I will try reseating my block in about a week or two. Right now I am enjoying just HAVING a working system as opposed to one in "pieces"
The "sanded for noise" is simply that I took my 120mm fan and sanded the fan blades with 600grit then 1500grit sand paper to make them smoother. The results were a noticeable decrease in fan noise (not HUGE, just noticable). Now my 5 SCSI drives are louder than my 120mm Sunon fan
Gmat:
hehehe yea found out why my case temp rose soo much last night; had the window closed for two days
Now my temps were 28C - 29C and my CPU temps were 32C - 33C. Still there is an increase in CPU temps.
I am now using a stonger pump then before; current pump rated at 35W, old one rated at 22W. Pump rated for 350gph @ 8' vs 380gph @ 3'.
My Case is run open. Fan is setup to blow air through radiator and then out the top back of the case.
It is probably a bad block mount now that I figured out why the dang room was soo hot. I will remount it eventually and put back on my CPU shim at the same time.
HOWEVER, I am please to report that running "mixed" line sizes in my setup works wonderfully. I have 3/8" tubing running from pump -> block -> rad -> res, then 1/2" tubing from res -> pump. I completely pinched off the line going into the pump and it just springed back as if nothing happened; as opposed to having the tube remain collapsed as expereinced in another thead:
Check your Hoses