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jaydee · 07-21-2006, 09:21 PM

http://www.swiftnets.com/products/MCWCHILL-452.asp

Take a look at their Cooling capability chart.

You can extrapolate/guesstimate how well it will perform at whatever wattage you are dumping into the system.
According to this article http://www.extremetech.com/article2/...1885978,00.asp your cards use 120watts max each so 240watts max. Your CPU stock is either 65watt or 89watts depending on the version http://www.short-media.com/review.php?r=316. We will go with the lower and say your system is dumping 305watts max. So using the data available we can add 3C to each 10W more added to the system. 305watts would run about 55.5C over ambient...... Now we all should know your computer is not going to be running max wattage and more than likely 1/2 of the wattage under normal loads. So let's say 150 watts. That would be 19C over ambient. If your ambient is 25C then that would be 44C.

Those numbers are not perfect but I would say you are lucky to be getting what you are. This all could be crap though if the wattage info is not close.

07-21-2006, 09:21 PM	#6
jaydee Put up or Shut Up Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 6,506	Re: MCW 452 chiller build http://www.swiftnets.com/products/MCWCHILL-452.asp Take a look at their Cooling capability chart. You can extrapolate/guesstimate how well it will perform at whatever wattage you are dumping into the system. According to this article http://www.extremetech.com/article2/...1885978,00.asp your cards use 120watts max each so 240watts max. Your CPU stock is either 65watt or 89watts depending on the version http://www.short-media.com/review.php?r=316. We will go with the lower and say your system is dumping 305watts max. So using the data available we can add 3C to each 10W more added to the system. 305watts would run about 55.5C over ambient...... Now we all should know your computer is not going to be running max wattage and more than likely 1/2 of the wattage under normal loads. So let's say 150 watts. That would be 19C over ambient. If your ambient is 25C then that would be 44C. Those numbers are not perfect but I would say you are lucky to be getting what you are. This all could be crap though if the wattage info is not close.