-Post pics of your computer-

[MangaSpawn64]

I was trying to be funny due to the large nature of the photo's - Meant nothing by it though

I was gonna say, man the iphone 5 takes shitty picture

[VW_Factor]

Even if you're overclocking on a BUS a 20$ RAM cooler would suffice to keep your RAM sticks cool and probably provide some airflow to the chipset as well.

Its the reason I use a RAM cooler. Just to help move air around too keep other things cooler. Not really so much for the RAM as its rarely more than simply warm to the touch.

[Dungeoncrawler]

Kinda disappointed with my cpu temps after adding my watercooling unit. I guess the one rad is just not enough for 2 gpu's and a cpu. Under load I'm sometimes getting close to 65c on the proc. The gpu's are staying extremely cool (usually around 50c in 3d mode). Not sure what to do at this point since I don't have room for another rad. The money I spent on the watercooling unit and its just barely beating the temps I was getting with my h70 .

[Roadhog]

Kinda disappointed with my cpu temps after adding my watercooling unit. I guess the one rad is just not enough for 2 gpu's and a cpu. Under load I'm sometimes getting close to 65c on the proc. The gpu's are staying extremely cool (usually around 50c in 3d mode). Not sure what to do at this point since I don't have room for another rad. The money I spent on the watercooling unit and its just barely beating the temps I was getting with my h70 .

Those are pretty good temps for cpu and two gpus. Don't see what there is to complain about there.

[Greasy]

Kinda disappointed with my cpu temps after adding my watercooling unit. I guess the one rad is just not enough for 2 gpu's and a cpu. Under load I'm sometimes getting close to 65c on the proc. The gpu's are staying extremely cool (usually around 50c in 3d mode). Not sure what to do at this point since I don't have room for another rad. The money I spent on the watercooling unit and its just barely beating the temps I was getting with my h70 .

Could you add a 120mm rad on the back of the case? I'm kind of surprised if your CPU is running hotter than those GPUs if it's first in line coming out of the reservoir. You may want to pull the block, and make sure it was seated correctly.

[Roadhog]

Could you add a 120mm rad on the back of the case? I'm kind of surprised if your CPU is running hotter than those GPUs if it's first in line coming out of the reservoir. You may want to pull the block, and make sure it was seated correctly.

Loop order does not matter. Cpus will also always run hotter than a gpu. You could check the contact on the cpu block, wouldn't hurt.

[Dungeoncrawler]

Those are pretty good temps for cpu and two gpus. Don't see what there is to complain about there.

Was just going off of some similar setups where the person was reporting cpu temps not breaking the mid 50's *shrugs*. However, you guys know more about this stuff than me . Speaking of correct seating, I did use the thermal paste that came with the setup. I remember noticing it looked slightly more 'watery' than other thermal pastes I have used before. I applied in the standard X pattern. I've recently acquired some Arctic Alumina compound. Maybe a re-seat is in order?

[Roadhog]

Was just going off of some similar setups where the person was reporting cpu temps not breaking the mid 50's *shrugs*. However, you guys know more about this stuff than me

Is their ambient temp the same as yours?

[Dungeoncrawler]

Is their ambient temp the same as yours?

Good question that I don't know the answer to. Granted it does get rather hot in the room. I've got another pc with a pair of 580's venting into the area so I get ambient temps sometimes in the 80f. Question bout pulling the waterblock to check thermal seating. Do I need to back-off the tension spring fastener's before loosening the actual water block retention bolts?

[Roadhog]

Good question that I don't know the answer to. Granted it does get rather hot in the room. I've got another pc with a pair of 580's venting into the area so I get ambient temps sometimes in the 80f. Question bout pulling the waterblock to check thermal seating. Do I need to back-off the tension spring fastener's before loosening the actual water block retention bolts?

80f is pretty high. In that case i would say your temps are damn good.

[jjyiz28]

shoddy on my cell phone, but u get the gist. q6600, x1950pro, would you look at the size of my heatsink??

[Meteor_of_War]

would you look at the size of my heatsink??

I know it looks big but that is actually the standard these days for an after market heatsink.

[CurrentlyPissed]

I know it looks big but that is actually the standard these days for an after market heatsink.

Not if you count water cooling

[VW_Factor]

A bit more playing with long exposure times. This is 4 seconds. Even with the monitor brightness all the way down, it still was WAY blown out. My betta tank shows nicely though.

On the right, the light I'm sure is coming from the other fish tanks. All the lights were off in the room.

[MangaSpawn64]

[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v230/jjyiz28/0426121804.jpg

[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v230/jjyiz28/0426121803.jpg

[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v230/jjyiz28/0426121802.jpg

shoddy on my cell phone, but u get the gist. q6600, x1950pro, would you look at the size of my heatsink??

You'll never be a mod with that much dust in your computer son.

[kakarot]

I have finally reached my goal after many weeks of low beer and food consumption. It is amazing to say the least but I have a feeling my video cards hate me now Next mission is upgrading my 3+ year old cpu and mobo.




