Has anyone tried watercooling with Eheim Canister?
It has built in reservoir and pump. Looks great.

I think you can get barbs from any hardware shops.

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

Is there any GPU waterblock in the loop?

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?

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.

I have re-position the loop, pump ---> G4 ---> VGA WB --> Radiators --> Reservoir.

The temp is the same.
I have done some test on the CPU @ default speed.
Operate in non-air con room.

After hours of torturing at default speed, idle 38c load 41c.
At overclocked speed (2.7G) + increase of vcore (1.65v), idle 38c load 49c.

I can only conclude that the increase of vcore and CPU speed generates more heat. I must have a CPU which "hot" in nature.

I was thinking it could be bad temp reading by the MSI mobo. I put the processor on ASUS mobo, it showed the same result.

Bad mounting? I doubt so. I inspect the mounting closely each time I re-setup my water rig. I can tell the mounting is okay from the thermal paste mark on the waterblock. Besides, I have re-setup my waterblock many times and on 2 different mobos thus I reckon possibility of bad mounting is pretty slim.

Yeap, I tried single radiator last night. I tried both BIX and BIPro.
It didn't help.

My loop is Eheim1260 --> Storm --> TT Aquarius II ---> Rad -->Resvr

The GPU waterblock is right after the CPU waterblock.
I'm using Geforce 6800Ultra (core/mem 475MHz/575MHz), idle 49c load 55c).
My GPU temp is absolutely okay. I have compared my GPU temp result with Ianho's. My GPU is clocked higher than Ianho's and temp is slightly lower than his too. So, I think the loop is indeed efficient.

So, I think there could be 2 reasons,
(1) A processor which "hot" in nature
(2) Storm waterblock

I do not use any coolant. I just use RO water (I have got a RO water-filtering machine at home). Could it be something clogging inside the Storm waterblock?
Do you think I should open the waterblock and check?

I will remove the GPU waterblock from the loop tonight. Will let you know the result.

This post has been edited by ALeUNe: Mar 7 2006, 09:18 AM

I tested without the GPU block. I inspected the mounting closely.
I made sure the waterblock is seated properly on the processor. I applied very thin layer of thermal paste.

Pump --> Storm --> Reservoir --> BIX Radiator --> Pump

I used the suction power of the pump to pull in water from reservoir to radiator.
There is absolutely no obstacles/restriction from pump-storm-reservoir.

This pump has very strong push of water. The bleeding process can be done within 30 seconds. So, I think the water flow is efficient enough. After priming for 1.5 hours, the water was still quite cool to touch.

Same result. Idle 38c Load 49-51c.

I must conclude that this processor is hot in nature.
Anyway, it's rock-stable despite its weird temperature.

It's been spending many nights on the testing. My wife is gonna divorce if I keep doing this. Okay, I'm gonna stop here.

Thanks for all the advice.

This post has been edited by ALeUNe: Mar 9 2006, 09:52 AM

Hi,

You can get Eheim pump from pet shop in Skudai and Tmn Gaya.
PM me if you want to find out the actual location.

This post has been edited by ALeUNe: Mar 17 2006, 09:08 AM

What VGA?
If 7900, it seems quite high.
If 7800 and below, it seems okay.

What CPU? Overclocked CPU? At what speed & vcore?

Am using RO water since I have an RO water filtering machine at home.
Haven't changed it for 2 months. Still look clean. Working great.

This post has been edited by ALeUNe: Jun 16 2006, 05:28 PM

I think the temp on VGA is okay.
I can't really comment on the CPU 'cos I can't remember the temp on my ex-Winchester. I think 42c load is not too bad.
I'm using single-core opteron 3.1GHz @ 1.6v. Load temp 42-43c.

To cool your VGA mem. You get two 3-inch bolt and nut.
And find some free holes on your VGA card. Insert the bolt and nut.
You should be able to put 1x90mm fan on the VGA.
I did this on my dead-GF6800Ultra and currently 7900GT. It works fine.

About PWM, I just leave it as it is. I think it doesn't have much impact on overclocking. Correct me if I'm wrong.

This post has been edited by ALeUNe: Jun 16 2006, 05:30 PM

Alternatively, you can mod your side panel and fix 1x12cm fan. The result should be the best.