Quick rad/fan question

mhayenga · 05-28-2002, 01:07 AM

Hey, well I was wondering... In my WC setup I'm trying to go with as little noise as possible. I have found a 120mm 55CFM 23dB fan which I'm planning to put on my radiator. Now here's my question, I'm using the dtek heatercore to WC my 1.2ghz athlon, gf2, and chipset, will a single fan be good enough to do this? I'm hoping it will, because if so the design of my res/rad setup would be much more asthetically pleasing(building it out of acrylic).

Thanks.

jtroutma · 05-28-2002, 01:09 AM

Should be..... just dont expect very low temps. I would suspect that you should get temps on the CPU of about 45-47C but I could be wrong

mhayenga · 05-28-2002, 01:23 AM

hmm how about if I used 2 of these fans, or perhaps a 140mm 38dB 116.5cfm fan?

With the 2 I'd be sacrificing my current design and with the 140mm I'd be sacrificing the noise level....

ECUPirate · 05-28-2002, 11:16 AM

go for quiet. Maybe add another fan. Maybe. remember, even a crappy WC setup will usually perform much better than the best HSF.

Brad · 05-28-2002, 01:59 PM

it will cool it, but not too effectively. What you can do is of course just add another fan on the other side, with the two of them on their I'd say you'd get acceptable temps

V12|V12 · 05-28-2002, 04:01 PM

That rad should be enough... What size lines and what the smallest bottle neck you have in your system? I'm running some mystery pump I found in the garbage from an aquarium, so I'm guessing it's around ~100-150GPH? My heater core was from a Ford Festiva (7.5x6x1.8) All copper etc. I made my own block from a 6mm 2x2" plate, then hopped up to home depot and got a 1.5" copper end cap and soldered the sucker on. I'm also running HUGE 3/4 OD x 5/8" ID tubing to hold more water. All of that bottlenecked by 1/2" nips for a slower flow rate out of the Radiator. According to this crappy Asus probe I'm peaking around 48, which I know can't be right... even this POS rig I have should do much better. It's the block I know it. The heater core is really nice, you should be seeing lower temps... your N-bridge puts out about 30W+CPU+GPU(40W)... that's least over 110W easy if you're planning to OC... You might need a larger Rad. :shrug:

Anyone have an old water block they might wanna part with? I'd love to keep building my own, but it takes too much time and hassle etc.

05-28-2002, 01:07 AM	#1
mhayenga Cooling Neophyte Join Date: May 2002 Location: Earth Posts: 46	Quick rad/fan question Hey, well I was wondering... In my WC setup I'm trying to go with as little noise as possible. I have found a 120mm 55CFM 23dB fan which I'm planning to put on my radiator. Now here's my question, I'm using the dtek heatercore to WC my 1.2ghz athlon, gf2, and chipset, will a single fan be good enough to do this? I'm hoping it will, because if so the design of my res/rad setup would be much more asthetically pleasing(building it out of acrylic). Thanks.

05-28-2002, 01:09 AM	#2
jtroutma Cooling Savant Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: SLO, CA Posts: 837	Should be..... just dont expect very low temps. I would suspect that you should get temps on the CPU of about 45-47C but I could be wrong __________________ 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

05-28-2002, 11:16 AM	#4
ECUPirate Hottest Stank of them All Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Washington, DC area Posts: 533	go for quiet. Maybe add another fan. Maybe. remember, even a crappy WC setup will usually perform much better than the best HSF. __________________ Does a radioactive cat have 18 half lifes? --Kenny my pimpin' rig: ...previously poorly cooled... 486DX-2 66mhz @ 75mhz, 4Mb ram, shared, 256Mb hard drive Onboard VGA, watercooled, of course 16-color monitor, labtec speakers, 28kbs USRobotics modem Windows XP (think about it) Maze 3, DDen GF3 block, Eheim 1250, econoline van HC, 1/2" hose w/ 5/8" fittings Comair 172mm fan

05-28-2002, 01:59 PM	#5
Brad Thermophile Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Nuu Zeeelin Posts: 3,175	it will cool it, but not too effectively. What you can do is of course just add another fan on the other side, with the two of them on their I'd say you'd get acceptable temps __________________ 2x P3 1100's at 1400, Abit VP6, 2x Corsair 256mb PC150 sticks, 20gb 'cuda ATA-III, 2x 40gb 'cuda ATA-IV in raid 0. 20" Trinitron. No fans 2x 2400+ at 2288mhz (16.0 x 143), Iwill MPX2, 2x Kingmax PC-3200 256mb sticks, 4x 20gb 60gxp in Raid 5 on a Promise SX6000. Asus Ti4200 320/630. Cooled by Water

05-28-2002, 01:23 AM	#3
mhayenga Cooling Neophyte Join Date: May 2002 Location: Earth Posts: 46	hmm how about if I used 2 of these fans, or perhaps a 140mm 38dB 116.5cfm fan? With the 2 I'd be sacrificing my current design and with the 140mm I'd be sacrificing the noise level....

05-28-2002, 04:01 PM	#6
V12\|V12 Cooling Savant Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ohio-State! <--Money Hussle! SUCKS Posts: 292	That rad should be enough... What size lines and what the smallest bottle neck you have in your system? I'm running some mystery pump I found in the garbage from an aquarium, so I'm guessing it's around ~100-150GPH? My heater core was from a Ford Festiva (7.5x6x1.8) All copper etc. I made my own block from a 6mm 2x2" plate, then hopped up to home depot and got a 1.5" copper end cap and soldered the sucker on. I'm also running HUGE 3/4 OD x 5/8" ID tubing to hold more water. All of that bottlenecked by 1/2" nips for a slower flow rate out of the Radiator. According to this crappy Asus probe I'm peaking around 48, which I know can't be right... even this POS rig I have should do much better. It's the block I know it. The heater core is really nice, you should be seeing lower temps... your N-bridge puts out about 30W+CPU+GPU(40W)... that's least over 110W easy if you're planning to OC... You might need a larger Rad. :shrug: Anyone have an old water block they might wanna part with? I'd love to keep building my own, but it takes too much time and hassle etc.

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