Originally posted by AllGamer in a real Water Cooling system, the CPU temp should be AT or lower than Room temperature
Not true. Even with the best water cooling system can't get temps under ambient unless the water is chilled.
My setup is at 34C right now, running folding@home. It's starting to get warm out, and my water is kinda dirty.
Room temp better not be 34C in most countries - that's 93F! My case temp is 87F (31C).
A cheap watercooling setup will be worse than your current setup. Watercooling is only worth it if you research it first, and buy components seperately. The poor h20 kits greatly outnumber the good ones, and the good ones are very expensive.
What do ya guys think about the Koolance EXOS, I just bought one and it still hasn't shipped out... Should I cancil my order? I was thinking about geting the exos and the hook up for my P4 sock 478 2.4Ghz and a hook up for my GPU and MB Chip, then I wanted to build onto it like add a couple more radiators and maybe adventually get a mini refigerator and put a couple holes in it and put a big radiator in it... Anyways should the Koolance EXOS be suitible??? I have a huge case so putting more stuff in it is no problem.
Originally posted by digitalpersona What do ya guys think about the Koolance EXOS, I just bought one and it still hasn't shipped out... Should I cancil my order?
The Exos will perform decent, but not great for a water cooling system. For $210, you could put together a custom system that would outperform it by at least 5C under load, and possibly much more. The problem with the Exos is lack of upgrade room. It uses horribly small tubing, underpowered pumps and a restrictive water block.
Here's the list of parts I made. Look and see what you can get for $210:
(one from each set of "<"s)
Waterblock:
<White Water Rapids block - $75ish from dtek in a few weeks
<Logiccooling Evolution block -$61
<Swiftech MCW-5000 $50
<Dtek TC-4 Rev 2 - $48
<Danger Den Maze 3 $42
<Swiftech MCW-462 $50
Radiator
<"Big **** " style heatercore setup -$40
<'73 Chevy Caprice Heatercore + homemade shroud - $30
<above with JPI performance "scoop" shroud -$115 (expensive, but high-quality)
<Chevy Chevette heatercore $25 + homemade shroud
<Dtek Cooler Core combo (same as above) $50
<Black Ice Extreme - $60 (only use if no room for a heatercore)
Fans (Need 2 for the Caprice Core or a push-pull setup)
<Panaflow 120x38s $14
<Delta 120x38s $12
<Sunon 120x38s $12