wattage to btu?

dottedquad · 03-18-2007, 07:09 PM

Hello all,
I'm new to the extreme cooling scene and was wondering where I could find schematics on cpus? The cpu that I currently have now is an AMD Athlon XP 2600+. I'm trying to find the wattage of my cpu so I can figure out the btus. I tried amd's site but I'm having no luck since they most likely discontinued support for that series.

-Thanks,
Rich

Marci · 03-20-2007, 04:56 AM

68w

SiGfever · 03-20-2007, 04:59 PM

68w = 232.025607437922 Btu/Hour
68 Watts = 3.86709323738089 Btu/Minute
68 Watts = 0.0644515551781138 Btu/Second

dottedquad · 03-21-2007, 08:51 AM

Thanks!

Quote:

68w = 232.025607437922 Btu/Hour
68 Watts = 3.86709323738089 Btu/Minute
68 Watts = 0.0644515551781138 Btu/Second

At the moment I'm only cooling off my CPU. I'm trying to make my water cooling setup more efficient. Is there anyway to figure out how much flow per hour/minute/second(which ever I need to use) that my pump should push through-out my system to carry away the heat? Or is there no point in doing this?

-Thanks,
Rich

billbartuska · 03-21-2007, 11:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dottedquad

Thanks!
At the moment I'm only cooling off my CPU. I'm trying to make my water cooling setup more efficient. Is there anyway to figure out how much flow per hour/minute/second(which ever I need to use) that my pump should push through-out my system to carry away the heat? Or is there no point in doing this?

-Thanks,
Rich

Without doing it there is no way to know if your parts will do the job required. Oh, you could just read reviews , buy some stuff and hope it is good enough...but then you will most likely either not get enough cooling or spend too much money for cooling you don't need.

But it's a little more complicated than you suggest. The amount of heat the water carries away is dependant on:
The efficiency of the waterblock in transfering heat from the CPU to the water. This causes the water to heat up
The efficiency of the radiator in transfering heat from the water to the air. This cause the water to cool down.
And the temperature of the water along with the flow rate effects the efficiency of the block.
And the temperature of the air, the airflow, the water flow, and the water temp effect the efficiency of the Rad.

Have a look at some of these and you will start to understand. Then find the graphs for the parts you want to use and see how thay will serve you.

http://www.overclockers.com/articles1088/
http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=369416
http://www.overclockers.com/articles481/
http://forums.procooling.com/vbb/sho...=how+to+choose
http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=210844
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...ad.php?t=77260
http://www.swiftnets.com/ (Many good graphs here)

03-18-2007, 07:09 PM	#1
dottedquad Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 2	wattage to btu? Hello all, I'm new to the extreme cooling scene and was wondering where I could find schematics on cpus? The cpu that I currently have now is an AMD Athlon XP 2600+. I'm trying to find the wattage of my cpu so I can figure out the btus. I tried amd's site but I'm having no luck since they most likely discontinued support for that series. -Thanks, Rich

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