Triple RAD to RES2 remains project

[BobbyBubblehead]

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Need to safely locate the triple RAD onto the Reserator2 bits.
The only place you can take a drill to the thing is the aluminium case at the front. The rear is also a resevoir so we dont want any holes in that.

maybe some kind of battons down the sides of the triple RAD?
First thoughts were 4 blobs of innotech fishtank sealant but thats just my background.

Has to be a reversable modification for the six month check over.

just a couple of brackets with screw fixings maybe?
The back locates quite nice.

[Conumdrum]

Dump the reserator 2, how much cooling do you think it even adds to your loop?

Give it up dude.

[BobbyBubblehead]

Rewind a minute...
I ask about fittings and you suggest it should be weighed in and melted into an aluminium ingot, is that whats happening #Laughs#

If you think about it a minute it carnt just be doing nothing at all :)

should be smooth running and cooler for 3 reasons now, no pump, no electrics and a triple fan on top.

its just an aluminium rad now... not even sporting that filthy name, its quite safe.

honestly though do you really think I should take it out the loop on a machine thats clocked to its limits?

Figured out how to make some brackets from spare Zalman, Recycle the discounted discount junk... looks like a pair of dirty white trainers but its hangin in.

[jr1]

bet you could make something out of this here http://www.loctiteproducts.com/products/detail.asp?catid=11&subid=49&plid=160
to mount the radbrackets on

[doublejack]

+1 on the epoxy putty suggestion. That stuff is awesome.

[BobbyBubblehead]

I may just get some of that stuff to play with some day but the innotech wins out on the being free side of things.

meanwhile enjoy these new temps with me...
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the coolant was 26`c this morning at virtually idle. (Red ones the case ambient)

#Chuckles#

thats all fans at 100% throughout the machine.

Just testing how much heat we can fend off before it really matters.

Forgot to say I just orderd a Gigabyte GA-EP45 so I can finally have more sata`s and thrash the nuts `n bolts out of it (may even put the CPU block on the right way round this time)

[jr1]

best thing i ever did with that stuff was to fix some wounds and scratches on a hydraulic cylinder
@ bobby hehe it's kind of hard to beat free stuff ;-))

[Spawn-Inc]

well on the one side you can put some bolts into the silver part. but on the other side, not so sure.

if it's just going to sit there and not move around to much then i would make a U bracket for the res side.

here is a sketchup i made to show what i mean.

http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/4179/bolto.jpg

[BobbyBubblehead]

wow super diagramatic response... like it.

yep that would work and cover the whole fitting pipes now and again.
its as likely to get knocked off as the res2 is to be knocked over really... think you would notice.

some pre fab and a couple of holes to drill... its a good solution. Glues a bit too one way.

have a section of zalman channel from the top so if I notched it out, it would serve as suggested bracket (if theres enough material for the holes)

have to see whats knocking around.

as it rests on the 2nd photo is fine... took the top and bottom plate off the front section so its just a big fin causing no obstruction.

Well I just tried the front panel... its fine but 30Watts for a blue light and something that tells me its broke about 15 seconds before I find out its erm broke?
not sure I need that bit either.

[Spawn-Inc]

head over to the local hardware store for a strip of metal. it's what i used to mount my rads.

[BobbyBubblehead]

time to change the juice when this new board turns up...
need to order the sacred ingredients and get stocking up on distilled.
hope theres no galvanic corrosion, hope I can fight that last zalman pump out the other Reserator.
more flow with that pump out the way im sure.
im getting ready to cry for help from a laptop when the fun starts.
Leak testing for hours on end... theres something to be said for the practicality of noisy air cooling

this motherboards been upsetting me and making me practice some strange tongues for too long... not the OC`ing choice at all.

its done stress testing me... no more!

Last quality board I had was for a 800Mhz intel that clocked well... not sure I want to think about how long ago that must be.

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One last mod from the spares.

[BobbyBubblehead]

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Rough as a nail and back in business
junktastic...

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HE WHO DARES....
GINS.

Dont Drink `n Clock!

Conumdrum - no worries on your honest opinion just hurt my Zalman sensibilities #Chuckles# he`s a good guy & I bought some cheap junk.

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Bit of clerance as Spawn-Inc suggested
cost nothing works a treat.

[BobbyBubblehead]

GA-EP45 and first raptor due to land today...
This is it `Thrash Time` see how far this Q66 and ram will go?
Maybe even a few more Hz out the GPU... I hope so!
I love making stuff run faster... as my gaming reflexes get slower...

How`s G11 look on carpets?
because its going to be like wrestling an octopus later... takes a bit of effort to bleed and prime.

Think the plan is loosely as follows...
Remove the last Zalman Pump From the Reserator V2 (Should be Fun)
Ditch the Zalman Flow Indicators and sump gauge & 500Lph Pump
1000ml Resevoir? nope dont need that either.

