Dhutchings Posted September 4, 2010 Posted September 4, 2010 (edited) Hey guys, I am new here, and would like to ask some questions. I might buy an Athlon 2 X4 and would like to explore some OC options. What do you guys reccomend for this. I looked at a Chil tec cooler and some water coolers but i wasn't really sure. i have a fairly large Full ATX case (a chenbro Server case) I am sure that this question has been ased a lot, so please do not shoot me for asking. I was thinking about takeing the coil to an old mini fridge and building a box to put it in and then building a fan system with a filter (to keep water from getting in the case). Then putting fans at the back of the case to shoot warm air out. I currently have a SpinQ Fan system on my CPU wich is nice but i can't overclock with it because my AMD Athlon x2 6000+ gets REALLY hot. Also something else i wanted to ask: is there a certain technique i should use for Thermal Paste? If there is could somone link me a video? i looked at some techniques and while there are many i am not sure witch is better to use and witch is not Thanks Derek EDIT: Something i forgot to add was that i have a K9A2 CF. Edited September 4, 2010 by Dhutchings Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted September 4, 2010 Posted September 4, 2010 I bought my cousin an x4 620 and a Sunbeam Core Contact Freezer 120mm and it seems to be a good inexpensive yet powerful pair (up to 3.37ghz so far) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dhutchings Posted September 5, 2010 Posted September 5, 2010 (edited) So i drew up a basic design of what i want to do...But before you look at the design im going to explain it. The first part of the design is going to be a very small AC unit most likely one that uses water and ice. The AC unit will then blow cold air into the Radiators. The Radiators i am looking at are triple 140mm radiators from Xoxide.com...There will be tubes that will push the hot air out vents that will be cut into the metal case i am going to build. There will be either A large 240mm Fan in the front of the case or 6 or 9 120s in the front. The motherboard will be in a vented enclosure(the same as the fans). This will be to keep air circulating through the case. The Raidiators will be in their own sealed enclosure. I will use a liquid cooler for this whole thing. The Case shouldn't be that hard to make as i know people who can weld and make anything out of metal. The hard part will be finding an AC unit small enough to make it so the box i make isn't a giant square lol...and need 3 people to pick up i know Stop and shop sells very small room conditioners, something designed to be put on a table or something The whole point of the AC is to cool below room temperature since i know thats where most liquid and fan cooling systems Fail This is the diagram primitive yes but might give a better explanation. I would just need to know 2 things. Would i really need 2 radiators in this case and do you guys think this might bring me down to negatives? @IVYTHOS i am really not interested in a FAN CPU cooler. I want to overclock a lot. Edited September 5, 2010 by Dhutchings Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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