VGA ram cooling

beer_puppy · 30 Dec 2006 at 05:16

Hi, gonna be ordering a Swiftech H20-220 Apex Ultra+ Watercooling Kit and was thinking of getting the Swiftech MCW-Ramcool VGA Memory Waterblock to go with the kit, but

1. Will there be enough tubing to connect it up?
2. is it worth using the chipset block?
3. Should i cool the hard drives?
4. Do i need another rad, or will the dual be ok?

System -

Athlon FX 55
Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe
XFX GF 6800 ultra
2x 74GB WD Raptors
My case is the CoolerMaster Stacker 810

james_earl · 30 Dec 2006 at 11:20

i cant answer for how much tubing comes with the kit but to your other questions, no to chiopset its not going to be that beneficial over the restrictions on the system. ive never felt the need to watercool a hard drive ive got a big raptor and it doesnt get that hot. and your dual will be fine the ram will not really add a great deal of heat to the loop.

MooSey-UK · 30 Dec 2006 at 11:26

i'd always understood vga ram did'nt require water and only contributed needless temps into the loop and an extra restriction to flow.
a vga block and some good ramsinks is the best combi.

beer_puppy · 30 Dec 2006 at 11:51

cheers

Gashman · 30 Dec 2006 at 14:42

MooSey-UK said:
i'd always understood vga ram did'nt require water and only contributed needless temps into the loop and an extra restriction to flow.
a vga block and some good ramsinks is the best combi.

depends if you VGA ram is volt-modded at all, cause it tends to get hotter when more voltage put through it, like the memory on my 7900GS's

MooSey-UK · 30 Dec 2006 at 17:00

hot enough to really need water??

i suppose a separate VGA RAM block is preferable to the common all in one blocks but more for low noise reasons than performance.