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took some w/cing suggestions, but didnt see any change

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Tyson82

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I had posted earlier: old post about getting suggestions for improving my w/cing setup.

The two main suggestions were to use my rad fans to pull through, or to use a push/pull with 4 fans. Two on top, two on the bottom.

I started out just by flipping my fans so they were pulling air through the rad, and then I added 2 more fans for the push/pull. Neither made any difference whatsoever. EDIT: I take that back, the push/pull has made my temps go up.

Im using a heater core for a radiator, would that change my usage of fans?

thx
 
Get a new radiator... One made by DangerDen such as this one... or perhaps this Innovatek unit or even a pair of these units...

If you're getting no love/joy/warm fuzzy from the old radiator you picked up, it COULD have build-up inside of it. Also, the DangerDen dual 120mm unit is rated for a 919Wh (or 6270BTU per hour) performance. That should be enough for at least your processor and chipset cooler... You might want to shoot them an email and see how well that radiator will work in your system...

You also might want to look at either pumps, or see how much line is in your run. Have you considered adding a single radiator to work with the GPU (on it's own look, but on the same as your processor and chipset coolers)?
 
hmm.

my pump is alright as far a tubing length and head. Not by much, but okay. The radiator is new, well 2 months old now. I had originally wanted the Black Ice dual 120 radiator, but this was much more economical.

Actually, the radiator in your first link is what I have. Just doesnt have a the Danger Den name to go with it. And no fan mountings.
One review I read said that heatercores were actually built better than the radiators most watercooling companies were selling.

But, there are so many opinions its hard to sort the facts out.
 
Is the core MADE by dangerden?? If it doesn't have their name on it I wouldn't trust that they actually made it. Better off, as far as I'm concerned, going with items you KNOW are made by the quality companies than saving a few bucks. If/when I go to the liquid cooling, I'll be getting all the parts with the names attached, AND setup for complete/proper use/installation.

I suggest posting up the link to the review you saw that said the cores are better... I'd wager that the people here that do liquid cooling will rip it to shreds.

BTW, if/when I do go to liquid cooling, I'm prepared to drop up to $300 for all the hardware and supplies. That way, I KNOW I'll be getting quality parts that I won't need to worry about (at all). For what I'll be initially cooling, that should be a healthy enough budget to do it right, AND have room to add more hardware later. Or, it won't have any issue when I change processors and the new one produces more heat.
 
Im not speaking from direct knowledge here, but I have read somewhere that none of the companies actually make their own radiators. Or if there are some, it only a few. That they just buy other ones and repackage them. Like case manufacturers just buying a case and putting a different front on it and selling it as thier own.
 
That has to do with which manufacture's you're talking about... There are large makers out there that make their own cases... Companies like Lian-Li, Coolermaster, [probably] Antec and a few others make their own cases. Not to say other makers don't rip them off and make cheap, knock-off, versions of them trying to swindle people into buying them. The same is probably true with the radiators for liquid cooling systems.

Similar to how there are only an acutal handful of LCD manufacturers out there. They make the panels for themselves and other companies (typically taking the top notch product for themselves and giving the rest to the others). That way, they provide a better product, and the other sellers/branders get to offer cheaper versions for less money (hopefully less money since they are not the same quality).

Luckily, there are a few areas where you don't need to worry about that happening... Such as hard drives... With only a small handful of drive makers out there, they put their own brand (only) on the drives... If a drive says Seagate, it's made by Seagate, not maxtor and vice versa... They all might purchase the raw materials from the same vendors, but they have their own plants to produce the finished product.
 
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