Thought I would just point this out to y'all

Mithosphere · January 4th, 2007

**gvblake22** · January 5th, 2007

I wonder how many people are going to think this cooler is a stand-alone thing and not realize they have to hook it up to a water cooling loop?

Jokerswild · January 5th, 2007

Heck I'll hook my garden hose up to it.

Panda Man · January 5th, 2007

Sexy beast! Although, for most people, water cooling isn't necessary, and for those that do watercool, they would want to set up their own watercooling solution. It is good solution for entry level water-coolers, but I don't see it really catching on.

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Originally Posted by gvblake22

I wonder how many people are going to think this cooler is a stand-alone thing and not realize they have to hook it up to a water cooling loop?

Too many. They need a disclaimer.

garetjax · January 5th, 2007

BFG has always been very good to the enthusiast crowd by providing both water cooling and non-water cooling videocard solutions to their customers. It's probably the main reason, coupled with thier excellent customer service and warranty standards, that I won't buy anything other than a BFG videocard product.

polobunny · January 5th, 2007

Interesting. Those 8800 are hot. My X1900XT runs at 42C idle on default cooler and TIM, 21.1C ambiant temp.

Tyreal · January 5th, 2007

Most veteran watercoolers will tell you this...

1. The right angle barbs on the waterblock are 90 degree angles. You want to avoid 90s because they are flow killers
2. Full card waterblocks that cool the ram is useless. RAM doesn't need to be watercooled and it adds unnecessary heat to your loop.
3. They are very heavy and will put alot of stress on the card.

polobunny · January 5th, 2007

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Originally Posted by Tyreal

2. Full card waterblocks that cool the ram is useless. RAM doesn't need to be watercooled and it adds unnecessary heat to your loop.

What if you want a more silent system? Copper ramsinks without air blowing on them are practically useless and lord knows aluminum sinks can't compete with copper sinks.

wtcnbrwndo4u · January 5th, 2007

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Originally Posted by Jokerswild

Heck I'll hook my garden hose up to it.

You do that!

fps justin · January 5th, 2007

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Originally Posted by polobunny

What if you want a more silent system? Copper ramsinks without air blowing on them are practically useless and lord knows aluminum sinks can't compete with copper sinks.

anything is possible... with more money.

January 4th, 2007	#1
Mithosphere Yeah, so are your pants! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Cherry Capital of the World Posts: 564	Thought I would just point this out to y'all Watercooled 8800GTX Pentium D 915\|EVGA 7050 mATX\|OCZ XTC 2GB\|XFX 7900GS XT\|Hyper Type-R 580W\|Qmicra 2 Case

January 5th, 2007	#2
gvblake22 Modder-ator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Tempe Desert Posts: 6,360 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Thought i would just point this out to y'all I wonder how many people are going to think this cooler is a stand-alone thing and not realize they have to hook it up to a water cooling loop?

January 5th, 2007	#3
Jokerswild ButtHead Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 5,061	Re: Thought i would just point this out to y'all Heck I'll hook my garden hose up to it.

January 5th, 2007	#5
garetjax Audentes Fortuna Juvat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Somewhere south of sanity Posts: 1,477	Re: Thought i would just point this out to y'all BFG has always been very good to the enthusiast crowd by providing both water cooling and non-water cooling videocard solutions to their customers. It's probably the main reason, coupled with thier excellent customer service and warranty standards, that I won't buy anything other than a BFG videocard product.

January 5th, 2007	#6
polobunny T-Rex Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 4,605 Blog Entries: 6	Re: Thought I would just point this out to y'all Interesting. Those 8800 are hot. My X1900XT runs at 42C idle on default cooler and TIM, 21.1C ambiant temp.

January 5th, 2007	#7
Tyreal Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 2,557	Re: Thought I would just point this out to y'all Most veteran watercoolers will tell you this... 1. The right angle barbs on the waterblock are 90 degree angles. You want to avoid 90s because they are flow killers 2. Full card waterblocks that cool the ram is useless. RAM doesn't need to be watercooled and it adds unnecessary heat to your loop. 3. They are very heavy and will put alot of stress on the card. I Like Watercooling. D-Tek Fuzion, MCP655, MCR220

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