need help with raditor.

[pepe123]

i usta have two geforce xfx 8600's on it but they fried when a leak poped out of nowhere. ya right now i have a big fan blowing air into the case haha. it should tart cooling down around here in the next couple of days.

[mofo]

I don't think its been covered (i've been following this discussion every few days).

That pic shows one major potential problem. Are the hdd coolers 1/4 tubing? the 1/4 reducer and hdd blocks could be significantly hindering your flow.

There are many people that believe you need massive flow rates to cool properly, I personally do not prescribe to that idea. However, that much restriction can really hurt cooling.

My suggestion (as has been stated) remove the hdd blocks, remove the 1/4 tubing everywhere it is and try to keep as serial and short a loop as possible. Cable management and smoother airflow could also help.

Good luck, hope you work it out.

Edit: BTW, I had a 8800ultra (HOT card), and an overclocked e6550 on a single loop with a 120 black ice pro. It stayed good temperatures 90% of the time. Really warm weather I had to take the side panel off and force cool it with a fan.

[pepe123]

thanks for al the help everyone. i really appreciate it. the weird thing is the temperatures in core temp stay at 44- 45 contsantly but speed fan is always jumpng around going from 48 to 67 or other high temps for a second and then back. idk if maybe speed fan i wrong.

[SXRguyinMA]

yea IIRC core temp is a little more accurate

[billygoat333]

EDIT: wrong thread! haha oops.

[pepe123]

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wat heck is this guy talkin about haha. ok im staying at good temps now. but u guys got me think.if the hd rack really worked as a heat sink.....wat if i added a heat spreader in between the two hd's?

[mDust]

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wat heck is this guy talkin about haha. ok im staying at good temps now. but u guys got me think.if the hd rack really worked as a heat sink.....wat if i added a heat spreader in between the two hd's?

Who knows? That guy's crazy.
And HDDs don't need to be cooled. Ever. They don't overheat. Nobody has ever had a HDD fail due to overheating because it doesn't happen. Instead of buying a HDD cooler, spend that money on some other upgrade.

[x88x]

Nobody has ever had a HDD fail due to overheating because it doesn't happen.

Not entirely true, I have actually had this happen...of course, it was the middle HDD in a pile of 5, all sitting directly on top of each other, running 24/7, with no airflow. The drive bodies were scalding to the touch. Though, I suppose, to be fair I can't say with 100% certainty that it was the heat that did it in, but I would be willing to bet that it was a major contributing factor. However, all the being said, as long as you're not stupid you'll never have to worry about HDDs getting too hot.

[pepe123]

haha well i never really thought the hd would get hot i just bought the cooler for looks but that was like a year ago. so i have them now i payed around 80 for both i think so no point in taking them out. they are koolance models. they have like a pouch kinda thing that fills with koolent to cool down the hds. butone of my hd's went badso i was thinkin wat if i put a cooper plate on that hd cooler so heat would tranfer to the copper plate and cool it dowm with a fan. in theory that would work to dissipate same heat.....right?haha

[x88x]

Yeah, it'd dissipate some..not much, but some.