My PC build - With a new Case!

[Ibanez81]

Hi, Ive not Been in to PC's for long, Ive had this Rig for a maximum of 2-3months now, before i never had any PC's like it.

Got to Say this PC stuff is getting addicting, Learned so much from it so far and it gives me something New to do.

So a Full Run down on Specs:

Asus P8P67

Intel 2500k

Corsair Vengeance 8GB Ram

2x 500GB 6gb/s Sata III HDD's in Raid 0

Corsair CX600 power supply

XFX 6870 Black edition

Antec Khuler 620 Water cooler

More Detail

CPU clocked to 4.1ghz

GPU Clocked to 1000mhz

Ram clocked to 1866mhz

The CPU runs at 27c ticking over and under full load at 58c

Its capable of 5.0ghz but id need a better cooling system as The Antec is a budget cooler, still impressed with it though.

The windows stats:

CPU 7.6

Graphics 7.8

Gaming graphics 7.8

Ram 7.9

HDD 5.9

So before it was built into a Bitfenix Survivor Case, However i felt it was quite cramped inside and the airflow was restrictive.

I went out on the Hunt and Bought myself a New case!

i got a NZXT Phantom in Gloss Black. I love it, i think it looks the dogs danglys and i love the ample room and Fan controller up top

At some Point i do Plan on doing My first ever Water Loop for the CPU and Possible GPU (god help me i dont mess something up) Possibly in the Next few weeks i will start this.

Cables still need to be better placed and hidden, but it will do for now

For now Here's a few pics of the New case, Bit Bland atm i know but the Water loop should Liven it up a little

(Big Images sorry lol)

 

[stockholm1984]

Nice work mate, very tidy cabling there. I'm sure that cooler should be able to take you pushing the CPU a bit harder especially if it's currently loading at 27 degrees!

 

[Dolph123]

Nice work! My cable management sucks compared to this.

 

[yassarikhan786]

Nice work mate, very tidy cabling there. I'm sure that cooler should be able to take you pushing the CPU a bit harder especially if it's currently loading at 27 degrees!

27 C is the idle temp mate, load temp is 58 at 4.1GHz, which is still quite good so he could maybe push it a little further.

Back to the topic. The case looks amazing and with the tidy work it looks even better inside

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[sheroo]

I like the way you have added the blue strips to the gpu to make it tie in with your motherboard heatsinks.

 

[fcb]

Nice work there. I think the only case that looks great with the piano gloss finish is the Phantom.

 

[Ibanez81]

wow Thanks Guys, Glad you all think its Tidy

Got The watercooling all picked out, 360mm Rad in The top with a Raystorm CPU block and also a GPU block. The Res Will go in The Disc disc drive bay Veiwable When the Front door is opened, I will Need to move My Disc drive down more as to allow extra clearance for the Rad.

I know Disc drives are lame

I need it to install my games though as Steam downloads just dont cut it for me

Do you Guys think a 360mm will be Suficient for a cpu&gpu loop? Im looking at a 46mm thick Rad with 3 Pull Fans (or push) whichever fits better into the case

 

[stockholm1984]

27 C is the idle temp mate, load temp is 58 at 4.1GHz, which is still quite good so he could maybe push it a little further.

Yep, apologies! Helps if I read these things properly first. Lol! I still stand by my comment though that I'd be happy pushing it a bit harder with a load temp of 58.

 

[yassarikhan786]

Yep, apologies! Helps if I read these things properly first. Lol! I still stand by my comment though that I'd be happy pushing it a bit harder with a load temp of 58.

Yes I agree with pushing it a bit more to get the most out of it

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[fcb]

Yes I agree with pushing it a bit more to get the most out of it

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Do you guys think the Antec performs better than the ones Corsair has?

 

[Ibanez81]

it seems good! Im not using The Antec Fan though, I Have 2 Coolermaster sickleflows on The Rad and there not even at max rpm

 

[fcb]

it seems good! Im not using The Antec Fan though, I Have 2 Coolermaster sickleflows on The Rad and there not even at max rpm

Oh, those aren't bad at all. The manufacturers should really give an extra 4 set of screws....maybe it's the cost?

 

[V1Viper]

Nice rig!

 

[Ibanez81]

Some more picture for you lot

Now, problems....