Lets hope the D5`s strong enough...

[Diggrr]

D5 should be strong enough, especially without those other things holding it back.

Here's to calamari by dinner time! :beer:

[BobbyBubblehead]

Well the bits are out for delivery... no G11 but I think leak testing with the old coolant isnt a bad idea... hope I can get the D5 roasting on full power without those obstructions.
maybe nows the time to get downloading the updates and drivers for the new board...
get this Q66 over the 3060 limit on this board, anythings a bonus. needed more sata`s more than anything... got a mountain of vinyl to record 24bit at least.
looking forward to the chaos :)

UPDATE... its 12:27 and the bits are here, see you later :)

[BobbyBubblehead]

Back... but couldnt clock for toffee.. still half a million updates so no worries.

case is too small so no more bay coolers unless I can find a way to run without ram.

as for the new bios... may as well been the contorls of an alien space craft.
Tweakers paradise.... idiots nightmare, what does it all do?

installed and still no blue screen.
dont even know what bios version im running on yet.
well much to do.

[BobbyBubblehead]

http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/4082/072.jpg
Calamari... I employed Squid to do the test build.
case suggestions?
need more space!

Yeay! Im Back in 3Ghz terratory... really wasnt clocking anything without the F8 Bios (didnt have a clue about the ram post)
A bit more research and its thrash time...

CPU 22`C @ Idle #Grins#

[Spawn-Inc]

no fair, i want that low idle...

it seems more and more common people putting triple rads for just cpu loops... i think i need another triple....

[werdz]

Man that looks nice! Makes me want to switch to watercooling on my next rig!

[Zagi]

Whoa.. what motherboard is that? The northbridge heatsink on it is like nothing I've ever seen!

[BobbyBubblehead]

Gigabyte GA-EP45 Extreme... Love it :)

Just re-juiced on G11 and PT-Nuke.
Got it to 3.100Ghz stable... need to read up some more.
Bios is mind-blowing.

Low Idle`s Spawn?... not where im going #Laughs#

I love new toy`s... grinning from ear to ear.

(Note. Thing I should remove that foil lable before it shorts the GPU board out?)... think I will!

[Spawn-Inc]

Whoa.. what motherboard is that? The northbridge heatsink on it is like nothing I've ever seen!

GA-EP45T-EXTREME

sexy as hell with all that copper. i think it really needs a copper true on it...
http://www.geeks3d.com/public/jegx/200808/gigabyte-ga-ep45t-extreme-p45-motherboard.jpg

[BobbyBubblehead]

Got to say it was the biggest motherboard box I ever did see, and the weight of the thing wow.

So much smoother on the graphics at the same speeds... nothing like a good board to finish off the form factor.

and all that clocking fun to be had... party!

Even got a CLR-CMOS swith on the back of the board for thoes `ooops a daisy` sessions.

UPDATE... I think if I move the stuff in the bays up one there may just be enough room to pipe up the bays again, but that means breaking down to component level again... Dingbat planning scheme!

Intresting that the heat pipe still does its bit but then again that North bridge water block is mounted on a bed of fins as a compromise to none water cooled... not a brilliant solution but seemingly no problem either.
machines been on about 36 hours and to the touch I would say mid - high 20s

[Spawn-Inc]

Intresting that the heat pipe still does its bit but then again that North bridge water block is mounted on a bed of fins as a compromise to none water cooled... not a brilliant solution but seemingly no problem either.
machines been on about 36 hours and to the touch I would say mid - high 20s

ya, thats one of the things i didn't like about it. you have all that sexy copper only to mess it up and put fins in between the block and chip.

[donuts]

Actually you could just remove that block from the loop, I know blasphemy, but I've got 1 fan blowing over the mobo and it's plenty cool enough. That attached cooler actually does work some. Using the calibrated touch test, my x48T NB runs hotter than my p45t nb.

[BobbyBubblehead]

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Got Juice?

Half a years supply left... covered in it #Chuckles# freakin dodgy pipework and `n air lock.

need to work the whole priming thing out... take`s a bit of filling, About 5 litres.
at least the top up process isnt quite so dangerous.

carpet needs wet/dry action anyhow #Laughs#

Bubblehead - Ace squid fighter!
:burn:

I could remove the block, you know its not going to happen though because ive got shiny new copper things to play with.
Valid point though the board is a cool runner.... lots of copper in the PCB too.

Note. I like the natty little release buttons for the PEG slots... much better than the snapped off variety I seem to create on other boards... hands like shovels.

[Spawn-Inc]

Actually you could just remove that block from the loop, I know blasphemy, but I've got 1 fan blowing over the mobo and it's plenty cool enough. That attached cooler actually does work some. Using the calibrated touch test, my x48T NB runs hotter than my p45t nb.

i would also take it out as it's mixed metal, but thats a moot point for his build.

