Was wondering if anyone had one of these running on there comp?... if so what power supply they used to run it off of and what results there getting... just couldnt believe what i saw from one of the sites selling these things.... up to 50 centigrade drop???? -30 C would be awesome.... heres a link by the way to the one i was looking at.... (well actually maybe the amd version) http://www.swiftnets.com/products/mcw5002-775T.asp

6/12/2006 7:54:26 PM

complete waste of money.

you are going to burn up so much damn money in electricity running it, not to mention the retarded amount of insulating and waterproofing you would have to do. Just use the computer as it's intended.

6/12/2006 8:24:31 PM

Insulating? Waterproofing?... the block on that link looked pretty self contained.... and as far as electricity goes how much would an amp that would run taht really drain... like 5 bucks a month?

6/12/2006 8:40:32 PM

you have to run a full watercooling setup with radiator and pump to cool that thing. It is designed as an upgrade for a watercooled system, it is not a stand alone. I run watercooling for low noise, not everclock or heat, for4 that you would need to set up watercooling, also you have to insulate the processor so you dont get massive condensation on the cold side of the unit.

6/12/2006 9:05:43 PM

its a peltier unit for EXTRA cooling power on top of water cooling. to make those really worthwhile, you need to run a ton of watts through them.

6/12/2006 9:17:50 PM

From the link it says 18-25 AMPS for 12 V that is quite a bit.

6/12/2006 9:19:25 PM

yes i know... i was thinking about going with this and a zalman tower.... but im wondering if its worth it... the lowest temps i could get are prob 10 C.... is there anything out there that can get me

a. lower... for around same price...
b. around 30 C for cheaper?

looking at $125 plus $190 and some change to get this set up and running with the zalman

6/12/2006 9:21:25 PM

you will pay in electricity the first month you use it, the price difference you saved in overclocking whatever the fuck you put under it.

6/12/2006 9:22:16 PM

Really?... i mean thats straight... im not as compitent in these matters as say... your average EC major... lol im biochem... shoot me... but if thats the case... whats my best bet... wanna OC my graphics card and processor.... graphics prob first...

6/12/2006 9:26:20 PM

save money on the hardware required to oc unless you're going to commit to doing it for years, buy hardware that's oc friendly, and limit your oc's to what you can do on just air. if you aren't willing to do that, sell your current hardware and buy nicer hardware with that money and they money you were planning on spending on oc'ing gear

6/12/2006 9:59:11 PM

thanks.... looks like i might be going in a diff direction now.... gonna get that P4 D 805 that'll go up to 4.1 ghz pretty easily and a decent fan and maybe dual sli.... a secondary question for dual SLI... would i see better performance from two $150 dollar 6800 pci cards with 350mhz/700mhz. As compared to my 6800 now which is 375/1000. I think this is a no brainer... But would it be better to invest in say a single $300+ GPU... or dual $150+ cards is basically what im asking....

6/13/2006 6:34:05 AM

the most important thing with SLI is your screen resolution. What's your monitor's size? If you're running 1280x1024 or lower, I think SLI is a waste. But SLI really is helpful with higher screen resolutions and the difference it makes at the lower resolutions is minimal.

Usually:
15" LCD and lower - definitely do not get SLI
1280x1024 - 17" LCD
19" LCDs come in both 1280 and 1600
1600x1200 - >19" LCD

6/13/2006 9:02:39 AM

buy 1 7900gt and forget 2 6800's

6/13/2006 9:37:01 AM

Why not just buy a P4 D 900-series with the newer 65nm Presler core? They'll easily overclock past 4ghz on air cooling alone, and cost less then your planned water system to boot.

6/13/2006 4:58:51 PM

hmmm... is the multiplier 20 on that chip? and what about the fsb?

[Edited on June 13, 2006 at 9:04 PM. Reason : .]

6/13/2006 9:04:18 PM

it's semi-obvious you don't really know what's going on and what's required to have a stable oc. honestly, it's fun when you're really pushing your machine to get an insane benchmark or screenshot/POST picture.. but when your machine doesn't stay on longer than 3 days consistantly it gets old. it's not worth it for the extra 10fps and its not as simple as tom's hardware and shit makes it look.

6/14/2006 2:28:46 AM

how about u blow me.... i should never try to oc or learn any more about it cause i dont allready know?....

6/14/2006 11:11:17 AM

Learning is not asking all your flippant questions here. We are not here to spoon feed you. Do some research yourself, and ask more pertinent, less n00bish questions. And besides, he basically just told you OCing is pretty stupid from a pragmatic standpoint and you aren't going to notice that 5% increase you get out of it. If you are that concerned, your money, time, energy, is better spent buying technology that is meant to be faster (raptors + raid, etc) rather than trying to ring out minimal gains from other stuff.

[Edited on June 14, 2006 at 11:42 AM. Reason : a]

6/14/2006 11:39:50 AM

Look at how dead this board allways is... im sorry i wasted your valuable time with a couple of questions... my suggestion is that if you dont want to help a noob then dont fucking reply ....

6/14/2006 4:04:52 PM

This board isn't dead. Thanks for playing.

6/14/2006 4:14:01 PM

lol...Cypher... your a very negative person... allways flaming people....

6/14/2006 4:31:10 PM