I recently took the plunge and built myself a watercooling system for my case. There is only one problem: it doesn't work. With my old copper HSF, my ambient temp was roughly 42 deg. C, and with watercooling, it has actually risen to about 47 deg. C. I'm running and AMD Athlon at 1.4GHz, with a copper waterblock, 120mm radiator, and a resovoir mated to a 400gph pump. I got all the watercooling stuff from www.leufkentechnologies.com, a site about which I had heard very good things. Anybody else had a similar problem, or have any idea what I could do? I've tried everything I can think of, but to no avail. -Redshift
The T-Bird 1.4 does run a little on the warm side but you should be getting lower temperatures than that? Some more detail of your setup or a picture would help show if there's something you've over looked? Wellcome to the Forums
Do you use a fan on that setup? need more specs mate, a pic would do the job, how bigs yer tubing, what waterblock etc, should easily be doing better than that. You did turn the pump on right ?!!
Here we go... Sorry I don't have pictures, but my digicam died and I haven't gotten around to purchasing a new one yet. I can, however, describe my system and give you links to the manufacturers websites. If you want to see pictures of the watercooling stuff, I got it all here. I'm using a standard, cross-drilled copper waterblock, a 400gph AquaVia pump (yes, it is turned on ), an aluminum resevoir, and a 120mm aluminum radiator. All of this is contained in an Addtronics ET7896A server tower (pics here). I have a 120mm blowhole cut in the top of the case, and the radiator is mounted to a Sunon 120mm fan on the blowhole. The fan is on a rheostat baybus, and is almost always running at full blast (12v). All fittings and hoses are 3/8" interior diameter. In the watercooling system, I'm using distilled water with a small amount of anti-freeze added to prevent corrosion. I think that should cover pretty much anything, but if I left anything out, let me know. Any help would really be appreciated.
Sounds like you flow rate is low or your not cooling the water enough or a combination of the two? A block diagram would help with the lay out?
You have bumped into the common problems with watercooled systems. I am assuming that you are using the onboard temperature probe to measure your temps. With a standard heatsink you have a fan on top of it which creates a good air flow and you get low temp readings (that is why having the fan blowing over the heatsink often gives better readings than sucking and fans like those used on the silverado give you higher temp readings). Watercooling does not have that "on block fan", resulting in lower air flow around the socket, therefore it reads a higher temp. An example of this is that I have a 80mm fan cooling my H/D's that are level with my waterblock. If I turn the fan on my system reads as running 2c below ambiant, which is not possible. If you are worried stick a case fan blowing down the side of your waterblock, which will give low temp readings and make you feel better - it worked for me However, do the standard checks first, like the pumps working, there is no air in the system, waterblock seated correctly, if those are correct and your system is stable, don't worry.
Hmm... Ah, I get it. Thanks for the tip. I'm gonna go find a temp. probe so I can get an actual reading.
I will be using a temp probe on my block so that I can double check the actual temperature. This will clarify any concerns I may have and give me a visual indicator that all is well.
probably is the temp sensor...u might also try to put another fan on that radiator....its not really the best one out there so it needs a lil extra kick to preforme like the big boyz
Yeah, I've been considering getting a better radiator, but like I said, I have to replace my digicam, and I'm pretty low on cash. Oh well.
well u can get a heatcore from an auto parts place for like 20bucks + some fittings/glue 10 bucks = ~$30 (yes i busted out the ~ sign)
