Cooling Aestek w/cing kit or other very compact kits?

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by Guest-16, 28 Aug 2003.

  1. Guest-16

    Guest-16 Guest

    Since ive literally just broken my nice zalman 7000 (cant replace the fan i dont think = me very angry) im looking at an alternative means of cooling.

    I previously did watercool but it was a disaster. Buying separate bits, no matter how much the best laid plans are, didnt work for me. Also, which moving the case to and from uni all the time it didnt really suit :S

    But, cause ive got a new 9800 pro in there and a pretty hot 2.8C im thinking of shuttin it up a bit and getting a kit (9800 fan is pretty quiet actually but im not gonna be able to sleep with it).

    My only concern is the pump noise, the last one i had (ehiem compact 1000) was quite noisy and vibrated the whole case through the tubing. I just want something slow and quiet thatll cool "ok". No overclocking, just keep it stable.

    The aestek kit looks pretty compact and solidly built. I can (hopefully) get analytical grade water from labs in chem which should be ok (i should have done last time - 3 weeks in and my maze3s where filled with green). But its all gotta fit in one half of a YY cube, with the rad at the front.
    The Aestek gfx cooler doesnt look that great though :S But maze kits are more expensive (soz coolermeister :waah: if ya want a review though.. heh /end shameless plug for hwguru.com :blush: ) although i prefer the maze 4 gfx block. And the push in plug things look leakable when transported.

    This is only thinking ahead mind, i dont have nearly the cash yet :(:(

    I dunno, i just guess im still pissed off from this damn £35 cooler made useless cause i cant replace the damn fan on it :grr: I dont know why im posting this tbh, i never come to a conclusion what todo in the end of threads like this. It usually makes me more confused :waah: or i end up doing something completely different lol. Anyhow, feel free to rant and rave away at me.
     
  2. Cheese

    Cheese Doc

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    How did you manage to break the fan on the 7000?

    TBH if you're not after really good cooling then investing in wc kit seems like a lot of money - why not try to get a zalman bracket from a 6000 and cool the 7000 that way?

    Rob.
     
  3. Guest-16

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    Ive got a bracket somewhere... :idea: /me digs out 120mm panaflo.

    I stuck my finger in the fan trying to reach for the speed wire to turn it up cause i was in the middle of a fast paced UT match :(:( I broke off a blade now its totally unbalanced.

    I have to admit id prefer to cool my 9800 better though cause this thing is burning :sigh:
     
  4. Risky

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    Well I've got a secondhand Waterchill thats going in soon - note huge thread on getting push-fittings for the rad. Spike did a review, I think and still has the rad and pump/res in his rig. I have to say I like the kit bur I haven't fired it up yet so I can't be any stronger on it.

    However I seriously wouldn't worry about the push-fits leaking. Once in you would have a job to get the hose out agian without pushing the release. Very nice connectors.
     
  5. Jamie

    Jamie ex-Bit-Tech code junkie

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    Waterchill is a good kit, easy to install and get running. To be honest I was a bit worried about the push fitting to begin with but they work really well.

    I didn't actually review the waterchill kit but I have reviewed other waterblocks which I found to perform better than the waterchill block with the rest of the waterchill kit.

    You can run the waterchill with the fan at 7V and it is near silent. I love watercooling and don't plan to go back to air again -- unless I have a leak and need a temporary fix. The pump is pretty quiet and I can't hear it over the noise of the hard drives and PSU. I did however buy some anti-vibration mounts for the pump which helped quieten it down and held it in place better than the suction pads that came with the waterchill.
     
  6. Guest-16

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    ive done what cheese said which seems to be the viable solution at the mo. (i even took pics if ur curious ;) lol) the 120mm at 7v aint bad actually, but its a bit close to my side intact fan :rolleyes: cant have things perfect can we? heh

    Although, now ive stuck it all back together, the radeon is louder then id like :( nm.

    Spike - what blocks have you stuck with the aestek kit? The zalman right? gfx block too??
     
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  8. Cheese

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    Heh, they don't call me amazing rob for nothing you know :D
     
  9. pheonix

    pheonix Toot Toot!

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    Since when did "they" call you that :D

    If you want something even more compact that Asus waterchill, you could get a Thermaltake Aquarius II. Its small, compact, very VERY quiet and not expensive (£60). I've got one, its not bad for the price/size/noise level. I don't know how well it would cope with a 2.8C thou...

    You could email Zalman and ask them REALLY nicely if they will send you another fan. Better than loosing £40 worth of cooler!
     
  10. Cheese

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    Pretty sure I said they didn't call me it :p

    Rob.
     
  11. Guest-16

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    Uh, doesnt that imply they DO call you it, as they call you it for something not nothing. :confused:
     
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