Watercooling Problems...

[Spawn-Inc]

wicked stuffs!

accept i hate that case so much, looks like the halo helmet. anyway where did you get the temps from? anyway you can get the temps for the chipset?

[isunktheship]

Hey I used Core Temp! I usually use speedfan, which I had to fall back on since core temp would shut down my computer randomly. Also you can check temps in the BIOS is you want it to be super accurate. Core temp, was accurate, and had all 4 temps, speedfan was not.

Yeah the case got sooo popular, I personally like the way it looks, but more importantly I love the flexibility!! You can do anything with it, even flip the whole computer to face the other way. Everything comes apart in a snap, and peices are interchangeable, for instance on the front of my case I don't have cd slots I have 2 120mm fan holders (they can also hold 80 and 92mm)

What do you mean by temps for the chipset.. like t-junction?

[Spawn-Inc]

not the x38 chipset (under the on board waterblock) i'm not sure if bios will tell you that temp but mine can. i believe i said before here that i heard the chipset when not water cooled got hot. so i was just wonder what kinda temps it has.

[isunktheship]

Oh yeah, I heard the same thing, but it's actually decent, it's about 39C. Maybe more under load.. I need something to monitor that more accurately, the only thin I really believe atm is the BIOS temps, which of course aren;t under load.

[Spawn-Inc]

ya mine is 40C, but i have the voltage is bumped from stock as well as oc'ed ram and cpu.

any date on when the w/c is coming?

[isunktheship]

By the end of the year I will be cooling the CPU and Mobo for sure, but I might put in the cpu cooling within the week! After I get the 8800's I'll see how expensive waterblocks are for that, I think I'll be so blown away that I'll pass though!

I'm also going to get me one of these for the memory: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...202003&Tpk=ocz

[Spawn-Inc]

ya i was looking at getting cooling for my naked ram but the 250mm fan seems to cool them down, there not really hot anyway so i'm not worried.

it you need a mean time cpu cooler but don't want spend the case of a TRUE 120 then get the arctic cooling freezer 7 pro, mines working wonders!

i'm 85% sure the MCW60's with the G80 adaptor plate will work on 8800GT's, 43 a block plus the MC8800 kit at 33 each.

[isunktheship]

http://www.swiftnets.com/products/mc8800.asp

Daaamn yeah, I might hit them up!

"When coupled with the MCW60 water-block, the kit provides a totally silent, high performance, and relatively low cost approach to liquid cooling of the geForce™ 8800 series cards."

Well, I know that the GT's run hotter than the GS's, not sure if it's hotter than a GTX, and probably not hotter than an ULTRA... you happen to know?

[Scotty]

You said you want 2x 8800GTs? You do know that that board doesn't support SLi right? It supports crossfire for ATi cards, but not SLi for Nvidia. Just thought you might want to know.

The GTs with stock cooling get pretty close to GTX temps (can't say about ULTRA) but with some decent cooling they are defiantly cooler as they're 65nm and not 90nm.

EK just released a 8800GT waterblock link i have a EK block on my GTX, lovely blocks and do a fine job of cooling with minimal pressure and flow loss.

You can read the NB temp through the ASUS PC Probe when in Windows should have come with your motherboard drivers, mine gets pretty warm even with watercooling, it's not the best NB block but it certainly does the job.

[isunktheship]

You said you want 2x 8800GTs? You do know that that board doesn't support SLi right? It supports crossfire for ATi cards, but not SLi for Nvidia. Just thought you might want to know.

Haha I was just looking into this when I saw your post. Balls, I guess my brothers getting an 8800gt for xmas! For the pricetag of $207, $225 shipped, it's not a huge letdown. Plus this will be easier, and cheaper to cool then, I will just need 1 block, and the loop heat won't be huge.

EK just released a 8800GT waterblock link i have a EK block on my GTX, lovely blocks and do a fine job of cooling with minimal pressure and flow loss.

Thanks for the link, It's a little pricey, but I'll see!

You can read the NB temp through the ASUS PC Probe when in Windows should have come with your motherboard drivers, mine gets pretty warm even with watercooling, it's not the best NB block but it certainly does the job.

Yeah I didn't install that yet , I'll get around to that asap.