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Hey guys. It's been almost a month since i completed my first loop and for the cost that i payed for my loop i can't say im satisfied at all. My loop cosists of a simple CPU loop:
-Thermaltake CPU Waterblock - Completely Temporary, as i have been waiting almost for a month for European shops to restock on the XSPC Raystorm, so i borrowed this from a friend. http://www.xbitlabs.com/images/coolers/thermaltake-pw850i-prowater/24_wb_t.jpg
-Black Ice GTX 480 Radiator - Found this on a bargain on a local shop as it was the last piece and it was selling it in half price.
-Mavericks MCP350 Pump - Good deal.
-Magicool 250mm Cylinder Reservoir - Will be replaced soon with FrozenQ Liquid Fusion Reservoir. http://www.eworld.com.gr/eworld/products/details/1186
-Water for Injections as my cooling liquid. I don't actually know if this its the same as Distilled Water, but in every shop i looked here for Distilled Water this is what they gave me in a local drug store. It's supposed to be clean.
-Feser UV Blue tubing
-Bitspower Fittings
To get to the point, those are my temps in iddle:
CoreTemp-Scr.png 40k .png file
Its kinda dissapointed as a friend of mine who had the thermaltake all-in-one liquid cooling system which is pretty crappy (weak pump and 120mm Radiator) with an XSPC Rasa Waterblock had like 21°C in iddle.
So what are my suspicions:
1) Waterblock is bad.
2) Water for Injections is not Distilled Water and it doesn't work as a good cooling liquid.
3) My pump is weak, although in the reservoir i see a lot of distortion in the water level so i guess this means its ok.
4) My Radiator is not working properly?
5) I didn't install the block properly? Actually i added a rice drop thermal paste and i tightened the screws a lot...and when i say a lot i mean A LOT!
Try and guess what my problem could be, so that you could help me figure out what's wrong and fix it.
Thanks in advance OCN.
-Thermaltake CPU Waterblock - Completely Temporary, as i have been waiting almost for a month for European shops to restock on the XSPC Raystorm, so i borrowed this from a friend. http://www.xbitlabs.com/images/coolers/thermaltake-pw850i-prowater/24_wb_t.jpg
-Black Ice GTX 480 Radiator - Found this on a bargain on a local shop as it was the last piece and it was selling it in half price.
-Mavericks MCP350 Pump - Good deal.
-Magicool 250mm Cylinder Reservoir - Will be replaced soon with FrozenQ Liquid Fusion Reservoir. http://www.eworld.com.gr/eworld/products/details/1186
-Water for Injections as my cooling liquid. I don't actually know if this its the same as Distilled Water, but in every shop i looked here for Distilled Water this is what they gave me in a local drug store. It's supposed to be clean.
-Feser UV Blue tubing
-Bitspower Fittings
To get to the point, those are my temps in iddle:
CoreTemp-Scr.png 40k .png file
Its kinda dissapointed as a friend of mine who had the thermaltake all-in-one liquid cooling system which is pretty crappy (weak pump and 120mm Radiator) with an XSPC Rasa Waterblock had like 21°C in iddle.
So what are my suspicions:
1) Waterblock is bad.
2) Water for Injections is not Distilled Water and it doesn't work as a good cooling liquid.
3) My pump is weak, although in the reservoir i see a lot of distortion in the water level so i guess this means its ok.
4) My Radiator is not working properly?
5) I didn't install the block properly? Actually i added a rice drop thermal paste and i tightened the screws a lot...and when i say a lot i mean A LOT!
Try and guess what my problem could be, so that you could help me figure out what's wrong and fix it.
Thanks in advance OCN.
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