Anyone else got Athlon64 on watercool?

StRiKeR

any body uses watercooling on athlon64?

whats your temperature?

please post!

ViperVenoM

gimme a few days, ive got a custom DD kit in the post

although ive cocked up and got the wrong block at the moment..so i may be a while

Jammer

A64 Newcastle 3200+ @ 2640 (440mhz overclock) idle at 37-39 load 42-45

StRiKeR

looks like I'm gonna buy new cooling kit again! I couldn't get mine over 421 or xp will just seats at the login screen but doesn't login!and my cpu temp is 61c running prime95 torture test

jessy

No but I want to get this one. Zalman Reserator 1 Fanless Water Cooling System

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Water_Cooling.html

StRiKeR

i think the waterchill is a better buy, i heard that the zalman isnt great at all!
I'm thinking about changing to waterchill myself

Jammer

i'd recommend the waterchill, very happy with it myself.

The zalman seems to be the silence option...temps don't differ much when compared to good air cooling, or so i've read.

StRiKeR

I dont see any different with the aquarius anyway, I have this overclocked by 30MHz FSB, theres 3c the different compare to stock fsb, but system temps stays the same! i think the cpu temps sensor isn't reading right, that seems a very high number to me, i have to up the fsb by 0.1 volt to have everything running without error with 30mhz fsb increase! with 0.15v increased, I got 380MHz higher than stock! but my mobo only goes up to 1.7v in the bios setting, I cant get anymore than that so the max I can get out of this maybe 420MHz or 400MHz higher than stock with 1.7v!
ah well, only a testing thing anyway, not gonna bother now since my mobo wont gives higher voltage than 1.7v and anything higher than 1.8v on the A64 chip isnt save anyway! atleast i see what it can do, might get a different board and a high A64 chip to play with again and see how that goes!

ViperVenoM

my watercooooooling is here!

but i ordered a maze 4 instead of a TDX..but for the fuss of replacing it i just cba...so ill get this set up later, and let you know ..however my temp sensors are all over the place so mine will probably be nothing to go by :rolleyes:

Cina

Just spent 250 euro on a custom one from caseking. Not got nForce 3 so not really that interested inc pu overclockage, mainly gfx card and silence.

ViperVenoM

me thinks im gonna be a while longer....my stuff wont fit in my case...well i could prob squeeze them in but...the airflow will suck...and ill have some of my tubing about..10cm long..which would look awful


this case isnt even that small!!!..its pretty big actually! i cant believe i cant fit stuff in...

so now..i think im on the lookout for another case...*sniff*

dubdvd

StRiKeR wrote:

i think the waterchill is a better buy, i heard that the zalman isnt great at all!
I'm thinking about changing to waterchill myself

Have to say its not what they say !!!!my temps with the zalman are alot better than air and theres not a sound which is a big bonus..IT BOOTED UP TODAY AT 9C ...it may not be extreme but my main reason for buying was the sound level ..but i got a nice suprise when i got it up and running ..and i dont have the retention bracket for it cos they dont to one yet till next month fot the 775 cpu so i made one from the ground up and id say when i get the real one the temps will be better

have a look at the snap below

Jammer

dubdvd wrote:

Have to say its not what they say !!!!my temps with the zalman are alot better than air and theres not a sound which is a big bonus..IT BOOTED UP TODAY AT 9C ...it may not be extreme but my main reason for buying was the sound level ..but i got a nice suprise when i got it up and running ..and i dont have the retention bracket for it cos they dont to one yet till next month fot the 775 cpu so i made one from the ground up and id say when i get the real one the temps will be better

have a look at the snap below

your mobo must be miss reporting temperatures or something mate, thats a big drop from a hot chip

dubdvd

Jammer wrote:

your mobo must be miss reporting temperatures or something mate, thats a big drop from a hot chip

ohh i forgot to add if put some instant winter in the reserator which for those who dont know it a cold packs that you get in hospitals "where i work " it comes it in a bag with a bag of water within it but if you take out the water bag your left with grains of this stuff so a couple of handful in a wal-lat INSTANT WINTER ...the only problem is that its also an explosive so when it heats up in the water you have to shut down the system so its empty out the zalman and add some more water ..but it takes hours to heat up ..the other problem is condensation