GX2 Watercooling & Rampage chipset cooling
Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 7:40 am
I'm looking for a setup to watercool BFG 9800 GX2 1GB card and X48 chipset (which now needs extra fan blowing right into it).
The rest of the system is quiet enough.
BFG 9800 GX2 1GB
Rampage Formula
5 Noctua Fans, 3 under Zalman ZM-MFC2
Antec P180
Intel Q9450 @ 3GHz
Samsung WriteMaster SH-S203B
Samsung HD501LJ & HD753LJ disks
8GB Mushkin PC1066 DDR2 RAM
Corsair HX 620W
Vista 64
This block looks cool, so now I need to know which pump system is quiet and powerful enough to keep 2-3 blocks cool.
Any complete pump/cooler suggestions (for a newbie)? Reserator XT?
Also, one problem I have is that in Asus Rampage Formula the chipset is really hot, and covered by a heatpipe system which surrounds also some smaller chips. I know the heatpipe can be removed but do not know how that would affect those smaller chips' cooling. Anyone watercooling Rampage out there?
The rest of the system is quiet enough.
BFG 9800 GX2 1GB
Rampage Formula
5 Noctua Fans, 3 under Zalman ZM-MFC2
Antec P180
Intel Q9450 @ 3GHz
Samsung WriteMaster SH-S203B
Samsung HD501LJ & HD753LJ disks
8GB Mushkin PC1066 DDR2 RAM
Corsair HX 620W
Vista 64
This block looks cool, so now I need to know which pump system is quiet and powerful enough to keep 2-3 blocks cool.
Any complete pump/cooler suggestions (for a newbie)? Reserator XT?
Also, one problem I have is that in Asus Rampage Formula the chipset is really hot, and covered by a heatpipe system which surrounds also some smaller chips. I know the heatpipe can be removed but do not know how that would affect those smaller chips' cooling. Anyone watercooling Rampage out there?