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H2O cooled Mobile Bartons...
Hey all,
There are a couple threads floating around about the mobile Bartons and temps. I wanted to know what temps you were all getting with your watercooled O/Cs (clocks and volts).
I'm aware that temps are relative, and we should be more interested in how many more MHz we can squeeze out of our chips, but I don't want to cook my new XP-M2500+. I also know the MBM5 temps are notorious for being incorrect, however I don't think it can be that much off, especially with my bad temps.
Why do I ask this question? I'm blaming myself in setting up my watercooling loop incorrectly. I reseated the block 5 times with my 1st W/C loop, so I revised the loop to put less downward force on the block.
1st try at watercooling loop:
I was planning to secure the pump, but it didn't want to stay flat. Plus it was hitting the side panel, which probably disturbed the waterblock's seating. I decided to swap the clearflex with more flexible silicon tubing.
2nd try at loop:
I don't know if BigSmokey is still around these parts, but I used his loop (since we have the same case and basically the same parts). The long T helps for bleeding. The long tubing from the Whitewater outputs are ugly, but helped in keeping the tubing away from the side panel. The Chevette core on it's side is the only way it'll fit in my midtower SLK3700AMB.
I'm currently running 218x12 = 2616MHz @ 1.85V BIOS 21, 49ºC load (socket, MBM5), 30ºC ambient, 25ºC room. Prime stable. A 2nd shrouded 120mm fan would kill a couple degrees, but that's still too high. Something's wrong, since I'm getting spanked by SLK+tornado air combos.
I used to be at 217x12.5 = 2713MHz @ 2.06V BIOS, 50ºC load, P95 stable, but everytime I shoot for that speed again, I get 58ºC load. I can still max out the chip around 2800MHz.
So... OC, volts, temps, and ideas?
Hey all,
There are a couple threads floating around about the mobile Bartons and temps. I wanted to know what temps you were all getting with your watercooled O/Cs (clocks and volts).
I'm aware that temps are relative, and we should be more interested in how many more MHz we can squeeze out of our chips, but I don't want to cook my new XP-M2500+. I also know the MBM5 temps are notorious for being incorrect, however I don't think it can be that much off, especially with my bad temps.
Why do I ask this question? I'm blaming myself in setting up my watercooling loop incorrectly. I reseated the block 5 times with my 1st W/C loop, so I revised the loop to put less downward force on the block.
1st try at watercooling loop:
I was planning to secure the pump, but it didn't want to stay flat. Plus it was hitting the side panel, which probably disturbed the waterblock's seating. I decided to swap the clearflex with more flexible silicon tubing.
2nd try at loop:
I don't know if BigSmokey is still around these parts, but I used his loop (since we have the same case and basically the same parts). The long T helps for bleeding. The long tubing from the Whitewater outputs are ugly, but helped in keeping the tubing away from the side panel. The Chevette core on it's side is the only way it'll fit in my midtower SLK3700AMB.
I'm currently running 218x12 = 2616MHz @ 1.85V BIOS 21, 49ºC load (socket, MBM5), 30ºC ambient, 25ºC room. Prime stable. A 2nd shrouded 120mm fan would kill a couple degrees, but that's still too high. Something's wrong, since I'm getting spanked by SLK+tornado air combos.
I used to be at 217x12.5 = 2713MHz @ 2.06V BIOS, 50ºC load, P95 stable, but everytime I shoot for that speed again, I get 58ºC load. I can still max out the chip around 2800MHz.
So... OC, volts, temps, and ideas?
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