KpCollins
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Hi Ladies and Gents.
I was thinking about water cooling my rig to increase performance but the prices are not agreeing with my wallet and my 2 children.
Now ive been looking at different ideas to cool my rig, Right now I have as follows.
AMD Phenom II 955 BE 3.2 X4
Arctic Cooling Freezer Pro 7 Rev 2
Asus H3N-HT Deluxe AM2+ ( Soon to be Asus m5a97 ) --> This will Be arriving tommorow.
4gb DDR2 800 Mhz Ram ( Soon to be 8GB Kingston DDR3 1600 HyperX ) --> Already Have waiting for the Mobo
x2 GTX 275 ( one super clocked 702/1512/1260, the other just OC'd )
Antec 900 Case ( Standard 200mm and 4x 120mm fans 3 Speed Changers - Internal Changers )
EDIT --> The Fan blowing on the GPU's from the side is a standard 1 Speed fan that i have no idea about the RPM. This i Will change as this might help the GPU's temp if a faster yet quieter fan is in place.
Now there is more but ive sorted cooling them as the Antec is excellent at cooling HDD's and cable management wont be a problem with a little bit of help from a dremmel.
Ideally Im looking for anything I can put into this rig to make it that much cooler so I can increase performance a little.
As most of us know the GTX 275 is a massive card that even by todays standards is extremly powerful and just simply lacking DX11 but they get fooking hot!
Without SLI i could not run Deus Ex HR because the main card overheats and my alarm goes off at 95 degree causing me to stop playing. With 2 its fine.
Ideally I think the Arctic is fine on the CPU for anything im going to be throwing this rigs way in the near future but the GPU's im worrying about, I have been thinking about getting some new fans for this to replace the stock fans but I dont know if this would be the best option.
The air flow in my care is not excellent so I recon this will help by bringing the GPU's down about 3-5 Degree's when I modify the case.
Can anyone help me in making this rig cooler so I can overclock that little bit more?
EDIT 2--> I forgot to add, I am not bothered about noise as long as it doesnt sound like a plane as I have 5.1 Surround Sound and generally cant hear my pc anyway.
Thank you
I was thinking about water cooling my rig to increase performance but the prices are not agreeing with my wallet and my 2 children.
Now ive been looking at different ideas to cool my rig, Right now I have as follows.
AMD Phenom II 955 BE 3.2 X4
Arctic Cooling Freezer Pro 7 Rev 2
Asus H3N-HT Deluxe AM2+ ( Soon to be Asus m5a97 ) --> This will Be arriving tommorow.
4gb DDR2 800 Mhz Ram ( Soon to be 8GB Kingston DDR3 1600 HyperX ) --> Already Have waiting for the Mobo
x2 GTX 275 ( one super clocked 702/1512/1260, the other just OC'd )
Antec 900 Case ( Standard 200mm and 4x 120mm fans 3 Speed Changers - Internal Changers )
EDIT --> The Fan blowing on the GPU's from the side is a standard 1 Speed fan that i have no idea about the RPM. This i Will change as this might help the GPU's temp if a faster yet quieter fan is in place.
Now there is more but ive sorted cooling them as the Antec is excellent at cooling HDD's and cable management wont be a problem with a little bit of help from a dremmel.
Ideally Im looking for anything I can put into this rig to make it that much cooler so I can increase performance a little.
As most of us know the GTX 275 is a massive card that even by todays standards is extremly powerful and just simply lacking DX11 but they get fooking hot!
Without SLI i could not run Deus Ex HR because the main card overheats and my alarm goes off at 95 degree causing me to stop playing. With 2 its fine.
Ideally I think the Arctic is fine on the CPU for anything im going to be throwing this rigs way in the near future but the GPU's im worrying about, I have been thinking about getting some new fans for this to replace the stock fans but I dont know if this would be the best option.
The air flow in my care is not excellent so I recon this will help by bringing the GPU's down about 3-5 Degree's when I modify the case.
Can anyone help me in making this rig cooler so I can overclock that little bit more?
EDIT 2--> I forgot to add, I am not bothered about noise as long as it doesnt sound like a plane as I have 5.1 Surround Sound and generally cant hear my pc anyway.
Thank you