Water Cooling AMD 6000+

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I concur. Unless you have a smaller case, then the H20-80 would be ok. What kinda case are you putting this in? And are you looking toward a full kit, or hand-picked stuff?

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Thanks for the link. A friend was told to just use antifreeze instead by the prepackaged stuff so I was wondering if anyone had tried it.

The first thing you need to be certain of before deciding what method of cooling (or how involved in water cooling you want to get) is what you goals are that require cooling. That is, are you a heavy o'clocker or just a mild one? Are you water cooling because of the hot ambient temps in the enviroment or does your rig run hot? If o'clocking, do you also ramp up your GPU as well? Do you intend on water cooling other components and why? What kind of budget do you have for w'cooling?

Getting into water cooling can be an expensive venture. In some cases, getting a high quality HSF (like, say, the Tuniq Tower) can prove just as effective in controlling heat as a cheap water cooling product.

i used the Zalman 9500 as well and i get close to the same temps without ocing. I would really like to overclock higher though.

Do you still have the step up option available to ya? Or do you think the Gts 640 will be good enough for a while. I have till August to decide to go GTX.

that looks soo nice...man that looks nice. U should put comps together for a living!!! What water cooling kit is that how much where can i buy????

I suppose that you could use antifreeze in the cooling loop, but unless your rig gets that hot or is exposed to freezing temperatures, it doesn't make much sense. Antifreeze does three things: it lowers the freezing point, it raises the boiling point, and it provides some corrosion resistance, especially for engines with iron blocks/water jackets and aluminum radiators. If you're just cooling the CPU, you should never get near 100 C, so the boiling point is not a problem. Likewise, you'll probably never freeze your computer, either. Corrosion may or may not be an issue, but a very slight mixture of antifreeze to water (10-15%% Et(OH)2 to 85-90% H2O) is enough to halt corrosion. Now a GPU can create some serious heat, so perhaps a stronger solution is needed. A regular 50/50 mix will not boil until about 130-140 C, so figure in the temp of your GPU and add 20 C or so for safety, mix accordingly. There usually is a table on the side of the antifreeze jug.

The big issue in water-cooled systems is leakage. Water with antifreeze dissolved in it is a very good conductor and will trash your system if it leaks. Mainframes and data centers that use liquid cooling generally use a nonconductive coolant liquid like Fluorinert instead of water. Electrical transformers are cooled with a similar liquid. I'd suggest this stuff over water if it were my box, although I haven't tried to find any of it.

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I must say very nice builds!
I have just bought a Thermaltake AquaBay M3
now i need advice on what CPU & GPU waterblock to invest in. I have a Geforce Nvidia 9600GT 512mb with a Zalman fan. My AMD 6000+ is in need of overclocking i am currently running Stock speed 3Ghz. I want to overcolock my cpu before i upgrade to the AMD Bulldozer (16core), when it is released. then i want to use my watercooling system on the bulldozer. Any Ideas?

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Bernie

ASUS M2N-MX SE board, AMD 6000+ x2 64,3Ghz 2GB ddr2 667, geforce 9600GT, Overclocked. Compro T220 hdtv card.
42\" PLASMA & 17\" LCD
500GB SATA, 250GB SATA, 20GB IDE
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