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What should I be cooling first?

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joecuddles

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Welp, the FX-53 hits 2.64 Ghz (not Prime stable, bench / game stable though) with the stock HSF. I plan to get some AS3 this weekend and use that rather than stock paste.

Now the question is, what should I be cooling first? The FX, or the XT? I plan to Vapochill the FX at some point, so I'm thinking going with the XT might be the best choice.

When I run my FX-53 at even 1.7v at 2.7 Ghz, I can boot into Windows and everything, but games / benches all crash and exit themselves. Not sure if WC'ing will help me get higher. With the XT, if I go past 575 / 590 I get some artifacts, and benches / games will lock up. It does already have a vmod in place, but I'm hoping I can vmod it a bit more and push it farther with the watercooling.

In a few months I'll hopefully have a Vapochill on the FX and a water loop just for the XT. So the question remains, what do I watercool after Christmas?
 
joecuddles said:
Welp, the FX-53 hits 2.64 Ghz (not Prime stable, bench / game stable though) with the stock HSF. I plan to get some AS3 this weekend and use that rather than stock paste.

Now the question is, what should I be cooling first? The FX, or the XT? I plan to Vapochill the FX at some point, so I'm thinking going with the XT might be the best choice.

When I run my FX-53 at even 1.7v at 2.7 Ghz, I can boot into Windows and everything, but games / benches all crash and exit themselves. Not sure if WC'ing will help me get higher. With the XT, if I go past 575 / 590 I get some artifacts, and benches / games will lock up. It does already have a vmod in place, but I'm hoping I can vmod it a bit more and push it farther with the watercooling.

In a few months I'll hopefully have a Vapochill on the FX and a water loop just for the XT. So the question remains, what do I watercool after Christmas?
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Definitely cool the XT ... the FX-53 is fine for now .. since ur gettin the Vapochill annnnnyways ... then dont bother cooling it for now ..

My vote goes to the X800XT .. merry water cooling and a happy new vapochill
 
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