thermaltake watercooling build

turbotoaster · 6 Jun 2006 at 15:25

Right here we go, i expect a lot of OMG what have u bought, but i saw a few good reviews and for £60 i thought why not.

the photos were done on my phone so they are bad but here goes.

computer on air cooling.
idle temp at full speed with side on
cpu 34c
motherboard
34c
hard drive 31c

s&m load temp with the same
cpu 54c
motherboard
38c
hard drive
39c

all parts removed

bath time for the case, my miniegg wire protector is copyrighten already so dont try and copy it, a lot of dust

nicely shiney face from factory

turbotoaster · 6 Jun 2006 at 15:26

my fx60 is all his glory

fitted cpu block

motherboard back in

little radiator is in and psu as well

turbotoaster · 6 Jun 2006 at 15:36

pump now in and connected up

a few more pipes, crossfire cards and memory in

everything plumbed in and ready to go

currently how it is looking at the moment, need a few more lights i think

well wasnt expecting amazing temps but got it running

here are the temps
idle temp
cpu 32c
motherboard
35c
hard drive
31c

s&m load temp
cpu 47c
motherboard
35c
hard drive 38c

which really is no improvement at all but at least its nice and quite now, gonna get a better cpu block for it and i think ill leave it at that

Deliverance · 6 Jun 2006 at 15:39

Nice and quite? With 2 stock ATi fans? Are u nucking futts dude?

Im looking at a Swiftech 120 premium kit for my Opty 146 and x1900XT mainly to kill the noise, and secondly for the novelty factor.

ichabod crane · 6 Jun 2006 at 15:43

looks cool, is that two rads ?? a 120.2 and .1? and you put a bigwater on an FX60 clocked to 3ghz that is brave your temps should be high, although by your pics the bigwater is very different from when i got mine. new pump and new plate on the block by the looks of it

Mr Jones · 6 Jun 2006 at 15:45

Note to self: Don't get thermaltake for performance.
BTW, nice clean set up. (Not too sure about the long piping for that external one, the Thermaltake pump is weak for such long pipe)

turbotoaster · 6 Jun 2006 at 15:50

in the last picture i shortened the pipework to the big rad, though i think the block is hampering the temps as the coolant seems to get round quick enough

weescott · 6 Jun 2006 at 20:37

Let this be a lesson to anyone thinking about doing watercooling on the cheap!

The only way to make Thermaltack water-cooling good is to replace the following:

pump
rad
fans
tubing
block

Sorry turbotoaster

w3bbo · 6 Jun 2006 at 20:45

The guy has a cool and quiet system. Ok thermaltake aint the best for watercooling but it is as good as top end air without the noise for a lot less £££ than decent WC. Credit to you turbotoaster. I have a bigwater SE kit in my lads PC which is silent and does the job it was intended for, silent cooling on a budget (its a 146 @ 2.9ghz- load 45c/ 3 c better than TTBT).

collisster · 6 Jun 2006 at 20:53

what could the waterblock be replaced with?

PureAppleJuice · 6 Jun 2006 at 21:43

You had money to buy an FX-60 and you bought a Thermaltack waterkit? Why?

Mr Jones · 6 Jun 2006 at 22:23

jidh007 said:
You had money to buy an FX-60 and you bought a Thermaltack waterkit? Why?

His budget ran out after the FX60?
As bad as Thermaltake is for a WC system, £60 for it is pretty cheap...

turbotoaster · 6 Jun 2006 at 23:06

well i improved on my 1mb super pi time

26.672@3134mhz from 27.141@3085mhz on air

and my suicide has gone up a bit
http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc?id=98594
thats another 55mhz on top as well

h2ocooler · 7 Jun 2006 at 01:24

Well i have 2 Thermaltake blocks on my dual Xeon and have to say they perform as well as the Swiftech (6000 series) one that was on there (from my old P4 (was trying to get another swiftech one but no longer available))
Full load is 40 with 120.2 rad & fans @ 1000rpm (can get that to 35 if i set the fans to max all the time) thats cooling the DPU as well.
People might slate Thermaltake off but the blocks seem OK, only bad point is the mounting plate is a bit heath-robinson.

Bundles · 7 Jun 2006 at 16:54

weescott said:
The only way to make Thermaltack water-cooling good is to replace the following:

pump
rad
fans
tubing
block

Sorry turbotoaster

LMAO! it's funny 'cos it's true

collisster said:
what could the waterblock be replaced with?

Well, an empty spam tin with a couple of straws poking out of it for barbs would probs perform better if it's a performance gain you're looking for.

locutus12 · 7 Jun 2006 at 16:59

weescott said:
Let this be a lesson to anyone thinking about doing watercooling on the cheap!

The only way to make Thermaltack water-cooling good is to replace the following:

pump
rad
fans
tubing
block

Sorry turbotoaster

i did it on the cheap with thermaltake (£30 from MM) and shaved ten degrees off my system and cpu temps... hardly a failure now is it... :rolleyes:

sure its not a proffesional kit, but its better than any air cooling and its quiet... although i do have to say i probably wouldnt of spent £60 on one, id of added the extra £20 to £40 and gone abit more up market.

Pandobear · 7 Jun 2006 at 20:57

Bigwater 745

Hi there

I have the same Bigwater 745 kit and have no problems with the water flow, the temperature of the water leaving the block is far lower the the cpu temperature, and the water entering the block is at room temperature. So I reckon that there must be a problem with the cpu block. The flow rate is plenty. I thought that perhaps the thermal paste must be no good, used the thermaltake stuff because my AC5 tube was empty! But after getting a new tube of AC5 I redid the CPU to little change. I was also thinking of changeing the water block to see what happens. I am running a 805 dual core by the way, and it will sit a 3.8 GHz all day, but then it would do that with an artic cooler pro also. I really think that with a different water block then we should see some improvement, though as everyone else on here points out that might lead to new everything else as well!

turbotoaster · 8 Jun 2006 at 00:23

Pandobear said:
Hi there

I have the same Bigwater 745 kit and have no problems with the water flow, the temperature of the water leaving the block is far lower the the cpu temperature, and the water entering the block is at room temperature. So I reckon that there must be a problem with the cpu block. The flow rate is plenty. I thought that perhaps the thermal paste must be no good, used the thermaltake stuff because my AC5 tube was empty! But after getting a new tube of AC5 I redid the CPU to little change. I was also thinking of changeing the water block to see what happens. I am running a 805 dual core by the way, and it will sit a 3.8 GHz all day, but then it would do that with an artic cooler pro also. I really think that with a different water block then we should see some improvement, though as everyone else on here points out that might lead to new everything else as well!

what temps are you getting idle and load

and also if ya can, post a picture of your setup so i can have a look

R B Customs · 8 Jun 2006 at 00:49

Pandobear said:
Hi there

The flow rate is plenty.

its not really theflow rate in question, its the head pressure of theose pumps.
thermaltake are excelent for silence!
and yea turbo, id get those tubes as short as humanly possible for ^^^ that reason !
i think changing the waterblock would maybe have a negative effect, as most of todays blocks only really perform with high head pumps, that kit has gotta pump through 2 Rads and the block !... aswell as all that tubing and tiny barbs. so id say if it aint broke, dont fix it
but ive had a TT kit, and its got me started in more serious watercooling, if your obsessed with silence, go for it !!

saffyre · 8 Jun 2006 at 02:05

Maybe shortening the pipes to the rad would help as it may improve flow rate.

edit : already metioned

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