EmoAddict15
05-12-2005, 06:48 PM
In my sig it tells you what I have for my water cooling setup, except one things missing out of it... I bought this really generic radiator from crazypc, http://www.crazypc.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=9309,
I don't know if thats part of the issue or not. I'm getting about like 42 C or idle and about 50 C full load. Is this normal? I'm also just using straight up tap water with no coolant/anti-freeze(isn't "coolant" just relabelled anti-freeze?), which I heard isn't the best idea and I should use a mixture of distilled water and some coolant, but will I see a signifcant decrease in temps? The 120mm fan on the radiator is the standard fan that comes with the Thermaltake Tsunami Dream case. I don't know if these temps are normal? I see people hitting like 28 C idle and 34 C full load. So somethings not right but I think the distilled water would only take maybe like 4-5 C off? Is the radiator just sh :banana: tty? If so, I guess I'll have to save up more $$$ and get those black ice radiator's everyones talking about. I was checking the sticky over here and it seemed the Hydor L35 was the best performance for your buck and was decently quiet.
Anyways just give me your $0.02 on what's going on and if switching to distilled water will help a lot I'll go ahead and do that, I'm just lazy :-P but will a new radiator make a HUGE difference... I'm not ready to spend like 80 dollars a radiator lol.
As always, Thanks in advance,
Frank
I don't know if thats part of the issue or not. I'm getting about like 42 C or idle and about 50 C full load. Is this normal? I'm also just using straight up tap water with no coolant/anti-freeze(isn't "coolant" just relabelled anti-freeze?), which I heard isn't the best idea and I should use a mixture of distilled water and some coolant, but will I see a signifcant decrease in temps? The 120mm fan on the radiator is the standard fan that comes with the Thermaltake Tsunami Dream case. I don't know if these temps are normal? I see people hitting like 28 C idle and 34 C full load. So somethings not right but I think the distilled water would only take maybe like 4-5 C off? Is the radiator just sh :banana: tty? If so, I guess I'll have to save up more $$$ and get those black ice radiator's everyones talking about. I was checking the sticky over here and it seemed the Hydor L35 was the best performance for your buck and was decently quiet.
Anyways just give me your $0.02 on what's going on and if switching to distilled water will help a lot I'll go ahead and do that, I'm just lazy :-P but will a new radiator make a HUGE difference... I'm not ready to spend like 80 dollars a radiator lol.
As always, Thanks in advance,
Frank