Cooling CPU, GPU, motherboard?

[LathamJohnP]

If I go watercooled, I can plumb in CPU, GPU and mobo. If I go with (more expensive) Mach II GT, I can only cool CPU (but much more, obviously).

Is there good reason why is it not possible to cool multiple components with a single phase change cooler?

(edited to add...)

Just looked at the VapoChill Case Cooler. This seems to achieve total cooling, but although it claims to be able to remove 750W, what does this mean in terms of the absolute temperature maintained on the chip face? And it's over twice the price of a Mach II GT.

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I currently have a 3.2 P4 (Poweroid 7204) with Radeon 9700 Pro. I recently got a 1600x1200 LCD, and I think my GPU is currently the bottlebeck, so I'm planning to get a X800XT when they come out. From published test results, this is likely to make my CPU the bottleneck in gaming (at least in the benchmarks). So I'm thinking of a Mach II GT to even things up a bit. But if that takes my CPU up to maybe 4.1/4.2, maybe my GPU will become the bottleneck again....

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[Phil Stanbridge]

In principal a dual head capillary is a great idea, in practice it is not so easy. The problem is you need an equal load through both tubes, and on the test model the pressure is unbalanced, so you might get an incredible amount of gas to the cpu, and next to nothing to the gpu, or vice versa. You can easily hose a cpu or gpu in this tried and tested method, believe me. I'm not saying it wont happen I'm just saying its not ready to go live, just yet.

The best soultion to this is to pelt your gpu and GT (or r507) your cpu. This would give you the most extreme overclocks you can imagine, and it is very possible and not overly difficult to achieve.

By the way, welcome to my forums

 

[nick25]

yeah do what phil said (I plan to as well) GT on the cpu pelt on your graphics. just stick to air cooling for your northbridge - it doesn't seem to gain much with extreme cooling, also if your w/cing it just hurts your flow.