Upgrading / Modding Build
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Terrifictez85
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As stated earlier here a few photos of my build minus the ssd due to it being faulty
Here is the the cpu
Possibly a Noctua beater lol
New Graphics card, left the green team behind now.
1090t all fitted and ready to be broken in
Heatsink all installed
Sexy NZXT fans.
Almost ready to boot
All systems go
Little light show
This is how cool it runs at 3.9ghz
Here is the the cpu
Possibly a Noctua beater lol
New Graphics card, left the green team behind now.
1090t all fitted and ready to be broken in
Heatsink all installed
Sexy NZXT fans.
Almost ready to boot
All systems go
Little light show
This is how cool it runs at 3.9ghz
SmoulderingCircuits
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WOAH!
How could you possibly need so much voltage!! 1.41 - 1.42 will keep that stable
How could you possibly need so much voltage!! 1.41 - 1.42 will keep that stable
Terrifictez85
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I just noticed that myself, it is on auto at the moment, but think that cpu-z has misread it. Think i'll get into my bios now and change it. Dont see how it is running so cool @ 1.51v
SmoulderingCircuits
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Indeed, should be ~37 idle and high 40s load (our coolers are on par)
Terrifictez85
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So does that mean it will run even cooler with lower volts?? I hope so, like showing people how good this cooler is.
SmoulderingCircuits
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Not necessarily if it's a misread
Terrifictez85
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Have decreased the volts to 1.375 and the temps are 22.c on idle. 46.c on load. Going to prime it for 2 hours and see what the results are.
SmoulderingCircuits
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What's your ambient and what chassis fans?
Terrifictez85
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Ambient temp is 15.c.
Have two Bitfenix Spectre 120mm in the fron intakingt, A 230mm Corsair fan in the roof blowing down and a 140mm Thermaltake exhausting. Using IC Diamond thermal paste too. So far the highest core is 52.c
I am more than impressed at the moment.
SmoulderingCircuits
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Explains the slightly better temps to mine
Terrifictez85
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Just noticed you have the same PSU as me.
Whats your temps and cooling solutions?
SmoulderingCircuits
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I don't have a PSU temp monitor?... if you mean the PSU I just use the stock fan and heatsinks.
If you mean the CPU then a D-14 with stock fans - Excaliburs wouldn't fit so I used them in the rear and roof (just centimetres from the heatsink anyway, they still add to the cooling performance). When I was at 4.2 @1.5v I got 66*c under the heaviest stages of Prime, but only 55*c in Crysis 2
Terrifictez85
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A few more upgrades, seeing as i finally got my ssd back 100% yay.
Also decided to take a chance and buy a faulty 4890 to fix. Guess what!!!!
It is working, been stressing it and had no issues. So CrossFire here i come.
Next upgrade will be a better case as i need more space. So shall be selling my case on here or ebay within the next few weeks.
Also decided to take a chance and buy a faulty 4890 to fix. Guess what!!!!
It is working, been stressing it and had no issues. So CrossFire here i come.
Next upgrade will be a better case as i need more space. So shall be selling my case on here or ebay within the next few weeks.
SmoulderingCircuits
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A few more upgrades, seeing as i finally got my ssd back 100% yay.
Also decided to take a chance and buy a faulty 4890 to fix. Guess what!!!!
It is working, been stressing it and had no issues. So CrossFire here i come.
Next upgrade will be a better case as i need more space. So shall be selling my case on here or ebay within the next few weeks.
Could you do some benching and so we can see how 4xxx crossfire compares to 5xxx crossfire in scaling and stability etc?
Terrifictez85
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Did some benching and the second card wasnt fully stable. Kept getting artefacts. So have now put the pair on ebay and am going to get myself the 6850 2gb edition with the money from the sale. Plus it has a dedicated hdmi port which i would like to use lol
SmoulderingCircuits
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Crossfire 6850s or 6950s would be good - or 6870x2
Sure it wasn't your PSU though?
Terrifictez85
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My psu had no issues running GTX280's in sli or GTS450's in sli. I bought the second card from ebay and repaired but it is not 100% stable under extreme load. It works fine solo but in crossfire it buggers up. Going to get one 6850 for now and see about getting another one later. However i think a combined buffer rate of 4gb is ott on a 32" lcd tv lol
SmoulderingCircuits
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Indeed it is. 2x 1.5GB cards would be ideal but AMD have no such cards
Terrifictez85
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Last upgrade on this machine before i start a new project. Have ordered a Ati 6870 1gb, found it for £100 so bought it instead of the xfx 6850 2gb. Going to see how it performs with one then maybe crossfire it when i get my new case.
