My First H2O mod

[halutzparilla]

here some





i'm having difficulty with closing and opening the side panel so i'll leave that for now.
i think the ambient room temp is causing the rise on the CPU temp unless that my GPU
is burning hot too much or my CPU itself is burning.... well atleast i have 10C less from
my previous air cooling...

i'm saving money to buy the CM Stacker, i'm sort of CM fanboi...

anyway here the pix of my mutilated CM Mystique Case:

[RA1D]

it looks like you used a 12 gauge shot gun on your case

[Capper]

Well there are some problems here.

First and foremost, your res should be above the highest place in the loop.

I think you should salvage that CM Mystique, completely cut out a 120mm circle for each fan, sand down the edges, and use some 120mm fan grills over the fans. That case is easily salvageable.

[simple_inhibition]

and if you cant have the reseior at the highest location, then you at least want it higher than your pump. other than that it looks good. and i agree with capper, your case is salvageable

[halutzparilla]

yes i'll salvage my case...
but what will happen if they are the way they are? the resev and pump?

i'm a bit confused, i'll now idle at 40-43C CPU then GPU at 39C as per NV monitor and Itat?
is that normal? and while browsing and minor stuff at 10% load it climbs at 41-44C... this CPU is rediculously hot....

ambient room temp is 75-80F... with constant circulation of air.

[simple_inhibition]

you want the res higher than the pump and before it otherwise the pump will "starve" for water. those temps dont look right to me, did you make sure that you rotated your case and got the air out of the radiator? also whats your fan speed set to? and have you also tried remounting the block?

[halutzparilla]

i mounted the res above the pump...

now i'm idle at 36-40C with 10% load CPU, GPU at 38-39C ,...

i'm using 3 of this Newegg.com - Antec 761345-75024-0 120mm Blue LED Case Fan - Retail for the Rad...

with simple browsing and YM i idle at 38-42C

i know bios are grossly inccorrect with temp but at the bios the temp is 19-33C which what the liquid cooling temp supposed to be... idk what i'm doing wrong...

[Yellowhello]

Originally Posted by Capper

Well there are some problems here.

First and foremost, your res should be above the highest place in the loop.

Doesn't have to be, in my loop I don't and it's absolutely fine:



My pump is level with my res, maybe even a little lower, and it works fine. All you have to do is remember to tip you case a little when refilling the loop to give the pump water first.

[halutzparilla]

anyway, i'm running Itat full 100% load maxing out 52C running 46-52C.... probably
its just the CPU&GPU loop getting this hot...

[Yellowhello]

Originally Posted by halutzparilla

anyway, i'm running Itat full 100% load maxing out 52C running 46-52C.... probably
its just the CPU&GPU loop getting this hot...

Yeah, probably it's probably the GPU in the loop that's affecting the CPU temps.