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from gen to gen as the chips gets smaller and more packed in the hotter the cpu gets and the cooling plates cant keep up so its hard to compare that is why its confusing.
back in the day when we water cooled the i7920 and oced it to 4.0ish and did an sli of say 2x gtx 275 cards most would round 2 360 rads some times 3 rads and target at about 60c with 1200 rpm fans.
 
the newer stuff runs hotter so air cooled there hitting like 85c+ so under water a good temp would be say 70c the more rads you add the more demising return per dollar spent per c drop.

i was not talking to you...

I agree with this. You already went through the effort of polishing the screen with an "abrasive" paper towel. Just go all the way continue further up with finer grit papers and compounds. I wonder if a "magic eraser" would be finer grit than a paper towel? Otherwise look up online the finest grit pads you can find for your polisher along with finishing compound.
Try the Lake Country finishing pads or the Rupes BigFood finishing pads lol.

Since the damage is already done, I'd take the bezel off, tape off the edges and use car polishing compound to try and buff out the marks.

ya its coslty for not much gain if any like ocing like like 3% to maybe 15% if lucky...
but it looks cool thow...
 
buying an aio would be WAY CHEAPER...

some xeon will work in desktop mb that have ocing but only some are unlocked. some only can be oced by there turbo ratios. and some need 3 party programs to do it or hacked bios and stuff.

oh... ya ek had them alphacool probly still has em thow there hard to fill. they costed alot thow like $500+
 

 

 

water cooling is probably minim $1000 Canadian w/e that is for euros
 
$150 for res (you can get a cheap res  $20 thow but you will still need to buy a pump top... probly $50
$120-$150 for pump (dont recommend buying used i got hose on used ones before...)
$100-$500 gpu block $ i payed $700 for my gpu block for my 3090)thow its like 2 full blocks and for looks dont recommend you spend this amount) used around $100ish new $150+
$20 reservoir can be had for cheap
$60-$100 each rad
$30 fittings say $5 a fitting minim 6
$20 tubing say
$20 additive say
$5 distilled water
$5-$14 a fan
 

$100 candian i dont no what that is for euros... so $100 canadian is like $70 euros so ya was right

i dint run uv but i had leds... i looked it up the other day and found nothing so... i can put uv in but nothing to light up...
 
 

I saw that yeah, its an interesting build. at that point the hardware is more than capable of playing modern games but without dx11 support. youre going to absolutely dominate dx9 though

you need an insulator to keep the heat in the hose. just like a thermos keep things hot and cold

70C is the issue. That CPU is extremely hot + old it's not designed to go above 61C

I would get a aftermarket CPU cooler that can handle 150 TDP OR MORE ASAP!! or at least the 125 TDP. I would currently limit the CPU to 4.0GHZ current to lower the temperature a tad bit more. 
 

I got the gpu for $7 from a thrift store about 2.5 years ago and just started looking for something to put it in.
Eventually settled on this board because it supported the agp gpu without also having pci-e slots (which ruins the soul), and supported quad core cpus and 1066mhz ddr2.
then came 2 years of waiting for one to come up for a reasonable price which one finally did at $79.
Then I got the case as open box for like $110
got the cpu for $20
got the ram from the side of the road for free

I kinda wanted basically this so I dont really plan to sell it but I definitely want to find a more appropriate retro case
Sure you can make a faster xp computer, but you literally cant make a faster AGP only computer than this.
 

you can go uo to like 2150 rpm and it be prity quiet. posably 2400. back in the day the norm was 1200 rpm. my gentle typhoons did 2150 and there quiet. gpu fans on the other had can be alot louder depending on gpu. we also got hire rpm 140mm fans that are also quiet at 1900 rpm. smoothing we didnt have back then. there was one fast 180mm fan and that was siver stone but pasted 800 it got nosy.

ya i like the porn too... dont see it too much these days... but gpus and cpus getting hotter so maybe... 🤞ql fans i dont have? or you talking about the pic? i dont recommend people build a pc like i do... my rads alone cost more then people full build...
 
right i dont need a gaming pc i play diablo 2 and mindcraft...

im arguing that you dont need push pull ever...
people that dont care about cost go for it. who cares. i dont need 8x 560 in my pc but i can...dose not mean i tell them they need 10 3000 rpm fans in there system...
 

 

imo if you want to go water cooling and want expandability i would get a water cooling case.
 
you could water cool in the case you have now but most likely you have the rad out side the case...
 
a basic loop needs a pump, res, rad, and blocks gpu/cpu and 6 fittings and some tubeing.
 
probly recommend at least 2 rads.  but water cooling newer stuff is werid you can thow all the cooling at it and it still run hot... 🤷‍♂️

if we are not tell them what is best for the moeny the why not tell them to go balls deep then. spend $500 on an aio for that 1c drop. $50 a fan. $300 case. and walyes buy the striks kuz its the best right. gota use kpx too...

ya but sound gos up, cost gos up, uses more power all for like 2c... its not worth it like ever. only if you have no space to add more rads. the cost to buy another rad would get way more temp drop for your money even if you add $5 fans on it.
 
its looks cool thow🤷‍♂️
 
thing to note is ek fans cost like $25+ each so thats like $75 in fans...

i would flip the side fan so it exhaust or remove it
ya a cpu cooler would be a huge upgrade and then i would put a fan in the top front as intake.
 
its posable to mount a fan in the 5.25 bay just might not look as nice. you can get a 3d printed mount but they cost alot. there one on ammazon for like $15.

i lost so many deals too. got a voodoo 5500 for $60(sell didn't no if it worked looked bran new...) sold it for $100 with water blocks and now worth $1000+... 🤷‍♂️ what can you do. at the time it was worth $150... same with voodoo2 and a x800... bigest one was not mining bitcone or buying some...🤷‍♂️
there was a deal on ebay for a 1080 water cooled for $300 and i was trying to get  it cheaper and missed out that was just before the 20 seres lunch. i did buy one 1080 for $350 and sold it for $450 a week later thow. deals come and go. 

 
i whent all in on 30 sfc,30 n64, like 350 sfc controllers and about 140 n64 controllers and refurbing them. but its alot of work... and have not sold any yet...some times its not worth it. ya i could duble my moeny but if i worked a part time job minum wage ied make more faster...🤷‍♂️
 
 

It is my budget setup(AliExpress) Lol. Nothing special gets me by.
Xeon E5-2660 V4
32 GB Ram
256 M2 SSD/ 500GB Sata SSD
GTX 1060 3GB
Cheap Amazon Capture Card
Lenovo Laptop
40 inch Samsung TV 1080p
50 inch Westinghouse 4k
1080 Projector
Try to have a nice setup on a budget, Also have pics of my game room, the room is about 10x10, thanks for checking it out!!!
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I can take a pic when I get home in about 8 hours, but it's a ThermalTake big white with mostly opaque side panel. I traded a raspberyy pi for it off FB marketplace. Guy had a phenom ii x4 in it, so guessing around 10-15 years old lol