Simviation Forum - Water Cooling and Over-clocking

Reply #30 - May 20^th, 2008 at 12:21am

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drummer_tom wrote on May 19^th, 2008 at 2:59am:

That's interesting you say that, Nick. Many reviews I have red on the WWW have said that it is much quieter than air. This makes me think some of these reviews may be biased!

Quiet is relative.. it depends on what you are use too

many systems are made with unneeded loud fans... mine never are

My tower is air cooled and when not in 3Dmode, dead silent.. under full overclocked power my tower db level (sound noise level) is right around 32db as measured by my own equiptment from 2 feet away

Now, if you can find a water system which has that db sound rating and cools the GPU, CPU, chipset and hard drives, I will buy it... even if its 800+ dollars

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Reply #31 - May 20^th, 2008 at 7:08am

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With a large enough reservoir, you don't need fans..

So,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, just use an aquarium with a submersible pump and it will be dead silent..

Heck, use a REAL aquarium (with fish) and your aquarium heater will have a lower duty cycle when you're simming Cheesy

(couldn't resist)

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Reply #32 - May 20^th, 2008 at 11:41am

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Brett_Henderson wrote on May 20^th, 2008 at 7:08am:

With a large enough reservoir, you don't need fans..

So,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, just use an aquarium with a submersible pump and it will be dead silent..

Heck, use a REAL aquarium (with fish) and your aquarium heater will have a lower duty cycle when you're simming Cheesy

(couldn't resist)

Toilets work great too... the rear tank ceramics keep that tank nice and chilly and a temp sensor which activates a flush maintains the temp under long flight loads

you still have to use case fans regardless of the component cooling... tower motherboard heat and ambient from components is still present

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Reply #33 - May 20^th, 2008 at 1:21pm

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Why use a case ?

Not long ago, I helped a friend build a gaming system.. his wife did not like computers in plain view; she didn't even like computer furniture.

We mounted the m-board and HDD between floor joists (from the basement, right under the desk, and put the optical drive inside a lower desk drawer (maybe 18" from the m-board). A wireless keyboard and mouse later; Ta Da Cheesy

'course I also helped this guy install a micro surveillance camera and directional microphone, so he could listen to his wife while she was on her cell phone, in the hot tub.. so maybe he's not the best example.. lol Roll Eyes

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Reply #34 - May 20^th, 2008 at 1:32pm

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Funny you should mention that... my entire house has a primary control system (2 server motherboards) which is mounted in a Nema4 enclosure and is used for everything from answering the phone, light and sprinkler control, security system and sends HD video/surround audio to all rooms for entertainment throughout the house using 'in wall' blueray DVD units and a repeater for transmitting remote control (A/V) from each room... and is the primary network station for for the house and WiFI... and so I can remote access when not at home. It has no enclose fans due to its location and size of the enclosure.

does he have any videos he want to unload?

Cheesy

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Reply #35 - May 20^th, 2008 at 2:33pm

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And I thought I was fancy Roll Eyes

(she REALLY enjoyed her hot-tub time)

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Reply #36 - May 21^st, 2008 at 3:24am

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NickN wrote on May 20^th, 2008 at 1:32pm:

Funny you should mention that... my entire house has a primary control system (2 server motherboards) which is mounted in a Nema4 enclosure and is used for everything from answering the phone, light and sprinkler control, security system and sends HD video/surround audio to all rooms for entertainment throughout the house using 'in wall' blueray DVD units and a repeater for transmitting remote control (A/V) from each room... and is the primary network station for for the house and WiFI... and so I can remote access when not at home. It has no enclose fans due to its location and size of the enclosure.

does he have any videos he want to unload?

Cheesy

That's just showing off Cry

I WANT ONE!!!!!!!!!!! Grin

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Reply #37 - May 23^rd, 2008 at 7:51am

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WTF Nick are you a billionair or something? I WANT ONE!!!1

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Reply #38 - May 23^rd, 2008 at 1:39pm

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In holdings or capitol? LOL

No, I am not a billionaire

I have just had access to a lot of fun toys over the years and started a financial investment portfolio when I was 16, and a mother/father who knew how to play the game and taught me well.

Although I did, I have not had to work past 1991 and have managed to hit quite a few of the larger IPO goldmines, like MS stock. I know when to buy it and when to dump it and I have lost my fair share playing that game too.

What’s nice is when I am not home and the system sends me a message a silent perimeter alarm has been triggered several times.. I can remote control and pan/scan infrared from the internet at night and see if there is anything lurking or if I am having a visit from the local raccoon population which is usually the case but there have been a few intrusions that never made it past the back yard.

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Reply #39 - May 23^rd, 2008 at 4:54pm

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Any chance you would ever let us have a look at your humble abode Nick if we were passing by? Grin

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Reply #40 - May 24^th, 2008 at 8:52pm

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I live on an island just west of Seattle across Puget Sound and if you can get past the security system, your welcome to stop by

Grin

The city made me remove the ABL Laser turrets so its a lot easier than it use to be Cheesy

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Reply #41 - May 24^th, 2008 at 10:11pm

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NickN wrote on May 16^th, 2008 at 11:24am:

Its garbage, both design and parts quality

The ONLY complete water system on the market that is worth the 'use' (not the money spent) is the Zalman Resonator XT

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/coolers/display/zalman-reserator-xt.html

http://www.zalman.com/ENG/product/Product_Read.asp?Idx=185

That only cools the processor too

The only way to really use liquid right and cool everything in the tower is to make it yourself from good quality separate parts ordered online and that takes experience.

You can make a liquid system that will keep things cooler than air, however it is NOT quieter than air cooling and it will cost you, quite a bit.

With the newer 45nm processors and newer designed motherboard... liquid cooling is dead. You can overclock to the max on air now (except extreme overclocks which you dont use for everyday computing)

Hmm Like to add that one to the system I currently have, I think I can tie that to my existing loop and put that unit out in the cooler basement

ASUS P5n32E-SLI&&Q6700 OC'd to 3.4&&EVGA 8800GTX&&D/D Water Cooled 1000W&&Corsair PC8500 4-4-4-12-2T 4Gigs

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Reply #42 - May 25^th, 2008 at 10:38am

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NickN wrote on May 24^th, 2008 at 8:52pm:

I live on an island just west of Seattle across Puget Sound and if you can get past the security system, your welcome to stop by

Grin

The city made me remove the ABL Laser turrets so its a lot easier than it use to be Cheesy

Is the whole Island your residence? IE Your Island?! Shocked

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Reply #43 - May 25^th, 2008 at 11:23am

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drummer_tom wrote on May 25^th, 2008 at 10:38am:

NickN wrote on May 24^th, 2008 at 8:52pm:

I live on an island just west of Seattle across Puget Sound and if you can get past the security system, your welcome to stop by

Grin

The city made me remove the ABL Laser turrets so its a lot easier than it use to be Cheesy

Is the whole Island your residence? IE Your Island?! Shocked

No, of course not..

http://bainbridgeisland.com/photos/photos.html

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