[DoTheDog]

Hi All,
This is my first post here although I have been reading posts for a while. I have a question and would like some advice from you all. As you can see in my sig., I have a TBird 1.33Ghz @ 1.517Ghz (137x11) on an A7V133. The issue I have is that my water cooling rig is not giving me temps that I am happy with. I don't have a good thermister to check actual slug temps so I have to rely on the POS ASUS temp probe under the CPU.

Here is the H20 setup, Danner Mag5, DD Maze 2, Black Ice Rad with Sanyo 120MM fan in a closed loop. The circuit is pump->Rad->WB->pump.

My issue is that although the MB temp is 33C and the Water temp is 31C (temp probe is between pump and rad so it should be at the hottest point), my CPU temp is showing 51C in MB Monitor 5.09 and in ASUS Probe is showing 61C. This seems waaaay high. I have cranked down the nylon bolts as far as I can by hand but no diff. BTW, I also lapped the WB to a mirror finish. The only thing I can think of as causing the high temps is either the contact is not great, or flow is not high enough.

The one thing I noticed is that after I installed the Black Ice my flow is down to a trickle. But because my water temps seem ok, that doesn't seem to be right.

What should the Delta be between water temp and CPU Temp? How can I tell if I have good contact with the WB on the CPU?

Help Anyone?