[BobbyBubblehead]

well lets hope in six months theres no galvanic corrosion.
on that point its worth saying the G11 PT-nuke mix seems less viscous than the zalman syrup mix.
had to turn the pump down... a lot.

[Zagi]

GA-EP45T-EXTREME

i think it really needs a copper true on it...


That would be amazing.... Then add some red leds and yellow cathodes in the box.. Orange bladed xigmatek fans... mmmmmm :drool:

[BobbyBubblehead]

Im happy with something quiet thats slightly too far away to kick to death when the timings right.
But horses for courses... as they say.

I tend to look at the screens not the `Clown Fans` #Chuckles# (I had to give up the flow indicator because it kept mesmorising me, im that bad)

If asthetics is a priority then get to it... I`ll stick to looking round the house for bits.
Part Womble, part Borrower... Wonder if you can make a case out of road signs?

On a serious note I would like to make a case out of a table... already chopped 4inch off the legs of the one im using and set the glass in it. Could`nt be much more sabotage in it. Been meaning to put my lights back in the table. Intresting table, rubbish case theres a solution in it somewhere.
one day.

(Dont think I would like to try and prime a table loop... sounds heavy)

I would like to add that I do solder all my botched connections coverd in PVC tape... Carnt just bind them, it oxidizes eventually and loose copper wires glancing across live circuits, generally not a winner!

[Zagi]

On a serious note I would like to make a case out of a table...

Brings a whole new meaning to "Computer desk" lol

[BobbyBubblehead]

Well my GTX280 seemed to be running a little cooler without the bottlenecks and good thermal management on the new board so I decided to up it a notch...
Core 712
Shader 1458
MEM 2646

#Chuckles# no artifacts... wonder how the power circuits doing, will it end in tears.
new temps are obscene!
#Laughs#

GPU ambient 31`c
GPU Core 33-41`c
GPU memory 27`c
GPU VRM 44`c

northbridge 29`c
motherboard 21`c

CPU 29`C
core1 30`c
core2 31`c
core3 27`c
core4 28`c
Aux 31`c ?
Drives 25-29`c

Case Ambient 21`c

Im loving it.

[BobbyBubblehead]

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Got my drives all accounted for... main reason I needed a new board.

4.093TB Formatted incase your wondering... I was.
Should last a While... Rip the One Touch to pieces and stick that in two.. may do :)

Tuned the fans to low... cost 2`c on the ambient, a trade off I can live with.

[fusion509]

All i can say is have fun taking that to a lanparty.:soda:

[BobbyBubblehead]

#Chuckles#

Just had fun with a ram no post session.
Had fun taking it to 3,200Ghz.... new turf, im easing into it :)

The other board wouldnt entertain the idea of 3,200 (new/old faster CPU action)

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/9571/005gst.jpg
Flying blind... whats it all do?

Dont get your ram termination voltage too high... first panic alarm lesson.

Update.. got the Vcore down and found 3.400Ghz seems a bit of a hole between 3.200 - 3.300

[BobbyBubblehead]

http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/6955/003yyn.jpg
Resource abuse #Laughs#

things are looking tweakable round 3.400Ghz
getting that ram clocked up now.

got another GPU to cool now... good job I`ve got spares.

open to suggestions on better stands than a cardboard box... no friendly mountings on samsungs!

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Pointless but just because I can #Chuckles# Water cooled GeForce 8400 GS
#Laughs#
Wonder if I can find a hack saw `n spare heat sink?

Dont think theres room in the case for two 8400GS and a GTX280 ay well... theres no point anyhow (exhausted my monitor fetish)

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Bit `o G Force. Hopefully not too much!

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Natty GeForce 8400 GS 256MB Superclock candidate #Laughs#

[BobbyBubblehead]

Well the WB version of the 8400GS wont fit in the case so thats another too small case senario for today.

Got the machine upto 3.500Ghz Ram 1056 but im not sure its working as fast as 3.400 and the V cores starting to dance if I go any higher... not sure I want to go into deathmatch voltages just yet.

still all the time in the world to fine tune so no worries.

(if only I had a chip with unlocked multiplyer)
maybe next time.

[Blazing fire]

Is this a TEC setup or something?

Edit- If you want a large case, something like a pinnical 24 (http://www.mountainmods.com/pinnacle-24-cyo-p-498.html) or Assension (http://www.mountainmods.com/ascension-black-wrinkle-powder-coat-original-top-p-462.html)may be what you want.

[BobbyBubblehead]

that Ascension case is the biggest case I ever did see... wonder how many years of service you can get out of it?

