Liquid Cooling Recommendations...

[chazdraves]

Well, as it says, I guess... I got a 9800Pro that does some pretty pathetic OC the way it is (20MHz on either side) and I'd like to upgrade from the factory HSF to a liquid kit... Is there any way to do liquid on just the vid card? Otherwise, I'm runnin a AMD 64 on a Asus K8V in a Chieftec Dragon, any suggestions on full kits and where to find em? I know it's a lot to answer, so thanks in advance!

- Chaz

 

[dennisjai215]

maybe the card u got just suck for o/cing i wouldnt waste anything extra on cooling if ur only able to move 20mhz on stock hs

 

[Cheetah8799]

Originally posted by: dennisjai215
maybe the card u got just suck for o/cing i wouldnt waste anything extra on cooling if ur only able to move 20mhz on stock hs

agreed

 

[Optimummind]

Just because one only gets a 20MHZ OC on air, it doesn't mean that card doesn't have potential to go higher with a watercooling setup. Case in point is my case. With air, my 9800Pro would only go to 411MHZ before showing artifacts during games. After adding a waterblock to the core, I went from a small 30MHZ OC to a 60MHZ OC.

However, I'm not running the card at a 60MHZ OC cuz I'm sharing the water with the CPU block as well.

Adding a waterblock will definitely add more OC'ing potential to your GPU.

Keep in mind, however, that if your room is hot or has no windows, WC won't help--afterall, the water can only get as cold as the temp of your room. I rectify this problem by turning on the AC in my room during the hottest parts of the day.

 

[Shimmishim]

yes they help a lot...

if you're going to get a gpu coole, you might as well pay a little extra for a cpu cooler...

 

[chazdraves]

Does anyone feel like recommending some parts? I think I'm actually gonna get a x800 in a week or so here, but I can see myself wanting to keep the temps down on that as well...

- Chaz

 

[gotensan01]

Originally posted by: chazdraves
Does anyone feel like recommending some parts?

Check out this topic that I started. Here. Look at the bottom of the first page. You'll see the parts I listed in the water cooling system I'm going to start ordering/building very soon. The only thing I haven't picked out that is a major component is the pump.

 

[chazdraves]

Looks like some decent stuff... I'm gonna either have to read more on liquid cooling (as I'm terribly unfamiliar with it) or just find someone who wants to put together a list of newegg stuff for me, heh, not likely... but this is a good place to start!

Anyone else have a package they saw for sale somewhere that'd work great?

Thanks again!

- Chaz