Recent content by systembolaget

Thanks for suggesting RAM being faulty... Well, prime95 still soldiered on all day. So now, I try replicating the previous fail: 1. shut down 2. switch off the PSU 3. disconnect the power cord... ...which all worked. So, it was the RAM or the DIMM slots on the fatherboard. But, still - how...

Rastafari memory arrived this morning. I inserted it in the recommended DIMM-slots and started the PC without any issues - of course without ASUS' Optimal mode selected in the EZ-Setup screen for the time being (later, I want to run it at Optimal mode 3.8GHz although it would of course be nice...

I bought new Jamaican RAM. Cheapest option of the three (other two being fatherboard and CPU). Let's see how that goes...

Dear forum, a longer story that just recently turned into a one week journey of pain: for two years, I ran multiple PCs with the ASUS P9X79 and i7-3930K day in day out for light simulations, discussed and built with help from this forum in 2011/2012. Perfect. Then a few weeks ago, I decided...

Users who do CAD, CFD, FEM, rendering. Bought that platform specifically for those purposes; a very good performance/price relationship! Even the i7-2600K makes a very affordable analysis or render node for its price.

Here's two new render fridges (spot the difference) using only three fans each giving ~70°C max. @ 100%

ASUS AI Suite II conflicts with Core Temp, HWMonitor Pro or Real Temp (according what ASUS support told me) so I just dumped it ;)

Yes, self-built PCs can be a joke indeed - you'll be laughing if you're putting everything together the correct way and never look back... But, for $2000, you could also have bought an off-the-shelf PC, or you could try to cram a GTX 560 into an iMac ;) Anyway, "270.48" is your NVIDIA driver...

As you can see from the beginning of the thread, I had the same concerns. Now, after just turning one fan the right way (see tangoseal's comment and what I then did), the cores are between 62°C and 70°C which is no problem for 24/7 rendering operation - at least for me, this is perfectly ok :)...

Well, the cases came supplied with two fans each which I removed, maybe I should just put them back in... Ok, thanks to all for your explanations and helpful suggestions.

@tangoseal Well spotted, fan detective. You know what I did? Looking through my assembly photographs, I oriented it as should be when I tried out the fitting to check space, cabeling, etc. and when I mounted it for real - I put the cooler on 180° - twice. Ouch, now I look like a right old prick...

@Sgraffite I removed the damping material from the bottom and back of the case so air comes in. When the PCs are on, a Post-it is firmly sucked against the grilles. I am very confident that I 1. degreased correctly and 2. applied the thermal paste correctly; I'm dealing with thermally conductive...

@ImperfectLink & -Dragon Took it off, looked at wetting pattern, looked good, cleaned mating surfaces anyway with propan-2-ol which contains no oil (=grease), re-applied thermal paste, refitted cooler. @tangoseal Well, yes, I may have to do it manually in the end. @Sgraffitte The cooler...

@ImperfectLink I used Maxwell Render and Prime95. Maxwell Render 100% load temperature is lower than Prime95 100% load temperature, but I'm not technically knowledgeable enough to know why this is the case. I am not using ASUS' temperature sensor display because it is buggy (-60°C warning pop-up...

@ImperfectLink Phew, these rendering boxes being the first PCs I've built, I have rather not fiddled with any settings yet - apart from enabling the ASUS optimal mode at the EZ-Mode screen level. Don't want to mess things up too much without knowing what I'm doing ;) @tangoseal Yes, the...