Surprise! Koolance idle temp problems!

[brammers]

I have/had that setup (the wc parts are now in a box in the attic but I still use the case).

It did exactly the same thing to me - if you leave the fans on auto speed.

Try setting them to something like 5 or 6 manually and see how your temps do.

That dropped my idle temps by about 5C. Load temps still sucked. It's the pump I'm sure of it - the flow rate is dire at approx 0.5gpm. The "upgrade tank" puts a DDC3.2 pump in there instead which would help A LOT.

HTH
J

[[XC] NetburstXE]

I have/had that setup (the wc parts are now in a box in the attic but I still use the case).

It did exactly the same thing to me - if you leave the fans on auto speed.

Try setting them to something like 5 or 6 manually and see how your temps do.

That dropped my idle temps by about 5C. Load temps still sucked. It's the pump I'm sure of it - the flow rate is dire at approx 0.5gpm. The "upgrade tank" puts a DDC3.2 pump in there instead which would help A LOT.

HTH
J

.5GPM? Seriously? That sucks

[brammers]

Well, I'm working that one out as they say the upgrade tank delivers 1.5gpm and "triples the coolant flow over the standard pumps" (well, it used to say that a while ago, looks like the site got updated).

Going by the speed of the bubbles in a loop - I'd say that was accurate.

Linky to product if anyone's interested:
http://www.tekheads.co.uk/s/product?product=605849

J

[Sparky]

.5GPM? Seriously? That sucks

Not if you talk to that guy over on SLI zone

[DarthBeavis]

Not if you talk to that guy over on SLI zone

IF your water is a movin your rig is not a groovin

[Serra]

Definitely will need to know CPU / frequency. For example, if you were running a Q600 @ 7GHz, that would be a pretty low and amazing temp. A single-core celeron though... definitely way too much.

In all likelyhood the pump is going to be your primary bottleneck. I would suggest slowly replacing pieces of your koolance loop with custom parts until you finally hit "acceptable" temperatures.

[dinos22]

Not if you talk to that guy over on SLI zone

OMG there are some really funny guys from that forum

what was that other nvidia fanboy that was polluting this forum
it was very entertaining though