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brian102 · 11-18-2006, 05:13 PM

hello, dunno if any of you have water cooled pc's or not, but any one got any idears for some resvoirs, its gonna be external so i dont care the size, (within reason lol) thanks, oh any one here rode a polaris fst? saw one at the auction today, sure did sound good with that turbo in it

BRPforlife · 11-20-2006, 06:24 PM

A water cooled computer? Does it really get hot enough to justify putting a water cooling system in it?

How about a small fish tank, or you could just buy some lexan and make one yourself. Although it would probably leak like a sponge if you don't know what you're doing.

**smallengineguy** · 11-20-2006, 06:39 PM

My friend's PC is liquid cooled. SUPER quiet and looks cool, too!

brian102 · 11-20-2006, 06:40 PM

yeah it gets really hot lol, overclocked and stuff,:P it is kinda crazy but yea.. lol

brian102 · 11-20-2006, 06:46 PM

yeah im looking for the quiet part also:P

upersleder · 11-20-2006, 08:00 PM

hook up a nice ski-doo heat exchanger to it

brian102 · 11-20-2006, 08:09 PM

haha or yamie:P but yeah im thinking of probably using like a heater core maybe, or just buy a special made one for it, not sure yet

**smallengineguy** · 11-20-2006, 08:11 PM

DOn't forget you need a pump to circulate the coolant.

brian102 · 11-20-2006, 09:02 PM

yupperz what should i get ?:P

shawnyD · 11-24-2006, 02:00 PM

my system is liquid cooled, i got this one of neweggGIGABYTE GH-WIU02 120mm Blue LED Light 3D Galaxy II Liquid Cooling - Retail at Newegg.com
took the temp down 15 celcius in my system, its not that quiet but with a clear case and blue neon, it looks sweet. the corner of my room glows in the night if i dont shut down my system. im such a geek, lol.

letitsnow · 12-01-2006, 08:51 PM

that is really cool looking!

i just overclocked my (really really crappy)video card, measured the heatsink at 62*C. it doesn't even have a fan.

because i'm in the mood to hijack a thread...what is everyone's computer setup. here is my sweet setup:
-P4 2.26ghz
-non-PCI-e motherboard
-radeon 9200 video card(200mhz overclocked to 280ish, 64mb)
-256mb ram(going to pick up another 256 stick tomarrow)
-sound card is built into motherboard
-philips 5-speaker system

you may laugh now

AvroAero · 12-01-2006, 09:55 PM

62? Ouch, most of my machine runs at 40-45 C.

Intel Core 2 Duo 2.13 Ghz
2Gb OCZ DDR2 ram
Asus P5B motherboard
350GB Seagate SATA HDD
ATI x1950 Pro 512MB GDDR2 PCI-E
OCZ 700W PSU
5.1 logitech speakers (the ones that are really cheap and decent now)

Just recently upgraded it which was getting pretty old, spent to much money on it though. Plus now I'm spending to much time on it also.

brian102 · 12-01-2006, 09:59 PM

haha nice kit man, im thinkin of putting some neon glow stuff in my water , cause its all external but well like a little tubing and the block, and side is plexi so could look sweet if done right:P since u asked heres my stuff

edit: yeah those temps are owie lol kinda high, my video card gpu runs around 50, and like 50 for cpu when im stress testing, like 80 f*, when idle, dunno what that is in C

amd 4800+ , stock 2.4ghz running at 2.9 ghz now, (on air lol)
asus m2n32 sli deluxe wi fi mobo, with pci-e
512 evga 7950 gt video card
built in sound
hmm, armourtek case
1gb of ddr 2 800 ram
and 700 gigs of harddrive:P

letitsnow · 12-01-2006, 11:09 PM

thats what i get for supercharging a geo metro. the heatsink is tiny, i think i'll solder some strips of copper on to help cool it off if i get bored. the cpu was about 40*C at the same time. i think the video card is the choking point on my setup.

i'm not much into gaming, it's cheaper to do it on consoles for me now. eventually i'll get together a decent setup.

i used an infrared temp sensor to take the temps.

brian102 · 12-01-2006, 11:47 PM

ahh ic, all mine were just takin by like asus probe, came with mobo, or video card stuf flike that

letitsnow · 12-02-2006, 08:43 PM

yup, mine doesn't have that either. i just clocked it at 320 and no artifacts! didn't take the temp though, don't think i want to. lol

for a radiator you could use a dirtbike radiator, it would definitely keep it cool.

the 2nd 256 stick made a huge difference!

brian102 · 12-02-2006, 10:45 PM

sweet, scared of the temps huh? haha:P bike rad would work but i think ill get this... cause its got the 120mm holes for the fanscrews in it...

Danger Den :: Radiators :: Black Ice Series :: Pro Style Radiators :: Black Ice Pro III Radiator

letitsnow · 12-03-2006, 12:05 AM

that's actually larger than a bike rad, i think, and it's priced well.

well i got bored and checked them, 66*C. went downstairs and looked at my old junk computer, the cpu fan looked about the right size so i took it off. it kinda fits, has 2 screws holding it on. the temps are now...................

28*C@360mhz

brian102 · 12-03-2006, 04:57 PM

28??! lol how big a fan is it? is that just idling? i would think lol

letitsnow · 12-03-2006, 05:31 PM

no, thats playing halo. the temp doesn't change at all from idle to load. i think my case just has really poor airflow to it. the fan is about 2"x2".