I was thinking a rackmount flight case may be the cheapest most tweakable option... I`ll get down to the local electronics shop and check em out more I think.

this case im using will live on with something smaller stuck in it.

guess a 1/4 to 3/8 elbow would be the cheapest option but I miss a nice case to work in after I gave the last one to a good friend that had a rather large GPU card.
(teach me to be too happy... didnt take a bean for it, nice, stupid or both)

currently settled for 3.450Ghz dont think the 800 ram wants to play much over that without some more voltage.

[BobbyBubblehead]

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Wonder if I can plumb this creation in as a secondry loop for monitoring and cooling smaller gauge tubing for the bays and ram sinks?

I would like to try active cooling the EVGA back plate on the GTX280... see if it enables me to get to the next Hrz stepping. Could be nice.

it all needs a re-plan and a few barbs & elbows to simplify it... but as an experiment/tester it`ll do.

not expecting any flow issues with the D5 vario on the main loop... just sort of T in after the rads and prey #Chuckles#

[BobbyBubblehead]

Well until new bits...
think im gonna call it for now.

3825Ghz 425x9
vcore1.49 (hmm)
ram 850Hz 4.4.4.12

GTX280 (bog standard supposedly unbranded really an asus)
GPU 712
Shader 1458
mem 2700

temp snapshot current Deg C...

22% load (winamp/milkdrop `n monitoring software 3 x monitors running)
CPU 31
cores
#1 37
#2 42
#3 39
#4 44
Aux? 34
GPU1 core 27? (look into that one?? think it means GPU2 must be!)
GPU1 35
GPU1 Ambient 30
GPU2 47

Drives

Boot 28
#2 32
#3 26
#4 31
#5 23
#6 - 9 Unknown

Case Ambient 20`c
Local weather region temp 14`C

Mood... Chuffed!
winner!

:beer:

[hokiealumnus]

Nice temps all around...but what about loaded? Try to heat those chips up!

[BobbyBubblehead]

Pick me a tester then Vista 64 friendly.... hope I dont come back on the laptop:cry:
#Chuckles#
Not a minute to savor the experience before destruction or proofs required #Laughs#
Lets find out whether its viable or sucide then :clap:
dont want to live at a safe 3400 you devils advocate you #Chuckles#
The truth is out there and im not sure what it is either....
stress testing me and my tackle! #Laughs#

note.. a lot of yesterday I couldnt even get it to pass windows assessment at lower speeds LOL

heres to corrupt data... needs to be done.

(not up for stressing the GTX280 though its proved itsleft to me before and im respectfull of the power circuit on the 280`s there a tad delicate... got any R1O power chokes?)

[BobbyBubblehead]

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[BobbyBubblehead]

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Quickly the weakest core hit 57`c

more...

[BobbyBubblehead]

Quack Quack Quack Quack!

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[BobbyBubblehead]

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Ooops not so much as a 12minute test #Laughs#

Cores a bit too toasty... still gave me a blinding fast game of Fallout earlyer :P

down it goes again :(
#Chuckles#

Going with 3.600 ram 800 as it should be.

update... looks like the temps are going to stay on the chart this time :)
(should I type and post while testing?)

core 2`s at 59 is the white rabbit peaking?
could end in tears....

Update...half way ooh its dangerous.

should I take the side off and start blowing?

500mv bounce on the vcore...

back into idle monitoring... thank jebus! Praise Alan! (My clocking Deities not friends)

maybe 3.600 then... only more stress will tell.

[BobbyBubblehead]

nope... failed 12m 2s #Laughs#
should have left the mouse alone maybe.

more bios studying required....

[Diggrr]

:D You're a nut Bobby :D

Luck with the clocking :beer:

[hokiealumnus]

Haha...well, temps aren't bad with 1.5Vcore on a Q6600. GL getting it stable!

[BobbyBubblehead]

I`ll get there...
really though when`s a Q66 @ 3600 ever gonna reach 100% load with my routine.... spend most my day looking at the numbers and wondering why for #Laughs#

just need to understand and tweak the millivolts and all may come good.

just some v droopage to account for somehow I guess.

500mv swing... on a good board too... more core v you say... not likely

keeping the laptop for absolute emergencies and travel not a winner as a main system (be hell of a step down #Chuckles#)

Dont really want to murder the Q66 because if I hold out I can maybe Q9650 but not if its all blowed up.

sure I can knock up a machine or two with the spares round here... just low on cpu`s and there never that cheap :(

guess i`ll let you know how the stablizing goes as I figure out what the hell im doing other than livin on the edge (of no PC) #Laughs#

[BobbyBubblehead]

:D You're a nut Bobby :D

Luck with the clocking :beer:

Thanking you kindly :)

You calling me a nut... theres a thing, does that make us part of something bigger... nut tree perhaps? who knows.

