Watercooling questions

[SnowSurfer]

i am thiking of water cooling my comp because it runs way too hot even when it isnt overclocked (i dunno whats up with it). so my 2 questions are...

what socket is a p3 at 1 ghz? and i use distilled water with a water cooler right?

thanks

[SnowSurfer]

this is going to sound really stupid but i dont have the slightest clue which mine is :(

[PoloM1]

Chances are that you have socket370, that's the one that looks pretty much like a square on your motherboard, slot 1 looks like a slot on your motherboard (similar to the agp or pci slots), what is your motherboard, if you list that, someone should be able to tell you.

[Kevster]

Originally posted by SnowSurfer
i am thiking of water cooling my comp because it runs way too hot even when it isnt overclocked (i dunno whats up with it). so my 2 questions are...

what socket is a p3 at 1 ghz? and i use distilled water with a water cooler right?

Like Chosenfool said, definitely use distilled water! You will get much better performance out of your setup if you use an additive such as Ethyl-Glycol (auto radiator coolant) or Water Wetter (from Red Line Oil products). These additives also contain anti-corrosives that will make a big difference if the system you're using has dissimilar metals. If you mix metals in your system - aluminum and copper for instance - you will get a "battery effect" that will begin to corrode the surfaces of your fittings. Over time this corrosion will begin to affect your cooling performance.

[SnowSurfer]

ok mine is a square on my motherboard. so it is socket370 right?

[sbp]

Originally posted by SnowSurfer
ok mine is a square on my motherboard. so it is socket370 right? Yes

[revil]

Originally posted by sbp
Yes
Quit lieing. We all know it's hinge1920... non of that socket crap.... :P

[Showtime]

Sure you dont want to just try a better heatsink/cooler? Do you have fans in you case? Maybe the base of the heatsink isnt mounted right(hard to do). You can try decent thermal paste and another fan in the case. A lot less work and less money than a h2o system.
either way good luck,
-jel:halo:

[SnowSurfer]

i have a fan on the power unit and a fan on the back but other than that nothing. no heatsink no nothing. any ideas? i dont want it monster loud thats why i was going to go with h2o

[Hiro]

KooLance (http://www.koolance.com/)

[Cheesypuff]

Delta fans usually do the job...they are only 1 step down from being a jet engine!!!

[Cantacuzene]

No offensebut water cooling isnt an easy, everyday system, and from your posts I've gathered you arent terribly hardware minded, so I dunno if water cooling is a good idea.

My suggestion is to get a heatsink and fan for the cpu and 2 large case fans, maybe a pci exhaust system as well.

[SnowSurfer]

it might not sound like i am very hardware minded or anything but i could make things work if i wanted them to. i dont venture into my case all that often cause i dont need to. i will problaby just go with the more fans route than the water cooling. but still u cant say water cooling wouldnt be cool :)