How do you place your radiator? Just make sure you do not blow hot air on the radiator.

I've yet to take a pic of my setup but I'm not putting it all in a case, open air
so the rad is not sucking any hot air

Bean very nice woh your new WC!!!

This post has been edited by JZZZZZ: Feb 24 2006, 07:23 PM

After flashing the bios I'm on a load temp of 43 deg
during night time after 1 hour of prime
I'm on standard clock, same like my last screenshot.

Should it go down somemore?

thats much better. depending on what thermal compound you used, might need a while to burn in and you should notice better temps. somehow, i'm feeling its possible to get just below 40 degrees Celsius at night on your setup.

question... how deep in did you screw the two mounting screws as visible from the back of the motherboard back plate?

This post has been edited by MetalZone: Feb 25 2006, 09:55 PM

wada i miss wada i miss? TJye, screen shot, cpuz + mbm5(or whatever that shows Vcore + temps) please..

I still think sumthins wrong sumwhere. Ure using a BIX2, 1/2"tubes, MCP655 n Storm block man. Sumore stock speed. How can the temp still so high?

its a DangerDen double heatercore. not a BIX2.
averagely overclocked.
however, i feel the temps should be even lower.

Yup should be lower, then again I've used the DD double hc b4, and there are a few things that you should take into consideration when using the double HC.

1. Surface area for heat transfer for the double HC is very VERY HUGE... which comes to choosing the right fan for heat transfer efficiency... I'd had to use a 75cfm fan at least.. then 2 x 120mm fans still wouldn't cover all the area of the HC, thus comes suggestion no 2 below.

2. HC is not a rad... you'll need shrouds, to focus the air through those thin flat tubes and not creating turbulance or any back pressure that oni circulates hot air.

3. as always I'll ask for pics, hard to diagnose anything without pics of setup.

meanwhile, just wait for the thermal past to fix, then lesse what the readings are.

I should have snap a few pics of my setup
but my digicam is not with me for the time being.
I'm @ stock speed, stock vcore
My Nidec are 120mmX38mm ones and it is rated to have 130cfm @12v.

I've carried out a few test this few days, the load temp for diff fan voltages are as follows:
12v: 42c
7V : 42c
5v : 43c
one more thing is that I could't agree more with what amok said about the HC, I'm not having shrouds now, I will make one with card board the coming weekend.
So the fan is literally screw down to the hc.

The d5 is already at its maximum speed already.

Does that mean that the bottle neck of the setup is actually the block?
as in the mounting is not at its best?
I've been priming for more than 48 hours to let the themal compound to set in.

This post has been edited by TJye: Feb 27 2006, 03:00 AM

Is there any GPU waterblock in the loop?

There is only 1 block in the loop, its the storm.

Jye, we need pics. Regardless blurry or not cos we need visual inspection otherwise we can't say for sure. By the way, how does the heatercore feel in your hands? Warm or closer to hot?

hi everybody, i face a problem here, after using the WC kit from ngbh bulk for few months, i noticed that the liquid inside started to become keroh(malay), become like unclear and i feel like i might need to change to liquid, anyone got any idea of which coolant is the best, coolermaster? thermaltake? or swiftech or just the coolant for car radiator???

Personally, ditch the coolant as it's the coolant that is causing the murkiness in the solution. I've even stopped using coolants in mine and have since required drain and refills every 6 months once.

BUMP-ing. Anybody interested ?

I'm using below water-cooling components.

Ambient 35c (reading from mobo)

Eheim 1260 --> BIX II --> Black Ice Pro 2 --> Storm G4 --> TT Aquarius II --> Reservoir

My Venice 3200+ @ 2.7GHz
Idle temp 39c
Load temp 49c

Is it normal?

Using 2 rad eh ? A bit high on the load temp, maybe u can compare with someone with another 2.7ghz A64 and a gpu wb installed. Mainly its because of your gfx's load temp that make it a bit on the high side.

TT Aquarius GPU block??
what sort of barb size is it? i believe this is highly restrictive compared to the rest of your system using a 1/2" ID tubing.

(EDIT: checked TT website, says got mountings for 1/2" ID tubing. but could it be that the block might be too restrictive and hamper the flow?)

the Eheim 1260 has about 3.5m Hmax right? which is quite good adi. but it could be that the two double 120mm rad's are a little too restrictive for 3.5m head.

on the other hand, i believe the storm G4 should be 1st in line after the pump, followed by the GPU block, then radiators, and lastly the reservoir.

This post has been edited by MetalZone: Mar 2 2006, 05:18 PM

Thanks for all the reply.

I find my CPU temp is less satisfactory. But my GPU temp is absolutely okay (470/1180 core/mem, 49c idle 55c load).

May be I'll try putting the G4 right after the pump.
By the way, I need 5-foot clearflex 60.Put me in your bulk list. Thanks.