Big Red Resurrection [Switch 810, RIVE, 3930k, Crossfire 7950's, Corsair EVERYTHING!]

[jamesriley94]

At the cost of $100 more for no reason whatsoever...

...because of that I don't think it looks good.

We just prefer to see here when people spend the money on things that they'll actually see a difference in.
For example - with the money saved from that, you could have almost fit crossfire 7970s in instead of the 7950s.

Get the best possible things before trying to watercool things that really don't need it.

As for 60 degrees? That's absolutely fine... Some companies say they'll go to 90 degrees fine - but realistically they won't get anywhere need that, even without a heatsink at all.

Well, I don't know where to start, because so many people have told me so many different things.

...You need to start getting advice from people who actually know what they're talking about...
Anyone that recommends RAM watercooling is either working for EK or a lunatic.

 

[Jeremy1998]

We just prefer to see here when people spend the money on things that they'll actually see a difference in.
For example - with the money saved from that, you could have almost fit crossfire 7970s in instead of the 7950s.

I prefer these 7950's. They're basically the best 7950's in the world, and they're over $100 cheaper than a 7970. It just would never be worth it for me to buy 7970's. Plus, these are on a 7970 PCB, and with a backplate, nobody will have to know.

...You need to start getting advice from people who actually know what they're talking about...
Anyone that recommends RAM watercooling is either working for EK or a lunatic.

No, I mean I don't know where to start with my ram. Some people say to overvolt my ram, others say to change some CPU voltages. I don't know how to get my memory stable, since I've heard lots of different things.

 

[Josh Weston]

Then try it all until something works.

 

[jamesriley94]

Think to yourself...

The RAM voltage is the voltage of each stick of RAM individually. Why would adding more sticks mean every stick would require more voltage put through them.

It would surely have to be the memory controller in the CPU - that's having to control all 8 sticks that needs the extra power...

Define 'best' 7950s in the world...?
They all operate off the same base chip, regardless of which brand you buy. All use the same RAM chips. Only major difference really is the cooler attached to it - which if you're watercooling you won't be using.

I'm not saying you should swap or anything, or even have bought different ones in the first place. Just saying you should make your system as good as you possibly can before wasting money on useless parts like RAM coolers.

...Or better yet, save the $100

 

[Jeremy1998]

Think to yourself...

The RAM voltage is the voltage of each stick of RAM individually. Why would adding more sticks mean every stick would require more voltage put through them.

It would surely have to be the memory controller in the CPU - that's having to control all 8 sticks that needs the extra power...

Define 'best' 7950s in the world...?
They all operate off the same base chip, regardless of which brand you buy. All use the same RAM chips. Only major difference really is the cooler attached to it - which if you're watercooling you won't be using.

I guess you've got a point about the IMC. But someone on another forum said that these don't run stable at stock voltage at all, even with 4 dimms. I will have to test that when I feel up to it.

As for being the best 7950's, I say that because they're on a 7970 PCB. These things have been clocked to past 1200mhz with the stock cooler.

 

[jamesriley94]

I guess you've got a point about the IMC. But someone on another forum said that these don't run stable at stock voltage at all, even with 4 dimms. I will have to test that when I feel up to it.

As for being the best 7950's, I say that because they're on a 7970 PCB. These things have been clocked to past 1200mhz with the stock cooler.

If that's true, as TTL says, it's down to bad RAM, not because it does require more voltage.
As he often says though - the memory controller in the 3930ks struggle with 2133mhz RAM anyway, let alone 32gb of it. I'd guess it would require a fair amount of tweaking even if you were running half the dimms you are

 

[Jeremy1998]

If that's true, as TTL says, it's down to bad RAM, not because it does require more voltage.
As he often says though - the memory controller in the 3930ks struggle with 2133mhz RAM anyway, let alone 32gb of it. I'd guess it would require a fair amount of tweaking even if you were running half the dimms you are

I thought that he said it is hard to do 2400mhz.

 

[jamesriley94]

I don't know. I think he said you need an amazing chip to get 2400mhz, but 2133mhz requires tweaking...

I can't remember, and it's too late for me to trawl through threads.

Either way, it isn't going to be an easy job for you to get it all stable

 

[Jeremy1998]

I don't know. I think he said you need an amazing chip to get 2400mhz, but 2133mhz requires tweaking...

I can't remember, and it's too late for me to trawl through threads.

Either way, it isn't going to be an easy job for you to get it all stable

Well, I will try for a bit, but if I can't get it stable, I will probably sell the ram, and get the cheaper 1866 version of it. No point in underclocking my memory.

 

[Jeremy1998]

Okie guys... it's time for graphics cards!

The boxes... Some boxes are designed so stupidly...

Here's the cooler on the card. These coolers are quite nice, and should allow for some overclocks.

Heat pipes!!!

Sapphire calls this cooler their "dual-x" cooler. Sadly, it is being discontinued.

Dual bios switch, as is standard on all 7950's. This will likely come in handy when overclocking.

These are 7950 chips on a 7970 pcb. And with that comes a 6 pin and 8 pin pcie power! This should allow for a ton of power delivery to that 7950 chip.

 

[MrWizard]

All reference 7950's are on 7970 PCB the difference is the 7950's drop 2 pins and have a differnt reference cooler. The reason why its 8+6 on that card is the dual fan heatsink. It is still a reference PCB just with a custom cooler

 

[Jeremy1998]

It seems I have let this thread die off... I will probably post up more build pics sometime today / tomorrow.

 

[Jeremy1998]

One last product post. I went on the Corsair AX1200i for this build. Massive overkill, but I do plan to have a 3rd GPU later down the road.

The specs on this beast are no laughing matter.

Lots of plugs on the back. Should be able to do pretty much anything you want it to do.

 

[rossi94]

Nice watercooling

 

[Innocent159]

amazing guy

 

[Jeremy1998]

Nice watercooling

About that...

Yeah, I'm only going to have an H100 in this system for a bit. I decided to switch it up half way around the build. You will see.

 

[rossi94]

Whoot? Seen the pic and thought you will use kind of that ...

 

[Jeremy1998]

Whoot? Seen the pic and thought you will use kind of that ...

Erm... I don't think there are any watercooling pics here.

 

[rossi94]

Well, I want to keep the timings down a bit. It gets up to like 60c.


Well, I don't know where to start, because so many people have told me so many different things.


Well, they were stated at 1.5 volts when I bought them. So you mean they're supposed to be at 1.65?


Umm... I am afraid of this badge. Why do I have a feeling it won't be nice.

And I am also partially doing it for asthetics. The ram is red, but the build is blue (will explain later). I don't want to paint my ram heat fins. Plus, you would be a liar if you said this doesn't look good.

This one ..

 

[SuB]

that's someone else's work mate