Exos is Pissing Me Off!

[TheGreatSatan]

I got the Koolance Exos for cooling off my 2.8Ghz processor and it hardly helps. I have the chip running @ 3.16Ghz @ 43.5C, WTF!? I can't think why it's not running cooler? I got the coolant from Koolance, but should I have bought it somewhere else? Is there anything I can do to squeeze out a couple more degrees?

And now I have bubbles in the reservoir. Where did they come from?

[Knipex]

Bubbles in res mean you have a leak somewhere or that you havent properly gotten the air out of the system yet.


Second the Exos isnt exactly a performance unit.... You can improve things slightly by leaving the fans at the highest speed settings but outside of that not realy a whole lot you can do without some serious modding.

[TheGreatSatan]

and that's really loud. I'll have to change it from Air Force One to Air Force One's engine!

[TheGreatSatan]

Just to update this, my pump stopped working. When I opened the unit, the radiator was real dirty and one of the hoses had partially melted on the internal heatsink. I replaced the tubing and bought a new res/pump combo from Koolance. I also turned one of the top fans so it would be blowing down on the radiator and gave it a new grill.

I plan on adding some lights to it in the future.

http://img179.exs.cx/img179/2312/exosmod5iw.jpg

With the modifications I'm getting temp of about 27C.

[Negative Design]

air is bad?:mad: im not using a res and my water is in an open bucket...bad?:blink:

[TheGreatSatan]

The Exos is supposed to be self contained, not self exposed.