Can some of you Help me out here, This is where i Lack the knowledge at the moment lol

I ran that Prime95 Program today to see what my pc was like, well... It came up with an error and only 18 minutes into it too

I overclocked it using the Asus AI suite, Trouble is i want rid of this AI suite as it causes me all sorts of bother with errors like cpu -96c and chassis fan 2 7000rpm, +12v = 23.567V ect.. Which is no way the Truth, All other Temp programs Record everything to be fine apart from this AI suite.

I know using AI suite to Auto overclock isnt the greatest idea but i really dont know much about manual overclocking.

Anyway i have a picture of the test i just done along with Temps showing ect. Can you guys help me out, perhaps even help me in manual overclocking so i can be rid of this ai suite from my machine

http://i.imgur.com/1Y7xF.jpg

 

[Solidarity]

That's a mighty fine looking rig you have there

 

[FragTek]

Looks great!

 

[yassarikhan786]

It is not that hard to do a manual overclock. I overclocked my cpu about 4 months ago and it was the first time I had ever done an overclock of any kind. The Sandy Bridge overclocking procedure is very simple.

I read a few guides before overclocking though. These are the basic steps that I went through.

1. I went into my BIOS and went into the "Advanced BIOS" settings by clicking on the option on the top right of the BIOS and choosing the Advanced BIOS option.

2. Next I went to the "AI Tweaker" section and changed the "AI Overclock Tuner" option to Manual.

3. Then I typed in a number corresponding to the overclock I wanted. In my case I typed in 40 in the "By All Cores" section for a 4GHz overclock (BCLK/PEG Frequency * Turbo ration = 100.0 * 40 = 4000MHz = 4Ghz).

4. I left the memory frequency to Auto because I wanted my CPU overclock to be stable first. Alternatively you can set the frequency to 1333MHz, which is the default for most or all DDR3 DIMMS.

5. Next you have to set the voltages. The "CPU Voltage" option has to be set to the "Manual Mode" to allow you to type in what voltage you want to use. If you want a 4.5GHz overclock then use a Turbo Ration of 45 on stage 3 and set the voltage to something like 1.25V.

6. Set the "CPU PLL Voltage" to disabled and boot to Windows.

7. Use prime95 to check if the overclock is stable. I tested my CPU for at least an hour before deeming it stable. If the prime95 test shows no errors then you can assume the overclock is stable. You can then repeat step 5 until you have a stable overclock at the lowest possible voltage. I ran prime95 for about 10 hours after I had finished overclocking to ensure the stability further.

Hope this helps. This is basically the process that I went through to get a stable overclock.

 

[Ibanez81]

That help is much appreciated!

 

[Ibanez81]

5. Next you have to set the voltages. The "CPU Voltage" option has to be set to the "Manual Mode" to allow you to type in what voltage you want to use. If you want a 4.5GHz overclock then use a Turbo Ration of 45 on stage 3 and set the voltage to something like 1.25V.

Right, so say for example i wanted 4.7ghz, i would set the turbo ration to 47 for that? but what would the Voltage then be set to? How do i know how much to bump The voltage up for each stage? (ie 4.3ghz 4.5ghz 4.7ghz ect..)

 

[yassarikhan786]

5. Next you have to set the voltages. The "CPU Voltage" option has to be set to the "Manual Mode" to allow you to type in what voltage you want to use. If you want a 4.5GHz overclock then use a Turbo Ration of 45 on stage 3 and set the voltage to something like 1.25V.

Right, so say for example i wanted 4.7ghz, i would set the turbo ration to 47 for that? but what would the Voltage then be set to? How do i know how much to bump The voltage up for each stage? (ie 4.3ghz 4.5ghz 4.7ghz ect..)

Yeh for 4.7GHz it would be 47 for the turbo ratio. The higher you overclock the higher the volts. I would say 1.3 to 1.35 volts would be needed for a 4.7GHz overclock, but it really depends on the chip. Try 1.3 and if its not stable push it to 1.305, then 1.31 etc until it is stable. If it is stable at 1.3V then push it shown by 0.005 volts and test it using prime95 until you have the ideal volts.

EDIT: The recommended maximum is 1.38 - 1.4V so make sure you don't go over that if you don't want to reduce the lifespan of your CPU.