Double Jesus
10-21-2005, 09:41 AM
So I moved all my watercooling gear from my old lian-li pc60 to this new antec cheapo case. Decided it was time to retire the old lian li as everything seemed too cluttered in there and my previous dremel work wasn't the prettiest haha. So I put everything in the new case and kept it somewhat clean (all the wires routed through the back of the mobo tray etc...) and when i started it up, my temps have dropped from around 40c idle to 34c idle. and under load it doesn't get up much higher than 36-38c :D
I think the main difference is cause I moved from 2 80mm fans blowing on my rad to the 120 and have better overall airflow through the case. My flow rates have also improved a bit as I moved one of my rads from the very top of the case down to the bottom. There's a 120mm intake and 120mm output each with a heatercore strapped to it. Also I have 2 80mm fans blowing on the ram that are mounted in the cdrom bracket (<3 zip ties). I'm waiting to get my 6800gt back from RMA to slap the waterblock on it (also have to get the retention thingy for the mcw50)
Here's a pic:
http://img475.imageshack.us/img475/3224/sysetm6ya.th.jpg (http://img475.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sysetm6ya.jpg)
http://img462.imageshack.us/img462/9938/case7zf.th.jpg (http://img462.imageshack.us/my.php?image=case7zf.jpg)
I found it a little weird that I'm getting better temps now than when I had everything sitting on a test bench when I was trying to see the difference between having just one rad and using both, but I think it has to do with airflow as this is directed and having them with fans just sitting on them didn't provide much in terms of overall flow. I guess it shows that you really need to pay attention to air flow even if you WC
I think the main difference is cause I moved from 2 80mm fans blowing on my rad to the 120 and have better overall airflow through the case. My flow rates have also improved a bit as I moved one of my rads from the very top of the case down to the bottom. There's a 120mm intake and 120mm output each with a heatercore strapped to it. Also I have 2 80mm fans blowing on the ram that are mounted in the cdrom bracket (<3 zip ties). I'm waiting to get my 6800gt back from RMA to slap the waterblock on it (also have to get the retention thingy for the mcw50)
Here's a pic:
http://img475.imageshack.us/img475/3224/sysetm6ya.th.jpg (http://img475.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sysetm6ya.jpg)
http://img462.imageshack.us/img462/9938/case7zf.th.jpg (http://img462.imageshack.us/my.php?image=case7zf.jpg)
I found it a little weird that I'm getting better temps now than when I had everything sitting on a test bench when I was trying to see the difference between having just one rad and using both, but I think it has to do with airflow as this is directed and having them with fans just sitting on them didn't provide much in terms of overall flow. I guess it shows that you really need to pay attention to air flow even if you WC