Need some noob quidence.

[technochris1]

I have my water cooling set up running smothly, but when i look at everyone elses temps, i get jelous.

I have a Rbx with #5 nozzel
Hydor L30
Heatercore
sunon 120 mm fan
Resivior.

My board is the Soyo dragon Kt-400 ultra platuim edition.
Amd 2600+ AXDA2600DKV3D
Ati 9600 XT
2x Maxtor DIAMONDMAX PLUS 8 40GB HD ATA/133 7200RPM
Cheap ass Elixar 2 X 256Mb DDr.

Can some one please help me out....

My idle temp from mbm is 39C
load is 42C
ambient 25C

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[technochris1]

Are thoses temps normal or did i do somehting wrong?

[Craig]

Originally posted by technochris1
Are thoses temps normal or did i do somehting wrong?

They seem a bit high, but need more info to be sure.

How large is your heater core, and do you have the fan mounted on a shroud?

Have you remounted the block? This is the most likly problem.

www.procooling.com

I've never used a RBX, but pH (wb tester @ Pro Cooling) found the RBX to be a difficult block to mount with any consistency.

3 barbed blocks often are harder to mount. And the narrowness of the RBX makes this worse from what pH said in his review of the RBX block.

[technochris1]

i have a 120 mm sunon fan mounted to a Danger den heater core shroud. the shroud is a bet smaller than the heatercore on the top and dottom. i removed the block 3 times in the last 2 days to cheak how the cpu and the block was sitting. the compound i use is the artic 5 stuff or what ever.. i donno is there any specail way to install the heat sink compound.?????

[Karnivore]

Originally posted by technochris1
i have a 120 mm sunon fan mounted to a Danger den heater core shroud. the shroud is a bet smaller than the heatercore on the top and dottom. i removed the block 3 times in the last 2 days to cheak how the cpu and the block was sitting. the compound i use is the artic 5 stuff or what ever.. i donno is there any specail way to install the heat sink compound.?????

Stop worrying about what your temps say, it is just a relative measurement. Besides the Soyo KT400 series board reads on-die temps, it is more accurate then a socket mounted reading, and would indicate higher temps. This could account for 2-10 degree difference, depending on your board. typical is about 8C.

[technochris1]

So are they ok, becuase i want to learn to overclock soon soo mabe i can catch up in speed. mabe someone could Pm me on how to overclock my processor. Thanks for the help guys.

[DoGMaN]

Try using another nozzel. Nozzel #5 may be too restrictive for your system. Try #2 if #1 wasn't working well enough for you.

[Craig]

Originally posted by DoGMaN
Try using another nozzel. Nozzel #5 may be too restrictive for your system. Try #2 if #1 wasn't working well enough for you.

With a L30 pump & from what I've read of the jets for the RBX, I'd go with the #4 jet next. Should help some.

[technochris1]

Oh k
when i get some time ill try that..