Please Advise on New Water/ Air Rig!

[stocky]

I'm going to be selling my precious MachII V2000b, and plan to keep my water loop which is curently cooling the GPU.

System Spec:

ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe

Pentium 4 3.4 Prescott (ES)

X800XTPE/ 6800U (AGP)

OCZ PC4400 - Hynix

WD Raptor

Water Equipment:

2x120 RAD

MCP650 Pump

Aluminium Res

Tubing etc...

Now I want to keep all the hardware above, but may change the rad for one of those little PA160's, so that it will fit in a smaller case.

I'm having difficulty deciding on what to cool with what. I was thinking of running a 172W 24V TEC on the Pressie as it gets very hot, and I like to run fast. But would it be more beneficial to run it on the GPU?

As far as games go I only play CS:S, but also use 3DS MAX/ Solidworks n ProEngineer 3D CAD.

I can't afford to upgrade the components any further (poor student!) or I would chuck it all in the bin and buy a couple chilly1's and dual core processor!

Any suggestions into what components I should air/ peltier/ water cool would be appreciated!

 

[bennywidag]

i would say peltier the cpu if you want to but as you are a student it may be better just leaving it with water as if you get a tec psu they are very expensive,

 

[GoLLuM4444]

If using a TEC on a watercooled system I'd go for the CPU first. I agree a dedicated TEC PSU will cost alot (I got mine cheap off ebay) but if you've got a meaty PSU u could power it off a molex.

 

[stocky]

oops, forgot to mention I already have a dedicated PSU for a 172W Peltier (24V)

I already have the setup for the GPU, so I may just get some extreme air cooling for the CPU - and keep the GPU setup...

I think I should sell my 3.4E (ES) as I want something cooler

 

[jellybeard999]

A64 d00d

And alu + copper dont mix well....

 

[Phil Stanbridge]

That reminds me, I have to introduce my range of Pelts to the store.

 

[GoLLuM4444]

I have 2 of those pelts and they're really not working on my 7800gtxs (yes I have disabled cold bug). They seem to be making the water and the GPUs substantially hotter.

 

[jellybeard999]

I have 2 of those pelts and they're really not working on my 7800gtxs (yes I have disabled cold bug). They seem to be making the water and the GPUs substantially hotter.

if they make the GPU hotter....

1 - Tec & Coldplate not clamped together enough

2 - Not high enough wattage

3 - Wrong way round

4 - Rad cant cool enough

 

[fatty]

WATERCHILLER!!!!!! and thats all I have to say about that

 

[Rockindaveuk]

if they make the GPU hotter....

1 - Tec & Coldplate not clamped together enough

2 - Not high enough wattage

3 - Wrong way round

4 - Rad cant cool enough

Agree with Jelly.

 

[GoLLuM4444]

Well I think something was unplugged cause I reset the whole thing and it worked fine.

Idle temps went from around 40 (that was yesterday tho and very hot) to 20 .

On the other hand load temps went from around 50 to around 80 .

Jellybeard I think ur right about the rad not being good enough. It's just a single 120.1 with push and pull fans. back to plain water for me then .