Thread: Koolance CPU 330 & Danger Den Barbs
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Old 09-10-2007
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Re: Koolance CPU 330 & Danger Den Barbs
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Originally Posted by V2-V3 View Post
When i was Overclocking SoundEvolution's rig at PDXLAN I was getting some bad temps on a "new DD block" so out of curiosity i replaced his current "DD block" with a new Koolance CPU 330 water block. Once the Koolance block was installed I made a Koolance comparison to the "DD" temps and to my surprise the temps were no better than the Danger Den block and actually the CPU was running a few Degrees higher!

Having played with the Koolance 330 Block for some time I felt the block was not performing as it should. I compared the temperatures of the "The DD" and Koolance Block in the system of interest to my my system (Q6600, Koolance CPU 330 Block) What I found was disturbing my Temps were nearly half of what i was seeing when i used the same Koolance 330 Block in SoundEvolution's Rig!!!!


This caused me to do some research into what was happening.
the problem seems to be with the choice barbs used, The common DD barbs have longer threads that are restricting flow when used in the Koolance CPU block.

Here is what it looks like:








SoundEvolution's Rig:
Q6600 (Danger Den cooled)
ASUS P5K3 Premium
2GB DDR3 1800
8800GT?
Thermochill 120.3 (PA)? Radiator

My Rig:
Q6600 (Koolance CPU 330)
ASUS P5K Premium
2GB DDR2 1066
8800GTX
Koolance 1KW Radiator
I just compared a real DD barb (not the EK in ur pic) and the DD barb is about one thread longer than the Koolance one dude.
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