Tuesday, May 7, 2013

After 20 Years, My First Water-Cooled Build




I overclocked all 4 cores to 4.2GHz (up from 3.4GHz stock) at all times. Ran Prime95 stress tests and the CPU never got hotter the 61 degrees Celsius, 26 degrees Celsius at idle, so I might be able to push to 4.5GHz and still stay within the recommended thermal threshold. I also added an upgraded front 140mm fan that pushes over 70CFM at only 1000 rpm, to suck in cold outside air, and another 120mm fan to the top of the radiator (not shown here) for a higher-performing push/pull setup. This little build is a beast.

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