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I am a bit concerned about the temps on my 9800 GX2. I ran a load test with 3D Mark and the GPU's got in the 215+F range which was just over 100 C. That's like boiling temperatures and that means I cant really over clock with those kinds of numbers. I was really hoping to over clock an Intel E8400 (I'm waiting till my local shops have the E0 revision from July...they are still selling C0's from May) as I heard it was a good one to over clock as well as over clock my Nvidia 9800 GX2 via the nvidia control panel which will let me take my core from 600mhz to 1.2 ghz and the memory speed at least 200mhzx higher. My limitations have always been in how cool I can keep things. So to that end I think I will go ahead and make a few upgrades to the pump and possibly the lines. I want you guys to take a look at two pictures and see what kind of ideas come to mind:
This picture shows the side panel of the case, the size of the radiator which is huge if you ask me and finally the vanity cover just above, that hides the pump and a circuit board or two.
Here is the next pic:
As you can see, I don't have a lot of room to work with there in terms of the pump and reservoir. Since the pump is inside the reservoir, I am guessing I will either have to find a pump that is similar to this or get a pump and reservoir small enough to fit in this area. I don't really need to put the vanity cover back on, but if this equipment gets too large, then it wont fit into the case as the power supply and drive bays will get in the way. I pretty much need to stay about this size for total length. I suppose I could hook the reservoir up somewhere else, but I don't know how that would work out..
The pump doesn't quite look like the other ones I see for sale as it is submerged in the reservoir fluid tank. I just saw a pump on another system that looks a lot like the pump on this system. The tank is different but the pump looks like a hockey puck just like mine does inside the res tank. I'm going to hate losing all the information the front panel LCD tells me about the pump status and such. I seriously doubt I will be able to rig anything up that will continue to use all the same connections, fluid level indicators as well as fluid temp.
My last two ideas for upgrading are to install two additional fans just to the side of the first two on the radiator. Once I took the silver plate that reads Titan located to the left of the 2 fans, I noticed a couple of screw holes where I could attach 2 more fans. Again I may have clearance issues to deal with and getting this panel back on, but if I can mount them and still get the panel back on the case, then I figure that will be a nice upgrade. I might not even really need them, but if two is good, then 4 has to be better. My only issue there is that by having two more fans, my noise level is sure to increase and I am really used to having a quiet case that doesn't have obnoxiously high speed fans running.
My last idea, is to get new fittings and run a 3/8" inch line or even a 1/2" line. The radiator pipe is only 1/4" inch so that's why I have continued to use 1/4" line, but with a higher rated pump, I think I can probably overcome the bottle neck that will occur when the 1/4" lines meet with the 3/8" or 1/2" lines. By have larger lines, I will have more fluid in the system over all and that has to be better in the end, I should think. Do you think I should even bother upgrading the lines since I will be using the same radiator? I will end up having to reduce the size of the pump fittings to get it to hook up to my radiator, but maybe by having a higher flowing pump, I wont even need to bother with thicker lines. Thoughts?
If anyone can think of a pump that would suit my needs here, please be sure and let me know, so I can do some research on it. I have been looking at various pumps and there are some really nice big ones, but since it wont really fit my system, there is no need to even bother with them. I really want to keep using this case and this radiator, so I want to focus on finding a pump similar to this one, but rated for a higher flow.
This picture shows the side panel of the case, the size of the radiator which is huge if you ask me and finally the vanity cover just above, that hides the pump and a circuit board or two.
Here is the next pic:
As you can see, I don't have a lot of room to work with there in terms of the pump and reservoir. Since the pump is inside the reservoir, I am guessing I will either have to find a pump that is similar to this or get a pump and reservoir small enough to fit in this area. I don't really need to put the vanity cover back on, but if this equipment gets too large, then it wont fit into the case as the power supply and drive bays will get in the way. I pretty much need to stay about this size for total length. I suppose I could hook the reservoir up somewhere else, but I don't know how that would work out..
The pump doesn't quite look like the other ones I see for sale as it is submerged in the reservoir fluid tank. I just saw a pump on another system that looks a lot like the pump on this system. The tank is different but the pump looks like a hockey puck just like mine does inside the res tank. I'm going to hate losing all the information the front panel LCD tells me about the pump status and such. I seriously doubt I will be able to rig anything up that will continue to use all the same connections, fluid level indicators as well as fluid temp.
My last two ideas for upgrading are to install two additional fans just to the side of the first two on the radiator. Once I took the silver plate that reads Titan located to the left of the 2 fans, I noticed a couple of screw holes where I could attach 2 more fans. Again I may have clearance issues to deal with and getting this panel back on, but if I can mount them and still get the panel back on the case, then I figure that will be a nice upgrade. I might not even really need them, but if two is good, then 4 has to be better. My only issue there is that by having two more fans, my noise level is sure to increase and I am really used to having a quiet case that doesn't have obnoxiously high speed fans running.
My last idea, is to get new fittings and run a 3/8" inch line or even a 1/2" line. The radiator pipe is only 1/4" inch so that's why I have continued to use 1/4" line, but with a higher rated pump, I think I can probably overcome the bottle neck that will occur when the 1/4" lines meet with the 3/8" or 1/2" lines. By have larger lines, I will have more fluid in the system over all and that has to be better in the end, I should think. Do you think I should even bother upgrading the lines since I will be using the same radiator? I will end up having to reduce the size of the pump fittings to get it to hook up to my radiator, but maybe by having a higher flowing pump, I wont even need to bother with thicker lines. Thoughts?
If anyone can think of a pump that would suit my needs here, please be sure and let me know, so I can do some research on it. I have been looking at various pumps and there are some really nice big ones, but since it wont really fit my system, there is no need to even bother with them. I really want to keep using this case and this radiator, so I want to focus on finding a pump similar to this one, but rated for a higher flow.
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