I've always used fans for cooling and just installed a new liquid cooling system. I don't know why but it's not working. The water is circulating through it but it's not well....cooling. Help please.

If I need to replace it tell me how please. I don't wanna screw it up.

Please give us your full system specs, as well as the temperatures you are getting.

and also if it's a water cooling kit.

Okay..


Geforce 7800gt.

500 PSU


1gb Ram


Mobo is an ASUS I forget which one.


And my tempatures. Well here's the thing they're low but the cpu (which the cooling is linked too, duh) just continues to overheat.

Idle Tempature- 38c give or take.

Tempature- 43-45

Randomly the tempature will jump up to 50. Help please

1. those were not full system specs, those were very generic system specs

2. you did not list your CPU in your specs, which is important because after all it's why you're here

3. 50c is not overheating for any CPU. depending on your specific CPU, 50c may be normal or it may be high, but either way it is not overheating.

what are you using to read those temps? and is it the only source you're using?

water cooling on any CPU should yeild better temps than you have, make sure that you:

a. completely remove the old thermal compound or pad with isopropyl alcohol

b. apply a new coating of thermal compound such as arctic silver 5

c. make sure that the water block is seated level on the CPU and has enough pressure holding it down (the tubes can pull the water block from level seating if you don't sucure it properly)

Wow Im dumb. I forgot the CPU

Amd Athlon 3500+

Sorry man.

so...
did you do any of the above?

P.S. sorry for the "self-spamming"

You are right about the above, you should do the following a, b and c but maybe that's not the issue. If the water block is not seated properly the computer would shut down or reboot in a loop. It wouldn't get any further because of very high temperatures.

MKoll, you have to be more specific:
1. What kind of watercooling system are you using?
2. Is it a kit? Did you buy them separately?
3. How big is your radiator?
4. Where do you place you radiator?
5. What is the room temperature?
6. Is your video card and chipset also watercooled?

I never had problems with watercooling except the first time I've used it long time ago. I forgot to tighten the cpu water block intake. It fried my video card and mobo.

I'm running a P4 HT Prescott 3.4Ghz OC @ 4.2Ghz
My temp. reading is 27c-29c Idle and 36c-39c full load, depends on room temp.
My watercooling system:
Radiator: Black Ice Xtreme 2 double 120mm with Evercool 120mm aluminum fans.
PolarFlo CPU, Chipset waterblocks and Danger Den NV-78 video card waterblocks.
Pump Swiftech MCP655.
Reservoir - Custom made 1gal clear acrylic cylinder.
I also added a water wetter with the coolant.
Check out my reservoir http://www.techspot.com/gallery/show.../cat/500/page/

Thanks for the help guys. I'll try all that stuff out now.

it didn't fry anything, you did.

hehe

First.

It came with the computer.
My parents got it for christmas from Ibuypower.
So I was screwed. They got a few things right though.

The cooling came with the computer.
The video card isn't connected to it.
I have a screenshot of what happens! Yeah I know I'm amazing, I got it before the computer froze completely



I don't know ANYTHINg about water cooling. So I'll do my best with these other questions.

The Radiator is *if your looking from the back* wherethe mobo slots for your mouse and keyboard and usb etc. Its to the right of that right below the power supply.

How big is my radiator...
What am I supposed to do? Measure it? lol.

Roughly 4 by 6 give or take.


I know 50c isn't overheating but it keeps spazzing when it reaches temps near there.

Heres the screenie,

Funny.... I just got excited that time firing up my system. It never and wll never happened again.

What's with the screenshot? Are you having a GPU issue? Your GPU might be overheating not your processor. Did you have this problem before you switched to Watercooling? Maybe your GPU is not seated properly? Do you have another GPU you can test out?

Give us your full specs, man...

If your looking for a good brand of watercooling:
Swiftech
Danger Den
PolarFlo
Innovatek - German made
Aqua Computers - German made

I'll give you the link on the websites I go to for watercooling:
http://www.frozencpu.com/
http://www.highspeedpc.com/
http://www.sharkacomputers.com/
http://www.voyeurmods.com/
http://www.jab-tech.com/
http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php
http://www.xoxide.com

This is a very good reservoir, a friend of mine uses it. It has a built in Aluminum fins!

Aluminium fins on a reservoir? If it costs a bomb, I'll just suggest you put in another radiator, its cheaper and probably more effective.

You're going to need a reservoir anyway... That thing can hold more water volume than an average reservoir. Of course you can always add more radiator but that's not my point. My point is, not only it looks cool but it also helps to cool the water down. If you can afford it, why not throw a cool reservoir.

