ir_cow Posted October 5, 2010 Posted October 5, 2010 (edited) so i finally have a leak free rig (sort of) and the temps are in. was it worth it? yes and no, mainly no because i would have rather sold the video cards and bought a Quadro but the 285 is still (glare >>> Nvidia) nicely supported for Adobe CS5. It all mainly started because the Ladybird GTX 285 would not keep the temps down (hit 105c and throttled down) for Furmarks and than started to show its ugly overheating self in games. during the period of trying to figure out what to do about a VGA heatsink i repasted 3 times and put a direct fan on. I picked up another GTX 285 from ccokeman which happily sat at 80c for furmark and was clocked higher. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- and i was off with the total close to $450~ Order 1: Swiftech kit $230 (cheaper than buying mostly all the same parts by itself) Apogee XT water-block MCR220 radiator (120.2) MCP655-B 12 Volts DC pump MCRES-Micro Revision 2 MCB120 "Radbox" Tube 6ft Order 2: $100~ MCR220 (120.2 second one) Distilled Water Nuke (Stuff) Tubes 4ft Barbs and Clamps MCW60 200 Holddown plate Fan Controller Ebay: MCW60 (GTX 285 Block) Oder 3: $110 Ek-285 Full Block ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Room Temp: 75F Temps: i7 920 D0 1.28V 4ghz on Prime95 Max Heat > 60C~ GPU 1 > Full Ek Waterblock > Furmark 5min 50C~ GPU 2 > Furmark won't run Muti-GPU even before i did WC so i cant tell but under Heaven Bench it stays about 5-10c above the full block. ------------------ Concept Mockup CPU Block Rad on Top (which at one point started spraying me lol Rez that kept leaking because it was loosening itself up so i gorilla glued it shut GPU blocks Whole rig (sorry its blurry) --------------------------------------- feel free to critique or whatever. Edited October 5, 2010 by hornybluecow Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drdeath Posted October 5, 2010 Posted October 5, 2010 (edited) If I am reading htis correctly, you have a 120.2 rad??? That is barely enough to cool your CPU yet a GPU. You need another rad my unless you stay at low voltages. Edited October 5, 2010 by Drdeath Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ir_cow Posted October 5, 2010 Posted October 5, 2010 (edited) did i miss something? i thought i said 2 hmm i'll look back. 1 on top and one in the back Edited October 5, 2010 by hornybluecow Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drdeath Posted October 5, 2010 Posted October 5, 2010 (edited) did i miss something? i thought i said 2 hmm i'll look back. 1 on top and one in the back My bad I saw the second rad in photo. Good job Edited October 5, 2010 by Drdeath Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
El_Capitan Posted October 5, 2010 Posted October 5, 2010 (edited) Get PrimoChill Pure Performance WaterCooling Coolant- Clear (32oz.) - Biodegradable and non-toxic, pretty good coolant, too. Knocked my max temps down by 4C over distilled water and the Swiftech hydrx coolant. Goes for about $15.95. Also, the GPU's don't seem to heat up very much (at least mine don't), I'd run from rad -> rad -> cpu -> gpu -> gpu (coolest temps before hitting cpu) or cpu -> gpu -> gpu -> rad -> rad (dissipates the heat before going inside the case). Edited October 5, 2010 by El_Capitan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ir_cow Posted October 5, 2010 Posted October 5, 2010 (edited) it came with Swiftech hydrx coolant but its green and looks like it will stain everything. i also thought distilled was the best since its just clean water. if i need to add other stuff i'll wait until the water evaporates because filling is the biggest pain in the world Edited October 5, 2010 by hornybluecow Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
El_Capitan Posted October 5, 2010 Posted October 5, 2010 There's so many mixed results for coolants: Thermochill EC6 (Clear) seems like a win, but: http://www.overclockerstech.com/thermochill-ec6-water-cooling-fluid/ Then there's this, where nothing is really much better than anything else: http://skinneelabs.com/coolants.html?page=3 At any rate, as long as you flush it out every now and then, distilled water shouldn't be a problem. It's hella cheap, too. I have some distilled water in with the Primochill (I didn't flush it out completely). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drdeath Posted October 5, 2010 Posted October 5, 2010 (edited) There less than 1 degree in all of Skinny's results. Don't waste your money. PT Nuke + distilled water remains the cheapest and best..... "There is a such a small difference between any of the fluids that coolant choice will not make any difference in thermal performance for your setup." Edited October 5, 2010 by Drdeath Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ir_cow Posted October 5, 2010 Posted October 5, 2010 (edited) yeah i was looking at those charts and its not making me jump the boat or drain everything (blah). i guess i should expect kinda high temps with 3 things in the loop but it holds. I ended up seeing how far i could push it and got furmark working for dual gpu and Prime at the same time. everything moved up about 3c which is still amazing i think. the other method i did was turn 3 fans off and left it idle and nothing changed. also did 2 fans on low and 2 off for full load and i kept on low side. Edited October 5, 2010 by hornybluecow Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adriantrances Posted October 7, 2010 Posted October 7, 2010 (edited) Looks goodie, personally thou I'm not a big fan of clear tubing. Edited October 7, 2010 by adriantrances Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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