Originally posted by: aigomorla
the pump isnt fully bleed yet.
There is NOWAY that setup is louder then a 15k SCSI.
BTRY it can take up to 24 hours on some cases to completely bleed.
Originally posted by: BTRY B 529th FA BN
Originally posted by: aigomorla
the pump isnt fully bleed yet.
There is NOWAY that setup is louder then a 15k SCSI.
BTRY it can take up to 24 hours on some cases to completely bleed.
I can hear it just like my Maxtor Atlas 15K drive. I don't see anymore air bubbles either. I've ran the pump, flipped the case left to right, top to bottom and 99% is out. Are you sure it needs to keep running for that to work? Don't forget my bleed hole/air hole is on the bottom.
BTW - 4Ghz 1.3vcore max temps by core = 45* 38* 40* 40* after 15 min on Prime95 running MAX HEAT & power - which always ran my 8400 hotter than Linpack ever did; ambients @ 70*f
EDIT: Thank you btw for an AWESOME setup! Love the performance of it! My 8400 would peak at 64*c @ 1.20vcore & 4Ghz
EDIT 2: mid 40's after 30+ min
Originally posted by: daw123
Looking good BTRY.
I'll be joining you as a proud owner of a I7 920 set up, since I just trashed my QX9770.
Originally posted by: daw123
Question: What's the quickest way to kill a CPU?
Answer: Drop it on the floor.
I was cleaning the heat spreader on the chip prior to installation in the MB and it fell out of the protective cover on to the floor. Lots of expletives later...
The drop slightly bent one corner of the processor. See the photo below:
http://i429.photobucket.com/al...wilson123/IMG_0892.jpg
You can just about see the bend in the photo above.
I re-built the case with the liquid cooling system, switched the system on and after a couple of seconds it switched itself back off. Here's some photos:
http://i429.photobucket.com/al...wilson123/IMG_0885.jpg
http://i429.photobucket.com/al...wilson123/IMG_0886.jpg
Oh' and my dad also dropped the fill port on the MB, which probably didn't help (although I couldn't see any damage). The Wilson family must be blessed with butter fingers.
Checked all the wiring in the case / MB and it was all ok.
I removed the CPU block and CPU for further examination.
Upon further examination, I noted that the top of the CPU had a hairline crack across where it had bent.
One expensive key-chain:
http://i429.photobucket.com/al...wilson123/IMG_0889.jpg
So, I'm using the old computer now.
I've had a look on the 'Net and fleabay and the price of the QX9770 has not come down since I bought it despite the release of Nehelam (its still about £600)
I've decided that I'm going to upgrade (after only 3 months!) and buy a X58 MB and I7 920 and maybe some more RAM, which will cost about the same as buying the QX9770. At least I can re-use the two RAM sticks on the new MB.
I'm thinking about the Asus P6T Deluxe or Gigabyte GA-X58-UD3R - which do think is best? I also need Xfire support
My mum's given me £250, loaned me £200 (I can pay her back in instalments), so I only have to find £150 (£600/$900 total), which won't be a problem.
All in all, a pretty shitty day, although I will now be getting Nehalem, so it could be worse.
Originally posted by: Infrnl
BTRY, excellent job on your system!
DAW; sorry about your Qx9770; I would have taken mysefl outside and beat myself to death, lol.
Originally posted by: daw123
Originally posted by: Infrnl
BTRY, excellent job on your system!
DAW; sorry about your Qx9770; I would have taken mysefl outside and beat myself to death, lol.
I was tempted. Then my dad dropped the fill port on the MB an hour later and I was speechless. I'm going to upgrade to I7 (tempted to buy the 940), but just realised that I will have to replace the RAM as well, since my DDR3 DIMMS run at 1.95V and the triple channel stuff runs at about 1.6V.
Originally posted by: BTRY B 529th FA BN
Holy Cow! I kinda figured something like that would happen. There probably is a new revision or new batch coming out and they wanted to get rid of them er something like that, who knows maybe not but that's comforting to know. What have you decided on a pump? I'm going to wait this 355 out and see what happens. It may get quieter who knows. But if not I'm going to give the MCP655 version with the speed controller a try. Don't know if they ship internationally but you can get one here.
Wait, you tried the 9450 in your board? What stepping is the 9450? I think some are C1 and the others are the E0 stepping. I'm kinda disappointed my Q9650 will not do lower voltages at 4ghz VID voltage range goes from 0.85V ? 1.3625V and I'm already close to the max at 1.30-1.31v.
Off the top of my head i get readings by Hardware Monitor of 32* 32* 28* 28* at idle and i think my max were low to tipping mid 40's under load. Not bad. That was about an hour of Prime95 using the MAX HEAT & STRESS test. I've ran Hardware Monitor playing some games for about a half hour by my 8400 which maxes at 64* only maxed around 55* which inst bad. It's a good little chip and I think I may look for a better HS&F than the Zalman 9700 I have for it and have it as a backup or play around and get the chassis ready for an H20 setuphehe
I'll get some screen shots up as soon as I can.
P.S. put that stuff up for sale. I already have my P5Q3 listed
ttyl
Originally posted by: daw123
I'm thinking about getting this RAM:
Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2048MB) DDR3 Memory 1600MHz 3 x 240-pin DIMMs 9-9-9-24 for £150.00 inc. V.A.T.
This MB:
Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 for £215.00 inc V.A.T.
And more likely a I7 920 for £230.00 inc V.A.T.
Or I7 940 for £445.00 or £400.00 inc V.A.T. on fleabay.
I make that about £610 when shipping is included on top.
I've been shopping on the 'Net for 3.5hrs and couldn't get better prices than that stated above.
What do you guy's think of my choices?
