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Apathy

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spent 5 months on [H] and on newegg and other sites reviewing parts and checking specs, waiting for what i wanted.

everything in the left part of the sig i bought over the last few weeks, shipped and received and put together everything this week. at first i had some issues, thanks to all who helped, especially silent-circuit for finally getting it to boot.

initial idle temps were between 48c - 62c. when i ran crysis, i saw temps as high as in the 80's. took everything apart today and wiped off cpu and hsf with nail polish remover because i could only find brown bottles of hydrogen peroxide and i figured that 151 would leave residue, so i wiped with a napkin vigorously. re-appled AS5 thermal compound, idle temps dropped a full 30 degrees celsius. i thought i just had a crappy oc'er, turned out to be crappy hsf/paste placement. wondering how i can get it to OC even more and still boot into windows.

enjoy the pr0n.


















notice the case sitting next to the eouch because it doesnt fit under my desk with the keyboard trsy :/
this last one is just some of the doody boxes.

and shit, looks like i may have toe rotate the fan tomorrow. who knows if ill get an improvement. would that also mean changing the top case fan to an outtake from its position now as an intake?
 
I'm confused; you have your Nirvana's 120mm fan pointed up, which means it's blowing down across the heatsink's fins and towards your graphics card. Might want to rotate it to blow through out the back or up to the PSU where it can be exhausted properly.
 
yea i was wondering that same thing today as i was putting it back in. figured since i have a 120mm yate loon sitting in the top of the case as an intake to blow out the back, having the nirvana that side up made the most sense, not sure?
 
Apathy said:
yea i was wondering that same thing today as i was putting it back in. figured since i have a 120mm yate loon sitting in the top of the case as an intake to blow out the back, having the nirvana that side up made the most sense, not sure?
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You want the Nirvana's fan blowing across the fins directly out an air exhaust route; that means back or top. Right now, you have your CPU's air being dumped directly towards the graphics card, which isn't doing much good. ;)
 
think unscewing and slightly rotatng is an option, or re-apply thermal grease again? blow air out the back?
 
i dont know why that didnt occur to me. it seemed either right side up, or upside down. although i was slightly fucked up while doing all this. might explain a few things.
 
Nice setup man.

I was thinking of purchasing the X-Fi Prelude also. How do you like it so far? Do you think it's worth the premium?
 
honestly i havent listened to a single song on it yet so i couldnt tell you for suer, although, crysis sounds amazing on my sennheiser 595's. still cant figure out which port is supposed to be the one to plug into for the 2.1 stereo jack :/

also wondering, how important is updating the bios on the ip35-pro, anyone know of any major changes or improvements? i know im on the first version of the bios right now.
 
Apathy said:
took everything apart today and wiped off cpu and hsf with nail polish remover because i could only find brown bottles of hydrogen peroxide and i figured that 151 would leave residue, so i wiped with a napkin vigorously.
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Head over to your local drug store and pickup some rubbing alcohol (90% or higher, Isopropyl Alcohol) and use that instead of nail polish. Also, if you don't have any already, pickup some coffee filters -- great substitutes for lint-free cloth -- and use those instead of a napkin. ;) Oh, and thanks for the pics... you should really tidy up those cables for better airflow.
 
question about the vid temp. got the 6 pin connector in, on the 8 pin, i have another 6 pin fitted there. the 6 pin fitted into the 8 pin slot has a tiny 2 pin wire that is attatched and is right next to the 6 pin. i tried plugging it in, and it seems to fit, but not comfortably. wondering if plugging it in will make it the 8 pin that supposed to be in there?
 
ran prime95 for 8+ hours, nothing restarted, nothing froze. heres pics. are these settings/values safe for standard use?



 
:eek: no, those values are horrible. you need to sell me that chip right now. :rolleyes: :p

Those are good numbers. Nice OC. Submit it to the OC db if you haven't already. ;)
 
i found the ties that came with the gear, had originally lost it in my couch. going to try and wrap things up a bit more once i get home. my temps arent very high though (i think), so im not sure how much of an improvement moving those cables is going to be.

the side panel has 3 fans blowing directly onto the mobo, hd's are a space apart with a 120 from the front blowing on them, fan in the top of the case is blowing down onto the nirvana cpu hsf and into the psu intake / case fan exhaust.

so those cables running down the side are not blocking a whole lot of airflow other than air passing through the front vents of the case. none the less, im going to try and get them out of the way just to make it look prettier if for no other reason.

i plugged in the other 2 pins into the 8pin slot on the 3870x2, going to check out oc'ing that later when i get home.
 
Question... in the bios i had to up the Vcore to something like 1.57 or so, but cpu-z only shows the voltage rating go up to 1.43 - 1.44 during heavy load. whats up with that? vdroop?

also, whats a reasonable OC for the 3870x2, ati tool or ccc overdrive center?
comfortable temps for gpu?

how do i start to play with oc'ing the ram?

necessary to update bios to latest revision or leave it where it is with the first release?
 
on vdroop: You are correct in that the difference between what you set in the BIOS and what CPU-Z reports at load is vDroop. It's a normal function of your motherboard.

on RAM: You OC RAM in the BIOS, just like your processor. You will want to read up on RAM timings and how they interact with performance and stability.

on BIOS updates: Some believe it's always best to have the latest BIOS, while many believe that BIOS updates are best avoided unless you are experiencing an issue. You should research what people have been doing with your particular board to determine whether or not updating the BIOS would be worthwhile.
 
word... vdroop confused me at first.

roger on the bios updates. gonna do some research on oc'ing card/ram when i get home. thanks dude.
 
Keep your CPU voltage under 1.55v and your core load temps under 60°C.
 
ati tool or ccc overdrive?

rivatuner?

if i set the vcore to about 1.55, will the cpu v ever reach that high? even with prime95 for 8 hours, only went as high as 1.44.

is oc'ing the 3870x2 even worth it for 25mhz? doesnt seem to be that useful. anyone got any ideas for what this card might be able to do?
 
He meant 1.55 before vdroop. It's a safety thing; don't want to burn out that shiny new quad. Don't push it any harder than you need to.

No, 25Mhz isn't worth it. Just leave it at stock; that thing runs stupid hot already.
 
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