H2O Cooling Build Log (Retiring) 4-way SLI - Successful

[TB]

Mineral oil submerged? 💡

 

[Pako]

Not quite. Have to wait for the official build log I guess.

 

[Casio]

Phase change?

 

[Terronium-12]

That would be my guess as well; that, or a chiller.

 

[Pako]

Well, staying with water, but my right now my CPU under a few hours of gaming will hit max at 62-65C, while my GPU's all hit about 50-55C. I want to improve these numbers while upgrading my Mobo and Processor to go with it.

 

[Shaun]

Looks like you mean business Pako.

Dry Ice in the tank .

Looking froward to seeing the build progress.

Cheers Shaun.

 

[Korza]

Well, staying with water, but my right now my CPU under a few hours of gaming will hit max at 62-65C, while my GPU's all hit about 50-55C. I want to improve these numbers while upgrading my Mobo and Processor to go with it.

Are you going to upgrade your graphics cards while you're at it?

 

[Pako]

Nope, just CPU, Ram, and Motherboard. I'm hoping I can get a few more years out of my graphic cards.

 

[Spike125]

Isn't that aquarium a little big as expansion tank ??
Looking forward to the build.
For my part, I'm happy that I'm finished for now, so I can concentrate on my gaming rig again.

 

[Saidur_Ali]

Nope, just CPU, Ram, and Motherboard. I'm hoping I can get a few more years out of my graphic cards.

Why not sell the two GTX 590s while they have got decent resale value and get one GTX 690 for a little bit extra which should perform better but also take less power than one 590 which should result in lower temperature and a huge reduction of total system power consumption. Might reduce by like 400 Watts or something . Will also make things neater having only one graphics card and gives you an option of adding another in future if you want that extra performance.

 

[Pako]

Isn't that aquarium a little big as expansion tank ??
Looking forward to the build.
For my part, I'm happy that I'm finished for now, so I can concentrate on my gaming rig again.

Well, to be honest, I was looking for a new reservoir anyways. They are all in the $40+ dollar range. I came across this tank on sale for $10. Add the submersible pump to it, you have got one extreme tank/pump combo. The whole thing might be a bust, but time will tell.

Why not sell the two GTX 590s while they have got decent resale value and get one GTX 690 for a little bit extra which should perform better but also take less power than one 590 which should result in lower temperature and a huge reduction of total system power consumption. Might reduce by like 400 Watts or something . Will also make things neater having only one graphics card and gives you an option of adding another in future if you want that extra performance.

That is an idea. Honestly, if I could get enough out of these two cards to get a couple 680 Hydro's I would do it. I normally don't resale electronics since resale is so bad. I guess it wouldn't hurt to put them out and see if I have any bites. Do you need a couple 590's?

[Edit] Upon further investigation, I think I will hold onto the 590's. These two cards together make for some pretty extreme gaming performance (given Quad-SLI support). The only advantage I see would be to go 3-way SLI 680's for comparable performance but with better game support as SLI and 3-way SLI seem more compatible more consistently than quad-SLI in my experience.

I have ~$1,800 into those two cards. I am really hoping to ride out the depreciation curve. If I pay $1 per day, I feel pretty good about it. That means 5 years for these two cards for being on the bleeding edge for roughly 6 months.

Maybe when the 700 or 800 series cards come out, I will be ready to jump ship as I doubt I will find a trade for these two 590's for three 680's. For what it's worth, my 3 GTX280's lasted until I upgraded to the 570's. I was able to skip two full generations of cards. I would like to do the same here.

New build log will resume here.