xxrabid93

If you were in my situation (aka never used a chiller before), would you get a 5-6k BTU for around $40, or a 10-12k BTU for around $80?

Also, does it matter how much it has been used? Does it "lose" cooling capacity from being used alot?
 
EDIT: Do brands of A/c's matter for what we do?

Anyone?

nateman_doo

xxrabid93

xxrabid93

If you were in my situation (aka never used a chiller before), would you get a 5-6k BTU for around $40, or a 10-12k BTU for around $80?

Also, does it matter how much it has been used? Does it "lose" cooling capacity from being used alot?

EDIT: Do brands of A/c's matter for what we do?

Anyone?

It boils down to  money & performance.  If you want the best performance and to hell with the power bill, then get the bigger one.  If you got lots of money, the electric bill will start to stack up running a larger AC. 

The 5-6K will work just fine.  Its not the initial cost, that is a drop in the bucket.  You will pay more then the unit in power the first month alone for daily usage.

+1 on the power costs.  The $40 difference between units is nothing.  Also I never have to wait between runs to let the chiller pull down the temps...I just bench at will, as fast as I want.  I would not recommend building a chiller if you are sensitive to cost, as the electric bills will kill, and someone will give you a hassle about it....parents, spouse, people will notice the spike!, lol. 

he said the fuzz....lol

i pity the fool who says the fuzz!

lol

hey rabid what do you want a cooler for anyway you have a dice pot right.  There is all sorts of things you can do with a rad that is way easier than a cooler. Just set up a loop with only your gpu/chipset on it and throw it in the cooler with the dice next time you bench.



Building a cooler is fun but like these guys say the power bill is rediculous. I only ran mine for a month because I went from about 120 bucks before cooler. To 480 bucks after cooler my girlfriend killed me.

chillers are great for getting you primed for you weekend benching on dice

How does this sound...  Build your chiller and use it on the weekends and when you want to bench.  During the week, use a BONG cooler. 

enable the t-stat during the week. that way it shuts off when a certain temp is reached. when benching, turn the t-stat off

+1

well I just did it to the back of a board, if you could mask off everything nice i am sure it wouldnt hurt but probably more trouble than its worth

I don't think you'd get good heat transfer...it might be the same or worse than not using thermal paste. 

You mean plastidip the eraser?

You'd have to build up a lot of plasi dip to create enough thickness around the bracket.  That would take forever, even if you globed it on (like I do). 

Then you better make sure you don't need to go back in and take that cpu out for quite a long while or all your work is down the drain.  Actually the first time you need to swap cpu's etc, you ruin the whole job, because you just can't pull up a portion of the dip without possibly compromising the rest of the mobo cpu "area"

I don't think it would work very well. 

I sold that stock about 45 days ago.  I still believe in apple, but man, how long can that success last?

I think I'm in love.. 6 Cooler Master R4 w/ Red LEDs got here today. Such lovely fans. And quiet too! 

Oh, you'll be making another trip to Michael's....