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BWulf · 03-08-2003, 12:05 PM

Hey everyone - been following the posts in this forum for the past 6 months..finally getting around to say hello and talk abit about water cooling.
My first foray into water cooling I went with an Innovatek water kit. At the time I felt more comfortable with a kit solution as opposed to piecing it out. After the install I found my temps were around a 43c... still seems high to me, and noise level is about the same from air cooling because I still have to run a fan for the radiator. Not a whole lot gained going from air to water.
I thought perhaps the waterblock may not be installed tight enough...but I've traded out my cpu for another since then and temps are the same. I removed the resevoir that came with the kit, T-fitting instead. I went ahead and upgraded to 1/2' barbs on the waterblock, replaced the 1046 pump with the L30 Hydor and tygon 1/2" id tubing. Temps, still about the same...when I start gaming they can jump right up to 48-50c. So, what next ... I'm looking at a change on the rad to a BIX or Dteks core radiator with shroud, do you think that will get my temps down some? I've looked at the new waterblock, the white water ... hard to come by. Will a different waterblock make a difference here. The case itself is good size, airflow isn't a problem, pulling in air thru the front bottom, across the rad. Guess I'm looking for suggestions that may help with getting my temps down some more (and possibly reducing noise level).

03-08-2003, 12:05 PM	#1
BWulf Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Colorado Posts: 2	Temps - what do you think? Hey everyone - been following the posts in this forum for the past 6 months..finally getting around to say hello and talk abit about water cooling. My first foray into water cooling I went with an Innovatek water kit. At the time I felt more comfortable with a kit solution as opposed to piecing it out. After the install I found my temps were around a 43c... still seems high to me, and noise level is about the same from air cooling because I still have to run a fan for the radiator. Not a whole lot gained going from air to water. I thought perhaps the waterblock may not be installed tight enough...but I've traded out my cpu for another since then and temps are the same. I removed the resevoir that came with the kit, T-fitting instead. I went ahead and upgraded to 1/2' barbs on the waterblock, replaced the 1046 pump with the L30 Hydor and tygon 1/2" id tubing. Temps, still about the same...when I start gaming they can jump right up to 48-50c. So, what next ... I'm looking at a change on the rad to a BIX or Dteks core radiator with shroud, do you think that will get my temps down some? I've looked at the new waterblock, the white water ... hard to come by. Will a different waterblock make a difference here. The case itself is good size, airflow isn't a problem, pulling in air thru the front bottom, across the rad. Guess I'm looking for suggestions that may help with getting my temps down some more (and possibly reducing noise level).