Megahalems, mega 775, and 4 Ghz Stable

[itshondo]

Status update-

After one week my rig is as stable as can be, with an general operating temp of 35C for all 4 cores.

No cold boot issues or any other surprises.

IMO what I have here is a really great combination of components that work perfectly together. If I was to change anything I would use a faster Gskill ram so that I could easily increase the overclock.

 

[johnoh]

very impressive. Your pulling fan plus the exhaust fan is better than a duct

 

[malefactor]

Temps are pointless without knowing room temp. Do you live somewhere cold or keep your house below 65F?

I have a Z600 and i'm thinking about changing to your cpu cooler. 35C is crazy though. Some of my older hard drives can get warmer then that....

How cold is that room?

 

[itshondo]

The room is not cold at all, but between 77 & 80 F.

Pretty demanding for a n00b you are.

 

[pinky33]

Great temps, glad to hear its stable. Makes me want to upgrade my limiting mobo. Can't get past 3.22Ghz.

That pic of the heatsink is before lapping correct?

 

[itshondo]

Yep, the base of the heatsink is as I recieved it- I have not lapped it.

The mobo really is special- thicker than almost all, extra copper and well engineered.

 

[malefactor]

The room is not cold at all, but between 77 & 80 F.

Pretty demanding for a n00b you are.

That is amazing! I'm sorry for requesting room temps but I see lots of people claiming very low temps due to it getting into winter weather . I live in southern California so I don't get to use 60-70F air temps very often.

I think i'm going to go E shopping this week

 

[e6600]

That is amazing! I'm sorry for requesting room temps but I see lots of people claiming very low temps due to it getting into winter weather . I live in southern California so I don't get to use 60-70F air temps very often.

I think i'm going to go E shopping this week

indeed
makes me sad at times when someones air setup does better than my water, just because of the california weather -.-

 

[sweefu]

hey mate, looks great. just wondering if you have any troubles having that much weight on the side of the mobo, i'm about to buy a 660gram cooler and i'm worried it wont hang on!
Cheers.

 

[itshondo]

hey mate, looks great. just wondering if you have any troubles having that much weight on the side of the mobo, i'm about to buy a 660gram cooler and i'm worried it wont hang on!
Cheers.

The mounting system is the finest that I have ever seen.

 

[Zig Ziglar]

Nice man!!! Have same board but w/ an e8500. Makes me want a quad

 

[Zonnza]

Nicely done, I'm searching around for a cooler that I might want to get to replace my stock cooling on my i7 920. I can't use the comp yet since Im waiting for replacement ram to arrive since the other sticks were defective. But I was thinking of getting a coolmaster v8 or one of these and I never used a cpu cooler outside of the stock heatsink and fan. So I am new to this :/

Gonna continue with my forum reading and try to figure out what will work best for me.

 

[malefactor]

Nicely done, I'm searching around for a cooler that I might want to get to replace my stock cooling on my i7 920. I can't use the comp yet since Im waiting for replacement ram to arrive since the other sticks were defective. But I was thinking of getting a coolmaster v8 or one of these and I never used a cpu cooler outside of the stock heatsink and fan. So I am new to this :/

Gonna continue with my forum reading and try to figure out what will work best for me.

Don't get the v8, this is the best cooler right now.