Btw, awesome wiring job on that t600 Penguin. I could not make mine look like that even if I tried

[Dungeoncrawler]

Didn't want to start a new thread anywhere, so I thought I'd ask here. When I had my proc oc'ed to 4.6GHz (3.8GHz default) I noticed the temps would vary as much as 10c degrees from core to core. After I updated my bios, I kept the proc at default speed. Now I notice my temps are pretty close on all cores and was wondering if that is normal? Oc'ing the proc is what produced the fluctuating core temps?

[spike700]

Didn't want to start a new thread anywhere, so I thought I'd ask here. When I had my proc oc'ed to 4.6GHz (3.8GHz default) I noticed the temps would vary as much as 10c degrees from core to core. After I updated my bios, I kept the proc at default speed. Now I notice my temps are pretty close on all cores and was wondering if that is normal? Oc'ing the proc is what produced the fluctuating core temps?

It is normal, although the bios update may have something to do with it. The temp sensors in Intel's chips were never meant to be terribly accurate and the hotter or cooler the cpu is the more difference there will be between the sensors.

[Dungeoncrawler]

It is normal, although the bios update may have something to do with it. The temp sensors in Intel's chips were never meant to be terribly accurate and the hotter or cooler the cpu is the more difference there will be between the sensors.

[kakarot]

It is normal, although the bios update may have something to do with it. The temp sensors in Intel's chips were never meant to be terribly accurate and the hotter or cooler the cpu is the more difference there will be between the sensors.

yup. it also doesn't help that windows likes to "park" cores on it's own which will also make some warmer than others

[Treeckcold57]

After seeing everyone posted their nice case and a great cable management...I will post some pictures when I get a new 2nd build once when I move to NC completely...I just don't know when yet.

[Dungeoncrawler]

I have all my case fans running to the controller, having to use extenders I'm sorta in a mess about cable management. I think I'll keep the case fans on the mobo, and just run my rad and the exhaust fan off the controller. Btw, is the speed adjustable on the rez pump?

[BababooeyHTJ]

I'm pretty sure that you can throw it on the fan controller, I've done it with my H50.

[shadow001]

I have all my case fans running to the controller, having to use extenders I'm sorta in a mess about cable management. I think I'll keep the case fans on the mobo, and just run my rad and the exhaust fan off the controller. Btw, is the speed adjustable on the rez pump?

Carefull with that since the pump that may come with the kit you bought can use close to 20 watts of power, so plugging it into a CPU fan header is asking for trouble, as it's too much load compared to a fan motor.


There's this if you have an open drive bay, and works like a charm:

http://koolance.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=0_69&product_id=1147

Or single pump versions like this:

http://koolance.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=0_69&product_id=750

[CurrentlyPissed]

Changed out graphics cards. Went from 2x MSI 7950s for a Single Asus 680 CUII. TERA doesn't support CFX, and you get a heavy amount of negative scaling. So since that will be the only game I play for a bit, figured I needed to change things around.

How it looks naked, no cards in there... It's so weird.


Opening the New box of goodies.





I inserted her into my case.

[Meteor_of_War]

Beastly.

[Meteor_of_War]

Here's my new 670:

[demo]

Nice looking card, but you should have washed your hands before installing it

[Meteor_of_War]

Nice looking card, but you should have washed your hands before installing it

Oh FFS who gives a ****.

[demo]

Me! Are you a mechanic?

[Meteor_of_War]

I didn't even notice it until you said something. The GTX 260 was dusty and some must have got on my hands when I uninstalled it. Don't lose any sleep over it.

[Ristogod]

Here's my new 670:

So they are making the same design flaw as the previous Radeons where the shroud surround it is flat and if used in multi-gpu setups where they sit adjacent to each other, the fans won't be able to pull in air?

[Meteor_of_War]

Yeah I probably wouldn't use these reference 670's in a tri or quad SLI config because of their coolers. Dual SLI is probably OK though.

[BababooeyHTJ]

I really need to find a good way to place two monitors on my desk. I would love to easily be able to switch between my Catleap and Planar. I'm thinking a couple of these brackets or these.

Excuse the mess on my desk.

[Meteor_of_War]

Well I don't feel so bad about the mess of wires behind my desk now.

[demo]

So they are making the same design flaw as the previous Radeons where the shroud surround it is flat and if used in multi-gpu setups where they sit adjacent to each other, the fans won't be able to pull in air?

Its only EVGA using shrouds like that, not sure why. Real reference design 670's and 80's have room for air flow.

[BababooeyHTJ]

Well I don't feel so bad about the mess of wires behind my desk now.

I plan on cleaning that up a bit any day now.

[Meteor_of_War]

And as soon as I'm 100% better from my surgery I will be doing a dusting and long overdue tidy up of cable management in my PC.

I will even clean the dust marks off the GTX 670.

[Meteor_of_War]

Some recent pictures.

[BababooeyHTJ]

Very nice, I should post a pic of the back of my motherboard tray for a good laugh.