AIO Watercooling

[PeterStoba]

http://www.xigmatek.com/product/liquid-aios80dp.php

Looking into one of them for around £35

Anyone had / know about these?

[mac124]

http://www.xigmatek.com/uppics/bar-application.jpg
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Intel Pentium 4 Processor / Extreme Editionhttp://www.xigmatek.com/uppics/dot.gif
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Intel Pentium D Processorhttp://www.xigmatek.com/uppics/dot.gif
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Intel Celeron / Celeron D Processor http://www.xigmatek.com/uppics/dot.gif
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AMD Athlon 64 / 64 FX / 64 X2 Dual-corehttp://www.xigmatek.com/uppics/dot.gif
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AMD Sempronhttp://www.xigmatek.com/uppics/dot.gif
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AMD AM2
No mention of Core 2 duo let alone quad

[alexnifty]

I think the Pentium D is the same socket as C2D.

According to the install 'guide' here (http://www.xigmatek.com/product/aios80dp_install.html); Pentium 4 D is LGA 775, which is the socket used by C2D.

EDIT: Also looking at the user guide PDF, it shows a 775 adaptor.


I wouldn't really say its a true watercooling solution, its more like this Sunon Waturbo Liquid Circulation Heatsink, which despite its novel cooling method, was found very average. (http://www.frostytech.com/permalink.cfm?NewsID=64300)
Your really not going to beat a proper external reservoir cooling system with this thing.

[mac124]

More to it than being the same socket, a core2 quad is the same socket but i bet it pulls alot more current than a pentium d therefore needs a better method of dissipating the heat.

That "watercooling" solution will be no better than the heatsinks we talked about last night Peter, probably worse infact. Nowadays topend air cooling is on a par, or better, than cheap watercooling if you want to spend £30-£40 get a Noctua or a Thermalright ultra120 extreme. If you want watercooling you will need to spend well over £100 to make it worthwhile.

[PeterStoba]

It's down to an Asus Silent Knight II, Noctua NH-U12F, Scythe Mugen (Infinity) or a Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme with a seperate 120mm fan?

[wonderlust]

I have just taken delivery of an ultra 12 Extreme, I am unable to test it as Aria are still testing by rma'd board,

but my first impressions were WOW its huge!

My old system is running with an Acrtic cooling freezer 64 pro, this is tiny compared to the ultra 120

BTW my Ultra 120 was £38.71 all in

[PeterStoba]

Going for a Scythe Mugen

[wonderlust]

Wow thats even bigger!

I have a Gigabyte 3D Aurora (original not the 570) and will be using an MSI P35-Neo2-FR (cheap p35 board) with heat pipe cooling, do you think i will need to actively cool the chipset heat pipe?

[Jiggles]

I just find that water cooling is something else to go horribly wrong! IE Spring a leak!

[PeterStoba]

http://www.thermaltake.com/product/Chassis/fulltower/armor_lcs/ve2000bws.asp

Or an antec p182?

[coiler]

The Mugen looks heavy enough to rip the CPU mounting bracket along with cpu off the board!

http://www.pcsilent.de/ppic_MAXI_scythe_mugen_cpu_cooler_heatsink_quiet_s cinf-1000_scymugen.jpg

[PeterStoba]

I thought that with my freezer 7pro :lol:

It should be ok though

[wonderlust]

I agree, I used to think the freezer pros were huge. If/when I get my board back I will worry about the sheer size of my ultra 120.

[wonderlust]

Another alternative for you, the ZEROtherm Nirvana

http://www.anandtech.com/casecoolingpsus/showdoc.aspx?i=3202&p=1

[PeterStoba]

Scythe Mugen (infinity) or Scythe Ninja-plus Heatpipe?

[iKettles]

If it's an all in one kit it's bound to be poor, probably not much better and louder than high end air cooling.