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- Jan 23, 2013
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- Oklahoma, US
So, I had some watercooling issues a month or so back - Long story short, realized I had a slow leak in my CPU block that, while the computer was running, must have been evaporating off almost instantly so I never noticed it, except that my water levels kept lowering slowly over the course of several months. Shut the computer down for once a few months ago, wouldn't boot back up correctly.
Pulled the water cooling out finally, and saved up to get some more fans and a Prolimatech Megahelms air cooler - Decided I don't know what I'm doing when it comes to water, and to go back to what I can handle. Slapped 2 Noiseblocker 400-1500 RPM fans on the cooler in pull/pull... The way the fans are made, I wanted to put them in push/pull, but the fan mounts for the cooler press against the blades of the fan in push mode, so had to mount them pull/pull instead. Running 3 of the same fans in the top, one at the exhaust, and another 3 in the front of the case. The tops are pulling, the three in the front is pushing - It all seems to work pretty well, keeps my FX down at a good 50C under load, which I don't consider to be too bad. IT's not overclocked, yet.
Now, the musings part.. Been thinking about upgrading to one of the Visheras, the 9590.. EVerything I can find though seems to reconmend watercooling with it, so if I went that route I'd probably get an AiO so I don't screw it up like I did last time.
Only reason I'd consider upgrading, is Fallout 4's recommended processor AMD-wise is a 9590. Hm.
Alternatively, I could keep the 8350, slap one of the better AiO's on it and overclock it up to 4.7.. Or even 5.0 (IIRC, 5.0's been a relatively easy, stable OC to hit on the 8350 under water) and get, basically, the same thing.
Thoughts?
Pulled the water cooling out finally, and saved up to get some more fans and a Prolimatech Megahelms air cooler - Decided I don't know what I'm doing when it comes to water, and to go back to what I can handle. Slapped 2 Noiseblocker 400-1500 RPM fans on the cooler in pull/pull... The way the fans are made, I wanted to put them in push/pull, but the fan mounts for the cooler press against the blades of the fan in push mode, so had to mount them pull/pull instead. Running 3 of the same fans in the top, one at the exhaust, and another 3 in the front of the case. The tops are pulling, the three in the front is pushing - It all seems to work pretty well, keeps my FX down at a good 50C under load, which I don't consider to be too bad. IT's not overclocked, yet.
Now, the musings part.. Been thinking about upgrading to one of the Visheras, the 9590.. EVerything I can find though seems to reconmend watercooling with it, so if I went that route I'd probably get an AiO so I don't screw it up like I did last time.
Only reason I'd consider upgrading, is Fallout 4's recommended processor AMD-wise is a 9590. Hm.
Alternatively, I could keep the 8350, slap one of the better AiO's on it and overclock it up to 4.7.. Or even 5.0 (IIRC, 5.0's been a relatively easy, stable OC to hit on the 8350 under water) and get, basically, the same thing.
Thoughts?
