My I7 950 Corsair 600T Gigabyte GTX 460

[kemical]

My system been built over three weeks ago, case is much bigger than I thought it would be

• Intel Core i7 950 Bloomfield 45nm
• Gigabyte, GA-X58A-UD5
• 6GB (3x2GB) Corsair XMS3 Classic
• 1GB Gigabyte GTX 460 OC
• 850W Corsair CMPSU-850HXUK
• Corsair 600T, Graphite Series
• 60GB OCZ Technology Vertex 2E Primary
• Western Digital Caviar Green 2tb
• Western Digital Caviar Green 1.5tb
• Corsair H50-1 Hydro
• Windows 7 64 bit

Temps (ambient 24c fans at low speed)

Idle 39, 35, 49 34

Prime 59, 54, 58, 56

 

[angliaboy]

nice rig and temps, very clean

 

[Blackwhite]

Very nice and clean.

 

[kemical]

Thanks, the case makes it easy to route wires and gubbings.

I removed the paste from the H50 and replaced with Arctic Silver 5 after about a week and used the stock fan to push hot air out. No pull need to save the planet and things

Average temps fell by 3-4c.

Want to get another 460 its already gone down by £10 since I brought mine

 

[AMDFTW]

lookin good mate

bad choice on cooler for that CPU tho DH14 would of been a better choice

 

[tinytomlogan]

Artic silver is very old now mate, its also dangermouse as its conductive.

Also you need to plug the H50 pump wire into a molex so its running 12v. run it over the back of the mobo then get an adapter to it from a molex

Just a couple things I noticed while having a quick look

 

[hmmblah]

You can plug the pump wire into the mobo as long as you disable fan control.

 

[tinytomlogan]

You can plug the pump wire into the mobo as long as you disable fan control.

Its actually not recomended by Corsair or me tbh fella as it will always run faster and get better power if wired straight to molex

 

[alienware]

Hmm thanks for telling me that Tom !

Might try that later.

 

[AMDFTW]

what about the power fan connector on the PSU

 

[hmmblah]

Its actually not recomended by Corsair or me tbh fella as it will always run faster and get better power if wired straight to molex

Hmm, their own manual and installation video tells you to plug it into the motherboard...*shrugs*

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUxoFiFuS_g&feature=player_embedded#!

 

[kemical]

I've disabled the fan controls on the motherboard so the pump should be getting.

The pump is currently running at 1386 rpm. Will try the molex.

They also say you should have the fan blowing in, but no way am I going to do that.

When the cpu is on max that's some serious heat being pumped back into the case.

 

[alienware]

I've disabled the fan controls on the motherboard so the pump should be getting.

The pump is currently running at 1386 rpm. Will try the molex.

They also say you should have the fan blowing in, but no way am I going to do that.

When the cpu is on max that's some serious heat being pumped back into the case.

Yeah air in seriously interrupts the entire flow of a machine.

You might also want to try this. Reduced my temps by about 8c across the board.

fan-cutoutfan-rad-cutoutfan-fan

Cutout by stripped for just a shroud. You can buy shrouds but I blew up a couple of Arctics so I just chopped them up.

 

[tinytomlogan]

Yeah air in seriously interrupts the entire flow of a machine.

You might also want to try this. Reduced my temps by about 8c across the board.

fan-cutoutfan-rad-cutoutfan-fan

Cutout by stripped for just a shroud. You can buy shrouds but I blew up a couple of Arctics so I just chopped them up.

Apart from the fact it looks fudging stupid. Noctua ftw.

 

[alienware]

Noctua FTW when it arrives

Yeah does look stupid. Works OK tho and hey, I have it here and it's paid for

 

[kemical]

Yeah air in seriously interrupts the entire flow of a machine.

You might also want to try this. Reduced my temps by about 8c across the board.

fan-cutoutfan-rad-cutoutfan-fan

Cutout by stripped for just a shroud. You can buy shrouds but I blew up a couple of Arctics so I just chopped them up.

I like the idea of a cut-out-fan as there is a big void in the middle. I was even looking for a shroud a few days ago.

Might try it on one fan.

Thanks for the Idea

 

[angliaboy]

lookin good mate

bad choice on cooler for that CPU tho DH14 would of been a better choice

Can I just ask why you feel the need to go around criticising people CPU coolers is it from experience of just plain internet rumours that you base your theory on?

 

[tinytomlogan]

Can I just ask why you feel the need to go around criticising people CPU coolers is it from experience of just plain internet rumours that you base your theory on?

From reading the best reviews on the net matey

 

[heartspains88]

Amazingly clean, nice install, I love how even the color of the text on the power supply compliments the color scheme.

 

[AMDFTW]

Can I just ask why you feel the need to go around criticising people CPU coolers is it from experience of just plain internet rumours that you base your theory on?

i base nothing on rumors just plain hard facts fella

and its constructive criticism