`No officer I didnt put that plain on my truck?`
#chuckles#

I tell people that one all over the world you know... when im drunk and with like minded.... the diggrr tale!

[QuietIce]

Looks good! :)


It does occur to me, however, that with a shroud around the bottom part of the rad extending straight downward you might get a little extra cooling by getting some airflow around the monster you've got it sitting on ...? ;)

[BobbyBubblehead]

Well spotted... yep thats why I felt inclined not to cut off the overhang on the brackets.
just a simple lip and a couple of bolts.... need to find some material though?

wonder if I can find a case to chop up?

had a sleeve round the vertical rad at one point too but it was getting in the way of top ups and tinkering.

dont think theres masses to be gained but its something to check out.

[QuietIce]

Maybe something as simple as hanging a C-shaped piece of foam-board (or whatever you'd call it) off those lips.

The foam board I use a lot is 1/8" foam wrapped on both sides by heavy white paper (it comes in many colors), total thickness about 1/4". It's light-weight and strong enough to hold more than it's own. Clear PVC (heavy packing) tape binds to the paper like a weld. Kinda' ghetto but really doesn't look too bad and works great for baffles, shrouds, almost anything of that nature. I picked up the idea of using that from some guru years ago. He was using it as baffles to increase internal air flow over his NB and CPU sinks way back when. He almost covered the top half of the motherboard with it ... :)

[BobbyBubblehead]

#Chuckles# one large maisonrey drill and a couple of feet left a bit and I could stick the rads outside #Grins#

probably get rats eating through the pipework to get at the tasty juice... bet they wouldnt do it again #Laughs#

maybe the cellar? mmm bigger pump though?

(off tangent but somewhere in this world theres a family of little luminous yellow mice.... they got into a friends paint ball stash and eat them then ran all over his belongings...like a minature version of the predator film #Chuckles#)

[Diggrr]

Woohoo! I'm world famous!...time to do the no pants dance!
http://i732.photobucket.com/albums/ww322/Diggrr/icon_31b.gif

I've used that foam cored poster board for fan shrouds on my big radiator. Works perfect with cellophane packaging tape too.
I've also used it as the foam core of my monster case. Coating it in fiberglass is easy, but I had to seal the edges with tape to prevent the exposed foam from being eaten away at the edges by the acetone in the resin.

[BobbyBubblehead]

diggrr... its a Cyrillic fan club (Ne rasberum, Ne rasberum)
ne moi problemo (novice translater!)

See if I can hire a bunch of Gypsys to follow you round and worship you... (for statinkys!)

you can dance however the hell you like in front of them... so long as youve got stantinkys.

bubblehead - caring for the wordly meek.

you hire them for just a week maybe.... think the air fairs your shout LOL

oh you may make it to Italy soon too... #Grins# (Possibly Spain and Greace we shall see)

gonna tell em now even if there not intrested, I can lose face & or fight #Laughs#

(maybe the imperialist tint to the supposed english cultures still living on in my psychie... piece & goodwill to the 27th poorest country in the world, excuse my table manners)

Lovely/wild place, relatively natural... winner.

(approximate translation `no I dont understand, no I dont understand its not my problem) <--- handy fraise if your a bubblehead.

[hokiealumnus]

Woohoo! I'm world famous!...time to do the no pants dance!
http://i732.photobucket.com/albums/ww322/Diggrr/icon_31b.gif

IT'S PEANUT BUTTER JELLY TIME, PEANUT BUTTER JELLY TIME...

:beer:

Peanut butter jelly. Peanut butter jelly. Peanut butter jelly with a baseball bat!

Yep... :screwy:

[BobbyBubblehead]

are failed bench tests always this fun?

got me a tad lost with the peanut butter jelly.... catch phraise aint landed here yet... not much does #Chuckles# dont live in the viable part of the country... dont mix with the locals come to think of it.

im turning into some kind of Manga cartoon techno nut maybe... carnt move for hardware & no idea where the software is.
why isnt it like the films... `Hack now yes/no` or `stablize reactor cores and save the planet yes/no` click sorted!

`Do 4Ghz yes/no` click `computer says no`:shrug:

[hokiealumnus]

Ok, this is a blind link b/c I can't see it at work, but have a look at the video here (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4057230067791660531). Just know it's ridiculously stupid but infectious. Family guy even did it (should see that on the right of the linked video). If the link doesn't show it to you, just search "peanut butter jelly time". It was an internet flash video sensation a few years ago. That's where the little dancing banana is from.

[BobbyBubblehead]

which episode of family life... im still quite disturbed from the one where hes luring fishermen onto the rocks with his mermaidery (singing the Rockford Files theme)

You know theres a guy that owns a computer shop and he looks exactly like him!

