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Input on cooling in Qpack

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Far

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Well, after all the trouble I went through (although not nearly as much trouble as some of you who like to mod and cut up stuff to make things work...) getting watercooling in my Qpack, I really don't like it. It was a hassle and im nervous to tip the computer in any way due to the crappy job me and me friends did of installing it, and none of us feel like redoing it more securely, we were thankful we got the stupid system running.

Anyway, the watercooling system we chose is too large to fit the 550 watt power supply in the qpack as well, the power supply hits the 5.25 bay resevoir. So at the moment the power supply is sitting on top of the Qpack. You can imagine how pretty that looks.

Furthermore, the graphics card (7800gtx) is getting too hot for my liking (about 80 C under load) and even though the watercooling set we purchased came with a gpu waterblock, I really don't want to deal with that. In the meantime, I took the casing off of the Qpack and that really helps the temps. It also helps to make the machine look even more like a total mess than ever before. So now, instead of idling in the 60's it stays at 50-51 C. Never really checked the temps under load...

So, I need some reassurance in what I intend to purchase to get my power supply back in the Qpack, cool my processor just as efficiently as it is currently, and keep my 7800gtx cooler. My solutions are some Zalman parts on newegg.

The HSF I'm looking at got good reviews, its the 7000B-CU (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835118113). I doubt the 7700 will fit and I don't care to find out the hard way. The reviews show that it cools 3.0 ghz processors decently, but what about my p4 3.4 ghz that I intend to overclock...? I'm not certain if this HSF will efficiently cool it down. If it can't cool it down enough to overclock, I really don't care - I just want to get rid of the watercooling and replace it with effective air cooling.

My processor is not a socket 478 however, so I also need to buy that stupid adapter for my LGA 775 that is made of less than a dollar's worth of plastic (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835118219). Why they charge $7 is beyond me, but I'll buy it anyway.

To cool my 7800gtx I was looking into the VF700-CU (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835118117). It got exceptional reviews including one other individual who used it on his 7800gtx and was pleased with the results. Since the PCI slot beneath my 7800 is not in use I don't mind the size, and I intend to put the PCI Fan I bought beneath this cooler.

Then my 550 watt psu should fit right where the original 420 watt was, I'll put a DVD burner in the 5.25 bay, put the case back on the Qpack and hopefully won't have to worry about temps or tilting my machine.

I propose my plan to you because I'm not entirely certain of this plan and need a little reassurance that this will work, or if anyone can suggest any superior alternatives to my plan of action.

Thanks for your time and sorry for my whiney tone, this machine has been the biggest pain in the neck of any machine I've ever delt with, getting fed up with it.
 
What color is your Qpack? If you get fed up enough with it, I may buy it off of you. :D

I have the VGA cooler from Zalman. Love it.

I know many have used the CPU cooler also with no problems. As far as cooling your 3.4 and overclocking....I have no clue.

So I didn't help much there, but others will come along and offer more imput than I. So don't worry.

:p
 
I'm not certain of the ambient temperature, and when just turning the comp on and checking cpu temp in the bios the highest I've seen it was 55 C.
 
the zalman 7000-cu is a great HSF. i have pushed my P4 2.8C northwood to 3.8GHz, and it still idled around 34C when my ambient temps were probably around 31C. full load it hit 49C or so. but that's a northwood, :D. it would be a very decent cooler for your CPU. however, i would search more to see if a 7700 would fit in your case. i know that they are much better at cooling 775 CPU's, that's why they made it, :D
 
i got a 7000 -alcu fits fine on the jetway mobo looks like that asus heatsink will get in the way though. Just what i think it looks like.
 
a 5.25" reservoir was a bad idea...which is why you should ask people on the forums first :p

I have my set up done (and running without the crazy muddy water) and it works well. I have a storm block with swiftechs new radiator. The only down side is I think my temp monitor is busted...no matter if I use stock cooling, water cooling, idle or full power the thing reads at 44c....i'm pretty sure somethings wrong with it
 
Hey, I'm not really thrilled about the idea of trying water cooling again so I'm sticking to my plan. First try was too much of a hassle. I'm sure it's much easier in a full size system than in this Qpack.

So continuing with my plan, I decided to buy yet another fan, this one replacing the tall chipset heatsink. I tried newegg first, and they don't have many northbridge coolers too offer, so I checked out tigerdirect and found this one:

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1445196&CatId=498

I can't see how it attaches, but hopefully it's nothing I can't figure out or make work myself. It has an LED fan which is neat, and I think it will work. According to the specs is 10.2 mm tall which should leave plenty of clearance. Any thoughts on using this?
 
Probably attaches via a thermal sticky pad. If you don't wanna do that, you could always epoxy it.
 
Far said:
Hey, I'm not really thrilled about the idea of trying water cooling again so I'm sticking to my plan. First try was too much of a hassle. I'm sure it's much easier in a full size system than in this Qpack.

So continuing with my plan, I decided to buy yet another fan, this one replacing the tall chipset heatsink. I tried newegg first, and they don't have many northbridge coolers too offer, so I checked out tigerdirect and found this one:

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1445196&CatId=498

I can't see how it attaches, but hopefully it's nothing I can't figure out or make work myself. It has an LED fan which is neat, and I think it will work. According to the specs is 10.2 mm tall which should leave plenty of clearance. Any thoughts on using this?
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I'm using that fan in my SFF system right now. It's alittle noisy to me being that it spins at over 5000 rpm's. It doesn't do the best cooling job, although thats mainly attributed to the fact that the Aria's PSU wires come out directly over it and block any airflow, so I'm sure you'd be fine.

I'm going to replace mine with a Vantec Iceberq because it actually has mounting screw holes (The Blue ICE doesn't have any mounting mechanism, you just use a two sided thermal sticker to attach it, if it even comes with one, AS5 worked for me)

I find the Vantec is lower, quieter, and cools just as well.
 
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