minty_jones

So I'm building a new system after Fed Ex ground trashed the one my brother-in-law gave me. Maybe just as well, as I want to use it as a serious CAD/rendering workstation and it was geared as a media player.

I've got my super lapped i7 920 d0-stepping cpu. The ASUS P6T6 WS Revolution Mobo and 6gbs of DDR3-1866 Triple Channel Memory is on it's way. Of course I'm overclocking because 1)I need all the computing power I can gather to power through a long term rendering project starting as soon as I'm able and 2) It's fun and that's why I Paid the big bucks for the high end components.

And it's going back into it's original Ahanix MCE601 case. Because I already have it and I'm not into spending money on newer case that I won't like the styling of near as much.





http://www.anandtech.com/casecooling...oc.aspx?i=2407

Considering the cramped quarters and restrictive build, I've pretty much ruled out any air cooling solutions. At least for the cpu. I'm not getting a heavy video card so I'm ok with fans there. The memory and mobo could probably be ok with air if I did it right, but since I'm building something complex already, I might as well go whole hog (or half hog and just do the memory)

So after reading here and elsewhere on the subject(s) of cooling for the last week, I'm leaning towards a semi-stock liquid set-up. I say semi-stock because though I don't want the cpu cooling to completely depend on a TEC block, I wouldn't mind using a couple with some heat sinks and fans to give a little cooling boost to the reservoir coolant.

Or...something off the shelf. And this is the purpose of my thread here. What do we think of this:

http://www.thermotekusa.com/tm_t255p.php

or something like it. There are some on ebay now for a little more than I'd like to pay, but similar devices, lower priced, are also there and new ones are added weekly. Some get pretty big (like 175 lbs), but if the pick-up is local you can get them some for a less than $100.

They seem relatively low risk to ones system (at least as risk free as a water pump by itself) but also have less than ambient temp possibilities. Or am I missing something?

equetefue

That chillers looks great.. Anyone shed some light on the subject

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TiGa

The Thermotek thing is only 210 watts, that's not enough for an overclocked i7 in a CPU loop. Also it would only replace a radiator, you'd still need all the other stuff like a pump, tubing, fittings and waterblocks.

I've got the same MB and the NB/SB get crazy hot so I'd recommend watercooling them too, especially in a HTPC case.
Same thing if you've got more than one GPU. You're probably using some CUDA-based renderer and they make the GPUs run really hot too.

If you're running sub-ambient water, putting heatsinks on the res would be like adding a radiator, they would both only warm-up the water. Insulating the reservoir would be more suitable in that case.

TiGa

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ChielScape

chiller isnt too powerful, and probably as loud as a phase based chiller due to the fans, and the inefficient heatsinks idiot companies like that always seem to use.
so either get a phase chiller, or a big radiator, from the looks of it you have enough space to put it outside the case.

GTX560 with some koolance 140mms for great performance and decent acoustics.

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