Small form factor Watercooling (PC Design Labs QMicra V2)

[conzymaher]

I decided to go with a QMicra V2 for my SFF build, looks like an awesome case, its tiny and still has room for a Dual 120mm rad...

Just want to get some advice from you guys on my choice of WC gear

System Specs:

Q6600 G0 or E8400 (still unsure)
Gigabyte G33M DS2R
4gigs OCZ PC2-8000 Platinum XTC
8800GTS 512
Corsair HX520

WC Gear

D-Tek FuZion CPU Block 1/2" Barbs
Swiftech MCW30 Chipset Block
D-Tek FuZion GFX or Swiftech MCW-60 + ramsinks
Swiftech MCR-220 rad
Laing DDC 18watt with Petras Top 1/2" barbs
Swiftech Micro Res
2x Noctua 55 CFM fans

I used Martins Flow Calculator and got 1.88 GPM which seems good

Do you think this setup would handle a Q6600 and an 8800gts and the chipset? The G33 is a pretty cool chipset and the G92 8800 is considerably cooler than the G90...

So any input / recommendations?

Thanks!

[rockqc]

Will you be overclocking the CPU ?

[conzymaher]

yes but at close to stock voltage

Maybe the E8400 would be a better option?

[rockqc]

yes but at close to stock voltage

That setup should handle things fine.

Maybe the E8400 would be a better option?

What's the intended use of the system ?

The E8400 will obviously run cooler, but your proposed build should still handle the quad if you do decide to go with that option.

[conzymaher]

Thats great to know, It will be used mainly for gaming / video editing / encoding and F@H so the Quad would really help out...

Maybe I could leave the Chipset block out and get the Asus P5E-VM HDMI

It has a great Chipset cooler unlike the Gigabyte

[Meatpuppet]

If thermals are a concern, you would be surprised how little a quadcore helps you while gaming or encoding. Unless your programs are designed to utilize all 4 cores then the quad is just unused processing power. The quad comes in handy when multitasking but I don't know if that is much of a concern (don't know if you want to game while encoding).

[rockqc]

WC'ing the chipset doesn't really add much heat into the loop, so either way (buying the ASUS or WC'ing the Gigabyte) won't have any adverse effects on your system.

The ASUS board seems to have a few more features/connections compared to the Gigabyte. Looks like a good choice in my opinion if it's within your budget.

[Big_Daddy]

Those things are just so cute. I think I'm going to break it every time I hold one...

You see I've got big hands and.... well nevermind....

[conzymaher]

Hey leave the little Asus alone Big Daddy!

I dont plan to encode and game at the same time, and since the E8400 has SSE4.1 it might be even better at encoding than a quad in some cases? Its also more likely to clock higher and add less heat....

Hmmm, But Quad sounds much better than Dual :P

I wonder which is more future proof? The G0 Q6600 should do about 3.6ghz and games like Crysis are already getting some benefit from Quad Cores..

Has anyone seen a E8400 VS Q6600 article?

Thanks again for the help

[Papu]

quad penny tbh

[oohms]

Hvaing owned a pretty much identical setup

Q6600
G33M-DS2R
4gb ram
5x hdds
8800GTS 512
Thermaltake lanbox
Swiftech H20-220 Compact Liquid Cooling Kit
D-Tek fuzion gpu block

Temps are pretty good with a dual 120mm rad, but you really want to have some airflow over the mosfets if you put in a quad.
The chipset cooler ran cool enough for me to not worry about.

[conzymaher]

A quad Penny would be awesome but the case and WC Gear have taken up a considerably portion of the budget :p

Thanks oohms, I will but AS5 and ramsinks on the mosfets and put an 80mm Noctua there

Thanks for all the input, im confident that it wont melt now

[Chosen.]

Listen to daddy and get the E8400. The PA120.2 mounted on the left (out)side of the Lanbox, could barely handle the G0's 3.6Ghz for 24/7.
An E8400 at 4-4.2GHz will be faster and cooler than a quad

I had the QX6700 since day-1, then the Q6600 B3, then the Q6600 G0, then a Q6700 for a fortnight and then a QX9650. My 4.4GHz E8500 is the keeper in the end

[conzymaher]

\o/ E8400 it is Hopefully they will be easy to find by the summer

*edit* It seems OcUk have loads of them! Hopefully they aren't pretending to have stock to get pre-order money in :o

[awhir]

\o/ E8400 it is Hopefully they will be easy to find by the summer

*edit* It seems OcUk have loads of them! Hopefully they aren't pretending to have stock to get pre-order money in :o

iv got one for sale if you want it

lol this is nearly a all irish convo

[Anti`]

iv got one for sale if you want it

lol this is nearly a all irish convo

How much for? I want rid of this hot running quad. Swap maybe ?

[Papu]

How much for? I want rid of this hot running quad. Swap maybe ?

ahahahha anti your not a sales man

[Anti`]

ahahahha anti your not a sales man

Did i say hot? I meant it runs at -15c with 8.5v through it

[conzymaher]

nah it's fine Awhir, I will get one during the summer, or a Xeon 3110

[_Slim_Shady_]

I would go for the quad. Q6600 G0's are pretty cheap, and it is great to have the extra cores taking care of background processes.

A single application may not take advantage of the extra cores, but you always have more than a single process running at a time!

[conzymaher]

Yeah but windows doesn't know what to do with them :P Most of the will be executed on Core 0

[Papu]

Yeah but windows doesn't know what to do with them :P Most of the will be executed on Core 0

windows is multithreaded its the aplications that arent

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