;t powerful enough for that block.

You'd of been better off with a 6002. There like 30quid brand new.

That pump isnt ideal for any block - but its cheap and doe the job adequatly. Without decent measuring equipment, the difference would not be measureable with any accuracy - your talking 4°c over the full flowrate range of the block.

However the maximium difference he is likely to see between them is 2°c so hardly worth spending over 1/3rd extra on it + I cant find anywhere that sells it, so the extra postage from other shop...


A better choice would have been a Alphacool NexXxoS XP which maintains atleast 2°c difference upto about 6L/m (which could be difficult for that block with the best of pumps). Again this block would cost atleast £35 +..

Or theres the swiftech storm when its released, but thats gonna cost more.

[nvening]

so i can just stick a block on the gpu and connect it up say from the water coming from the cpu? Also, i have a whny fan on the north bridge but my gpu nis blocking it, can i put it in the other 16x pcie slot (my ultra board has 2)

If so, what about water coling that?

[Scarlet Infidel]

That pump isnt ideal for any block - but its cheap and doe the job adequatly. Without decent measuring equipment, the difference would not be measureable with any accuracy - your talking 4°c over the full flowrate range of the block.

However the maximium difference he is likely to see between them is 2°c so hardly worth spending over 1/3rd extra on it + I cant find anywhere that sells it, so the extra postage from other shop...


A better choice would have been a Alphacool NexXxoS XP which maintains atleast 2°c difference upto about 6L/m (which could be difficult for that block with the best of pumps). Again this block would cost atleast £35 +..

Or theres the swiftech storm when its released, but thats gonna cost more.

Im fairly happy with my choices, i wasnt going for ideal components, I was going for cheap. I did ok really. I think silentdeath can see my line of thinking on this matter.

[Butcher]

so i can just stick a block on the gpu and connect it up say from the water coming from the cpu? Also, i have a whny fan on the north bridge but my gpu nis blocking it, can i put it in the other 16x pcie slot (my ultra board has 2)

If so, what about water coling that?

You can put a GPU cooling into the loop yes. It will reduce performance of your CPU block slightly due to reduced flow, but it's not a huge deal.

As for the northbridge, on a NF4 board it's tricky. I assume the second slot would work for your card, but no guarantees, especially on an ultra board.

[nvening]

ill try it later, even then i dont know if i could fit one, and i dont want copper touching the card lol

[SilentDeath]

No point in w/c the nb. Stick a passive zalman on it, and make sure it gets some airflow.

[Butcher]

Main problem with the NF4 boards is the NB is right under the GFX card so you have to fit a cooler into a small space meaning big passive sinks won't fit.

[nvening]

mabe i sould but a passive cooler on it and then suspend a 120mm fan next to it with a chain, good modd? lmao

seriously tho, how big are the passive coolers? i way be ablew to fit one and i could blow on it, hmmmmmm how loud are these tiny fans?

[GFiSH]

I have the Zalman ZM-NB47J Northbridge Cooler, it's 47mm high so doubt very much that it'll fit.

[Butcher]

It won't, you have at best 20mm clearance.

[SilentDeath]

They are easy to mod so that they fit by removing a few pins..