Finally started my new build

[AverageNinja]

It looks amazing mate! Really like the braided cables and the red highlights from the PSU and SSDs.
Do you think MSI will be fussy about the painted plate's when it comes to warranty?

 

[CPMFW]

It looks amazing mate! Really like the braided cables and the red highlights from the PSU and SSDs.
Do you think MSI will be fussy about the painted plate's when it comes to warranty?

cheers mate...
in that case i'll just paint them yellow again... then it looks like nothing ever happened

 

[AverageNinja]

cheers mate...
in that case i'll just paint them yellow again... then it looks like nothing ever happened

Just read something from a MSI official on another forum:
"will removing the heatsink plates and re-paint them void warranty?"
This was their answer:

"Technically, no, but if you cause physical damage to the PCB, it most certainly doesn't help your RMA case.

It's kind of like putting on aftermarket wheels or tires or even changing the paint job on the car.... and then having it sent in for A/C repair. If you did your own work and messed up the A/C line, then warranty is void, but if the A/C fails because of something completely unrelated to your modifications, then it's fine.

The fine print is there to separate bogus RMA claims, which make everything more expensive for everyone in the long run. And trust me, regardless of how trustworthy an end user is, fraud shows up weekly."

And another reply from an MSI official:

"Heat sink or plate? Plate, no. Heat sink, yes, since it won't transfer heat to the air as efficiently. The heat sinks are anodized aluminum.

Not a big deal since you'd just heat soak the heat sinks anyway."

And were the plates really sticked on with sticky tape? I heard somewhere it's supposed to be glue, you might want to check with that with your retailer.

 

[CPMFW]

Just read something from a MSI official on another forum:
"will removing the heatsink plates and re-paint them void warranty?"
This was their answer:

"Technically, no, but if you cause physical damage to the PCB, it most certainly doesn't help your RMA case.

It's kind of like putting on aftermarket wheels or tires or even changing the paint job on the car.... and then having it sent in for A/C repair. If you did your own work and messed up the A/C line, then warranty is void, but if the A/C fails because of something completely unrelated to your modifications, then it's fine.

The fine print is there to separate bogus RMA claims, which make everything more expensive for everyone in the long run. And trust me, regardless of how trustworthy an end user is, fraud shows up weekly."

And another reply from an MSI official:

"Heat sink or plate? Plate, no. Heat sink, yes, since it won't transfer heat to the air as efficiently. The heat sinks are anodized aluminum.

Not a big deal since you'd just heat soak the heat sinks anyway."

And were the plates really sticked on with sticky tape? I heard somewhere it's supposed to be glue, you might want to check with that with your retailer.

thanks for the info mate... looks like i'm all good then

 

[AverageNinja]

thanks for the info mate... looks like i'm all good then

You're welcome mate
And also, what did you use to stick the plates back on?

 

[CPMFW]

You're welcome mate
And also, what did you use to stick the plates back on?

i've re-used the sticky tape...
it was still on the plates when i removed them so i left it on... next day i realised that it was still sticky as hell so i just put the plates back on

 

[OcSurfer]

mine are really sticky too, seem like they almost wanted people to paint them

 

[AverageNinja]

mine are really sticky too, seem like they almost wanted people to paint them

Really nice then
I think it would look amazing painted red in a stryker with an ASUS GTX 670 DCU2. I'm thinking of doing this in a few months when I finally have saved up enough.

 

[CPMFW]

mine are really sticky too, seem like they almost wanted people to paint them

that's what they are made for

Really nice then
I think it would look amazing painted red in a stryker with an ASUS GTX 670 DCU2. I'm thinking of doing this in a few months when I finally have saved up enough.

go for it mate and make sure to post loads of pictures

 

[opilcher]

I love the case :O

 

[AverageNinja]

that's what they are made for

go for it mate and make sure to post loads of pictures

I'll make sure to do that . I'm thinking of buying the CPU, case , PSU, SSD, RAM and the MoBo first, and get a good cooler and a GPU 2 or 3 months later, running of the integrated GPU first, which should already be an enormous improvement over my current rig

