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- Fri Jul 07, 2006 6:19 am
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: A Man's Man's Fan...
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6516
- Thu Jun 15, 2006 2:59 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: thermal transfer of Arctic Silver Compound vs. AS Adhesive
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3234
It is highly unlikely that you have access to anything capable of measuring any potential difference even if you have the ability to eradicate every other variable. For the ultimate low-down on thermal compaound may I refer you to Dan
- Tue Mar 21, 2006 3:21 am
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: Water Cooling Tubing/Piping
- Replies: 35
- Views: 14924
- Mon Mar 06, 2006 6:50 am
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Silencing a PIII in a Slotket
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4462
- Mon Mar 06, 2006 6:47 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Is your computer turned on 24 hours/day, 7 days/week?
- Replies: 54
- Views: 40687
- Sat Feb 25, 2006 11:31 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: 120mm 5.25 bay cooler enclosure?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3126
- Sat Feb 25, 2006 11:06 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Tagan 430W Modular PSU - any good?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3744
- Thu Feb 16, 2006 3:33 am
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: Swiftech MCP655 (Laing D5) incompatibility
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3027
Hi, You can heat 3/8" tygon with a heat gun, a hair dryer or hot lightbulb even I suppose. It will turn very soft, almost liquidy, and if you work quickly you should be able to coax it over 1/2" barbs. I first heard of this on the ProCooling forums. I do not know what Tygon would say about this dam...
- Tue Jan 31, 2006 5:18 am
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: Difference between Black Ice Pro and Xtreme?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7038
Also, can you tell me how their PA160 compares to their PA120 series? I tried the link on the website and it didn't work for me... I am finding a rather steep price of over 100 for the PA120.2, but the PA160 is around 90. These prices coming from Danger-Den. I will shop around, but if it's not that...
- Tue Jan 31, 2006 5:15 am
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: Difference between Black Ice Pro and Xtreme?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7038
Thank you very much for your help. I will look into the Thermochill products as well. I was at first considering an Asetek 120.2 kit, but I think it might be better to mix and match my components. I was going for a very quiet system, and I was going to pop on two Nexus or equivilent fans to the rad...
- Thu Jan 26, 2006 8:26 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: PC not powering up - Antec 1650b & Asus K8V-X SE motherb
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5577
- Thu Jan 26, 2006 8:24 am
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: Some questions about Watercooling
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2325
1) not much depending on what changes you make to the system. Personally, I change what's in my machines so often that I have to re-plumb the loop every time and that means emptying and re-filling the system :( If you don't mess with it, the occasional top-up of fluid should be all that's necessary....
- Thu Jan 26, 2006 7:57 am
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: Difference between Black Ice Pro and Xtreme?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7038
Xtreme dissipates much greater heat with a given air-flow but because it is much thicker than the pro, to get the extra dissipation requires a more powerful fan (static pressure not airflow). Depending on the fan, the Xtreme can be more or less efficient. Reviews: http://www.overclockers.com/article...
- Tue Jan 17, 2006 7:40 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Aerocool case w 250mm fan!
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7814
- Mon Jan 09, 2006 8:44 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: s12 330w enough for my athlon xp system?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5130
One thing to be careful of. Newer PSU with twin 12v rails can result in quite low amperage on each of the two rails. Older motherboards can then have problems with there being insufficient power on whichever 12v rail is powering it. I bought an Antec 3700BQE with an Antec SmartPower 350W and it can'...
- Thu Jan 05, 2006 3:44 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Removing the processor heatspreader for lower temps
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5568
I removed the IHS from my Opteron 146. It is very easy to do with just a razor blade as you're only cutting through some sealant. I have heard of some cases where the TIM between the die and the IHS was very poor and thus big temp drops were achieved. In my case, the TIM seemed fine and no temp diff...
- Wed Jan 04, 2006 8:00 am
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: Watercool the case?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3446
- Sun Jan 01, 2006 10:11 am
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: Quiet Water Cooling Concept
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3746
If the Thermochill 160 is the PA160 then it is designed for low airflow fans but the Swiftech 120 isn't and I really doubt that a 5v YateLoon can pull enough air through to provide enough cooling for a dual-core cpu and a 7800. If you're prepared for the consequences of failure, I'd say give it a go...
- Mon Dec 19, 2005 8:59 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Modding a qtec psu to 7v
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2821
- Fri Oct 28, 2005 1:45 am
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: Best pump and radiator
- Replies: 47
- Views: 29056
- Tue Oct 25, 2005 4:33 am
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: nForce4 Chipset Waterblocks?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 19132
You really shouldn't need a waterblock on a chipset. A good sink like the Zalmans shld be fine even if you're heavily overclocking. Very few chipset waterblocks are worth using as pretty much every one of them is very restrictive and will seriously damage your overall flowrate and therefore he cooli...
- Mon Oct 17, 2005 4:05 am
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Shelf Life of Arctic Silver
- Replies: 17
- Views: 8103
I've been using the same tube for several years withut noticeable detriment. MIght a new tube of AS5 make a 0.2C difference? Maybe but you'll never be able to exactly replicate every other test condition to isolate to the thermal goop. According to at least one source you might as well use toothpaste!
- Tue Sep 27, 2005 10:05 am
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: Which pump
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5479
Thanks. But why would there be a 100W cpu? Doesn't CPU run in 2.8V to 3.3V x current? The no. should be a lot lower than 100w? I don't get it. And yet the graph shows it should be a 100W cpu. A 100W cpu is realtively easy. A Prescott3.6GHz cpu puts out 120W or more at full load. An over-volted Athl...
- Thu Sep 22, 2005 2:34 pm
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: Which pump
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5479
A lot of that thread goes over my head too. Head is how high the pump can lift water assuming no resistance and this degrades rapdily in some pumps and less in others. This is important as with a restrictive system, some apparently similar pumps will produce wildly different results. C/W is degrees ...
- Wed Sep 21, 2005 7:09 am
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: First time water cooling and silencing, need suggestions
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7882
Why watercool your rig? Here's why not: 1) A lot more $ 2) Definitely not quieter, usually noisier 3) A lot more complex, not as reliable, more risk of catastrophe with many more interdependent parts 4) Requires more maintenance My gast is flabbered, to be honest! 1) A lot more $ really? because of...
- Wed Sep 21, 2005 6:33 am
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: Which pump
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5479
cAPSLOCK, All the pumps you mentioned will be adequate for a single system but only the 1250 is likely to provide reasonable flow if you start trying multiple blocks and long tubing as between multiple systems. I have a 1250 and it really is very quiet. It's only 28W so can be wrapped in sponge, mou...
- Tue Sep 13, 2005 7:43 am
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: Pump noise when submersed?????
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2736
- Fri Sep 09, 2005 6:59 am
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: Best pump and radiator
- Replies: 47
- Views: 29056
"All of them perform best with high-pressure" According to the developer of the G5 on proforums, the difference between the best and worse pump using a G5 will only be 1C! You will be within 0.5C in a MAG vs D5 set up. For that little difference I will do without the noise :D I don't disagree with ...
- Sun Sep 04, 2005 1:22 pm
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: Best pump and radiator
- Replies: 47
- Views: 29056
Today's top blocks are the Storm G5, the Storm G4 and the Nexxos. All of them perform best with high-pressure . Add a gpu block and high-pressure high-flow becomes important. While the majority here are more interested in silence than performance, in the water-cooling world high-pressure pumps are r...
- Fri Sep 02, 2005 4:30 am
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: Will Yate Loons provide enough pressure for my heatercore?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7560