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Well.. this is my first post in more than 4 years. My last wc build was for my i7 920 and that has served me well till now. Actually, it's still darn good since I replaced the orginal 280 with a 480 two years ago. It can still run anything out there. However, I figured I'll upgrade to an IB i7...

wow that's cheap combo. I'll need a res for under $29

Well i have all the parts...except the 3/4 Id to 1/2 ID converter, I think. What else would I need?

Well it's 21 bucks... I've been wanting to build external rad box. I'll test to see the noise this outputs. Got some spare 12v DC adapters ranging from 1A to 6A. PAR-Max 4 Electric Diaphragm Pump w/ 12 Volt DC Motor (12VDC). Continuous rated Washdown / livewell Pump. Saltwater or freshwater...

they usually go for 2x to 3x. I'm thinking this could be used under powered for an external rad box.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000O8D5N2 Can I use this pump for water cooling in a PC case? Just saw it sold out, but it was going for 21 bucks down from 200

You know... tech news sites shouldn't use the work "leaked" when discussing these products lol. I tried to google for reviews and I kept seeing "MSI hydrogen 480GTX leaked!"

I just got the MSI hydrogen 480GTX at newegg for $300 (400 with 100 mail in rebate) That's one heck of a deal. The block seems to be the HK full cover block, with retails for 100 ish, meaning the 480GTX itself is only around $200. Any one with experience on how much this thing can OC?

changing the MAC address of a NIC is an inherent ability...how is that hacking? Looks like his defense is just. He "accidently" set the modems to another MAC on the network.

it's not stable at 1.55v which is the option under 1.7. Anycase, my NB is wc'ed

thanks for the PLL advise. I lowered it to 1.6v with same stability.

I'm using asus p5k deluxe black pearl edition Everything with watercooled included NB and SB

I'm bored with my [email protected] so I'm trying to push it higher seems like getting a bit more extra takes a lot more effort lol Anyway... my current setting 8x475 3.8 vCore 1.45v (1.42 read by OCCT) cpu PLL 1.8v VTT 1.3v SB 1.2v NB 1.7v

I was putting on the swiftech 4870 block when i got some artic silver 5 around the ram. I went to clean it, but I think it got underneath. Is that ok?

pics anyone?

I went with single loop and pumps in series. The turbulance was very bad. Even with the Y splitter at the very entrance of my MCR220 res, it's enough to cause water to flow backward when one pump is off. Now my loop is like this MCR220 -> MCP655 -> PA 120x3 -> D-Tek fusion -> NB -> SB ->...

So I'm building a new loop and thought that the MCR220 would be a nice res as it can cool and store water at the same time. I really only wanted the back mount and the res, but bought the kit off newegg since it's only 139... Now I have a extra pump and thought... hmm maybe a dual loop...

good to know i'm not the only one. Sucks to put in all that expensive watercooling to keep the noise down only to hear this buzzing. The only GTS doesn't do it >_<

I just got my new MSI 8800GTS G92. When I use atitools and try to find a good OC, I noticed that there is a slight whining noise (very low) coming from the G92 PCB. There looks to be like a speaker on the card (small black circular cylander on the upper right of the 6 pin power connector). Can...

So I want to setup a new system with water. What case should I get the, venerable TJ07 or the Cosmos S?

lol after reading this tread, i'm going to try it with a cheap C2D. Here's my plan Steps 1. Take base plate off Apogee GT 2. Flip base plate and put it on my flat grill ^_^ 3. Heat up the GT base until solder floats onto it (only a little bit like a AS5 drop in the center) 4. Keep base...

I don't know anyone that have kept a PC for 10 years... I don't think they manufacture chips to that 10-15 year spec anymore... maybe 5

I've been running my q6600 @3.6ghz and 1.55v for a month now. Is that a safe voltages for a quad? Idle temp at 43-45 and load at 63-65. Funny, but my idle temp at 1.2875v (default) is still around 38-40*C.

Sorry bad illustration before ___________________________| | ^ | | ^ |____________________________| ^ air flow direction | |___fan______fan_____fan__fan____ ^ |...

The bottom of the case is mesh too... Air flow won't be optimum but it's there. I can also lay it stacked instead of side by side. Then the fans in the middle can pull the air from the bottom mesh trough the bottom rad. So it can look like this... ___________________________| |...

Why cut? all the bottom harddrive racks and mid aluminum dividers are screwed on. I can just unscrew them. Just picture the whole bottom part as one whole rectangle with a psu.

I have this case. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112062 I'm thinking of removing all the bottom HD compartments and section divider wall. Will 2xPA 120.3 fill in the bottom backtoback with fans sandwhiched in between? Also The PSU will be on the bottom as well.

Maybe someone can suggest a site to get colder couplings. I can't find them.

which quick disconnect has has the best flow trough rate is and still very secure? I have the koolance ones... and they seem to put up a lot of resistance.

when all my 4 cores are at 100% load the 5v line drops to 4.8

I have the same PSU... the +5v line drops to 4.8v when all 4 cores of my PSU does superpi... is that bad?

I don't know how good the relation of VID to max OC is... but my friend's B3 @ 1.25v VID can do 3.6ghz easy. My system just barely do 3.5 stable.

It's a 42*C atm, but I've notice that the default warning temp on the asus probe software is 45*C. Is my temp too high? Also... am I the only one that doesn't like the stupid heatpipe design for mobos? They're cluttery... and there's such a big descrepency of temps between different things on...

I can set my FSB to 400 and my memory to DDR21000 so that it runs at 500mhz. Is there any benefits to do? Any improvements in bandwidth or speed?

yeah my ram can do 500mhz with 2.3v and 44412... But I realized my B3 Q6600 won't boot with 7x500. Seems like it doesn't like high FSBs. Makes me wonder if I should set my multiplier back 9 and see if it can do 3.6. I know it can't do 8x450.

I've read that the memory bandwidth might be an issue with the quads. So what should I run my OCed Q6600 at? 3520 with 8x440 or 3500 with 7x500? I'm too lazy to do actual benching with different settings. Anyone have experience?

haha.. yeah make sense right?

coretemp says by VID is 1.2875... but I dont' think that's true

B3 1.525v @ 440x8 3.52ghz

I finally managed it I think I shouldn't have tried to OC it right out of the box. Now that the CPU has been broken in and the artic 5 has settled, I managed to hit 440x8 with 1.525v in bios. But cpu-z doesn't show the voltage correctly. I wonder why.