Quick vid card cooling question

artemis0007 · 03-19-2003, 03:01 PM

Hi all!

I am planning on water colling my Radeon 9700 Pro and was curious as to how much a jump in temperature should i expect? According to MBM the CPU is 39C idle and can get up to 50C when playing a game like UT2K3 and SimCity 4.

The cooling in my case is not the greatest because it's a small case (Lian Li PC35). It'll be hooked up with the CPU in a Koolance EXOS.

Thanks for any replies!

jtroutma · 03-19-2003, 05:02 PM

Depending on your entire cooling system and how your route the water through your system.....I would estimate anywhere between .5-3C.

That is a rought guess without knowing anything else. If you gave me some more details, I could probably give you a better answer. Details like, Are you running the GPU cooler parrallel to the CPU cooler or in series?

artemis0007 · 03-20-2003, 11:02 PM

I'll be running the GPU block in series with the CPU block (after the CPU of course!

) and that's all. Umm... the CPU is a 3GHz and nothing is overclocked (for now).

Thanks for the reply!

jtroutma · 03-21-2003, 05:02 PM

I would then speculate that you will get about a 1C increase in your overall CPU temps.

Of course, if your GPU block is very restrictive, your temps will probably go up even more due to slowing down the flow of water through your entire system.....

Good luck.

artemis0007 · 03-21-2003, 08:29 PM

Thanks for the reply!

I got put the GPU waterblock on an hour ago and it's working out pretty good. I don't really see a difference in idle temps. It was a real pain getting the stock HSF off the video card.

Thanks for the reply!

03-19-2003, 03:01 PM	#1
artemis0007 Cooling Savant Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Davis, CA USA Posts: 113	Quick vid card cooling question Hi all! I am planning on water colling my Radeon 9700 Pro and was curious as to how much a jump in temperature should i expect? According to MBM the CPU is 39C idle and can get up to 50C when playing a game like UT2K3 and SimCity 4. The cooling in my case is not the greatest because it's a small case (Lian Li PC35). It'll be hooked up with the CPU in a Koolance EXOS. Thanks for any replies! __________________ Pentium 4 3.06 GHz watercooled by Koolance EXOS Gigabyte 8INXP mobo 512MB Corsair PC3200 DDR RAM Fortron 400W PSU Watercooled Radeon 9700 Pro Quiet as a mouse! Koolance Temps: 26C/32C BIOS Temps: 36C/44C ========================== Dual Athlon MP 2000+ watercooled Black Ice Extreme, Eheim 1250 pump, 2 DTek TC-4 blocks, and homemade res Gigabyte GA-7DPWDX mobo 512 MB Registered Mushkin DDR 2100 RAM RAID 0: 2 IBM 60 GXP 60GB ea RAID 5: 3 Western Digital Caviar 60GB ea MSI GeForce4 4400 Sound Blaster Audigy MP3+ Yamaha CDRW-F1 Adaptec ATA RAID 2100 card LOADS OF FANS!!!!

03-19-2003, 05:02 PM	#2
jtroutma Cooling Savant Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: SLO, CA Posts: 837	Depending on your entire cooling system and how your route the water through your system.....I would estimate anywhere between .5-3C. That is a rought guess without knowing anything else. If you gave me some more details, I could probably give you a better answer. Details like, Are you running the GPU cooler parrallel to the CPU cooler or in series? __________________ Athlon64 X2 4200+ @ 2.5Ghz (250FSB x 10) OCZ VX 1GB 4000 @ 250FSB (6-2-2-2 timmings) DFI LANParty nForce4 Ultra-D SCSI Raid 5 x (3) Cheetah 15K HDDs LSI Express 500 (128MB cache) OCZ PowerStream 520W PSU ATI X850XT PE (Stock) DTEK WhiteWater + DTEK Custom Radiator Eheim 1250

03-20-2003, 11:02 PM	#3
artemis0007 Cooling Savant Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Davis, CA USA Posts: 113	I'll be running the GPU block in series with the CPU block (after the CPU of course! ) and that's all. Umm... the CPU is a 3GHz and nothing is overclocked (for now). Thanks for the reply! __________________ Pentium 4 3.06 GHz watercooled by Koolance EXOS Gigabyte 8INXP mobo 512MB Corsair PC3200 DDR RAM Fortron 400W PSU Watercooled Radeon 9700 Pro Quiet as a mouse! Koolance Temps: 26C/32C BIOS Temps: 36C/44C ========================== Dual Athlon MP 2000+ watercooled Black Ice Extreme, Eheim 1250 pump, 2 DTek TC-4 blocks, and homemade res Gigabyte GA-7DPWDX mobo 512 MB Registered Mushkin DDR 2100 RAM RAID 0: 2 IBM 60 GXP 60GB ea RAID 5: 3 Western Digital Caviar 60GB ea MSI GeForce4 4400 Sound Blaster Audigy MP3+ Yamaha CDRW-F1 Adaptec ATA RAID 2100 card LOADS OF FANS!!!!

03-21-2003, 05:02 PM	#4
jtroutma Cooling Savant Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: SLO, CA Posts: 837	I would then speculate that you will get about a 1C increase in your overall CPU temps. Of course, if your GPU block is very restrictive, your temps will probably go up even more due to slowing down the flow of water through your entire system..... Good luck. __________________ Athlon64 X2 4200+ @ 2.5Ghz (250FSB x 10) OCZ VX 1GB 4000 @ 250FSB (6-2-2-2 timmings) DFI LANParty nForce4 Ultra-D SCSI Raid 5 x (3) Cheetah 15K HDDs LSI Express 500 (128MB cache) OCZ PowerStream 520W PSU ATI X850XT PE (Stock) DTEK WhiteWater + DTEK Custom Radiator Eheim 1250

03-21-2003, 08:29 PM	#5
artemis0007 Cooling Savant Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Davis, CA USA Posts: 113	Thanks for the reply! I got put the GPU waterblock on an hour ago and it's working out pretty good. I don't really see a difference in idle temps. It was a real pain getting the stock HSF off the video card. Thanks for the reply! __________________ Pentium 4 3.06 GHz watercooled by Koolance EXOS Gigabyte 8INXP mobo 512MB Corsair PC3200 DDR RAM Fortron 400W PSU Watercooled Radeon 9700 Pro Quiet as a mouse! Koolance Temps: 26C/32C BIOS Temps: 36C/44C ========================== Dual Athlon MP 2000+ watercooled Black Ice Extreme, Eheim 1250 pump, 2 DTek TC-4 blocks, and homemade res Gigabyte GA-7DPWDX mobo 512 MB Registered Mushkin DDR 2100 RAM RAID 0: 2 IBM 60 GXP 60GB ea RAID 5: 3 Western Digital Caviar 60GB ea MSI GeForce4 4400 Sound Blaster Audigy MP3+ Yamaha CDRW-F1 Adaptec ATA RAID 2100 card LOADS OF FANS!!!!

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