watercooling help.

JeffyB · 24 Aug 2010 at 18:28

You will easily beat your old h50 and it'll do it with a lot less noise.

chronic86 · 24 Aug 2010 at 19:09

i'm just going to go with what we discussed via e-mail

chronic86 · 29 Aug 2010 at 20:11

just ordered the following. can't wait to get it up and running new adventure for me!

XSPC X2O 450 L/ph 12V Compact Pump with Acrylic Reservoir
EK Supreme LT CPU Waterblock for Intel 775, 1156, 1366 Nickel Acetal 1
XSPC 7/16" ID - 5/8" OD (11-16mm) High Flex Tubing Clear / UV Blue 3
Zinc Plated Hose Clip for 3/4" (19mm) Outer Diameter Tubing Jubilee 6
Petra's Tech PT Nuke Concentrated Biocide 10ml 1
EK CoolStream XT 240mm Dual Radiator XT 240 1

madindehead · 29 Aug 2010 at 22:07

Can't believe you were getting 97C on air on your i7?! When I run mine in Prime, I hit around 83C max or something. I thought the H50 was meant to be ok as a cooler!

Components look ok yeah. Not what I would choose personally

but good luck

chronic86 · 30 Aug 2010 at 14:51

i know tell me qabout it, at 4ghz 1.32vcore i only hit 85c but at 4.2 1.39vcore it hits 97c on the cores

madindehead · 30 Aug 2010 at 17:12

chronic86 said:
i know tell me qabout it, at 4ghz 1.32vcore i only hit 85c but at 4.2 1.39vcore it hits 97c on the cores

I get better temps than that with air cooling mate!

chronic86 · 30 Aug 2010 at 17:27

thats why i've went down the custom watercooling route hopefull i'll be in the high 70c's with the kit i've picked.

chronic86 · 1 Sep 2010 at 21:08

all my parts arrived to day total budget was 130!

upon cleaning out my rad i noticed it was leaking before i even started so have requested RMA from a competitor but cant be bothered to wait and have ordered another 1 from ocuk

few pics of my goodies!

chronic86 · 3 Sep 2010 at 13:42

what the hell is wrong with these EK CoolStream Radiator XT 240 its the 2nd 1 i have had which is leaking from where you put the screws in :mad:

Chris19 · 3 Sep 2010 at 15:05

When i set up my loop i missed out a res as to be honest they are quite a waste of money. Just get yourself a fill port and go for the T line res and with the money you save you can always get a better pump. Though saying that think im a bit late in giving that advice, oh well.

scrlk · 3 Sep 2010 at 15:17

chronic86 said:
what the hell is wrong with these EK CoolStream Radiator XT 240 its the 2nd 1 i have had which is leaking from where you put the screws in

You have most likely screwed in too tight thus breaking the heatpipes inside rendering your rad useless.

chronic86 · 3 Sep 2010 at 16:30

no mate i used washers as the screws where to small to screw in to the bottom screw holes in my cm690 II advanced. i made sure i aligned the screws up perfectly i did not use any force to screw them in.

chronic86 · 3 Sep 2010 at 16:34

i wont be buying another 1, requested an rma from ocuk

chronic86 · 4 Sep 2010 at 14:49

it seems other people have had leaky ek xt 240mm radiators

http://www.overclock.net/water-cooling/741353-black-ice-gts-lite-240mm-vs.html

chronic86 · 8 Sep 2010 at 20:09

ok thanks to ocuk and there VERY VERY quick turn around time on my RMA, i have my watercooling up and running... not finnished on how i want it to look but its a start.

just a recap at 4.2ghz 1.39 vcore with a corsair h50 akasa apache/viper in push pull i was htting 97c on the hottest core, just finnished 4 hours of prime and max temp was 76c on the hottest core so i'm very pleased 21c off load temps and 9c off idle

OLDPHART · 9 Sep 2010 at 12:57

Very nice, nice drop in temp's, lol l bet in a little while you'll be doing the GPU and what do we hear when we H2o the GPU > silence, hard drive has'nt turned up yet. l'm waiting for that so l can install the 470 H2o block as well at the same time.

chronic86 · 9 Sep 2010 at 14:36

more then likely we are never satisfied ! just ordered another 240mm radiator for the top of my case hopefully drop the temps another 5-7c

OLDPHART · 9 Sep 2010 at 15:56

What's your idle and temp's when gaming, 2 x 240 Rad's, lol l can see a GPU H2o Block getting fitted

> l hear Silence.

chronic86 · 9 Sep 2010 at 16:55

idle temp is 31c, not had a chance to play bc2 yet i'll check that later and report back hottest core was 63c and coldest was 53c, cpu temp was 41c

OLDPHART · 9 Sep 2010 at 17:38

Hi m8, just a thought with your Rad been at the bottom of your case which ever way the water flow's tilt that end up. Put somthing under that end say about 4" wide, leave the PC on as you could have a bit air trapped still in the Rad with it lying flat. As l was still getting air bubbles from my rad which was vertical on the rear of my case for a couple of day's after l filled the loop up and bled it the best l could.