Recent content by Hidetaka

Water with no minerals will flush out the ones you've got - that's hardly ideal. If RO doesn't remove minerals [like the ones at grocery store {assuming whoever said it is right{] it should be fine for drinking that is not for LCing. Generally, water that's pure enough to be put in WC will...

Don't paint it, worn out hardware looks cool :)

Proven wrong, tubing's got close to no influence on flow and therefore temperatures. If his temps are bad no matter the heatload [OC vs. stock] it would suggest bad IHS-waterblock contact more than anythging else... If it was all about insufficient rads he'd notice a difference when lowering...

Layout looks good but why on Earth would you use this top-res? Forcing air bubbles into the pump doesn't sound like a good idea...

The other possibility would be going back in time and spending 5 more minutes thinking about loop order and ease of maintenance but yeah, shaking your case around is a close second :cool:

This Wb is just ... ugh! Changing it to pretty much any other would help. What pump rad are you using now? Btw. Passive? It doesn't really work for most radiators as they were all designed to work with some kind of fans... Even 700-800 rpm Yates would help you drop temps a lot.

You're running F@H on 3 PCs and can't figure out how to cut electricity bills? How about not running F@H? -.- Keeping PCs on idle instead of full load will drop power use about 50%...

You "upgraded" to SilentX? Looks like someone got ripped ~.~ Anyway, if you noticed lower temps with stronger fans [I assume the ambient temp was the same, right? Also, give us some LOAD temps, they're what matter] it means the radiator is bottlenecking your cooling -> get a bigger one/add...

You mean having GPU before CPU in WC loop? Not much harm, close to none actually.

Gives me some time to complete previous 2 games. Or at least the first one knowig how much 2 sucked :mad:

While we're on the subject, how long can SATA cable be? I've seen some 60 cm ones but is this the limit? Longer cables would help me separate HDD noises form the rest of the PC [for testing purposes].

Spending $5 is one thing, spending some hours with Penumbra is another... I've recently played the Black Plague and it'd be hard to recommend it :S The physics are nice but VERY often these are just scripts. The story is not the strongest part of the game either :/

A hint for this specific CPU OC is: Start with FSB of ~450 and 7x multi - never seen a E6550 that couldn't do that - and progress with steps of 10 MHz [of FSB]. Should save you some time [that I've wasted...]

Picture 6/18 from that site... $800 case that's not even straight :D

Add some pictures so we can see what you've got now - it'd be much easier for everyone this way. 1. I don't think it would work. The most effective way to improve temps would be to make a air-duct leading from some 120mm fan to the intake of your card. If you've got 38mm fans all the better...