Swiftech (H2O) 8600

[domdom8754]

Hello all,
I'm thinking of using this cooler on an ABIT NF7-S m/brd with a mobile athlon.
Has anyone else had any experience of this combination?
I'm using an Arctic Silentium case which never seems to get the heat out very well.
The PSU seems quite capable at 350W (a good 350w, not a Qtec).
But I'm running an X800XL and two HDD's and a CD-RW.
How can I find how much power the chip is consuming at 2.5Ghz (had stable it at this with a zalman 7000 and open case on a cold day!).
Would I need a second radiator?
Is there a watercooling temperature monitor that can be mounted n a 3.5" disk drive bay as well?

Hope someone out there has done something similar,
d

[latency]

I think the 80mm raditor will struggle with a CPU and a graphics card. You'll need a bigger rad or a very heavy duty fan, which will be noisy.

Power you can't be sure about untill you try it and find out...

THe temp monitor, there are no official ones that I know of, except the Aqua Computer one, not sure what it's compatability is like though.

I use the temp probes on my fan controller to monitor my watercooling temps, one probe dips in the bleed pipe for water temp, and one of them is positioned right next to the CPU die and gives pretty much a spot on temp.

[domdom8754]

thanks 4 your reply, I think I'll stay with the stock fan for the card, I was more interested in making sure that the swiftech could handle a mobile athlon running quite hot.
Think I'll stick with ABIT's temp monitoring,
many thanks,
d

[latency]

Yea I should think it can manage the CPU on its own, but you'll need to make sure the rad fan is an intake, so it gets cool air.

If you mount it on the back so it's an exhaust, the air will be warm and the temps might not be worth the trouble.