Let me correct you there.

You DON'T need a reservoir. It just makes filling up the system/bleeding easier.
http://forums.extremeoverclocking.co...d.php?t=176597

It also takes up a whole lot of space for what it does. I'd recommend the smallest reservior you can get if you want to go watercooling. Personally I'd get one that'll fit into the 5.25" bay, since I've got plenty of those extra.

Any heat dissipation from that cool looking reservior is not going to be very significant.

That is incorrect...

While it is true that you do not need a reservoir, it is very benificial to have one and does more than simply easy the process of filling and bleeding.

1. Reservoirs provide a reserve for lost liquid (water vapors leak through all types of tubing over time, especially silicone tubing)

2. It will allow for expansion/contraction of water in the enitre system

3. makes for easy filling, draining, bleeding of air bubbles and pockets

4. Reduces the net postive suction head of the pump

The higher the volume of water in the system, the better temps you will get.

Water cools down pretty fast on it's own (even without a radiator). If you had a large enough resivoir, the water would naturally cool down faster then it's turned over and reused into the water block.

I would never recommend anybody build a water cooling system without a reservoir. And I would recommend using the largest reservoir you can fit (unless you will be using it outside the case, then you can go as big as you want!)

I'd say there's alot of facts you'd need to correct there

Yes, reservoirs provide a reserve for lost liquid, but you don't need a large one.
Yes, it makes for easy filling, draining and bleeding.

But these two uses of the reservoir can be replaced with a tube at the very top of the system, filled with water, and capped. Which is basically also a reservoir, but a small one. The tube is connected by a T junction of course. Which was what my link called a T-line.

It does not reduce the net positive suction head of the pump. If it does, its not significant.

The higher the volume of water in the system, the better temps you will get AT THE START. When the water warms up, you no longer have that advantage, instead, you should find that your temps are slightly higher. Thats because...

... Water doesn't cool down fast on its own. This is why on a cold day, the sea is actually warmer than land.


I think we can actually argue this quite alot I wonder what the conclusion in the end will be.


Also, check in the link I gave earlier, the order of the watercooling components doesn't matter. And its been experimented on.

Let me end this post with this: you can have a watercooling system without a reservoir, but having a reservoir is quite handy for point 3. Bear in mind that a reservoir is a slight inconvenience if you move your comps alot (lan parties?), and is sometimes considered a risk to have them (more connections + more components = more risk something stuffs up).

Salt water does not have the same thermal properties as fresh water, which is why you cannot compare a PC water cooling reservoir to a sea of salt water... lol.

Water does indeed cool down naturally reguardless of the size of the resi. The water cools down in the resi while it is waiting to be pumped out, so the water entering the pump will be cooler than water that is pumped directly from a radiator with no resi.


...and yes we can keep arguing this topic til the cows come home, but that's the fun of it . We can bith search the internet and find articles to back up both sides of the debate. My points are derived from first hand experience in an area that many people are just starting to get into. I mean no disrepect, but based on your other posts it seems to me that you have never built or used a water cooling system before so all of your information is from a 3rd party... and I wrong?

I have been building my own water cooling rigs for 7 years now (fist one was on a PIII in 1999). and i have made them with and without reservoirs, and believe me a large* reservoir does keeps your temps lower and more consistant. *=I consider large to be between 750mL and 1L)

Lets just argue this till the cows come home

You are right, my information is from third party. However, I am trained to look for substantiated information, so I trust that my information is true. Besides, unless you're going to challenge the laws of Physics, or maybe even come up with some new theory, chances are what we're discussing here will adhere to the current knowledge of Physics.

I also use my own logic, and knowledge of high school Physics (not much, but its enough) to say that water cannot cool down faster if there's more of it. Back to Surface Area to Volume (SA/V) Ratio: A higher volume will get a smaller SA/V ratio, which results in a slower cooldown (assuming the whole system is heating up).

Given that the whole system will stabilize at a particular temperature, when heat input from components = heat output into atmosphere, the higher SA/V ratio will be beneficial.

Which is why your water cooling rigs with large reservoirs keep your temps lower.

For the consistency, you've got more water to distribute the heat around. I doubt the part on consistency, unless you mean the temperature climbs at a lower gradient. It cannot lose heat any faster, because how fast heat is lost is dependent mainly on total surface area and ambient temperature.

Now, to gather the significant surface area needed to produce lower temps, you'd need alot of volume. Remember high school math? Surface area increase isn't proportional to volume increase, the more water you put in the system, the less surface area increase there is.

Therefore, adding a second radiator will produce better results than getting a reservoir if you're looking for lower temps.