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help with watercooling

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Gk22CoE

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ok i'm kinda new to water cooling so bare with me...

i'm planing on buying a danger den RBX for my 2.4c and a Ehiem 1250 pump. Unless anyone has any better suggestions...

my idea was to go with out buying a radiator and reservoir and just have a bucket with cold water and ice beside my computer. I will have the tuping going into the bottem of this.

I was wondering if this could create condensation on the water block and posibly ruin my whole system... thx
 
The Eheim pump is quite large - I've used both Eheim and Hydor, and I actually prefer the Hydor. It's cheaper, quiet and about half the size. As far a WaterBlock goes, I'd personally recommend the PolarFLO SF series of blocks. They are making quite the name for themselves, as the king of the performance arena.

I use and love personally. Great stuff from an all-American company.PolarFLO products
 
The PolarFLO block they tested was the first generation block. I remember reading that review a while back. Since then, there is a "SuperFinish" model, that actually improves their performance dramatically. Things change so fast that any amalgamated roundup is really out of date. The PolarFLO SF rocks. Ask Viperlair.
 
Originally posted by JesusFreak
The PolarFLO block they tested was the first generation block. I remember reading that review a while back. Since then, there is a "SuperFinish" model, that actually improves their performance dramatically. Things change so fast that any amalgamated roundup is really out of date. The PolarFLO SF rocks. Ask Viperlair.
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Don't get me wrong, it is a good block. But they would have to improve the block by almost 30%(.13 c/w vs. .17 c/w) to keep up with the RBX and it costs almost $30 more.
 
yea the polarFLO is a little better but i don't think it is worth 30 more dollers.
 
Originally posted by Gk22CoE
yea the polarFLO is a little better but i don't think it is worth 30 more dollers.
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You're reading the table wrong. The lower the c/w the better, so the polarflo peforms worse according to the table. :D


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Originally posted by Gk22CoE
ok i'm kinda new to water cooling so bare with me...

i'm planing on buying a danger den RBX for my 2.4c and a Ehiem 1250 pump. Unless anyone has any better suggestions...

my idea was to go with out buying a radiator and reservoir and just have a bucket with cold water and ice beside my computer. I will have the tuping going into the bottem of this.

I was wondering if this could create condensation on the water block and posibly ruin my whole system... thx
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if you get the water nice and iced down and then pump it to your block, yes, you will run into condensation problems.

the hoses will collect a bunch of condensation and that will start dripping all over the components on the inside of your system. that isn't the really bad news though. you will also eventually get condensation in the socket under the CPU which will lead to the much hated pin rot on your cpu.

dielectric grease in the socket and a lot of insulation will solve most of these problems but your cooling solution is still going to have problems unless you have a mega-icemaker and you enjoy dumping ice into your bucket all the time. Additionally, unless the cubes are made from distilled water, you are going to get a lot of garbage from the water in your block and tubes.

a better solution would be water cooling + a water chiller + some serious insulation -- or just go with a complete direct die phase change system like a prommie or a vapochill.

ugh....too hungover to type anymore...
 
Hmmm, intresting that overclockers.com didn't include the WW in that compareson. The RBX actually looks like a WW clone by design and function. How long has the RBX been out?
 
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