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Vapochill + Haswell = ?

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flat tire

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I'm thinking about getting a Vapochill XE II to cool my 4770K. The XE II can keep a 180W load at -18*C, stock. Based on what I've read about the 4770K's overclocked TDP being very low this capacity should be enough to keep my CPU sub-zero at load. It will be necessary to make my own mount since the XE II isn't designed for lga 1150. Any thoughts? I haven't bought it yet so if this is a dumb idea let me know and I'll reconsider.
 
Good ol Vapochill. Too bad the bottom fell out on the commercial phase change market (if there ever was a market to begin with).

It wouldn't be that hard to make your own bracket and you could probably cobble something together with the mounting hardware of a current 1150 heatsink.

If you really just want to go phase change for fun and are not worried about $/performance then go for it, the cool factor alone would be worth it to me if I had the 3-400$ for a used Vapochill.
 
I'm using Vapochil LS and it works fine with 4770K 5Ghz+ with 4 core and HT @ 1.3ish Vcore.

@-25C

 
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I got the Vapochill. Used 2 holes from the AM3 mount and got it perfectly secured to my CPU. MB is insulated with liquid electrical tape and dielectric grease for 24/7 use. Passed Linpack @ 4.3GHz but I must have a crappy chip because it wants over 1.4V to go to 4.9 even to run Cinebench...
 
It seems like luck of the draw. I've seen some posters report that one chip they bought topped out at 4.3, the next topped out at 4.8.
 
flat tire said:
I got the Vapochill. Used 2 holes from the AM3 mount and got it perfectly secured to my CPU. MB is insulated with liquid electrical tape and dielectric grease for 24/7 use. Passed Linpack @ 4.3GHz but I must have a crappy chip because it wants over 1.4V to go to 4.9 even to run Cinebench...
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1.4V for 4.9 isn't bad. Mine needs over 1.4 for 4.6.

I had a Vapo LS that was retuned and worked on a bit by a few of the phase guys on XS. Sold it to my friend though, and never got to use it on anything modern. I can say it wasn't good enough to handle a 920 though, over 4.6.
 
Really, only 180w? I would have thought PC would handle at LEAST 300w.
 
Those using a vapochill, how long have you had it running?
I'm interested how long they last before requiring repair.
 
I've heard of the control boards failing. The refrigeration stuff (everything that actually cools the CPU) is pretty solid and should normally last for years of use. You can wire up the compressor to turn on manually without their control board. In fact it's very annoying to have the control board when trying to reach overclocks because the machine will shut down every time you force reset (not reboot) the board.
 
Hmm.
I ask because about 5 years ago a friend gave me his that died, it lasted him 2 years.
The published methods to get it running didnt get any response.
I dont have it any more unfortunately, I quite fancied having another go at it.
 
wow, I just realized I hadnt used superPI since my P4 2.8 rig. it took 27 minutes for 32M back then. thats a 4x speed increase per core.
 
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