Watercooling saved my comp

[sunblade]

Well, my watercooler is running on a 1600+ at stock for now, the temps are OK, and the watercooler is OK, but I'll probably make some changes in the future. Point is, I was working in the tower, trying some things, and when I was finished, I forgot to plug my fans back in, including the rad fan. The only fans left were on my video card and chipset since they were on mobo headers. So, I booted up, and everything was fine, but I did notice the computer sounded different since there was only a faint hum from the pump. Into windows I went and started playing some ZSNES for about a half-hour. It worked without a hickup. Then I quit out and looked at MBM5 and saw my core was at 52C. I was shocked since I usually load around 40-42 depending on ambient. Then I shutdown and looked inside the case and found the fans not plugged in, plus the waterblock and rad were hot. I felt rather stupid at that moment, but was also amazed that my system didn't lock or give any major sign that I had no fans, lol.

This would have been me with a heatsink with no fan ->

I just thought it was interesting that my system ran at load with a passive radiator.

[VegetaSS4]

Behold, the power of watercooling!

[V12|V12]

Ha, nice, I've been there and done that many a time! Yeah your rad can dump some massive heat that even the best Heatsink with out a fan would simply melt!

GO WATER!

[SonixOS]

i had a big arse radiator. I never turned on my comair-rotron only when its really hot (30C ambient) or when i am playing a game. It used to run at 35-42C. But now i am moving to a smaller rad which really blows. The only reason i am doing it is because i want to take my pc to my friend's house and be able to watercool. My current setup doesnt allow me to. But i am thinking of having an outlet and inlet port on the side of my case and allow to have a second radiator installed when i am at home. 2 RADIATORS! uber cool!

-sonix-
www.sonixnet.tk

[Cyco-Dude]

Originally posted by sunblade
Well, my watercooler is running on a 1600+ at stock for now, the temps are OK, and the watercooler is OK, but I'll probably make some changes in the future. Point is, I was working in the tower, trying some things, and when I was finished, I forgot to plug my fans back in, including the rad fan. The only fans left were on my video card and chipset since they were on mobo headers. So, I booted up, and everything was fine, but I did notice the computer sounded different since there was only a faint hum from the pump. Into windows I went and started playing some ZSNES for about a half-hour. It worked without a hickup. Then I quit out and looked at MBM5 and saw my core was at 52C. I was shocked since I usually load around 40-42 depending on ambient. Then I shutdown and looked inside the case and found the fans not plugged in, plus the waterblock and rad were hot. I felt rather stupid at that moment, but was also amazed that my system didn't lock or give any major sign that I had no fans, lol.

This would have been me with a heatsink with no fan ->

I just thought it was interesting that my system ran at load with a passive radiator.

lol, the CPU could get much warmer without crashing / locking up.

you said you have MBM. do this: set it so it loads when windows loads, and set the CPU temp alarm to 45C or something. its helped me once already.

[Brad]

hehe, it didn't really, if you didn't pull it all part at the start you wouldn't have needed to plug all the fans back in