Temps to high something is wrong?

i recently built a system using the same setup from toms cpu article "Overclocking Core i7: Power Versus Performance". So i have a i7 920 on a p6t asus board with corsair dominator series ddr3 mem, but instead of using an air cooler i went out and picked up a thermaltake bigwater 760is water cooling setup using fusion xp+ nano coolant inplace of thermaltakes stock coolant. I got everything up and running (stock haven't tried to oc yet) and ran prime95 stress test while running real temp 3.0 and after about 5min i stopped the test because temps on all four cores where getting close to 80c i usually idle around 36-44c. i have seen online reviews using the bigwater and some air systems with much better results, what is wrong?, this cant be normal.

It's normal. You have bought a TT WC system. It CANNOT dissipate the heat. The block is unable to remove the heat, and the rad is not capable of keeping the Delta T temps within reason. Besides pump failures and amazing cracks in the CPU block. It's not your fault at all, you just didn't know.

I'm sorry you spent your money on that.

To make your eyes open up, here is a buncha links to see what WC is really about.

Don't expect to be able to know much about watercooling, what to buy, how to set it up etc till you have read, please for all of us, a few weeks. Hang out and learn.

It's a hobby and not something you can just buy at Best Buy.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/index.php? Not a noob site, but great stickies
http://www.ocforums.com/ My fav, good peeps, know their stuff, less hardcore
http://www.skinneelabs.com/MartinsLiquidLab/
http://www.over-clock.com/ivb/inde [...] opic=20277 A GREAT Europe site
http://www.overclock.net/water-cooling/
http://translate.google.com/transl [...] n&ie=UTF-8 Info on rad testing
http://skinneelabs.com/
http://forums.extremeoverclocking. [...] p?t=282232

Stores
http://www.dangerden.com/index.php [...] e&Itemid=1
http://www.petrastechshop.com/
http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/
http://www.jab-tech.com/
http://www.performance-pcs.com

thank you for being honest, I'll take your advice and do some more research before i go out and buy another setup. I will be returning the bigwater kit today (I bought it at my local frys electronics).

Thanks for the info, do u have any recommendations on kits or brands. I'm willing to spend close to a grand on a good cooling system if i have too. do you have an opinion on the zalman z-machine lq1000 or should i go another route and buy a cpu block, radiator, and pump. I have had good service with danger den and thought about picking up the parts from them, a DD-CPX Pro 12V 3 Pin Powered Pump, Black Ice GTX Xtreme Radiator , and the MC-TDX waterblock. any suggestions would be appriciated.

Once you learn the difference between the rad brands you'll find out the Black Ice Xtreme (BIX to us guys) is a powerful rad...... As long as you like $20+ fans spinning at speeds enough to cut you to the bone, loud as a vacumm cleaner etc etc.

There are better brands of rads for general use. I even had a link in there for rad tests. Here is another newer link for rads.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forum [...] p?t=220593
All you gotta do is read. Please don't rush your purchases.

Danger Den makes some nice stuff. I buy from him, I use his GPU waterblocks. His prices are decent and they have the best customer service. He only manufactures blocks. Pumps, rads, etc is rebadged great quality stuff.

His latest CPU block is pretty good, but it's been eclpsed by other CPU blocks. You'll see what peeps like once you get into the forums and spend at least a few hours reading.

A CPU only loop will only cost you $400 tops for a really nice loop using top quality stuff. maybe a bit more if you go for the best pump combo, uber compression fittings and amazing 90 deg rotary fittings, a PA 120.3 rad etc, then your closer to $500.

But you don't need that much

Rad 60
Pump 70
CPU block 65
res 25
fans 20
fittings, hose etc. 30

NO!!!!! Here's a review, good air cools better. If you want to WC your best option is to do it right like Conumdrum says. The all-in-ones are not worth the money.

http://www.overclockersclub.com/re [...] dominoalc/

Wow, 5 cooling parts reviews since Oct 2007. They are a top review site for cooling stuff, NOT.

This link will show you what good reviews are really like once you get away from the retail hype.
http://martin.skinneelabs.com/Swif [...] eview.html
It's based on science.


http://www.overclockersclub.com/re [...] dominoalc/
Did you see that the standard Air cooled TRUE beats the Domino? They overclocked to 3.2 GHZ, thats low for that processor.

The fan on performance setting is VERY loud. The rad is physically too small to even think of keeping it cool like a proper watercooling loop can.

I read reviews a lot. You know many sites that review things also sell them? Or have happy non-professional relationships with the manufactuerers? Their testing methods sometimes are suspect and sometimes a joke. My god, the site even has a link for ThermalTake, the biggest trash watercooling on the planet. Do you think this site has even reviewed a proper watercooling setup? Not ONE, ever.

You want watercooling for a modern CPU, your looking at $200-250 kinda on the low end. No one has beat the stuff that you buy in parts and build yourself.

In fact on my home forum, a guy had a Zalman full system and spent over $700 and found out it's pretty much junk and has to start all over, all his Zalman stuff is junk. Seen more than one Coolit system replaced and many Thermaltake systems tossed like the trash they are.

But Coolit Systems Domino A.L.C do the job and performs similar or better to others good air coolers.
Will this Coolit Systems Domino A.L.C be good to cool a q6600 3.6 v1.55 in a room temp 33C.

You have to look at what they are comparing it to, the Zalman 9300 and CM, see where they stack up:

http://www.frostytech.com/articlev [...] 386&page=5

If you are going to start clunking down the cash for the Domino, why not keep going and get a cooling solution that works long-term with proven results?

You seem hell-bent on proving that it is superior to anything we are saying. Just get it and report back with what you find. If you don't want the advice from people, stop flaming them and just get what you already have your mind set on getting. Just let us all know what happens.