sraz786

I'm looking to fuse my Freezone Elite with my wc setup(Double Rad, Apogee GTZ block). Has anyone does this sort of thing and if so, was is worth it?

ChielScape

a rad will only kill the performance of a chiller. it will pull heat from the air because the air temperature is higher than that of the water. you're better off getting a second freezone and hooking them together.

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GRat

I 've tried this with the freezone with the 9mm fan and a 280gts rad,it works better than the freezone or the water alone.When combined i had my 9950 phenom (on an am2 mobo) 1.25V @ 3Ghz.Idle 22 full load 38.

whithout powering the freezone's tecs it gave
Idle 28 full load 48

i use the same block the freezone had originally and a eheim 600l/h 1.3mUp submerged pump

wuttz

chiel, i think he meant putting a rad on the loop after all the heat load; which is prior to the coolant's entry to the freezone/tec.

i think that would help lower temps first before the tec pulls the coolant temps down more, resulting in overall lower temps for the system.

post pics when you got some pls. should be sweet looking!

ChielScape

doesnt matter. before after is all the same. its a closed loop. trust me, i know what im talking about. i dont give advice if im not sure, or at least i'd mention im not sure.

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sraz786

Talked to coolIt today, there is very little if any benefit. The best mod is to join two FZE systems together. Wondering if i'll take this route...

Adrienspawn

The water temperature after passing the CPU will surely be higher than ambient, in which case the normal rad would cool it down closer to ambient, and then the cooler would be able to bring it down even more. I guess it depends whether it's a laptop CPU or Core i7, but judging by his sig rig it's nothing small.

They would perform better separately.

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ChielScape

the water will not even heat up a single C when passing trough the CPU block. i calculated how much it was a while ago, i came out on .6C for a 200W load.

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XenoMopH

I have added an TFC XChanger right after my cpu block, cooling down the coolant before it goes back into the chillers. It does affect my idle temps (which are still pretty good), but it sure took down my idle temps.
Look here:
http://www.overclock.net/5923220-post3533.html

My 940BE is running at 3.7GHz with 1.45V.
30-31C idle with the coolant at 23C en load at 44-45C
Room temp is 21C.

Does an extra rad help?....YES it sure does with my OC...

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ChielScape

it does as long as the unit is unable to pull down water temps below ambient, which you proved right there.

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