Chipset cooling question

[kerochi]

I don't know if I should include chipset block into the setup or just use fans to cool the NB/SB of my mobo.

At the mo, I've only hooked up a 8800GTX and Quad to the PA120.3 with a DDC Ultra pump.

Will it be ok to add 2 chipset blocks into the loop? I'm worried the pressure will drop a lil and give me lower cooling performance results.

Thinking of possibily adding another GPU into the loop in the not so distant future so that's why I'm asking.

 

[Ham]

Whats the mobo?

 

[kerochi]

ABIT IN9 32X-MAX.

It has copper heatsinks installed already, but I'm wondering if I can cool it down even further

EDIT: Not actually copper, but cheap aluminium SPRAYED like its copper

Which of these would you get?

http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=59_241

 

[FragTek]

Swiftech MCW-30 without question. And what do you mean you want to add 2 of them? I know you're not planning on watercooling the southbridge, that barely even needs a heatsink as it is....

But with the way that the 680i's act up with overheating chipsets I think that watercooling it in this circumstance would be a wise idea, it's going to hurt your flow rate a bit since chipset blocks are pretty restrictive but it shouldn't make a huge impact on your loops overall performance.

 

[kerochi]

I was reading some ppl were cooling both the NB/SB. I guess you dont need to then.

MCW30 above all the new ones?

Like the new Danger Den DD-680i Chipset Block?

http://www.performance-pcs.com/cata...e=product_info&cPath=59_241&products_id=21066

 

[FragTek]

I was reading some ppl were cooling both the NB/SB. I guess you dont need to then.

MCW30 above all the new ones?

Like the new Danger Den DD-680i Chipset Block?

http://www.performance-pcs.com/cata...e=product_info&cPath=59_241&products_id=21066

DD chipset blocks are 2 restrictive, I know from personal experience Go for the Swifty, tiz a great block.

 

[kerochi]

K thnx!

 

[NoL]

DD performs much better, swiftys generally a flat peice of copper.

 

[weihk]

swiftech MCW30 is what i recommend.

if you are worried about flow, the MCW30 will most likly be your best bet.

i took mine apart when i got it, and theres NOTHING inside it, no pins, no matrix grid, no nothing, flat piece of copper, and thats it.

i think thats the best thing for a NB block....

 

[NoL]

Um why would you think that?

 

[weihk]

Um why would you think that?

mmmmm.........from my POV, if a chip that only needs a little heatsink to start with, it dont really need a block that have the same design as a CPU block, ie, matrix pins......yeah, it'll cool it better, but it'll add more impact to flow - which is something we all dont want in a WC setup.

my view in WC is weird like that, i have a thinking of ''if it start with just that little piece of metal, then it wont need anything better than MCW30'', like i said before, theres nothing inside that little block, so i look at it as a big elbow joint in my loop. same as my mosfet block - again, nothing inside it.

however, if i were to run 2 DDC 18w in my loop, i wont mind having a much better cooling NB and mosfet block, BUT! not everyone is willing to put that much money into a computer.

sometimes, its not all about [BEST] of everything, as MOST of us has a limit to how much we can spend, we need to find a balance of [performance and affordability].

if i can afford to........i'll have a custom made WC setup for every computer that i will ever have, hell, i might even just buy a walk in freezer thats used in food storage and put all my computers in there.

like i said, its ALL MY POINT OF VIEW

 

[ANP !!!]

This thread helped me a lot

m picking up a MCW30 myself coz it only causes 4% Restrictiveness

 

[Rob*]

mmmmm.........from my POV, if a chip that only needs a little heatsink to start with, it dont really need a block that have the same design as a CPU block, ie, matrix pins......yeah, it'll cool it better, but it'll add more impact to flow - which is something we all dont want in a WC setup.

I can see where your coming from but on the other had, once you start to Overclock your baord & VGA on air cooling you swiftly overheat your NB with it only having the stock HS on there and then rush to get a tiny 40mm fan fitted..

Kinda the same applies to water cooling.. If you think of the MCW30 as a stock HS without the fan (no matrix core inside) then we would all upgrade the more high performance blocks like the DD and EK range due to there internal design once we start to overclock..

User preference i say, each to there own based on there own rig and what they wanna do with it! :wavey: