Help Watercooling Temps Increase :s???

Things to check :

Any air in the system - shake the case/ tilt in every which way you can while the system is running. Also after you have done this release the res cap a little until the system is fully bled (24hrs should be enough).

Any kinks in the tubing? This can prevent water flow, if you are seeing a fair amount of turbulance in the dual bay res odds are its ok.

Are you using a backplate on the D-tek? If not then you may have warped your motherboard preventing decent contact - backplates are a necessity with screw down blocks.

What rad is it? If its a PA120.3 then it should be fine for a quad, however if its a thin blackIce pro/XSPC then it is not the best for cooling a quad.

Have you got the D-tek orientation right? Sounds funny but you must have the inlet in the centre and the outlet to the corner.

Theres a few things to try before you lose hope. You probably wont notice much difference at idle, full load is where watercooling counts.

Oh and radiator orientation makes didly squat difference once the setup has been bled.
 
name='nepas' said:
i ran my quad on a single at 3ghz for 6 months with no probs.

You DID bleed the system right?

loool

no i didnt :banghead:i will do it now tho :D ill let you all know if their was any air in the rad i just hope water doesnt come flooding out all over my Parts :p
 
Ok i have bled the rad a bit only fluids no air

ive changed the fan to one thats a lil more powerfull

Ive added a fan behind to suck air

And still no difference :S lool

i guess im jst gnna go back to air and sell these parts on :(
 
Thanks so much for this reply

No air in the system i made sure to get it all out

when you say bled for 24hours? what do you mean? just leave the cap open on the dual bay res open to let air escape?

No kinks followed all the piping :D and plenty of turbulance in the res

This is the mount that i am using for my D-tek Block

http://dtekcustoms.com/instructions/FuZion Manual- 1-2.pdf

It does not have a back plate

It is a 120.1 TFC Xchanger Rad and is pretty big!

Orientation correct :)

Reps for you all :)

I guess this is the most ill be getting from this WC set up?

name='webbo' said:
Things to check :

Any air in the system - shake the case/ tilt in every which way you can while the system is running. Also after you have done this release the res cap a little until the system is fully bled (24hrs should be enough).

Any kinks in the tubing? This can prevent water flow, if you are seeing a fair amount of turbulance in the dual bay res odds are its ok.

Are you using a backplate on the D-tek? If not then you may have warped your motherboard preventing decent contact - backplates are a necessity with screw down blocks.

What rad is it? If its a PA120.3 then it should be fine for a quad, however if its a thin blackIce pro/XSPC then it is not the best for cooling a quad.

Have you got the D-tek orientation right? Sounds funny but you must have the inlet in the centre and the outlet to the corner.

Theres a few things to try before you lose hope. You probably wont notice much difference at idle, full load is where watercooling counts.

Oh and radiator orientation makes didly squat difference once the setup has been bled.
 
I have to say, it sounds like this rad is the problem. I would replace it with a bigger 240mm rad, I reckon that this will solve all of your problems to be quite honest with you. You're putting a lot of stress on that little rad if you ask me.
 
I don't know about that bud. I think that a 120mm rad is a bit low spec for a Quad but then again we all see things differently.

He could try a reseat, maybe use a bit more AS5 this time?
 
Not sure. Any ways, would be good to see if he can get the temps down a bit but my bets are still on the rad being the problem. I wouldn't go for anything below a 240mm rad for a Quad to be honest, or a high end Dual :(
 
name='SwaleSmith' said:
whats your setup one 12cm rad seems a little small to me deends what your loop has in it whats CPU?

What is in the loop can be found on the first post but all im cooling is a cpu

systems specs are

Q9450

EVGA 780i

9800 GX2

4gb 800 mhz ram

Their is one 12cm rad cooling my cpu :(
 
Not to mention, have you remembered to peal of the protective plastic piece underneath the blocks?.. I forgot that once.. and bought a new cooler because I thought the one I had sucked.. sigh.. well one learns from mistakes :D..

Also, I'ld do your loop like this: rad->res->pump->block1->block2->.....->blockN->back to rad. But bwah..

-Bubba
 
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