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Originally posted by pHaestus
By any chance is the fan that cools the Thruster pointed at the motherboard? I know the air coming off that thing gets pretty warm sometimes...
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No, the mobo is sealed off from air currents, but the radiator isn't. I got the system in a box to keep a more stable ambient temp. The extra heat from the pump was going through the rad... I don't have a working water temp probe so I didn't catch it. I bet that is what it is.
But even still the flow rate is WAY slower than before. You can see the rotation of the impellor and almost count the revs. I am just suprized the system is staying so cool at such low flow rates and such a high overclock. XP1700+(A core)@1800mhz 1.85V. I never seen such low temps on that system. Maybe that block is better than I thought.
Man these little discoveries sure throw a wrench in the works... I am going to have to re-evaluate the whole thing. I got a VIA 2600 the other day. I am going to swap it in as it doesn't seem to have a fan on it like the HydroThruster.