a few Qs

daven1986

daven1986

daven1986

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Hi guys, a few Qs:

1) i am upgrading from an opteron 146 to a 170, my chipset temps are 32 (according to MSI :rolleyes: ) with a zalman passive and an 80mm blowing on it at 5v. would i see a huge increase in temps if i start overclocking the 170? my 146 is at 2.7ghz. would i need to put it under water?

2) both chips have their IHS on, would i see a decent decrease in temps from using a swiftech apogee block instead of my MCW-6002 swiftech high flow block?

3) would it be ok if i chose to watercool my chipset, then split my output from my radiator so 1/2 went to the gfx and chipset and 1/2 went to the cpu then joined them back up at the pump? would this see an increase or decrease in temps? i have a Laing DC pump.

thanks

daven
 
1) depends upon case airflow, Vcore (total CPU output) etc etc, try it and see is the easy answer

2) probably not, its depends upon your pump too. The apogee requires a good high pressure pump to get the most from it.
(http://www.overclockers.com/articles373/wbsum.asp) has charts for both blocks. 0.2c/w max difference.

3)A little pointless, chipset waterblocks are flow killers *if* you put them in series loop, what you can do is configure a parallel return ( think of it as having a bypass for extra flow). 90% of the time chipsets don't need to be watercooled
 
Errrrrrr ?

The apogee was designed for low flow/low head pumps and to be used
in multi block setups.

It's the storm that needs a high pressure pump and it takes 3 apogees
to produce the same flow drop as a storm block.The only block with a
higher flow throughput than the Apogee is the old Maze 3.
 
my pump is good Liang DC, but i dont think i can be bothered to change waterblocks. i was thinking of doing that parallel return (see OP) but i will see what the temps are like first.


thanks

daven
 
Ice Tea said:
Errrrrrr ?

The apogee was designed for low flow/low head pumps and to be used
in multi block setups.

It's the storm that needs a high pressure pump and it takes 3 apogees
to produce the same flow drop as a storm block.The only block with a
higher flow throughput than the Apogee is the old Maze 3.
Click to expand...

you are correct m8, and you guessed what block i was thinking of.

even so, its still not what i consider a worthy upgrade.
 
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