Testing and Final Words

Test Setup will be:-
1GB OCZ DDR400
Radeon 9000 Pro
ThermalTake TruPower 420w PSU
2x Tt Temp Sensing System fans (exhausts)

Now for the true purpose of this experiment, where are my temps and how quiet is it?

My original temps, according to MBM, on my Abit NF7 motherboard, AMD XP2400+ was 49C at idle and 53C at full load running at 1.7Vcore and at 13x166 (2.15GHz). It was cooled with a Swiftech 462+ and Y.S. Tech TMD 70mm 5800 RPM fan. Same setup with the new WC rig comes in at a nice 41C idle and 46C full load. This is a decent 7C savings. I stepped it up a little to see where I could go and got it to 11.5x200 (2.25GHz) at 1.875 Vcore and 52C full load, motherboard temp is 31C. I could not achieve 200MHz FSB with the air-cooling. This setting crashed after several tests and I had to back it down to 11x200 at 1.85 Vcore, this also ran 52C at full load. I could get 14.5x166 (2.4GHz) just fine with the same temps and Vcore and this setting proved to be slightly more stable and faster according to SiSoft Sandra, so that is where I left it. The noise level in the room has dropped drastically, I went from 80mm 4000 rpm intake, the TMD 5800rpm CPU fan and two 70mm ThermalTake temp adjust in the top back to remove the air to the 120mm radiator fan at 2000rpm and the 2 ThermalTake's. There is only a slight hum in the room compared to the roar that was in there previously. It is so much quieter that even the wife made mention of "what did you turn off in there", that's the tell tale test for me :) .

Pros
Cools better than air
Reached the magical 200FSB
Very quiet solution
Easy to install
Able to modify kit parameters to my needs upon order
CPU Water Block tension screw applies pressure directly above CPU.

Cons
Pump / Water reservoir assembly leaked and had to be modified
Tubing is middle of the road
CPU Water Block a little clumsy to install (clip on).

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