ok.. so I went extremly cheap.. got a Koolance (i know there crap now) MOTHERBOARD block! Im using it on my cpu btw..
Its rated at 30watts.. I didn't even think it would have a chance at cooling my cpu.. It was $18 from newegg
Not to mention, I got a $17 submersible pump..
Ok before with a stock cooler on my 1.4ghz processor, 45c at complete idle (rare), usually around 51c, 65 came very fast at full load, and it crept up to about 68c
With this block using radioshack compound (AS5 comin tommorow) with room temp water, I boot up to 39c
throw in half a tray of ice cubes, boot to windows, by the time im at windows, 34c
Wait a few more minutes, it got down to 30-31c idle for about 20 minutes.. Then I went and played some unreal.. After 15 minutes of unreal and 100% proccesor usage, 39-40c. Motherboard temp, 41c! hahah score
Now I got a really ghetto radiator, homeade, the glue is currently drying.. Im gonna hook it up tommorow and see what temps I can get from prolonged use without ice.
Here within a few days - week i'l be going out of town to my sisters house and getting a heatercore out of her 89 crown vic.
I do plan to improve my setup as money allows, I did this since it would be cheap, and if it didn't work, I could always wait tell I got a better water block.. But the block is fine, i'l keep this block for a few months tell I have extra money layin around and then get a better one, and throw this one on my graphics card..
End of my rant, just posting about how a cheap setup can work.. Hell, this water block I got is just a peice of 1x1x1/4" copper with 3 holes drilled through it....
since I took the pic of the radiator, i'v added two 80mm fans to it
Its rated at 30watts.. I didn't even think it would have a chance at cooling my cpu.. It was $18 from newegg
Not to mention, I got a $17 submersible pump..
Ok before with a stock cooler on my 1.4ghz processor, 45c at complete idle (rare), usually around 51c, 65 came very fast at full load, and it crept up to about 68c
With this block using radioshack compound (AS5 comin tommorow) with room temp water, I boot up to 39c
throw in half a tray of ice cubes, boot to windows, by the time im at windows, 34c
Wait a few more minutes, it got down to 30-31c idle for about 20 minutes.. Then I went and played some unreal.. After 15 minutes of unreal and 100% proccesor usage, 39-40c. Motherboard temp, 41c! hahah score
Now I got a really ghetto radiator, homeade, the glue is currently drying.. Im gonna hook it up tommorow and see what temps I can get from prolonged use without ice.
Here within a few days - week i'l be going out of town to my sisters house and getting a heatercore out of her 89 crown vic.
I do plan to improve my setup as money allows, I did this since it would be cheap, and if it didn't work, I could always wait tell I got a better water block.. But the block is fine, i'l keep this block for a few months tell I have extra money layin around and then get a better one, and throw this one on my graphics card..
End of my rant, just posting about how a cheap setup can work.. Hell, this water block I got is just a peice of 1x1x1/4" copper with 3 holes drilled through it....


since I took the pic of the radiator, i'v added two 80mm fans to it