deadalvs wrote:
it's just that the reserator is very efficient and takes the hear right at the heat source. i'd like to try to badly-overclock which is kinda dangerous with normal fans. actually i'd like to use both at the moment's feeling.
--> reserator II plus one or two large fans that go thraight thru the box.
of course i took a look at the on-cpu zalman fans which i think are very cool, but water's (water with that additive) more efficient.
I think you misunderstood me. The Reserator kit contains a passively cooled heatercore that cannot perform as well as one with airflow, just like your body starts to freeze much faster when it's cold
and windy. So my suggestion was to use a dual (fits in average comp. case) or triple heatercore with fans (
example) in your system to better cool the circulating water.
Another very important part is the waterblock (
example). That's the part that sits on the cpu/gpu/etc and tries to extract as much heat as possible into the water. If you use a weak performer the water simply won't heat up and you get something much less efficient than good air cooling (copper to air vs copper to water to air). Check out some websites and see how current waterblock rank to ease the purchase decision.
If you want to get more extreme, there are options like adding Peltier elements below the waterblock(s) (high power consumption) or phase change cooling, for instance
VapoChill LS (expensive).
- By Andreas Hopf
