My water cooled 460's are only at 30 degrees celcius and that is under 100% for last 2 weeks (running folding at home 24/7). Ambient temp right now is 19.7 degrees. The computer is also 10 times quieter too, why didn't I water cool sooner??
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Originally posted by scaccima View PostMy water cooled 460's are only at 30 degrees celcius and that is under 100% for last 2 weeks (running folding at home 24/7). Ambient temp right now is 19.7 degrees. The computer is also 10 times quieter too, why didn't I water cool sooner??
I think it's also because even though water cooling is becoming more mainstream; it's still a special "niche", we're of the breed that are tired of just putting the pieces together (not unlike LEGO), then calling it a day. We need a new challenge, and this is where water cooling comes in.
From my own (somewhat brief) experience so far; I've killed one video card, and doused 2 motherboards with antifreeze (which is a hell of lot more difficult to clean up than regular coolant), but would I ever turn and go back to air cooling...not in a million years .
I can only dream that my ambient temps ever reached 19 degrees Celsius; on a day like today (ambient temp is around 28 degrees Celsius), I'll be lucky to get below 37 degrees Celsius (on my AMD system)AsRock Extreme6 Z97, Intel i5 4690K 16 GB Kingston HyperX DDR3, EVGA GTX 1070, ASUS Strix Raid Pro soundcard, Corsair HX850i, 256 GB Crucial MX100 SSD, 500 GB Crucial MX100 (Gaming) SSD, custom water-cooled Corsair Air 540, MSI AG32C LED monitor, Insignia 32 " LED TV, Windows 10 Pro (64 bit)
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Originally posted by Grey View PostI agree with both of you. Natural convection will be upward, but the fans will overcome it. But fighting convection will have effects in how air behaves in your case. In places where the fan air doesn't hit, convection will force hot air up. This tug of war (or actual war) can cause little micro hot spots (areas where hot air can stagnate). It might not bite you every time, but the best recommendation is to not fight convection.
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If you want to experiment it is fine
I just saying what problem I ended up with when I did the same.__________________________________________________
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Originally posted by Chrisc2482 View PostI remember watching you video build of the HAF 932 didn't you mount your rad at the bottom?
First was in, then was out and last was at the bottom.__________________________________________________
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Originally posted by Chrisc2482 View PostSo pretty much the consensus are in and I should switch my top mount rad from air in to air out then?
and the top rad cools water first... FYI.
....worst thing that can happen with top mount fans sucking air in - you see more dust in your case
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well. I've got one more shift after tonite to conclude this crazy marathon.
So I figure I would try to get back to work fixing this "mess"
plus I've got to add back the MIPS mosfet block, clean up some dust, and considering a little paint job.
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Originally posted by bungwirez View Postwell. I've got one more shift after tonite to conclude this crazy marathon.
So I figure I would try to get back to work fixing this "mess"__________________________________________________
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