New Cooling Solution. Need Opinions.

[gdogg]

where i'd be buying it.

http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku...oolIT%20Systems

reviews

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1937683,00.asp

http://www.hardcoreware.net/reviews/review-327-1.htm

http://www.extrememhz.com/freezone-p1.shtml

I am gonna need a new heatsink anyway, due to the fact, I want to remove the IHS off my cpu, and that will make it so I cant use the clip designed coolers, like my si-120.

I want 3.0 ghz on my opteron 165 , it can do a 2.8 ghz stable atm, but, I wanna see how far I can push it with, IHS off. you guys think this cooler will do the trick, better than a $300 water cooling kit?

Edited March 18, 2006 by gdogg

[jaclaz]

WHAT? 399 bucks for a cooler?

You can save 10 bucks here:

http://store.pcpowerzone.com/cofrcpuco.html

But still seems to me a bit pricey...

I would rather use the good ol' beerbox cooling:

http://www.ranish.com/beerbox/

jaclaz

[ripken204]

have u ever heard of phase change? i would go that route if i were you. peltier is dangerous if you cant remove the heat from the hot side fast enough.

you can buy an already made one, i also know someone who makes them himself for much cheaper and they are much better. you can get temps from 0 to -100C depending on how much u wana spend.

either way you go, make sure to insulate your motherboard. if u plan on running 24/7 then u will need to instulate the entire mobo

[gdogg]

yah, when ocz phase change comes out, ill look at that. I wonder if ocz, has condensation in mind, with there designs

[ripken204]

well do u mean if they will ship you the insulation materials? you cant make a phase change system itself prevent condenstaion, u can get close but it just wont happen. you will need to seal off the board from air...

[gdogg]

so, I guess i'd be better off, just getting water cooling?

cause this might condensate also?

[ripken204]

yes pelter/tec will still cause condensation. so watercooling will be the best choice.

[DL.]

Watercooling can also be quite dangerous for your hardware!

I experienced a small leak (on the chipset-block) which damaged most of my hardware, I had to replace almost everything in the case (CPU, memory, hd, floppy and optical drives where the only components unharmed). I had to do some very extensive testing to find out exactly which components where damaged and which where not (some appeared to work at first, but I later found some problems that where quite hard to notice).

The leak in the chipset-block was caused by using a more powerful pump than the one in the kit.

[spazmire11]

if you do chose to do water cooling i recomend you build your own.

custome kits are alot more efficient and most of the time will cool better then a pre built one.

i belive it is posible to get a xp-120 or si-120 on a ihsles cpu however you have to be very carefull and i belive fille down the cpu socket header (the white part that says socket 939)

[ripken204]

you can get an si120 on, u just have to remove the entire cpu bracket first...

[gdogg]

hey ripken, you mean and then just use screws or something?

I was thinking about, a custom kit, swiftech appogee, 2 5.25 bay res, 3 120mm fan rad, a 330gph pump, and that stuff, that when hit a video card, just made a mess of it, not killed.

oh and a couple of danger den 78 series coolers for cpu and mem

Edited March 20, 2006 by gdogg

[ripken204]

remove the bracket , attach the bracket to the si120, reattache bracket

ill give u a link when i find it

[gdogg]

ohhh, I see what your saying.

so , i'd level off the bracket to make up for no IHS, like shown in many guides on dfi-street.

then do as you said there?

[ripken204]

http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showthread...3&highlight=ihs

ya, this is the one

if u try to mount it normally on a cpu without the ihs, you will crush it, so this is the way to do it.

[gdogg]

thx ripken

hope to get a nice boost, once I get my board back, (doesn't do over 3.19V on vdimm anymore, rma'n)