Pondering Watercooling

**drew and not u** · June 8th, 2006

So I've been thinknig about getting a watercooling setup like the corsair Nautilus or the Tt Big Water (it would integrate easily into my case). The thing is, I wonder if I need it. I can already clock to 3.7 fairly stable, and 3.65 completely stable (though I keep it at 3.5). But I wonder if this board will clock much further. It's a P4P800-SE. There was only one nicer Asus Socket 478 board, and the primary difference was my 865PE Chipset vs the 875 on the next up board. It would only be worth it to me if I had a good chance of breaking 4GHz. I'm also using Corsair Value Ram which I have left at stock speeds so far.

The way the BIOS makes you set a divider is stupid, I have to set the memory speed lower (I have it set to 320MHz, which brings it back to 400 with the OC). I know for sure my next build will be watercooled, but should I even bother with it untill then?

Any advice or observations would be well appreciated!

**drew and not u** · June 10th, 2006

anyone? =*(

fps justin · June 10th, 2006

i'm sure watercooling will always let you oc further. I want water eventaully. MAbye with my next rig, whichw ill prolly be K8L.

Lead Head · June 10th, 2006

TT big water will more then likely have worse temps then your XP-120

**Capper** · June 11th, 2006

Thermaltake makes very good products....but the Big Water is one of the worst cooling units I've seen

**drew and not u** · June 11th, 2006

Then I'll be staying away from that for sure. Perhaps I'll just save the money for a conroe platform.

June 8th, 2006	#1
drew and not u The Pizza Killer Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: where do you friggin live?? Posts: 1,719	Pondering Watercooling So I've been thinknig about getting a watercooling setup like the corsair Nautilus or the Tt Big Water (it would integrate easily into my case). The thing is, I wonder if I need it. I can already clock to 3.7 fairly stable, and 3.65 completely stable (though I keep it at 3.5). But I wonder if this board will clock much further. It's a P4P800-SE. There was only one nicer Asus Socket 478 board, and the primary difference was my 865PE Chipset vs the 875 on the next up board. It would only be worth it to me if I had a good chance of breaking 4GHz. I'm also using Corsair Value Ram which I have left at stock speeds so far. The way the BIOS makes you set a divider is stupid, I have to set the memory speed lower (I have it set to 320MHz, which brings it back to 400 with the OC). I know for sure my next build will be watercooled, but should I even bother with it untill then? Any advice or observations would be well appreciated! P5K-E / E8400 @ 4.0 / Scythe Ninja Copper / 2GB Hyper-X DDR2-800 / 7800GT / Antec 1200 / Corsair HX-520 P5W DH Deluxe / E7200 @ 3.8 / 2GB Ballistix DDR2-800 / 7600GT (passive) / P180B / Seasonic SS-550HT / Zalman Reserator V2 Optiplex 755 / E2180 / 4GB DDR2 / 160GB HD / ATI HD 2400 Dual-ISP Network aim: drewandnotu \| Skype: drew-and-not-u

June 10th, 2006	#2
drew and not u The Pizza Killer Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: where do you friggin live?? Posts: 1,719	anyone? =*( P5K-E / E8400 @ 4.0 / Scythe Ninja Copper / 2GB Hyper-X DDR2-800 / 7800GT / Antec 1200 / Corsair HX-520 P5W DH Deluxe / E7200 @ 3.8 / 2GB Ballistix DDR2-800 / 7600GT (passive) / P180B / Seasonic SS-550HT / Zalman Reserator V2 Optiplex 755 / E2180 / 4GB DDR2 / 160GB HD / ATI HD 2400 Dual-ISP Network aim: drewandnotu \| Skype: drew-and-not-u

June 10th, 2006	#3
fps justin Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 1,199	i'm sure watercooling will always let you oc further. I want water eventaully. MAbye with my next rig, whichw ill prolly be K8L. E2140 @ 375 x 8 = 3.0ghz 2x1 ocz system 1337s pc2-6400 5-5-5-15 @ 450mhz gigabyte P35 S3L eVGA 7600GT Stock 120 gig seagate ULTRA X-Finity 600w Sonata 2 w/ top fan G5 Lazer Mouse

June 10th, 2006	#4
Lead Head Join Date: May 2006 Location: Rhode Island USA Posts: 1,716	TT big water will more then likely have worse temps then your XP-120 Opteron 64 165--1.5GB DDR--ECS KA1 MVP(thanks HL!)--x1800GTO 256MB--Seagate 320GB SATA--Antec 550 Watt--Antec P180

June 11th, 2006	#5
Capper I'm Evil Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 5,613 Blog Entries: 6	Thermaltake makes very good products....but the Big Water is one of the worst cooling units I've seen INTEL QX9650 ASUS P5E3 Premium 4GB DDR3-1600 Sapphire HD 3870X2 Danger Den Tower-26 (Custom W/C) 5 x Seagate 250GB HDD in RAID5 BFG ES 800W PSU

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