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H8QME watercooling?

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Flybye

Limp Gawd
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Hi all,

Has anyone water cooled this beast yet for folding?

From what I have read, Socket F has the same bolt pattern as a Socket 939 socket. So then it becomes a matter of finding 4 x Socket 939 water blocks. I was thinking of perhaps then attaching it to a 4x120mm radiator or possibly 2 radiators using 20-30db fans making it as quiet as possible.

Then I know you would still need airflow over the MB, so then that could be handled by a 200-230mm fan or so.

I don't have any hardware. I'm just throwing ideas around ATM. :) What ya guys think?
 
Note - Install TPC if you haven't already, and report your temps.

You can go up to 70°C.

Your motherboard has 3 settings for fans:

FULL SCREAM
Server
Workstation.

This is under System Health or System monitor in BIOS.

I dropped the sound in 1/2 without a big temp increase by selecting Workstation. Didn't try Server.
 
If I can find em, yeah, hopefully copper bases. Would the tops matter in this case? Metal when possible, but if I do decide to to this, it may be difficult to get 4 matching good blocks. Might have to settle for acrylic or some other top.
 
Guys, I don't have any hardware yet lol. Just throwing ideas around. :)
 
Buying a W/C system for a low-buck system doesn't seem to make a lot of sense unless you fab yourself.

Stay tuned, I'm going to do it to a 4P system shortly.
 
True, it wouldn't make sense to use high end W/C hardware. But I've seen generic socket waterblocks for $40. Socket 939 specific blocks on eBay on occasion for $20-$30 or so. And then there is always the old school method of using heater cores.
 
So I guess the general consensus is its not worth it unless you just want a "wow" factor.
 
Yep.

I "wowed" my first G34 4p to death with a water leak but since I had close to 3 bills in the WC system I did it to my second one...the right way this time.
 
The 1U and 2U servers for these sound like a jet taking off at the factory settings (full blast fans).

But you can quiet them to a manageable level without water.
 
Qinsp said:
Note Socket F is two 6-32 thd nutplates in mobo 3.500" apart.
Click to expand...

Yep, we were using the heatsink retension brackets that came with the MB.

That or we were using the brutis mod
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The picture shows how to orientate the plastic hooks for 4.1" pitch heatsink mounting holes. To do a 3.5" just rotate the hooks 180˚.

PS Sorry for hijacking your thread Flybye.
 
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I'm using normal Socket F 2U heatsinks on 16-core G34 sockets at 3.3ghz on SE chips. So far, so good No clips, but still centerloading.
 
From what i know of these sockets any 939 capable waterblock will fit. I'd go with something lower restriction like swiftech apogee or apogee GT. I ran one for years on an opty 170, and a couple socket 775 core 2's with great results. Only issue is availability. I see zero on ebay, you might have more luck on some FS forums. I know i sold mine a while back for almost nothing.

I'd say 4 blocks, a decent pump, and a used quad rad would be sufficient, likely could do it for <200 bucks if you could manage to find 4 blocks with the correct hardware to mount them.
 
Crap I completely missed this thread. I just gave any a whole crap load of old water cooling stuff that contained (5) 940/F socket blocks.
 
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