Water cooling problem

yorkshirelad84 · 2 Dec 2008 at 14:26

Ok, my first time water cooling, i've gone with the Zalman reserator XT, with only 2 things on my loop, AMD phenom 9750 (not over clocked) and an overclocked ATI 4870. temperatures are being well controlled on Load and Idel on the gfx card, but temperatures haven't changed much for the CPU, their quite high, anywhere from 39 degrees idle, depending on room temp, and 50 degrees

Highest CPU temp i've had is

Idle - 50 degrees
Load - 60 degrees

Any help you guys might have on lowering these temps would be greatly appreciated, and if anymore information is needed, please tell me

Bradley8988 · 2 Dec 2008 at 15:11

reseat blocks, buy some decent water cooling, speed up fans/flow.

yorkshirelad84 · 2 Dec 2008 at 15:17

Bradley8988 said:
reseat blocks, buy some decent water cooling, speed up fans/flow.

those temps drop about 3-4 degrees on max fan speed/flow, have reseated the CPU block a few times now, but as for decent coolant, any suggestions?

Bradley8988 · 2 Dec 2008 at 16:22

your looking at £100 prolly and case modding.

1kiwi · 2 Dec 2008 at 18:22

The reserator's were never really intended for performance. You could try detaching the 4870 in order to test the CPU only.

kerrgreg · 2 Dec 2008 at 18:59

i would recommend trying it without the gfx in the loop and see if that aids your temps

i dont think the Zalman reserator XT was ever designed to take a 4870 and the heat it can throw off, are you using a full cover gfx block?

yorkshirelad84 · 2 Dec 2008 at 19:13

kerrgreg said:
i would recommend trying it without the gfx in the loop and see if that aids your temps

i dont think the Zalman reserator XT was ever designed to take a 4870 and the heat it can throw off, are you using a full cover gfx block?

Yea, full cover VGA block

Bradley8988 · 2 Dec 2008 at 23:19

basicaly dude your pump/rad is ok at best for cooling a moderatly clocked CPU but that's it.