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[Jerboy]

 

[Wingznut]

I presume that you'd want to use it on your 1.4ghz system...

If you were to set it up, and overclock your cpu to say, 1600+mhz... What exactly would you be able to do with it (that you couldn't do at 1400mhz) to justify all the noise?

 

[ST4RCUTTER]

I switched to water cooling because of the noise inherent in high end HSF's. I couldn't stand the Delta screamer anymore, so when I was coming up with the specs for my new box I chose water. It only lowered my temps about 6C compared to my FOP-38, but the difference in decibels is dramatic. It's not just the level of the sound, but the pitch. The delta was high pitched and annoying. The two fans that push through my radiator are a low hum in comparison.

 

[Wind]

To O/C higher & quite setup. But water cooling could be dangerous. Just look around this forum...u'll see how ppl mess up w/ the water cooling & fried their CPU.

 

[damocles]

A well put together water system is pretty safe and It will also cool better than any Heatsink. It should be about as loud as your average fish tank if you use the right gear (ie almost silent)

 

[chemhaqr]

<< I presume that you'd want to use it on your 1.4ghz system...

If you were to set it up, and overclock your cpu to say, 1600+mhz... What exactly would you be able to do with it (that you couldn't do at 1400mhz) to justify all the noise? >>




I think at -12 deg. C he would see a greater OC than 1600MHz from a1400MHz. I have a chiller setup and am not sure of its watts but I know it gets below 0 deg. C. I have yet to make the H2O block for it but I know when I had it run to test the coolant bath I had for it it was virtually silent. The radiator(if you want to call it that on the back) was very hot though. Here is a pic of it.

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The reason I would use it is because of the cryo burnin temps it would allow and the low noise. O yeah I almost forgot also the high clocks it would allow I need to get a thermometer to find out how cold it keeps the 40/60 mixture. In theory my 50 or so watts at 1600~1700MHZ I would make shouldn;t stress this compressor that bad but only time will tell.

 

[Jerboy]

 

[chemhaqr]

I know the mix took about 1~2 hours to get real cold and about max I think. I tried running it through my hoses into my ghetto WB but it froze the pipes hard as a rock and it was hard to bend them. I am in the process of fashioning my H2O block as we speak and I should know in a week or two what she will do. Thanks for the info that should help alot to figure out the amount of watts this system can dissapate. Many people are fearful that these small fridges are not meant to run 24/7 but I have heard different. I doubt it will hurt anything. Sometimes it gets hot here and the fridges run 24/7 anyway and are probably disappating the same amount of heat as my little .13u chip. They still run no problem

 

[CStroman]

Evaporative water coolers can reach about 10°C below ambient using only water. That's why I'm in the process of building one right now. It's not as quiet as a closed loop system, but it's a much more soothing sound than a 7krpm delta. Another advantage: if you don't hear it anymore, you know your pump died.