I have nearly completed my Dual Athlon water cooled rig. Although the previous posters have stated that dual athlons throw off lots of heat. I just don't see this. The simple fact is, there are NO dual athlon boards that support overclocking. (Well, you can change the chip L bridges, but you have to stay in a low safe range, because Dual overclocking is less stable then uni-system) Also, most people fronting money for dually Athlons are getting Athlon MP chips. They throw off less heat then their T-bird cousins. No one is going to use peltiers in a dual Athlon system. That would be pointless, the benefits would be next to nill, and the hassle would be huge. So the most heat you are looking at from a Dual Athlon system is two chips at 80Watts..( I'm rounding waaay up... ) 160 Watts... that's nothing... any decent system can handle that. At this point the goal of Athlon dual water cooling is to get a quiet system.. (Two delta fans.... AHHHHH)
Hell, I'm just using two crappy 5X11 tube and fin rads, and 4 Low flow panaflows. 3/8 tubing all the way ( but 1/2 inch fittings..STRECH.. You get much better flow this way... )
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