Not really.
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Not really.
That is dual channel on that board.
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One mod from stock is ive changed the acrylic cover on the water block and machined a new one out of aluminium, this dropped the temp by about 2 degrees.
Temp with no load = 16 degrees
Temp with 100% load 39 degrees
One mod from stock is ive changed the acrylic cover on the water block and machined a new one out of aluminium, this dropped the temp by about 2 degrees.
Temp with no load = 16 degrees
Temp with 100% load 39 degrees
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Its a gas ram which keeps the door open. Sig says 500 characters, sorry if i missed something about 4 lines.
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Well, it´s a full running "normal" system. I like the open look from a benchtable and the fact, that i´m able to change the hw quickly when needed.....i´m not a bencher at all 
having grown up in Huddersfield I know it can be cold up there but that sort of idle temp could only be achieved with a stupidly cold house? Either that or your temps are being reported incorrectly.
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Thats what the readings say and it was at system start, ive re run now 2 to 3 hours with system running and there is a slight increase due to the system heat from 16 to 21/22 and 39 to 42
The room is heated as well so i guess the twin radiator and twin fans really do cool the water well.
The room is heated as well so i guess the twin radiator and twin fans really do cool the water well.
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Your right about it being cold up here though
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I dont know why it isnt what you say it is, just that it is what the pictures say it is on 2 programs. Why this is i have no idea but ive put it down to the cooling system and i think i have proven this already without having to resort to a picture of a thermometer in the room as well. The article here says that water cooling is influenced less by ambient temp and i think my system demonstrates that.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_cooling
What do you think it should be?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_cooling
What do you think it should be?
It's influenced less but it's phtisically impossible for it to be below ambient is my only point.
Even with a top end multi triple radiator setup you'd end up a couple of degrees above ambient and with a prebuilt thermaltake kit which (no offence) is a fair distance from the best you can get you'd expect at a guess 5-10 degrees above ambient at idle.
there's also the fact it takes your water a while to hit its level temperature, anyway I'm not looking to start a row I just feel a bit compelled to bring up this point when you see suspiciously low temps, there's either something wrong with the reporting which is a problem, or it's bloody freezing wherever the PC is which isn't if that's your sort of thing
Have a read here..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_cooling
The main sentence is..
"Water cooling systems in which water is cooled directly by the evaporator coil of a phase change system are able to chill the circulating coolant below the ambient air temperature (impossible with a standard heat exchanger)"
A rad is a heat exchanger
Even with a top end multi triple radiator setup you'd end up a couple of degrees above ambient and with a prebuilt thermaltake kit which (no offence) is a fair distance from the best you can get you'd expect at a guess 5-10 degrees above ambient at idle.
there's also the fact it takes your water a while to hit its level temperature, anyway I'm not looking to start a row I just feel a bit compelled to bring up this point when you see suspiciously low temps, there's either something wrong with the reporting which is a problem, or it's bloody freezing wherever the PC is which isn't if that's your sort of thing
Have a read here..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_cooling
The main sentence is..
"Water cooling systems in which water is cooled directly by the evaporator coil of a phase change system are able to chill the circulating coolant below the ambient air temperature (impossible with a standard heat exchanger)"
A rad is a heat exchanger
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I am not easily offended and you do seem to be knowlegable about all this sort of stuff therefore i am trying to be logical about it but cannot change the readings from yesterday which suggests only one thing. The ambient temp in the room was less than 10 degrees. I honestly dont know what the ambiant temp of the room was but when i first went in the room it didnt feel that cold. One thing is for sure that the temp increased over the 2 hour duration from both the PC and central heating radiator. Does coolant have any effect on water and ambient temp, i use an alphacool UV liquid.
The only way to be sure is to take the temp of the room and re run the test and see what the results are. If i get chance tonight i will do and if not it may be tomorrow or wedensday. I have to buy a thermometer first though.
The only way to be sure is to take the temp of the room and re run the test and see what the results are. If i get chance tonight i will do and if not it may be tomorrow or wedensday. I have to buy a thermometer first though.
its no biggy lol!
No, the most common misconceptions are...
1) The fluid, it makes no difference what you use unless you use something like milk
2) The size of res makes no difference to the ultimate temp, just takes your water longer to get to the temp it'll end up at, there's a slight difference if you had a res with a huge surface area but negligable
3) Physics makes it impossible to ever be below ambient, even if you could you'd end up making condensation which would trash your pc
thats about it, oh and don't put your pc in a fridge, the fridge would break.
No, the most common misconceptions are...
1) The fluid, it makes no difference what you use unless you use something like milk
2) The size of res makes no difference to the ultimate temp, just takes your water longer to get to the temp it'll end up at, there's a slight difference if you had a res with a huge surface area but negligable
3) Physics makes it impossible to ever be below ambient, even if you could you'd end up making condensation which would trash your pc
thats about it, oh and don't put your pc in a fridge, the fridge would break.