 

[CPMFW]

I love the case :O

so do i

I'll make sure to do that . I'm thinking of buying the CPU, case , PSU, SSD, RAM and the MoBo first, and get a good cooler and a GPU 2 or 3 months later, running of the integrated GPU first, which should already be an enormous improvement over my current rig

sounds like a good plan mate... looking forward to it

 

[daleystephenson]

thanks for sharing this log with us - pretty solid build mate

 

[CPMFW]

thanks for sharing this log with us - pretty solid build mate

cheers mate... glad you like it

 

[CPMFW]

yesterday i was playing with my cpu... i`m testing the overclock ability of my 3770k chip and how much heat it produces. i'm using occt 4.3.2 i was running half an hour tests in limpack mode.

stock:
multi: 35, vcore: auto, vdroop: auto
temps: 42, 41, 40, 38 -> 40.25 average -> 21.45 delta

4.0:
multi: 40, vcore: auto, vdroop: auto
temps: 52, 51, 52, 47 -> 50.50 average -> 30.80 delta

4.0:
multi: 40, vcore: 1.000v, vdroop: 100%
temps: 47, 45, 42, 40 -> 43.75 average -> 23.15 delta

4.2:
multi: 42, vcore: 1.050, vdroop: 100%
temps: 51, 49, 47, 45 -> 48.00 average -> 27.30 delta

4.4:
multi: 44, vcore: 1.100v, vdroop: 100%
temps: 54, 54, 53, 49 -> 52.50 average -> 31.30 delta

4.5:
multi: 45, vcore: 1.150v, vdroop: 100%
temps: 57, 59, 58, 54 -> 57.00 average -> 36.00 delta

4.6:
multi: 46, vcore: 1.175v, vdroop: 100%
temps: 60, 61, 60, 57 -> 59.75 average -> 38.75 delta

4.7:
multi: 47, vcore: 1.225v, vdroop: 100%
temps: 63, 64, 64, 62 -> 63.25 average -> 42.25 delta

will be continuing testing today...

edit:

4.6:
multi: 46, vcore: 1.200v, vdroop: 75%
temps: 56, 58, 57, 53 -> 56.00 average -> 37.00 delta

 

[AverageNinja]

yesterday i was playing with my cpu... i`m testing the overclock ability of my 3770k chip and how much heat it produces. i'm using occt 4.3.2 i was running half an hour tests in limpack mode.

stock:
multi: 35, vcore: auto, vdroop: auto
temps: 42, 41, 40, 38 -> 40.25 average -> 21.45 delta

4.0:
multi: 40, vcore: auto, vdroop: auto
temps: 52, 51, 52, 47 -> 50.50 average -> 30.80 delta

4.0:
multi: 40, vcore: 1.000v, vdroop: 100%
temps: 47, 45, 42, 40 -> 43.75 average -> 23.15 delta

4.2:
multi: 42, vcore: 1.050, vdroop: 100%
temps: 51, 49, 47, 45 -> 48.00 average -> 27.30 delta

4.4:
multi: 44, vcore: 1.100v, vdroop: 100%
temps: 54, 54, 53, 49 -> 52.50 average -> 31.30 delta

4.5:
multi: 45, vcore: 1.150v, vdroop: 100%
temps: 57, 59, 58, 54 -> 57.00 average -> 36.00 delta

4.6:
multi: 46, vcore: 1.175v, vdroop: 100%
temps: 60, 61, 60, 57 -> 59.75 average -> 38.75 delta

4.7:
multi: 47, vcore: 1.225v, vdroop: 100%
temps: 63, 64, 64, 62 -> 63.25 average -> 42.25 delta

will be continuing testing today...

edit:

4.6:
multi: 46, vcore: 1.200v, vdroop: 75%
temps: 56, 58, 57, 53 -> 56.00 average -> 37.00 delta

You have an amazing chip there mate!

 

[andrevautour]

jealous!

 

[The Orange One]

Epic Temps dude!

 

[PittPyro]

very nice overclock temps...well done

 

[yassarikhan786]

That overclock and the temps look really, really good.