I just put together a new rig, but I think I want to go water cooling. Right now I get the following temps with no overclock using a Thermalright Ultra-120 on the CPU.
Idle:
CPU - 31°C
MCP - 53°C
GPU - 47°C
Load:
CPU - 39°C
MCP - 59°C
GPU - 70°C
I am running the setup in my sig in an Antec P180, so it provides decent airflow. But this is the [H]ard Forum, so I want to water cool, and here is the obligatory parts wanted list.
$40.00 EK Multioption RES 150 Rev 2 Reservoir
$80.00 Swiftech MCP655 12 VDC Pump
$150.00 TFC X-Changer Triple Radiator 360 - 3/8" OD
$60.00 MC-TDX for AM2 Processors - 3/8" OD
$43.00 EK-NB S-MAX (For Asus Maximus)
and I am stuck on one of these two for my 260.
$145.00 Tieton for GTX280/260 - 3/8" OD
$130.00 FC280 GTX SLI - 3/8" OD
My question is, what should I do for the Mosfets? If I use the EK Northbridge cooler, then I will have to remove the stock cooler obviously, but that has a heat pipe that is connected to the mosfets, and I have not been able to find a Mosfet water cooling block that fits my particular Asus board. Would it be sufficient to simply put some Copper memory sinks on the mosfets with a small 40mm fan blowing on it or something? I do not know much about how motherboards work specifically, but I am assuming the mosfets get rather hot. Also, if you see anything wrong with my parts list, point it out. I think that rad will provide enough heat dissipation. This will be my first adventure into liquid cooling, so pardon me for any rookie mistakes.
Idle:
CPU - 31°C
MCP - 53°C
GPU - 47°C
Load:
CPU - 39°C
MCP - 59°C
GPU - 70°C
I am running the setup in my sig in an Antec P180, so it provides decent airflow. But this is the [H]ard Forum, so I want to water cool, and here is the obligatory parts wanted list.
$40.00 EK Multioption RES 150 Rev 2 Reservoir
$80.00 Swiftech MCP655 12 VDC Pump
$150.00 TFC X-Changer Triple Radiator 360 - 3/8" OD
$60.00 MC-TDX for AM2 Processors - 3/8" OD
$43.00 EK-NB S-MAX (For Asus Maximus)
and I am stuck on one of these two for my 260.
$145.00 Tieton for GTX280/260 - 3/8" OD
$130.00 FC280 GTX SLI - 3/8" OD
My question is, what should I do for the Mosfets? If I use the EK Northbridge cooler, then I will have to remove the stock cooler obviously, but that has a heat pipe that is connected to the mosfets, and I have not been able to find a Mosfet water cooling block that fits my particular Asus board. Would it be sufficient to simply put some Copper memory sinks on the mosfets with a small 40mm fan blowing on it or something? I do not know much about how motherboards work specifically, but I am assuming the mosfets get rather hot. Also, if you see anything wrong with my parts list, point it out. I think that rad will provide enough heat dissipation. This will be my first adventure into liquid cooling, so pardon me for any rookie mistakes.