As all of you may be aware, Google has opened testing on their own version of Facebook: Google+. It's supposed to be vastly better but I can't compare the two, as I don't have a Facebook account. It's the hot buzz these days.
I have a few Invites. Email me off List and I'd be happy to shoot you one. Something to beat the boredom on a Saturday! Bill Sent from my iPhone On Jul 9, 2011, at 12:13 PM, "James Maki" <[email protected]> wrote: > Greg,, > > Thanks for the thoughtful and informative post. Being a complete newbie to > water cooling, I went with the Swiftech H20-220-APEX Ultima CPU Liquid > cooling kit with Apogee XT water block. It includes the MCRES-Micro > Revision2 reservoir, MCP655-B pump and MCR220 dual 120mm radiator. I am > running a core i7 920 (oc'd to 3.0 GHz) on an ASUS P6T6 WS motherboard. > > Your post confirms what I was thinking about taking the assembly apart to > check the TIM. Your results are more what I was expecting (but jealous of > your 6 cores!). Thanks for all the suggestions. > > Jim > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Greg Sevart >> Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2011 11:36 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [H] Water Cooling and ambient temperature >> >> What processor and what water components (kit, or each component)? >> >> I've been watercooled for several years now and can't imagine going back. >> I'm running a full custom loop with mostly Swiftech parts, including the >> MCP655 variable pump, Apogee XT block, and MCR320 radiator. Ambient >> room temp is about 20C, and my Core i7 970 (32nm 6-core) at stock speeds >> runs about 22c idle, 42c load. When I'm done overclocking, I expect to be >> running in the mid 70's under LinX load. >> >> >> I think something is definitely wrong, and my first bet would be a bad >> mount/TIM application. It happens, especially with water blocks. They >> typically have bulky bolt-though mounting mechanisms that sometimes don't >> line up perfectly flush on the processor. Further, the lack of a fan and > its >> associated vibration means that the TIM often doesn't spread as well--or > as >> quickly--as it would with an air cooler. I would consider using a > different TIM- >> -I use Shin Etsu X23-7783D for my main system, and keep some Arctic > Cooling >> MX-4 for bulk. Either is going to do better than AS5 or Ceramique. >> At the very least, you should pull off the block and look at the spread of > the >> TIM to see if you should try adding more or using less with a second mount >> attempt. >> >> Depending on what CPU you have though, while 80C is hotter than I'd like, > it >> isn't likely to make it explode. Most recent Intel chips (back to the 4C > 45nm >> Bloomfield Ci7's) have a Tjmax of around 100C. Further, they will > self-throttle >> when they get too hot. >
