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And you know from first hand experience? Unlike yourself I actually have dabbled across the whole spectrum from air, water, TEC, LN2, and a custom Chilly1 unit. Air -> Water -> Chilled -> TEC/Phase/Cascade/LN2. You seem to forget that I live on XS. 5Ghz runs are not the norm for the...

It's because they're notorious for leaking, cracking, gurgling noises, and PITA bleeding. I have a few that will never be used again.

Then by the same assessment, those of us who've dabbled with LN2, chilled alcohol, and phase must be throwing our money away.

Funny how I get over 8 different private messages asking me if Waterlogged sounds like Top Nurse. ...

Why bother with 2 single BIPs when you'd be better off with a 2x120mm radiator instead with much less of a pressure drop.

Ain't that a bunch of BS. Before switching to watercooling on my home office machine, my Ultra120 was typically 20C hotter on load then when I switched to water. 20C turned out to be the difference between an e6600 hitting 3.3GHZ and 3.9Ghz. Better temps will allow for better...

Sounds like you applied tubing to the barbs before screwing in the barbs into the res. This happens often to first time users. When you put the tubing on the barbs first and then screw it in, the rotational forces will slowly unscrew the barb. Best to screw barb in first, then attach tubing.

The disparity is due to the people confusing the graphs between the old DDC-2 and the newer DDC 3.2. The older revision (red impeller) was much stronger. The newer revision, the 3.2 (blue impeller) is the castrated step child with much less head. Although both are 18W pumps, their numbers are...

Nope, that's correct.

I guess you can't read what I said above huh? Like I said, besides this post, this forum has been flame free. Find another thread other than this since TN's left. Oh wait, there are none! Times have been good. I'll stop posting when people stop posting BS test results and people stop...

I've changed my mind often and support NO company blindly. Go check on XS where I was one of the few leading the anal reaming of Gabe on a variety of topics that irked me about Swiftech. Who do you think made him release the new copper top for the GTX? I was probably the most vocal person...

I ran these for awhile in my main rig but removed my RD-30 due to spacial constraints. These things simply don't die and are used in various construction, manufacturing roles. These things give you absolutely the best head pressure and will power through anything and eat 90 degree elbows...

User testing for the most part is grossly uninformative and usually biased unless they've already established a precedent as a neutral tester. I'm sorry, but you saying it's good is like a Coke rep telling me Coke tastes better than Pepsi. You've demonstrated no objectivity as being an AC...

This grossly against any sort of scientific principle with regards to testing. Results are supposed to be reproducible again and again and not meant to satisfy just one particular instance. If one believes in such a thing, you'll just propagate the same type of Koolance BS. I bought the...

Use a temp probe. I use both a digital and an analogue temp probe attached to chip itself underneath my waterblock on my 680i's northbridge. On the 680i boards, there are no built in diodes so you must purchase some yourself.

I find these results comical as well as they're totally out of wack with all the extensive testing done around the various community. TDX as the 2nd best performer? Storm's small cooling patch beating the Fuzion and GTX on IHS CPU's? EK wave beating out all of Swiftech's blocks? I mean, I...

Performance wise? Nothing significant that I can tell. Only difference, although it may be subjective, is that more noise is created in push.

I actually bought one myself and picked it up on Thursday. I've yet to install it onto any system yet but I'll let you guys know how it goes. From just preliminary inspection, I can say the craftsmanship is good. However, I don't see what's so special about it to make it cost me 140$ total...

This debate usually ends up to be as informative as a "great taste" vs "less filling!" commercial. DDC = more head pressure, rpm monitoring, smaller form factor, interchangeable top, quieter D5 = slightly more "reliable", variable speed control, cheaper

Dumbest article ever. Their results contradict all the results done on the Swiftech Compact on other sites. VR-Zone used a Quad and yet still posted better temps on water than on air by a significant margine. Yet somehow, a C2D runs hotter in Anandtech's test? Not to mention the author...

I would somewhat agree. Heat plays a large part as more voltage is always readily available yet heat dissipation isn't. I would say that an extreme high end air setup can get within 80% of the performance of a good custom water build. Although both are susceptible to high ambient temps (like...

From my experiences, the answer is yes: the more heat, the better watercooling's edge on air becomes. Many other forums, including avid Air enthusiasts have shot down these results. Cmon, one can't get a C2D to perform better than air when other sites have shown Quads that have been better...

This article is so full of crap its not even funny. This guy's methodology is terrible and his bias for air cooling is so evident. Far cry as his "load" test?! Wow talk about pushing heat load! There are plenty of other reviews out there of sub $300 kits that post better temps than 90% of...

1. No need to. Save yourself the hassle and just use 1 PSU for the entire machine. The only pumps that need a secondary PSU are the Iwaki's and such. 2. As long as you maintain negative pressure inside your case, you'll be fine. Air will always find a way inside of a vacuum. 3. I'm...

Thanks! I'm finally enjoying the rig right now and managed to get 3.8GHz stable on my E6700. I'm hoping I can push a bit more once fall/winter temps start setting into Southern California. Now that I've finished my recent projects of excessiveness, my next project is to try to match 80%-90%...

The Horizon's components or the watercooling setup itself. Because at this point, i'm not sure which one came out to be more expensive.:confused:

Updated with some night time pics.

Took them out. It become to messy with different sized tubing / adapters / quick disconnects to make it all work. In the end, I said fuck it. However, I MIGHT decide to put it back in along with the Alphacool mosfet heattrap waterblock in the future. As of right now, I'm sick and tired of...

U2-UFO and Horizon builds: Gaming/Benching Machine - Started on June 1, 2007 Status: Completed as of September 9th after revision #9 Case: Mountain Mods Horizon w/ Big Window Top w/ black powder coat Motherboard: eVGA 680i Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 RAM: 2GB of Corsair Dominator...

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=150496

Swiftech Stealth rev 2 or EK 8800GTX FC blocks will fulfill your needs. If you're running SLI, then the EK blocks would make it easier on the tube routing. The stealth is the better performer of the two temp wise and pressure drop wise.

The MCR series is a fantastic bang for your buck radiator. However, the OP states he's looking for performance and silence and in that department NOTHING beats thermochill radiators. The PA radiators fit his needs as they offer more heat dissipation than any other radiator for a given level of...

Sufficient? Yes, more than enough. For $20 more, get a Fuzion or GTX. My GTX seems to do better on Quads, but they're both neck to neck on all other published tests.

Don't lap a D-Tek or Swiftech waterblock as they're all convex at this point. You'll only be hurting yourself as everyone is looking to bow their blocks more and more these days. With bowed blocks, you'll have to understand that there are greater variances between mounts. I normally remount...

I always wondered what they meant when they labeled them "rotational" as well.

If you're not getting at the very least, 1GPM, then upgrade as you'll see MUCH better improvement in temps. If you're already above 1GM, then you'll see diminishing returns but the gains are there.

Sorry about getting to this late. I've been on a sabbatical from the watercooling scene as its beginning to bore me. For your chipsets, I'd suggest using MCW30's as they're cheap and re-usable with future motherboards. If you like the bling, you can purchase an EK set like I have with an EK...

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As long as there are no kinks, you can route your tubing any way you like. Most places that sell the mcres also offer the option to get a G1/4 tap for the top port. If you do that, you can attach a regular G1/4 barb and then run a line with a fill port attached at the end. However, the...

The microres is probably the best and most convenient reservoir to use. You can mount it in a variety of ways using the mounting materials provided. If something is on the other side of your res, just loop it around with tubing. The point of the reservoir is to make bleeding a 1-2 hour...