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Thermaltake Big Water and A8V Deluxe

M

MiddleEarthGeek

Junior Member
Hi,

Building the following new rig:

Thermaltake Black "Shark" case
Thermaltake Big Water Liquid cooling kit
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 90nm process Cpu
ASUS A8V Deluxe mobo
ATI Radeon 9600XT Pro 128mb Video Card
Crucial Ballistix pc3200 DDR ram 2Gb (4 512k sticks)
Plextor 716a DVD-RW/CD-RW Dual Layer Drive
Seagate 300GB 7200 rpm HD
UV Blue Round IDE Cables
2 Cold Cathode UV tubes
Logitec MX1000 Laser Mouse
Logistix Blue LED illuminated KB with Cell Phone alert
Samsung 213T 21.5" 25ms LCD Flat Panel

I received the mobo, don't have the Bigwater yet, but I'm concerned since when I removed the Heatsink retainer, I THOUGHT there should be 4 holes in which to mount the block clip, but there are none. Additionally, the metal plate (reinforcing plate) on the back of the MOBO is REALLY stuck on.....taking the screws out do not allow it's removal....I'd have to have the holes and remove the plate to do the Big Water, right? Is it even possible to use the Big Water with this mobo? I looked all over Thermaltake's site for MOBO compatibility but found none...I just assumed all socket 939 mobos were drilled for the holes I need. IF I can't use the mobo, what would be a good choice, given the rig in question and the desire to liquid cool using the Big water?

I'm an enthusiastic 1st time builder......(first time in a long time, that is)

MEG
 
I suggest you RTFM on the bigwater when it arrives. Tt doesn't say one pin set or another for the Athlon64, so it should work with the 754 and 939 pin sets. As for removing the backplate off your mobo, wait until the liquid cooler arrives and see if you even need to.

I'm not a first time builder (been building for years) so I know how important it is to research your hardware BEFORE you place the orders. IF you have any questions, you're much better off contacting either the retailer or manufacturer of the product before you spend the cabbage on the item. It's also not a bad idea to look in boards to see if anyone is using that combination, or not, and if they have had any issues getting it all to work together or not... Learn from other people's problems/issues so that you don't create ones for yourself when you could have avoided them.
 
Hi,

Thanks for the input. As far as the research is concerned, I think I've read everything on the internet and talked to everyone via voice that I can PRIOR to the purchase. ASUS Tech support had no clue, thermaltake didn't have any experience with giving out or collecting this information (could just have been the tech). Most reviews of the product either glossed over this particular point, or were geared toward pentium mobos.....

I was hoping to find someone who had done this (love the forums here, and of course I'm new here) who could guide me...

Your point re: RTFM is taken, and I always do but at this point, I wanted to get a jump on what I needed to do. Didn't mean to sound like a clueless newbie...guess I came across that way.

Thanks for your input in any case.

MEG
 
IF the big water is supposed to work with the 939 pin processors, then it should use the same, standard, mounting system that the other coolers do. Intel uses 4 screws/pins to mount their coolers, but the Athlon64 uses just two. That is, unless the cooler comes with a backplate that adapts to 4 pins on the top side (two pins through, spreading out to more above the board).

At this time I wouldn't worry about the mounting of the cooler as much as making sure it will be installed properly into the case and everything is routed well/properly. What are you going to use for a power supply??? What will the system be used for?
 
Hi,

The system will be used for light gaming, (using a CRT not the flat panel), and general computing (I'm in Medical IT, as a physician as well as a programmer), and for the enjoyment and experience of creating my own system and tweaking/playing with it's guts (hard to get the surgeon out of me). It has been great fun so far....

I'm using and Antec TrueControl 550W PS with this beast.

MEG
 
Why not game with the LCD?? I do... Played COD United Offensive on mine just yesterday and it was SWEET on the Samsung 910T LCD... The ONLY CRT in my apartment is the tv. Everything else uses LCD's...
 
Most folks complain that the 25ms LCDs have too much "ghosting" . I've never really seen it, so I'll have to give it a fair shot. I'd love to use that LCD tho....got it yesterday....1 dead subpixel near the task bar (hardly visible) otherwise perfect.

MEG
 
I have 0 bad pixels on my 910T... As far as ghosting, I think if you put the display resolution to the max it natively handles you'll be fine. I ALWAYS run my LCD's at their 'native' or max resolution. I get no ghosting or other such oddness with it that way. Granted, if you do the same thing with a CHEAP LCD you'll have issues... Not so with the good ones...
 
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