I sort of know the guy so I may ask if I can get a photo/punched in the teeth #Laughs#

(have pointed it out to him before... he agreed its him #Laughs#)

The Video #Laughs# thats exactly how I dance, always get the dancefloor to myself LOL

grab a couple of ladies and leave with none... smooth runner :bang head

Heres the proof ive done clocking and plumbing for now.
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only another three rooms spatterd with PC bits and tools to go...

[BobbyBubblehead]

http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/1285/throwntogether.th.jpg (http://img217.imageshack.us/my.php?image=throwntogether.jpg)
wired by blind rhesus monkeys... the update.
shocking `n shamefull.... at least you can only make a better job of it!
when im that bored...

[Diggrr]

Hehehehe, that PBJ video is disturbingly funny! :D

BTW, the no pants dance is while wearing me kilt. I know I know, I'm a Russian boy, but I got the legs for a kilt. I bought the clergy plaid because it's teh purty bloo and there's no plaid for Soviet Georgia.

Nice job the monkeys did for you there, they even were thoughtful enough to tape the unused drive connectors for you.
I've seen them do worse!

Bulgarian looks to be a chore there m8!

[hokiealumnus]

Good lord Bobby, I'm going to have nightmares about that case tonight. Hope you're happy!

[BobbyBubblehead]

Latin, Cyrillic... Circle Triangle Square.
If I get another 30 odd years I may pick it up #Chuckles#

Accidently loaded G-parted live in Bulgarian the other day.... alien control panel #Chuckles#

The language... maybe pigeon version over time, but the alphabet?
I only do english and people in the UK dont speak it anymore... language murderd.
no one wants/needs to teach Bulgarian and theres only 6million there (10% English already.... hmmm)

there cool people though... have a nack of stuffing up everyone that occupies and rules them... and still hold such a massive cultural identity. There a hardy bunch all right.

going back soon :D:clap::attn:

besides ive already picked me a wife... just not told and conviced her yet #Laughs#

at a populous of 80% women even my dancing carnt kill the odds #Chuckles#

(what I really carnt get my head round is they Nod to say no and shake there heads to say yes... not easy after 35years the other way round!)

Stems back to the Turkish Rule... they used to blindfold them with a knife under there throats and question them and if they noded yes they died!

Guess you would get out the habbit at that.
Grim but fact...

Have to practice my Peanut jelly dancin... I could see they were impressed the first time #Laughs#

there a brilliant no nonsense populous...

[BobbyBubblehead]

Good lord Bobby, I'm going to have nightmares about that case tonight. Hope you're happy!
Hey I have to sleep with that 700watt fire hazzard churning away... anything could happen, well except 4GHz perhaps :)

Im the future when I take it all over to Bulgaria anyhow... its 15"CRT and Quake 3 engine technology state over there.

you can buy new games there for £9 bonkers! about 20 Lev.

actually come to think of it you can go to the local shop and order a goat for £25 (rustic you say... I like milk in my tea dont normally keep the fridge teatherd to a stake in the yard but hey its fresh everytime.

(you have to gain a certain understanding to get a cup full though)

I never knew goats smiled... made me feel a little guilty eating minted lamb earlyer #Laughs#

yes there not quite the same animal but its true to say that dinner had feelings too.

(last time I was there I slept through a 5.5 earthquake LOL... not much point trying to run anywhere in time. when your in a ex-soviet apartment block about 200 steps to safety.. hmm)

[Dapman02]

got me a tad lost with the peanut butter jelly.... catch phraise aint landed here yet... not much does #Chuckles# dont live in the viable part of the country... dont mix with the locals come to think of it.


Let me enlighten you (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8MDNFaGfT4)

randomness ftw!

[BobbyBubblehead]

easy dapman:)

you can bring your randomness to the table anytime.

Instructive video... must perfect the bounce and syncronous arm flailing.

Reminds me of a bunch of Dj`s I used to work with... they had a lemon givin the finger.... looks a little similar to the Citric Spank Lemon.

wonder if ive still got some stickers `n flyers?...........erm nope not in this house at least.

[BobbyBubblehead]

vcore 1.36 actual
NB 1.5
400x9 3.600
stable... :)
Temps peak at 56 on loppy core 2 (core3 keeps failing first though?)
27.55 Amps on the Vcore not 60amps!

overclock...
CPU 50%
FSB 50%
GPU 18%
Shader 17%
Memory 22%

RAM 850Mhz 4-4-4-12
ratio 1:1

will see if I can trim it down some more...

Found its feet though.... bench all day at this speed.
hmm everest unltimate is reading 10`c lower throughout than OCCT

one of them has to be wrong?

[hokiealumnus]

Use Coretemp (http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/), it'll give you the temps straight from the CPU.

[BobbyBubblehead]

cool, will do... gotta know which is right!

yep everest ultimates wrong... maybe some adjustment in the software somewhere.

