First W/Cing observations

[pegasus1]

Added the Swiftech H20-220 Apex "Ultra" Watercooling Kit to a new Chieftek case and have noticed these changes.

AIR
[email protected] with a Gigabyte G-Power Pro
CPU temp idle 38C (midday on a warm day)
CPU on Prime 44C (as above) G-Power at 70%

WATER (Just on CPU)
CPU temp idle 36C (as above)
CPU on prime 37C (as above) cant hear the WCing system

The other good thing is that my 7800GTX is now idling at 36C rather than the 43C it did before.
The only strange thing is that even when under load, the water doesnt even feel warm, neither does the CPU block although i can feel some heat if i get my finger rounr the back of the block.

 

[R B Customs]

so what... are you happy with that ?
dont forget the temps may still drop yet if your using AS5

 

[pegasus1]

so what... are you happy with that ?
dont forget the temps may still drop yet if your using AS5

Is that a note of sarcasm
Its just an observation that i thought id share as there are a few people on the forums that are thinking of going for water.
4 hours into prime and the temps are at 39c in a very warm room with the pump flow at half speed and the fans still inaudible.
Happy with that and happy that i stripped 1 PC and rebuilt in a different case in 3 hours including adding the W/Cing whilst watching the Spain game.

 

[Dutch Guy]

The only strange thing is that even when under load, the water doesnt even feel warm, neither does the CPU block although i can feel some heat if i get my finger rounr the back of the block.

If you feel like it you can take off the waterblock and check to see if the contact between CPU and waterblock is a good one.

A cold waterblock (and rad) can indicatie the contact isn't optimal and that the waterblock can't take away all the heat the CPU produces.

 

[MikeTimbers]

The water doesn't have time to get hot.

If your block has a CW rating of 0.12 and the cpu is 100W, the water temperature will be 12C below the stated cpu temp, i.e. not hot.

 

[pegasus1]

Cheers guys, i'm gonna whip of the block tonight just to have a look.
I have probably put too much AS5 on as i wanted to be a little over-safe. The finish on the waterblock is very good so i'l just put the tinyest amount on.

 

[Dutch Guy]

Have a look at these instructions:
http://www.arcticsilver.com/arctic_silver_instructions.htm

 

[pegasus1]

Have a look at these instructions:
http://www.arcticsilver.com/arctic_silver_instructions.htm

Cheers Dutch Guy, have read this many times but i was still a little over cautious what with being new to WCing, I'l redo the water block tonight before the football and see how it goes.
What is the EU approved size of a grain of rice anyway?

 

[Dutch Guy]

What is the EU approved size of a grain of rice anyway?

Thought about that myself until I just forgot about rice and applied as much as they have in the pic

 

[pegasus1]

Thought about that myself until I just forgot about rice and applied as much as they have in the pic

I must have got it right the 1st time round as i did the old grain of rice trick and temps are the same as before.
Cheers for the help anyway

 

[footman]

Have a look at these instructions:
http://www.arcticsilver.com/arctic_silver_instructions.htm

hmm....food for thought. Ive been applying MUCH too much to my opterons!

does the "grain of rice" also apply to waterblocks?

ATM I'm out of acetone but have bought some Akasa citrus based cleaner from Oclockers...obviously now a nono!

Ive also used an electronic cleaning solvent called Ambertron which claims to leave no residues.

 

[Dutch Guy]

does the "grain of rice" also apply to waterblocks?

Yes, You want the layer to be as thin as possible but enough to fill the gaps, if your waterblock has a good finish the layer needs to be very thin like in the AS pic.

 

[DaveMac]

ATM I'm out of acetone but have bought some Akasa citrus based cleaner from Oclockers...obviously now a nono!

The Akasa TIM cleaner is not oil based and works perfectly fine.