Aaron
11-21-2002, 07:57 PM
Hey guys
I’m new here, not a newb, but have been out of the scene for a while (college has that affect on a lot of things). I'm getting ready to build a new box and want to trick it out. I've been looking around checking out all the latest trends and gotta say I’m pretty impressed. Coupl'a general questions maybe some of you can answer for me. First of all does the prometia system have any effect on psu selection, I mean it is in some way hooked to the psu, or just on a separate switch. I plan on water cooling the video card and the mb chipset (granite bay) I was thinking of water cooling peltier units attached to these, but when I quit modding there were still issues with condensation. Do these currently available vapor barriers do the job, or should further precautions be taken. Also when I left the scene 60 and 80 watt pelts ruled, what kind of output is recommended for these apps. I also assume that using pelts heavily affects the order in which these devises are cooled. I mean not much point on boiling the water over the mb chipset before sending it to the vid card, but then the latter doesn't sound all that attractive either, should they just be on separate circuits to avoid all this? If so how separate should the circuits be, 1 pump, 1 radiator, 1 res, using a splitter after the pump and before the radiator, or would two separate radiators be recommended (I guessing that’s a stupid question as it probably depends on the radiator(s)).
Also on the point of esthetics I noticed a lot of guys have various kinds of wraps and looms around their PSU wires, very nice touch. Anyone know where I can get the braided metal ones, I’ve been searching, I’ve seen them at auto parts stores put they come in big kits with a bunch of crap I don’t need.
Thanks guys
Aaron
I’m new here, not a newb, but have been out of the scene for a while (college has that affect on a lot of things). I'm getting ready to build a new box and want to trick it out. I've been looking around checking out all the latest trends and gotta say I’m pretty impressed. Coupl'a general questions maybe some of you can answer for me. First of all does the prometia system have any effect on psu selection, I mean it is in some way hooked to the psu, or just on a separate switch. I plan on water cooling the video card and the mb chipset (granite bay) I was thinking of water cooling peltier units attached to these, but when I quit modding there were still issues with condensation. Do these currently available vapor barriers do the job, or should further precautions be taken. Also when I left the scene 60 and 80 watt pelts ruled, what kind of output is recommended for these apps. I also assume that using pelts heavily affects the order in which these devises are cooled. I mean not much point on boiling the water over the mb chipset before sending it to the vid card, but then the latter doesn't sound all that attractive either, should they just be on separate circuits to avoid all this? If so how separate should the circuits be, 1 pump, 1 radiator, 1 res, using a splitter after the pump and before the radiator, or would two separate radiators be recommended (I guessing that’s a stupid question as it probably depends on the radiator(s)).
Also on the point of esthetics I noticed a lot of guys have various kinds of wraps and looms around their PSU wires, very nice touch. Anyone know where I can get the braided metal ones, I’ve been searching, I’ve seen them at auto parts stores put they come in big kits with a bunch of crap I don’t need.
Thanks guys
Aaron