How low can you go?

MSX · Apr 14, 2003, 02:30 PM

I know this might be nothign to those watercooling but I accidently left my fans on all night "As their attached to a seaperate power supply than the rest heh. I forgot how quite they can be... Well, anyway when I booted up this morning my board read:

0°C!

Corse after turning it on it climbed back up to 18°C and my processor back to 47°C. Just was kinda funny.

~~shai~~ · Apr 14, 2003, 03:29 PM

thats nothing i know some ppl who run -10c all day

shuki · Apr 15, 2003, 01:55 AM

well I think its something!!! wow and on air!! must be that cold Canada stuff!! over here in the mid east my board has never seen below 17c regardless of time or season or fans

edit - what was cpu temp?

Schtopper · Apr 15, 2003, 02:37 AM

I used to have my PC set up as the pics show below.
2x120mm corsairrotron galaxy fans. Solid metal and spin at a nice 5000rpm (modded) giving a combined output of 430CFM.
With the ducts outside durring winter i got my motherboard down to 0'C and CPU at 8'C under full load. Helped me get some decent overclocks, like 361 core 615 mem out of my old GF II Ultra (no volt mods).

Duct system 1
Duct System 2 Duct System 3

Erroneus · Apr 15, 2003, 09:16 AM

nice, btw it's http://www.schtopper.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/cool2.jpg and not http://www.schtopper.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/cool.2.jpg

MSX · Apr 15, 2003, 06:31 PM

I had just booted man. So it was well on its way to 10° as I checked out the bios. I dont usually check the bios first thing in the morning but I wanted to do some new clocks.

I live in the basement so the ambient temperature is around 17° the morning. Could be a little less.
Heh, and no thats not really cold for the basement its kinda pleasent.

I have 2 80mm casefans blowing directly on the board and two in the back and 1 in the front. They were just so quiet I had to buy that many.

Oh and BTW I get crappy clocks because I have an oem palamino processor which does not like being pushed to the limit. Though I'm happy with where it sits so I wont bother upgrading....

Hey with that AC thing dont you have to worry about condensation building up on your board?

Schtopper · Apr 16, 2003, 04:31 AM

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Hey with that AC thing dont you have to worry about condensation building up on your board?

hmm probably.....but i never did

If it died it died.

I don't use it anymore as i bought a new case and haven't modded the side to accomodate it (prolly won't as this one has a window) besides they were VERY loud.