Water cooling help from the Pros!

hahaha. It's all good... been a while since I played around. The board I picked up supports ocing ram to 1300mhz... fastest ddr2 you can get. If it doesnt work out i'll toss it in the pvr and underclock it. Better than the 40 dollar ram i have in there atm. I'll just build a drip trap beneath the ram :P

Ok so I've found a post on a random forum that mixing aluminium with copper is bad. The ram i'm getting is aluminium and the cpu cooler is copper. I also need to mix a northbridge waterblock into the equation if anyone has some suggestions. Needs to be 3/8 ID 1/2 OD

thanks.

[Sushi Warrior]

That is very common knowledge, it will make everything corrode. Don't bother WCing RAM!!!

[3.0charlie]

Originally Posted by HaDeS

Ok so I've found a post on a random forum that mixing aluminium with copper is bad. The ram i'm getting is aluminium and the cpu cooler is copper. I also need to mix a northbridge waterblock into the equation if anyone has some suggestions. Needs to be 3/8 ID 1/2 OD

thanks.

We already told you so... alu. and copper don't mix, and will create galvanic corrosion.

NB block? Depends which baord you have, and most have threads for G1/4 barbs. You can pick your tubing dia.

[Phobia]

don't water cool the ram.. such a waste.

[Supergrover]

Originally Posted by HaDeS

Ok so I've found a post on a random forum that mixing aluminium with copper is bad. The ram i'm getting is aluminium and the cpu cooler is copper. I also need to mix a northbridge waterblock into the equation if anyone has some suggestions. Needs to be 3/8 ID 1/2 OD

thanks.

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I agree watercooling the ram is a waste but each to their own.

[crazyhorsejohnny]

Originally Posted by Supergrover

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I agree watercooling the ram is a waste but each to their own.

Yep Antec Spot Cool does a good job.

[enaberif]

Originally Posted by crazyhorsejohnny

Yep Antec Spot Cool does a good job.

Corsair memory cooler is far better.

Welp i'm gonna have 2 pumps that would fit in my case If i needed to run a seperate loop. I totally understand everyone saying not to WC the ram... I'm curious how many people have actually tried. The deal is however..... i need the highest Mhz ram I can find without too much trouble. OCZ is it for the moment and if it turns out to be a total waste of time and money so be it I'll pick up the dominator stuff with the fan and settle for a lower overclock. This is an experiment of sorts due to being a bit of an AMD fanboy.

Thanks for the post on the northbridge post... i'll certainly look into that.

Cheers fellas!

[miggs78]

Originally Posted by enaberif

Corsair memory cooler is far better.

Totally agreed.. Or even do a DIY, some screws, nuts, washers and 2 fans would do the trick easily..

Now I know you really want to cool that RAM Hades, but sometimes the safest root is the best.. And honest to god, your RAM just needs active cooling, and trust me.. you can 99% of the push it to the limits..

Cooling a RAM is do-able, but both a PITA, you need special parts (like you already know), tubes.. barbs for that.. And I highly doubt water cooling a RAM would give much more juice than an actively cooled (by fan) RAM..

But the decision is yours, you're the only judge, go ahead if you want, people will still help you if you get stuck.. for sure