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|PuNiSh3R|
11-15-2002, 11:29 AM
I am looking for makers of waterblocks.. other than the big guys.. DD, swiftech, etc..
Torinalth
11-15-2002, 12:31 PM
DD, swiftech, silverprop, overclockers hideout, koolance, gemeni, and then the few people that will make custome ones for you.
Torinalth
FRAGN'STIEN
11-15-2002, 06:34 PM
Hey |PuNiSh3R|:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid38/p1d136b3e10a48621e88f7e8b5e7f68d5/fd105dc7.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid38/p859bd5d954f3dfdc4b4b2c1571f8ca0c/fd105dcc.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid38/p8f15efce9562d35091918205d1164633/fd105dc9.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid38/p36ad642f75894df687590edae1e34e70/fd0edb18.jpg
Ambient, indoor/outdoor therm: 23°c
System, MBM reading winbond : 27°c
Water, inline term: 27°c
CPU idle reading XP diode: 30°c
CPU full load reading XP diode running toast: 35°c
bigdawginva
11-15-2002, 07:46 PM
then the few people that will make custome ones for you.
I'd certainly be interested in that option.
#Rotor
11-25-2002, 02:57 AM
hay hay.. Custom blocks is My game ... :D
Frag.. Did I mention those are some of the best temps I've seen in a long long time... be carefull, people might think you are running Peltiers or something :D:D
Here is a very nice option for a CPU waterblock:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4964
FRAGN'STIEN
11-25-2002, 04:51 PM
Originally posted by #Rotor
hay hay.. Custom blocks is My game ... :D
Frag.. Did I mention those are some of the best temps I've seen in a long long time... be carefull, people might think you are running Peltiers or something :D:D
Hey thanks #rotor. Yeah my temps are the lowest they've ever been. I've never had a commercial block that performed like this. My temps are consistantly 2/3°c above my system temps. Right now it's at 32°c system 34°c CPU with a 25°c room temp(it's a little hot in here right now).
Cathar
11-25-2002, 05:37 PM
Originally posted by |PuNiSh3R|
I am looking for makers of waterblocks.. other than the big guys.. DD, swiftech, etc..
There's me, as N8 mentioned above.
Happy to sell you one.
Cathar
11-25-2002, 05:42 PM
Originally posted by FRAGN'STIEN
Hey thanks #rotor. Yeah my temps are the lowest they've ever been. I've never had a commercial block that performed like this. My temps are consistantly 2/3°c above my system temps. Right now it's at 32°c system 34°c CPU with a 25°c room temp(it's a little hot in here right now).
It's a motherboard thing. I have a guy running an MSI mobo with two overclocked XP2000+'s and he's seeing CPU temps below the water temps with my block when under load. I don't believe it for an instant. That's the problem with reporting absolute CPU temperatures, you're relying on the motherboard to report correct temperatures, and that's very rarely the case.
I have to say though, every time I see that block, I need to double take on it's external appearance.
bigdawginva
11-25-2002, 06:12 PM
Everytime I see it I think it's the White Water until I see the insides.
FRAGN'STIEN
11-25-2002, 06:58 PM
Originally posted by Cathar
It's a motherboard thing. I have a guy running an MSI mobo with two overclocked XP2000+'s and he's seeing CPU temps below the water temps with my block when under load. I don't believe it for an instant. That's the problem with reporting absolute CPU temperatures, you're relying on the motherboard to report correct temperatures, and that's very rarely the case.
I have to say though, every time I see that block, I need to double take on it's external appearance.
I agree with you cathar, but I don't have any other way to measure but off the the MOBO or my compunurse and I trust the XP diode on my 8k3a+ before the compunurse. All my temp comparisons have been taken using this board. I have a Spir@l, maze3, maze2, and my two homemade blocks(first one was a dud). My new block, I call "rapid lightning", beats my line up of blocks hands down using the XP diode, all the same hardware, and room conditions. I know it's not a BillA style test, but it's all I have. With the blocks I have and the primative tests I've ran I would have to say that the #Rotor, grid style blocks are very effective.
Cathar
11-25-2002, 07:26 PM
Originally posted by FRAGN'STIEN
With the blocks I have and the primative tests I've ran I would have to say that the #Rotor, grid style blocks are very effective.
I totally agree. Given what little I've learned about water-block design, I'd have to say just by looking at it, that the drill-press style block design is superior to most other commercial designs if implemented correctly. It has all the right ingredients that would make it a good performer. It looks to me that it would be a very impressive performer for such a simple manufacturing process.