Best Watercooling System?

[fiveiron]

So i have a p4 3.0E 478 on an abit ic7 max3, now i am aware this is a hot chip and a fairly hot board, but my idle temps are around 60-65 and if im encoding video it can get as sick as 80C I know the prescott runs a lil hot but that seems crazy to me. I have the voltage set to 1.3875 cause thats what i read, some reason after i cleared my bios it tried to run my processor at 1.2875 and that makes my abit eq go psycho. I have 4 case fans and its still this high, so ive decided if i ever want to oc this thing im gonna need liquid, any opinions on what the best kit is, i dont wanna spend too much more than 200 canadian, i also need ot know how to disable PAT. thanks for any help.

 

[endyen]

Water is not my thing, fish f__k in it you know.
Just the same, I've heard good things about <A HREF="http://www.dangerdenstore.com/" target="_new">http://www.dangerdenstore.com/</A>

 

[Ned_Flanders]

<A HREF="http://forumz.tomshardware.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=faq&notfound=1&code=1" target="_new">Read the sticky, which incidently was posted in the correct forum section</A> Thank you.

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OK it's your choice:
You can have the boat, or you can have the Mystery Box!
...Hey wait a minute! A boat's a boat, but a Mystery Box could be anything. It could even be a boat

 

[Schmide]

I agree that danger den is the place. I got my stuff there. Pick and choose or just get a kit.

<A HREF="http://www.dangerdenstore.com/product.php?productid=12&cat=2&page=1" target="_new">http://www.dangerdenstore.com/product.php?productid=12&cat=2&page=1</A>

Ironically, that kit is 169 which is almost 200 canuck bucks. It’s a pretty good deal. The maze 4 is a pretty good block, but make no mistake it’s not top of the line. However, the difference between top of the line and the maze 4 is about 3 degrees Celsius. See pro cooling for interactive waterblock results

<A HREF="http://www.procooling.com/html/pro_testing.php" target="_new">http://www.procooling.com/html/pro_testing.php</A>

<A HREF="http://www.overclockers.com" target="_new">http://www.overclockers.com</A> is also a great resource for watercooling.

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[endyen]

I think one of those big brass hookas would make a nice reservoir, what do you think?

 

[Starfishy]

I read the first paragraph and stopped - I can't stand your writing style.

Odd that you hate the article but yet you refer people to it?? Oh well... everything you need to know about water cooling is in that thread. But if you are looking for some personal oppinions I know that mozzartusm uses watercooling and seems to know alot about it... so send him a PM.

 

[Ned_Flanders]

Oh well... everything you need to know about water cooling is in that thread.

My opinion matters not, you said yourself all the information he needs is there

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OK it's your choice:
You can have the boat, or you can have the Mystery Box!
...Hey wait a minute! A boat's a boat, but a Mystery Box could be anything. It could even be a boat

 

[sobelizard]

You could pm Folken, as he runs a sick liquid cooling setup. He answered all of my questions...his system pics are pretty 'cool'!

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[Schmide]

Since we're sharing, my setup is literally insane.

<A HREF="http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=342241" target="_new">http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=342241</A>

Gets the job done.

Dichromatic for your viewing plesure...

 

[Ned_Flanders]

Im buying a waterblock for my 9800Pro/XT (maze 4 - is there any better ones before I buy?).

My setup should be pretty sweet then.

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OK it's your choice:
You can have the boat, or you can have the Mystery Box!
...Hey wait a minute! A boat's a boat, but a Mystery Box could be anything. It could even be a boat

 

[Schmide]

Blue lighting.

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[mozzartusm]

If you really want to save some money on water cooling then make a system yourself. Its really not that difficult, and I will be happy to guide you through it. You will need to find a good waterblock, other than that you can get the rest of the equipment at a good pet store. Any aquarium pump with a flow adjustment will be cheaper and better than the one you will get with the average water cooling system. If your interested in building one yourself, PM me and I will give you a parts list. I can tell you that other than the Waterblock, the rest of the parts cost around $45.00 - $60.00 US currency. There are many advanteges to building one. The one that stands out to me is the fact that you can cool multiple systems with one pump. I went a little overboard on my latest rig and also purchased a Whirlpool Countertop water chiller. It has a 6 gallon capacity "Hows that for a resivoir" and also cools the water. This means that the water gets cooled through the raidatior and then the water chiller. You can do away with the Radiator and fan altogether if you use a Water chiller, but I use both. My temps are really low, they have dropped under 20C. This cost me an extra $69.00. The original system that I bought was the Thermaltake Bigwater liquid cooling system. It was around $159.00 including shipping, however I saw the same system for $170.00 on the same website "Newegg" today.

If you want to see some impressive photos of a water cooling rig, look at Folkens link.

 

[Ned_Flanders]

<A HREF="http://store.over-clock.com/GPU_Blocks.html" target="_new">It's the second one down. Not a bad price either</A>

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OK it's your choice:
You can have the boat, or you can have the Mystery Box!
...Hey wait a minute! A boat's a boat, but a Mystery Box could be anything. It could even be a boat

 

[Schmide]

My chipset block is a maze 4, btw the overexposure of the camera made it look that way. It doesn’t look that way in real life.

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[Schmide]

I've seen too many corroded systems when aluminum is mixed with copper, even when it’s anodized and corrosion inhibitors are added. They sell them so I’m sure some people have used them successfully. Just something to think about.

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[Ned_Flanders]

wHAT?

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OK it's your choice:
You can have the boat, or you can have the Mystery Box!
...Hey wait a minute! A boat's a boat, but a Mystery Box could be anything. It could even be a boat

 

[Schmide]

Dissimilar metals have different charges, this produces a battery effect. One metal will pot and loose molecules, and one will collect these molecules. See

<A HREF="http://www.overclockers.com/tips1153/index03.asp" target="_new">http://www.overclockers.com/tips1153/index03.asp</A>

Remember read the FAQ. LOL not everything is in the FAQ.

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[mozzartusm]

Thats is a very informative article, Thanks!

 

[Ned_Flanders]

<A HREF="http://forumz.tomshardware.com/hardware/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=686905#686905" target="_new">Here's my setup + Maze 4 GPU Block</A>

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OK it's your choice:
You can have the boat, or you can have the Mystery Box!
...Hey wait a minute! A boat's a boat, but a Mystery Box could be anything. It could even be a boat

 

[jammydodger]

Asetek KT12-L30.

 

[Schmide]

Agreed get a new camera. Keep the girlfriend.

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[endyen]

Yah, must be the gf, she's screwing the hard, not the floppy drive.

 

[Ned_Flanders]

hahahahah, Brilliant!

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OK it's your choice:
You can have the boat, or you can have the Mystery Box!
...Hey wait a minute! A boat's a boat, but a Mystery Box could be anything. It could even be a boat

 

[Ned_Flanders]

Yeah, I was using my phone camera. I'll go get the digi cam.

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OK it's your choice:
You can have the boat, or you can have the Mystery Box!
...Hey wait a minute! A boat's a boat, but a Mystery Box could be anything. It could even be a boat

 

[Stiffler]

Hi all,

Heres my little set up: <A HREF="http://modtown.co.uk/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=4&t=3419&s=598fd50be34391a056ef7246c88d3b13" target="_new">My Rig pictures on another Forum</A>

spec is in my sig on that site.

Tim

<font color=blue>Its winter now... So how come my CPU temp is still </font color=blue><b><font color=red>55C</font color=red></b>