Well at least the OCCT results will be accurate....
still using the machine while its on a test.... bonkers stable.

and only 2amps more than normal:clap:

22min left on 1hr test.

wish I had my temp probe in the coolant... slack swine that I am, May change my name to `Captain Tidy` #Chuckles#

Temps hav`nt budged its just takin it on the chin.

Just enough time left to boil `n egg while testing.... not hungry though :soda:

hokiealumnus... you fancy an avatar with the corners trimmed off such as mine.... its buggin me #Laughs# I can sort it out if your game?

[BobbyBubblehead]

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PBJ dancin yeay!

[Diggrr]

Nice, no errors on core 3 this time! Congrats!

'tis time for a beverage here, so I'm off! :beer:

[BobbyBubblehead]

Think I deserve a `He who dares GINS!` myself... crap no lemon & lime... not like you can nip outside and pick `em in this country either.

ay well minor techinical setback.

Evenin Diggrr :beer:
Cheers To Jebus & Alan. (my clocking deities)

[hokiealumnus]

All hail Jebus. Great work getting it stable; congrats!

[BobbyBubblehead]

Hail jebus, Praise Alan!

Still missed the bit where I want to make your avatar round though?

rounded and some 50% grey sorted.... natty avatar upgrade... free!
#Chuckles#

[hokiealumnus]

Sorry, yes, I did miss that. If you feel like it, go ahead! :)

[QuietIce]

NIce run!


Does CoreTemp also show that +4°C difference on core 2? That's just too strange ...

[BobbyBubblehead]

White rabbits been peaking on core #2 since I had the chip...
stuff it! ...(probably)

Chips lived in three different machines so far.... everytime I mount it properly as always.... its there lurkin at temps above the rest?

Guess its just a physical thing of some description.

deffinately the core and not anything else to blame.

well it took 60amps load and peaked off the chart and still lives on so whatever its down to its not critical thus far.

Core #3 always fails first... suppose that could be some form of undevolting on the 2nd part of the die.

gives it some charecture at least #Chuckles#

If it explodes i`ll come back on the laptop and tell you all about it... (and my life in general probably) #Grins#

Im not worried, no need for you to be :)

the whole original machine doesnt cost as much as that 800Mhz chip I blew up back in the day.... one of the early boys for getting over 1000Mhz it did 1200 until it fused to the heat sink... last bios report 128`c ooops!

knock on effect from a blowed up CPU seems mild to an exploding PSU.

but as for old core#2 here theres the same increase at stock speeds... its its way of doing things?

[QuietIce]

Yea - all chips have their own stamp that way - the same core usually does fail first at whatever OC you're at or however you seat the chip.

I wonder if there's something special about core 2 on all Q6600's? My core 2 is consistently 5°C cooler than the others ... :screwy:

[BobbyBubblehead]

heres to continuity then #Chuckles#
certainly something special about my core#2 anyhow
thermal throttling for the sake maybe #Laughs#
gone are the days when there was a minimum working temp for chips... getting old... all thoes wrecked PC`s ive created over the years.
All that stress from playing Quake1-3 with friends.
lost days in radioactive tight spots with me crow bar.

used to have a network in the secure storage warehouse.... after hours parties... was ok with the boss (Me) #Chuckles#

had some strangely capable graphics cards for an office system? #Laughs#

[BobbyBubblehead]

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A little rough perhaps... if youve got a image with bigger DPI... needs reducing with the maths accounted for :)

Still looks a little better to me...

[hokiealumnus]

It looks better to me too, thank you very much!!

[BobbyBubblehead]

think its an optikanetics/illusion thing with how it was... white square with a black circle in it... makes it look pinched where the circle intersects with the boundry. doesnt really just your brain working between the two varables.

Shouldnt have studied these things.... now they come to get me LOL

Welcome break for my head when you change it :)
Think im overly sensative to these things... its a medical thing (Not just that im plain mad, but that too probably #Chuckles#)
:beer:

[QuietIce]

You weren't a surveyor in another life, were you? My wife complains about me adjusting this or that when she can't see it's not quite straight or looks funny to me because of optical delusions (intended!) like that ... :)

[BobbyBubblehead]

LOL I had a mate like that `n everytimme he left the room we used to get up and move all his stuff about... cured him!

you wouldnt believe i`ve lived two lifes, but its true in a sense. (serious mem loss about nine years back)
Never want to wake up with a name tag on again... sooner not wake up next time #Laughs#

Im alive `n well now though :beer::santa::screwy::D:clap::bday::bday:

Lets hope he never reads this thread... he`s bigger than me! (like my teeth).... be some reward for a cure #Laughs#

[BobbyBubblehead]

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[BobbyBubblehead]

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[BobbyBubblehead]

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Lantastic.... getting the max from this new board in every department. :clap:

[BobbyBubblehead]

Boo Boo list
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Heres were i`ll be putting all the errors encounted and why for.

