my first watercooled build i7 4ghz

Static pressure goes as the square of rpm, so 800rpm was never going to be great on a heatsink I'm afraid. The 1600s seem to do well, I'll only replace them if I move to pwm.

I hope you took pictures toxic, should we expect a build thread?
 
thanks for the replies so far,i got to add a lot of time and studying has gone into what should go into this setup,it was all tested not out of the case but was tested proper,by jump starting the psu and nothing was connected apart from pump/res ect,i dont think it can get any more quiter than it is,well i cant here anything to be honest as if the pc was turned off,silent as anything its performing very well at minute on 4ghz temps are fairly low max load it only reaches 65c and the gpu has only reached 41c at full load as well,im yet to do more testing,one at stock,then 4ghz and then 4.2ghz and might if all is well try to get higher.at minute im playing with 4ghz and see how low i can get the v core down till it get unstable,im glad you all enjoying this build,again a lot of effort and help from brad ect on getting this nicley done took me a week to do and i am quite impressed for my first ever w/c.
 
You should be extremely impressed.
I wished I had knowledge and the time to invest into watercooling.
All these tubings, rad, fans, cpu/gpu blocks, pumps and testing is beyond me..lol
 
just an update,i have now got my cpu 4.2ghz stable ran linx 20 runs all is well,max temps are 68-70 idle are 40-42c,think thats fairly good for my first go.

ps:looks like i might be doing a minor change soon,selling me case and hopefully getting something special if all goes to plan,watch this space.
 
Very nicely done, what voltage is this at? I'm trying to get a list of i7 water temperatures :)

4.2 is what I'm hoping for I think

Also are the load temperatures with the graphics card idle, or during furmark and linx?
 
idle with 41c with linx,i tested the gpu with arma2 at minute which goes to 68c,i am doing the furmark test for you as well could you resend me the program and what settings you want me to run at,i lost them during build and i wipe me hardrives lol
 
Nah, don't bother running extra tests just for me mate. Furmark can be found here, but running it along with cpu stress testing will lead to higher temperatures which might make your 4.2ghz unstable, which could make you unhappy

My processor is the only remotely hot thing in the loop, so I was hoping for numbers for just the processor under load. Cheers man
 
Rick, do you mind me asking how much your entire water cooling setup cost you in total?

I did a quick spec for myself from a competitors site to see how much everything would cost me, for cooling my GPU and CPU, and it was around £180 for everything..

I am definitely going to get onto water, I have toyed about with the idea for ages, but after seeing your setup, I have decided to go ahead and build a loop for my system...

It would seem that the temps you are getting @ 4GHz are roughly the same as what I get with my D0 920 on high end air @ stock frequency!!

My chip is a dog though, I have a TRUE cooling it, and the temps are still insane..

3.8GHz o/c and it idles @ 52c, and full load temps are 88c!!!

Thought it was maybe the base of my TRUE, so I tried my second TRUE and the temps were identical!!

I have put it back to stock now because of these temps, and it idles @ 44c and loads are around 64c, which is absolutely shocking!!

I've tried reseating the HSF several times, applied more paste, re-applied paste and nothing makes a blind bit of difference...
 
Have you checked whether the surface of the TRUE is completely flat? I have had to lap 2 for my friends because they where in horrible shape. It can make a huge difference as much as 11 Degs if the surface is bad. Best to check with a razer and shine light to see where the uneven bit is.
 
The true is pretty famous for needing lapping. I personally believe that this is why other coolers occasionally beat it in reviews, I've never seen a lapped true compared to anything, temps between the top air coolers tend to be about 3 degrees and you can take more than that off by lapping the true.

That said, I also suspect it cost rather more than £180. I see a £50 cpu block, £80 pump and £70 thermochill triple rad, before the tubing, fittings, or even gpu block and fans are taken into account.
 
hi all yes it was a lot more than that total price just for the watercooling is 365.02,the blocks and pumps was the major prices,but well worth it,total cost to date for this build is getting near £2000.

am i mad yes but you gotta love it tho!!
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom