Watercooling Worth It? Yes!

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kadozer

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This is for all the people thinking about getting into WC for the first time.

Finally set my WC up and going to be doing stress testing with Prime95, OCCT all day. So far I'm beyond happy with results. Idle temps are no different from my previous Tuniq Tower 1-2C difference.... but at Prime95 load WHOA.. load temp went down from 61C full 2 hour load to 48 C load @3.4ghz. Just wanna thank all the helpful people that contribute and offer tips to noobs like me. :p Keep it up!

All @30C ambient temps.
 
Wow nice results. I can't wait until I finish my build and setup my W/C parts. I just I can achieve almost the same results (or better) as you. :)
 
Are you able to clock higher with the same voltage now?
 
Nenu said:
Are you able to clock higher with the same voltage now?
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Yes definitely, still stress testing. Previously couldnt get past 3.6ghz load now can get to 3.8ghz @1.48 vcore. My board is probably holding me back to push it further (Refurbished board from Abit).
 
Siriusmuzik said:
what watercooler system do you use?
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All purchased at Petras Tech Shop and Jab-tech.
D-Tek Fuzion Cpu block
Quad Nozzle Kit
Swiftech Vario D5 pump
Swiftech Quietpower Radiator 120x2, 1 Scythe S-Flex 1600rpm, 1 Yate Loon Medium From Petras Tech
Masterkleer 7/16 tubing
No coolant, just blue dye
Swiftech Microres Reservoir
Cost a lot but, I got what I paid for which is ultimate customer satisfaction.
Whew I'm done upgrading any other parts until 2010!
 
hey kadozer can u post some pictures of your wc setup in ur A05b? i have the same case and am thinking of running the same watercooling setup as yours. i'd really love to see some pictures.
 
I gotta agree here. I replaced my Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro on my Q6600 with a Swiftech Apogee GT, MCR220 and a MCP655-B and my temps are ~15°C lower at both idle and full load. I also tacked on an additional 200MHz while LOWERING the voltage! I know I can improve it a bit more too as this was a throw together setup just to test the "water" (pun intended)! I plan on getting better tubing, rerouting it all for better efficiency and doing a handful more tweaks.

My total investment was $155 for the entire setup including tubing, fittings and adapters. Plus, it even includes a 2nd spare heater core rad and a 2nd Apogee waterblock. In all reality, I could get a 2nd pump and have anpother complete loop.
 
rfadream said:
hey kadozer can u post some pictures of your wc setup in ur A05b? i have the same case and am thinking of running the same watercooling setup as yours. i'd really love to see some pictures.
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Sure I already posted some in the LL gallery link
 
good call on skipping the silly coolants and going dye only. just distilled water and some dye if you so desire. do add some biocide like PT nuke though, you don't want algae forming;)
 
Gillbot said:
I gotta agree here. I replaced my Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro on my Q6600 with a Swiftech Apogee GT, MCR220 and a MCP655-B and my temps are ~15°C lower at both idle and full load. I also tacked on an additional 200MHz while LOWERING the voltage! I know I can improve it a bit more too as this was a throw together setup just to test the "water" (pun intended)! I plan on getting better tubing, rerouting it all for better efficiency and doing a handful more tweaks.

My total investment was $155 for the entire setup including tubing, fittings and adapters. Plus, it even includes a 2nd spare heater core rad and a 2nd Apogee waterblock. In all reality, I could get a 2nd pump and have anpother complete loop.
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This is pretty interesting, to me. $155 ain't bad! I'm considering a new build, and trying to decide between water or air. My main consideration is noise, but an extra 2-4mhz can't hurt. This is just a CPU loop, right? I was thinking CPU + full-board GPU for my next build.

~Semi
 
wow, i'm amazed how you can OC to 3.4 ghz with only 1.3 V during load. I'm at 3.375 ghz and i have to bump my vcore to 1.4 V (during load via cpu-z) to get mine stable when running prime95. can you really run 3.4 ghz with that low of a voltage? either my 780i mobo voltages are off (or sucks), or my q6600 is not a good overclocker.
 
semisonic9 said:
This is pretty interesting, to me. $155 ain't bad! I'm considering a new build, and trying to decide between water or air. My main consideration is noise, but an extra 2-4mhz can't hurt. This is just a CPU loop, right? I was thinking CPU + full-board GPU for my next build.

~Semi
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Yes CPU only, and I just sold my extra cpu block for $30 so it drops my overall cost to under $125. You can build a decent loop for under $100 with the majority of that cost being the pump.

With that said, if you are patient and look for deals in the classifieds you can have a killer setup for minimal cost and you will never use an air cooler again. I know I won't. I'm addicted to these low temps. Plus with the ambient heat swing now in the summer, my temps are MUCH less affected where before, I'd have to lower my OC in the summer by a few hundred MHz to keep it 100% stable, now I don't.
 
sicminded said:
wow, i'm amazed how you can OC to 3.4 ghz with only 1.3 V during load. I'm at 3.375 ghz and i have to bump my vcore to 1.4 V (during load via cpu-z) to get mine stable when running prime95. can you really run 3.4 ghz with that low of a voltage? either my 780i mobo voltages are off (or sucks), or my q6600 is not a good overclocker.
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His probably has a better VID rating. :/
 
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