markiemrboo Posted August 11, 2004 Posted August 11, 2004 Hi all! Hopefully someone will be able to point me in the right direction. Here's the problem: I had been getting idle temperatures of like 40-43C when all my stuff (see sig) was inside my case. When I dangled the radiator outside of my case, however, the idle temps dropped to about 33C. So, because of this, I figured perhaps I should make an external box and have the radiator properly mounted and everything; inside my case the radiator was just pressed up against 2x80mm holes. Well, I hacked up a box yesterday and fitted everything inside it: pump, res and rad. For the first couple of hours I was getting 32/33C idle and 35C load. Rather nice I thought! I left this overnight (it's still not finished, I haven't cut holes in my case for tubing and power, so they're just dangling out the side right now) and checked it at like 1am, idle temperature of 36C... what's going on? So, I just went to sleep and woke up to find it on 34C, although it seemed to rise back to 36C pretty quickly. What's strange is it was ok for the first couple of hours. It just seems crazy to me that the temps would change to suddenly! The radiator feels cold, the block feels cold... the temps are, IMO, still too high! I didn't take the block off when I moved it all external, it's got some AS3 on there and it's on rather firmly! There are a few things I can think of so far 1) The pump now seems very hot to touch, perhaps this is dumping alot of heat into the water. But then, why is the rad and block still seem so cold? I stuck a thermometer in the box right next to the rad and it came out as 32C when running Prime95 with a reported temp of 39C. Seems wrong? Or is it about right? I have no way of measuring my water temp..... 2) The block isn't seated properly or the AS3 is crapped up?? Although I am pretty dang certain the block is as far tightened as it's gonna go without breaking stuff! 3) My electronic thermometer probe thing is screwed. I am about to try stick another one of the four under there to see if that gets the same reading; pretty sure it will! 4) I really don't know. It just doesn't seem right to me! Thanks for reading. I hope someone can help I am pretty sure I am able to get better temps than this. I've spent enough money on the dang thing! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
airman Posted August 11, 2004 Posted August 11, 2004 which parts are you using? that's helpful. if you are using crap parts, you will get crap temperatures. how many fans do you have on your rad? also, are you using a shroud? also...make sure you get plenty of ventilation in your external box, that will heat up your rad. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectrascope Posted August 11, 2004 Posted August 11, 2004 39C@load is right nice temp but youcould try clean the block and processor and putting on some AS5 instead of three Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
airman Posted August 11, 2004 Posted August 11, 2004 do you have fans on the rad? that would help Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
markiemrboo Posted August 11, 2004 Posted August 11, 2004 (edited) Sorry, it didn't post my signature It's still not posting my signature? what's up with that.... -- AMD AXP 2400+ (166x12.5/1.65v),NF7-S v2.0,512MB Crucial PC2700,80GB Maxtor IDE,Geforce2 Ti,52x24x52 CDRW,16x DVD-ROM Maze3,1xPanaflo 120mm (7v),BIX,Hydor L30 II "Green is the colour of my death, as the winter-guise I swoop down towards the ground. Green is the landscape of my sorrowfilled passing." Anders Frid Edited August 11, 2004 by markiemrboo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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