Water Cooling Question...

I currently have the Thermaltake Big water SE (1 120mm fan) running on my AMD 4200+ which is OC'd to appx. 2615MHz. Well, my idle temp is about 37-38 Celcius; I have the add-on thermaltake 120mm radiator which fills two optical drive bay slots, but I don't have enough liquid left in the bottle to fill the radiator. Anyways, what I'm wondering is: should I spend the extra $10 (Not hurting the pocket book any) and install the damn thing, or should I sell it on ebay and get my $30 back?? Is it worth it?

If so, my other question: Is my pump strong enough to handle that much liquid??

Thanks for any input!

 

ok something must be wrong water coolers should be cooler than that at idle... hmm w/e umm depends... id say check why ur running so hot for water cooling and decide if its worth it...
edit ive determind cuz its a kit thats why its runnig so hot
your temps are not that impressive... kit water cooling is as effective as some aircooling. i dont know what to tell you... maybe build your own water cooler... we have a sticky here...

 

well, im running hot because i have it overclocked by almost 10%, I just don't know if the radiator will make it much better: I may just buy a big water 745 (over a 200% increase in pump speed)

 

im not sure if you saw my edit... id go custom
i posted my edit at the last second

 

Pump speed wont be the problem. The faster the coolant moves, the less time it spends in the radiator.
I've got the CoolerMaster Aqua mini 120. It operates more efficiently at low pump speed coupled with high fan speed.
Why worry about idle speed?? It's flat out you need worry about!! As long as your CPU is below 60Celcius then everything is fine. I'm running my 2400 at 100% with F@H and it's 53Celcius and the watercooling isn't too loud.

I digress...
Slower pump speed, faster fan speed and larger radiator.

 

Okay, so today I bought the Big Water 745 online, should be here tommorow. I am going to have 2 external 120mm radiators, and two internal 120mm radiators, thats a total of 480mm or appx. 18x18 inches (10% smaller than the radiator in my truck). Should this be enough?

 

That should be adequate!! lol!
Try and keep the rads around the same height as the pump as to not overload it. you should be able to get away with quite low fan speeds

 

Thanks!! I'll post results as soon as I am done installing it, which will hopefully be tommorow.