Post your gaming setup!

[ispano]

it's not specifically anitfreeze, but it's the same active ingredient iirc, ethylene glycol, it's used to help facilitate the heat transfer

Ethylene Glycol, which is the major component in antifreeze has worse heat transfer than straight water.

[Cyanotical]

Ethylene Glycol, which is the major component in antifreeze has worse heat transfer than straight water.

adding a small amount to water increases the heat transfer ability of the water, but in return lowers the overall heat capacity, requiring a bit more flow, which is why you use a very small amount in a pc, <.05%

[Doirdyn]

adding a small amount to water increases the heat transfer ability of the water, but in return lowers the overall heat capacity, requiring a bit more flow, which is why you use a very small amount in a pc, <.05%

Just curious, WHY 4 GTX590s?

[Asmekiel]

Just curious, WHY 4 GTX590s?

2... 4 GPU's

[Cyanotical]

Just curious, WHY 4 GTX590s?

2 GTX-590's, they are dual gpu cards, 2x2=quad sli

and because i can

[Doirdyn]

2 GTX-590's, they are dual gpu cards, 2x2=quad sli

and because i can

Oh, alright. But what could possibly be necessary to get them? Aren't they like $800 cards?

[ispano]

http://www.overclock.net/water-cooli...t-article.html

[Drunkenvalley]

€70 Are you sure :|

I'm considering dumping a considerable amount of money into a proper PC, so. :U

If I intend to go full-on water-cooling, graphic card, chipset and all, what would I be needing?

[Asmekiel]

tubing, cpu-block, gpu-block, chipset-block, rad, pump, fans... That's all I know :P

http://www.ekwaterblocks.com/index.php?page=products

[Cyanotical]

http://www.overclock.net/water-cooli...t-article.html

i know this, and i was surprised to see mercury on that list, but ethylene glycol works like mercury, but you can add it to water, it reduces the overall heat capacity of the water, but increase the thermal conductivity rate, it makes the water soak up heat faster, this has an optimal point, the small amount used in computers will do nothing to prevent freezing, but it will help your loop pick up heat from the source, and ex-spell it to the radiator faster

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I'm considering dumping a considerable amount of money into a proper PC, so. :U

If I intend to go full-on water-cooling, graphic card, chipset and all, what would I be needing?

cpu block
gpu block (requires a reference gpu most of the time)
MB block (requires someone to make one for your MB)
1-2 high power pumps
1-1.5 meters of tubing
enough radiator area to ex-spell all the heat (probably 360x120 and a 120x120 and bare min for a dynamic system, double that for a static system)
fittings, you probably want compression
reservoir (optional, but highly recomended)

[Drunkenvalley]

Dynamic system? Static system? *now fallen off the track* D:

[Asmekiel]

Dynamic system? Static system? *now fallen off the track* D:

Sorry, can't help you with that :P I'll stay off the watercooling for now, good luck!

[Cyanotical]

Dynamic system? Static system? *now fallen off the track* D:

a dynamic system cools best under full load, and worst at idle, your idle temp is 50 but never exceeds 65 under full load

a static system keeps the same temperature all teh time, your idle is 30 and your full load is 30

dynamic is cheaper, and uses some sort of fan control or pwm fans to boost fan speed when the temp increases

static is alot more expensive, requires alot more radiators (larger ones too) but uses static rpm fans (these are the very quiet systems)

[ispano]

i know this, and i was surprised to see mercury on that list, but ethylene glycol works like mercury, but you can add it to water, it reduces the overall heat capacity of the water, but increase the thermal conductivity rate, it makes the water soak up heat faster, this has an optimal point, the small amount used in computers will do nothing to prevent freezing, but it will help your loop pick up heat from the source, and ex-spell it to the radiator faster

It's because the extra conductivity by the water isn't really needed, the difference is rather miniscule. Plus even small amounts of ethylene glycol will gunk up the newer blocks. Like the EK CPU blocks with the fine pins at the base.

[Cyanotical]

It's because the extra conductivity by the water isn't really needed, the difference is rather miniscule. Plus even small amounts of ethylene glycol will gunk up the newer blocks. Like the EK CPU blocks with the fine pins at the base.

interesting, EK is using a non-glycol enhanced fluid, koolance is using a 27% propylene glycol fluid, they both use micro fins in their block design

[ispano]

Propylene Glycol is different, it doesn't seem to gunk things up. At least from the research i've done. But the difference is so miniscule in temps, why pay extra when all you need is distilled?

[JustaBigBird]

case: Corsair Obsidian 650D
Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth p67
Power Supply: Corsair 1050W pro series
Processor: Overclocked Intel Core i7 2600K (4.8GHz)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100 Hydro series
Memory: 16GB (4X4GB) Kingston Hyper-X Genesis Dual-DDR3 1600Mhz
Graphics Card : Gigabyte GeForce GTX 590 (3GB)
Hard Drive 1: 240GB OCZ Vertex 3 SSD
Hard Drive 2: 1.5TB WD Cav Black


External Hardware:
Keyboard: Steelseries Shift
Mouse: Razer Naga Epic
Headset: Astro A40 + Mixamp
Desktop Speakers: Logitech Z906 5.1 Surround sound speaker system
Monitor 1: 27inch Samsung SyncMaster LCD LED HDMI Monitor
Monitor 2: 27inch Samsung SyncMaster LCD LED HDMI Monitor (Incoming within the next week or so whenever I can be bother to pick it up)

Never ever get to use this system because it's at my other house :/

[Rennadrel]

Can anyone recommend the Noctua NH-C14? I am looking to get a better cooler for my i7 2600k in my Armor 30 microATX case.

[pansertjald]

did a new Atto test of my Crucial M4 after i updated to firmware 00009 and the new firmware has given the M4 a realy nice boost in read speed and allso a little boost in write speed



ps.
left some eye candy for you guys in the picture

[Asmekiel]

did a new Atto test of my Crucial M4 after i updated to firmware 00009 and the new firmware has given the M4 a realy nice boost in read speed and allso a little boost in write speed



ps.
left some eye candy for you guys in the picture

Don't know what was on that picture, but it's gone now :P