Current waterblock not sufficent for AMD 955be need suggestions.

Duby2 · 06-24-2009, 10:09 AM

I currently have a thermaltake waterblock w/acrylic cover, its about 4 years old now. It cooled my p4 3.4ghz prescott quite well with vga and northbridge in the loop. Recently i had bought an AMD 955be 3.2gz with the msi 790gx-g65 mobo and slapped my waterblocks in it from my p4 system. I then started bios and seen its idle at 40c,Upon booting vista and running the msi corecenter utility i see that it gets down to about 37c idle, No overclock mind you. I then start prime95(stress/stabilty test) under load for 3 hours the cpu maxes out at 52-53c. the max for this cpu is 62. At stock speeds I think im alright but i would like to Overclock. Could this just be a crap old waterblock not designed to handle 4 cores, and does anyone have suggestions for a new cpu block that performs well with the AMD 955be cpu..

**forcifer** · 06-24-2009, 11:42 AM

if its thermaltake its going to be crap. i would get the swittech apogee GTX or GTZ. the GTZ is currently the best performance waterblock out there. what size of tubing do you have? what radiator do you use?

Duby2 · 06-24-2009, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by forcifer

if its thermaltake its going to be crap. i would get the swittech apogee GTX or GTZ. the GTZ is currently the best performance waterblock out there. what size of tubing do you have? what radiator do you use?

1 Dual and 1 Single 120mm radiators with variable speed fans, Using 3/8"ID tubing .Pump 400 L/hr

**forcifer** · 06-24-2009, 08:05 PM

hmm 3/8" isnt the best but it will do. if i were you i would get http://www.performance-pcs.com/catal...ducts_id=21159 . its cheap and works pretty well, i used it for a while. if you want really high performance, http://www.performance-pcs.com/catal...ducts_id=24230 is pretty much the best one out there.

06-24-2009, 10:09 AM	#1 (permalink)
Duby2 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: michigan Posts: 3 OS: Ubuntu Jaunty 64bit/Vista 64bit My System	Current waterblock not sufficent for AMD 955be need suggestions. I currently have a thermaltake waterblock w/acrylic cover, its about 4 years old now. It cooled my p4 3.4ghz prescott quite well with vga and northbridge in the loop. Recently i had bought an AMD 955be 3.2gz with the msi 790gx-g65 mobo and slapped my waterblocks in it from my p4 system. I then started bios and seen its idle at 40c,Upon booting vista and running the msi corecenter utility i see that it gets down to about 37c idle, No overclock mind you. I then start prime95(stress/stabilty test) under load for 3 hours the cpu maxes out at 52-53c. the max for this cpu is 62. At stock speeds I think im alright but i would like to Overclock. Could this just be a crap old waterblock not designed to handle 4 cores, and does anyone have suggestions for a new cpu block that performs well with the AMD 955be cpu..

06-24-2009, 11:42 AM	#2 (permalink)
forcifer Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Kansas City kansas Posts: 3,623 OS: Vista Premium 32 My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Current waterblock not sufficent for AMD 955be need suggestions. if its thermaltake its going to be crap. i would get the swittech apogee GTX or GTZ. the GTZ is currently the best performance waterblock out there. what size of tubing do you have? what radiator do you use? __________________ now i remember

06-24-2009, 08:05 PM	#4 (permalink)
forcifer Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Kansas City kansas Posts: 3,623 OS: Vista Premium 32 My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Current waterblock not sufficent for AMD 955be need suggestions. hmm 3/8" isnt the best but it will do. if i were you i would get http://www.performance-pcs.com/catal...ducts_id=21159 . its cheap and works pretty well, i used it for a while. if you want really high performance, http://www.performance-pcs.com/catal...ducts_id=24230 is pretty much the best one out there. __________________ now i remember