Does this sound about right?
 

sorry to ask suck a n00bie question, but i'm worried about my temps. worried that when i get a faster chip they are going to go through the roof.
currently i have a maze 2, BIX, ehiem 1250, DD NB block, 1/2" silicone turing, a tube res, no elbows, one 120mm YS-Tech @ 7v on the rad. the block has a thin coating ov AS2 and is lapped, the fan is blowing through the rad, although i want to get another and have one on each side. none of the components are hot, block, rad etc, but at the moment the temps are as follows:

Room: 25°C
Case: 27°C
CPU: 42°C

does that sound ok? i feel it should be below 40°C ideally..

its an Athlon 1.4 @ 1570MHz, 1.9v core, 184MHz FSB

EDIT: that temp is full load.

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That sounds very fair, remember you also got a nb block to heat the water up a little bit....although I think that a 1250 pump is a little bit overkill for a setup like that......;)

its a KT333 chipset and hence runs quite cool. it was passively cooled by default, doesn't really need a block.

Ahh...didn't notice that.....:D

Tried to re-apply some thermal paste? Or tighten the nuts on the block a little more?

i might re-do the paste cos it was an old tube i used, but the bolts are tightened right down

Actually the northbridge on that epox will get quite hot. On mine it was to warm to touch cofortably. Your temps are quite good at full load and the old 1.4's ran really hot anyways. The newer xp's run cooler than that thing.

Your temps are nice!

If anything, I'd consider putting the NB block on a parallel loop, but restrict (with a ball valve) the coolant going to it, because it really doesn't need a whole lot. That way, you'd have most of the flow on your CPU block, and you'd improve your overall flow rate.

bit fussy for me tbh, at the mo its lovaly and tidy, portable, and works fine. extra cooling loops are gonna get messy.i might re-apply AS2 soon, see if it affect anything. there doesn't seem to be a lot of air getting through the rad, i think i need a 2nd fan. a lot of the air seems to be sort of bouncing off the rad...

yea it got too hot to touch with the stock HS, but with a bit of airflow it was fine. i suppose at 184FSB it will get a bit warm...

If you ask me those temps are awesome. With a 25c room temp, and an old 1.4 @ 1.5. I ran at 45c with my 1.4 @ 1.6, with a room temp of 20c-21c. I had a maze 3 with a 700gph mag.

Actually, I just meant to put the NB block in parallel with the CPU block.

yea.. still messy :p