#1 Blue screen..... cause vdroop
target core voltage 1.38v
failed at 1.33v

error message.
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[BobbyBubblehead]

Reserved for... Boo Boo List
(note. you can only post 5 pics)

[BobbyBubblehead]

Reserved... Boo Boo List (hope I dont get to use this one)

[BobbyBubblehead]

Faults list
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#1 Boot issues with USB devices plugged in at post.
Symptom.
Resets after post, situation just loops.
Cause.
External Drives
Fix.
erm im looking into it.... un-plugged at post for now (handy feature!)

#2 Monitor Resolution on monitor two wrong when at desktop.
Symptom.
3x monitors, 1 & 2 should be 1920x1200 boots to OS #1 1680x1050
Cause.
OS confused from monitor #3 being 1680x1050.
Fix.
Used Nvidia monitor tab to set resolution. seems it overrides the OS display panel.

#3 PSU damaged from first test session :(
Symptom.
look at the voltage results below.
Cause.
Clocking to 3.8 and exceeding its max ampage (hit 60amps at 3.8 doomed PSU)
Fix.
About £150 (Great! had that PSU at least 6 months must be bored with it now #Laughs#)

[BobbyBubblehead]

OCCT test #1
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[BobbyBubblehead]

Reserved OCCT v3.0.1 test#1 results part2

[BobbyBubblehead]

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XXXXX Data Set

[BobbyBubblehead]

Reserved OCCT test#2 Part2

[BobbyBubblehead]

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[BobbyBubblehead]

Reserved OCCT test#3 part2

[BobbyBubblehead]

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[BobbyBubblehead]

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[BobbyBubblehead]

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[BobbyBubblehead]

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[BobbyBubblehead]

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[BobbyBubblehead]

System Details part1

Wattage
@ POST Normal approx 60W
@ POST Clocked approx 160W (no energy saving features enabled)

[BobbyBubblehead]

Reserved System Details part2


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[BobbyBubblehead]

Reserved for The summising

[Spawn-Inc]

your working on quite the huge highly detailed report.

(let me know if need to delete this to get all your stuff in one line)

[BobbyBubblehead]

No worries just felt it should be in one spot without the sporadic banter in between.

conundrum pm me and felt I was loosing the plot, quite right.

I should have kept the cooling as one novelty thread because you would have to be nuts to desire the un-desireable Alu stuff :)

and the rest somewhere more fitting, but I figure if im detailed about it people can help themselves get to 3.6 without quite so much question time.

just 7min to the end of first 2hr test... ITS PEANUT BUTTER JELLY TIME!!!

[BobbyBubblehead]

UPDATE.... PSU failing due to tests at 3.8Ghz (hit 60amps overloaded and stressed just a matter of time before the weezle pops!)

I WOULD NOT CLOCK TO 3.8 AGAIN WITHOUT A PRAYER MATT AND 1000WATT PSU WITH GOOD AMPAGE!!!
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tests halted its not up for anymore with this PSU 77% ripple goodnight vienna!

(Gee thanks! Jebus & Alan - false prophets today :()

[BobbyBubblehead]

Gone PSU shoppin:bang head.... feel free to leave comments/questions.

Speak your brains (i`ve reserved my post space :))...........:beer:

theme... constructive or just plain whitty (thread doesnt need to read like a manual so much)

[BobbyBubblehead]

UPDATE... parts in the post, Corsair HX 1000W

Be a few days maybe (weekend)

Tried to go out and buy one....nothing in the shops in the UK anymore including customers, GRIM!

[Blazing fire]

I suggest starting a new thread as it's a little cumbersome to search the thread to find your built. Btw, that's a fine PSU you got there :).

[BobbyBubblehead]

I know its a great big mess LOL planning? whats that #Laughs#

as long as its not canned and i can source `n transfer the details to a clean post I should be good to write up properly.

its all wrong but the datas should be worth something I hope.

yep PSU overkill does 80amps :D

more than enough to do 3.8 and blow up in style #Laughs#
hmmm
:screwy:

hope this one can hold out just a few more days :shrug:
not really a sensible plan...may switch to the Laptop I think.

Going out of tolerance when I turn the machine on :eek:

yep im gonna grab the lappy when I turn it off in maybe another 48hrs

12v V rails chuging along at 1.22v cpu-33% clock and dropped the GPU Hz
all energy saving features back on.

best not try anything too intensive....RED LINE RACIN!

UPDATE... gave it 24hrs Last orders at the bar please!


note. will transfer to write up when able to resume testing.........
THREADS FINISHED....please do not bump :)



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