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Re: [LUG] OT: PC Liquid Coolers

 

Thanks Bad Apple, that was a factor in changing my mind off water cooling is maintenance, especially if it was a full loop i.e making sure reservoir is topped up, leak testing etc, more of a headache than anything, closed loops as Simon said "closed loops take the one good thing about water cooling (ability to passive cool) and throw it away by merely repositioning to heat source and then blasting with a fan anyway"

Tom, after leaving it run for a while, the temperature dropped and was idling at 9-11C, guess it was just waiting for the thermal paste to melt on completely but seems like it should be alright for now, thanks for pointing that out as well.

Regards

Dan



On Sun, May 31, 2015 at 7:27 AM, Tom <madtom1999@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 30/05/15 22:37, Dan Smith wrote:
Good evening folks,

Once again, thanks for all of your input, it made me come to release
that liquid cooling isn't worth the while especially if I am not
overclocking.

To close this thread off, I bought myself a nice shiny Cooler Master
Hyper 212 Evo and instead of using the standard CPU compound that comes
with it, I applied some Arctic Silver 5.

Temperature seems to be idling at around 13-20C despite having no
exhaust fan above the cooler, there is an exhaust to the side of it
though, I may grab an exhaust fan for the top of the case when the money
tree is watered again.

Thanks again

Dan

On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 11:52 AM, Adrian Midgley <amidgley@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:amidgley@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:

  Freon (or its modern replacements) perhaps?


  On Fri, 29 May 2015 18:52 Dan Smith <dan@xxxxxxxxxx
  <mailto:dan@xxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:

    Thanks everyone for your input, it has been very useful, after
    playing an intensive game on my PC today it is definitely time
    to move away off the standard AMD stock cooler.

    I think it will be a better idea to air cool after discussing
    this with you guys and a friend off list, as I am not looking to
    overclock the CPU anyway, if anything I will be replacing it
    once I have the money together to be able to do this.

    Regards

    Dan

    On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 5:45 PM, Simon Avery <digdilem@xxxxxxxxx
    <mailto:digdilem@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:

        I am currently looking at buying a closed loop liquid
        cooler for my CPU, considering I have been running on
        the stock cooler since I built the PC which was late
        2012 time, my PC is used for a variety of things
        including the basic web browsing, emails etc, however it
        does also run games through the use of eyefinity (being
        able to combine dual screen setups into one), alongside
        small amounts of photo and video editing.


      Well, you know my experience about water cooling already...
       (For others, http://digdilem.org/cooling )

      But you probably don't want something like that. It has some
      drawbacks, portability being one.

      Closed-loops: I don't understand the benefits over a good
      quality air cooler with a quiet fan. The closed loops take
      the one good thing about water cooling (ability to passive
      cool) and throw it away by merely repositioning to heat
      source and then blasting with a fan anyway.

      I also don't think they will give you the benefit you expect
      - allowing you to overclock a huge amount. Whilst that is
      possible - it's also possible with air cooling, which is
      more reliable, cheaper and no less noisy (ime).

      Sorry to be negative, but this is the PC equivalent of
      fitting neon underlights and a cherrybomb exhaust to a 1.3
      Vauxhall Corsa.

      S

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You say its idling at 20c - whats it do under full revs in a hot room? Doesnt sound like it needs an exhaust at the mo!
Tom te tom te tom


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