hmm... its a good thing that your hardwares survived bro. Didnt ur mobo shut down itself when the temp rises? i mean, when ur pump went dead, im pretty sure ur temp will go up like crazy which will trigger the alarm on your motherboard...

nope i tink bcoz i shut the pc myself.....

now raised and count monet to buy new mobo....

Owww... Sorry to hear what happened amd_hardcore.

Did you set a shutdown temperature on your motherboard (means when the temperature reaches a certain level, it will hard shut down)? I feel this is VERY important, regardless of whether you are running air cooling or water cooling. Pump or fan failures can be disastrous if it is not detected (can be via rise of temperatures). The water can start to heat up or boil and burst it's tubes/barbs/whatever connections (due to excessive pressure buildup).

Don't try it. Air is the worst conductor. And water pumps cannot pump air.

i set it but i just reset my cmos last nite and forgot to set it back , i guess its my bad day....

hmmmm time to change new pump and tubing......

metalzone is tha man...

This post has been edited by amd_hardcore: Dec 26 2007, 12:20 AM

i nearly kena once as well, forgot to turn on my pump and start my rig... 30 secs later plastic burnt smell kao kao. The tube totally went out of shape lol, and the waterblock can cook an egg already i think

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Added on December 26, 2007, 12:51 amyou might be better off with air cooling if u plan to use compressed air
totally defy a watercooling setup by replacing liquid with something else.

This post has been edited by AoiNatsume: Dec 26 2007, 12:51 AM

Sad to hear what happen to fellow friend Hanging tight dude..

Just some update from my wc journey.
Bought Apgee GT from Aoinatsume(thanx bro)..I have high hope for it since its surely better than my homemade block.
So install it carefully.Guess what!! Temp just low about 1-2c only...Im really sad at 1st..Nearly fedup..bu i keep my cool.I do suspect the radiator as the culprit but I wont really convince enuff about it.
So today in desperate attempt to get more from my Apogee and to prove that its not radiator issue.
I embarked to lap my Apogee and my beloved F3!!.Well the reason I wanted to do this is because,earlier when installing the AG(Apogee GT)
I realise that the contact btw AG and my proc is rather less...Im not sure why but seems like somethingis not really flat.Im not sure if its the AG or the proc.

So I did it! the wb and the proc is in a very flat and smooth.Then i realised the result we gonna get from bowed AG.
So since the AG is already out.I just change the o-ring to thicker one to make it bowed.

Results is very good! considering the before and after result.

Before:
Idle=38c
Load=50-52

After:
Idle 34c
Load=42c

I am very2 satisfied with the result

wow....

nice result u hav it there....

me currently needs fund for new mobo....

huhhuuhhu

Hi CV6149, I'd say the reason for your temperature drop is because you lapped ur CPU IHS. I never advice lapping all recent Swiftech waterblocks as they are already precision-lapped to 0.0003" flatness by machine; better than hand/manual lapping can ever achieve. So lapping manually may probably worsen it instead of improving it.

EDIT: oh and also to add, don't lap the FuZion either. As it's designed to have a slight convex shape to the baseplate to improve contact on IHS CPU's. So if you lap it, you no longer have the convex shape for optimal IHS contact. Unless, you decide to mill a stepped area smaller than the IHS size to collaborate with the die size, don't lap it.

This post has been edited by MetalZone: Dec 26 2007, 01:43 AM

bro metalzone tomolo wat time u can cod????

thinking buying some tubes lahhh... 2 metres how much???

i dun know how to convert feet to metre....

Noted it in future purchase
aiih nvrmind laa already did it......make me feel bad about lapping it heheh but nvrmind
Just following the step from extreme forum where they test AG and Fuzion...

looks like bowed gt works on A64 X2 also, gonna bow my apogee when i redone the loop for my new system at january later on after my final exam...

good to hear your good result bro
certainly an improvement there, i didnt notice the fuzion/d-tek shootout at the xsforum so ididnt tested out the thicker gasket

oh well.. im happy with my current fuzion though

heheh no prob bro...the bowed trick is listed in swiftech site also..fyi..

wah swiftech also encourage their user to bow their sink ar ??? nice.......

ehem.....

just got my new mobo....

hehehehhhehehe.....

guess what mobo is it??????????

1 foot = 305mm. so 3 feet = 915mm... a little less than 1 m.
but this is not the trade zone leh. pm.

yes.
their apogee GTX comes already bowed. and their apogee GT includes an extra thicker O-ring to bow it.
the FuZion also has a convex shape to it's baseplate as i mentioned earlier.
these companies all know that on IHS CPU's, a convex baseplate can perform better.

bro GTX perform better than GT r???

yes of course.

But before you jump to GTX Wagon, please bear in mind that GTX block have some Corrosion issue now due to its aluminium top. Though its havent be proven, but I do think it is better to stay away from GTX at least for now unless u have the extra cash for its copper tops

oh , i see..

in xtremesys forum , i see that someone use GTX with Copper top...

very nice.. GTX restriction is more from GT right...