Acellero X2 - Hotter?

[Huxley2k7]

Hey guys,

Some of you may remember me talking to ya'll about upgrades and my X1900XT help i requested, thanks for that!

Anyway, i got my new system in today and spent about an hour or so just putting this accelero in (Not worth the hassle to be honest!) and now it seems my Voltage Regulator is hotter than before i put on the Accelero, my general GPU temps seem hotter too.

Can you guys tell me what you think of this on a 5 min artifact scan?

Thanks in advance guys! APpreciate all help!

[Wile E]

Turn your fan up to 100% in ATITool. That's the real benefit to having the X2. You can run the fan at 100%, and you still can't hear it. Also, you need to make sure you have very good case airflow when you use an X2. If you don't it will heat up the inside of your case a good bit. What case do you have, and what cooling fans do you have?

[hat]

Did you apply thermal paste/grease? If so, how much? You need to be generous with GPU's, unlike cpu's who bitch if you don't use sparingly. It's also possible that the paste/grease needs time to burn in.

[Chewy]

wow I think you need better case cooling man, my acelerox2 treats me very well I think the only time I ever got close to that hot on my V regs was when I was running 690/810 1.4vgpu on my 1900gt.

what is your case fan setup like? exaust 120mm? what fans, how fast are they?

[Huxley2k7]

Turn your fan up to 100% in ATITool. That's the real benefit to having the X2. You can run the fan at 100%, and you still can't hear it. Also, you need to make sure you have very good case airflow when you use an X2. If you don't it will heat up the inside of your case a good bit. What case do you have, and what cooling fans do you have?

Okay, i have turned it up to 100%! Your right, no noise, but does running at 100% constantly reduce the life expectancy or drain your system speed?

Hmm, i'm not sure how to make 'good' airflow, but my Arctic Cooler on my Intel E6600 C2D is right above the graphics card, facing down. If anything this should help it though right?

I have two 75's on the outside of my case facing inwards directly on the card, 1 75MM on the front of my case and a Hiper 580W PSU fan. Oh, and of course the X2.

Did you apply thermal paste/grease? If so, how much? You need to be generous with GPU's, unlike cpu's who bitch if you don't use sparingly. It's also possible that the paste/grease needs time to burn in.

I only used the thermal paste/grease that came with the accellero already applied to it, then simply stuck it down on the top of my X1900XT chip with the spongy spacer things on each of the 8 chips around the edges of the gpu. The accellero also instructed me to gently scrape off the original paste that came with the X1900XT before screwing on the Accellero, would this cause any problems?

Also, how long does it take for it to 'burn in' as you say? Do you think that could be it?

Thanks a lot for your quick replies guys, very helpful!

[Chewy]

you should of used rubbing alcohol to wipe the rest of the old paste off, but you should still be ok.. I dont see how it would affect the voltage regulators at all!

are the 2 75mm (80mm) fans on the back of the case? they should be blowing air out of the case.. what case do you have?

see my case has one 80mm fan on the bottom blowing air onto my card one 120mm fan on the side, a 120mm on the back, 80mm on the top, 120mm front and the psu's 120mm fan.

from what you said you onoly have one fan exausting air out of your case and thats your psu's 120mm fan.



Edit: we need to know what case you have the cpu cooler "should" be blowing air towards the rear of the case, towards the rear exaust fans.

[hat]

You need an exaust fan... get some exaust fans... 120mm if possible.
Burn in with thermal grease/paste is basically the goop being excessively heated then cooled... you might want to play a few high end games for ~2 hours, then shut it down for about 20 minutes, enough time to throughly heat/cool it... do this for about a week...

[Huxley2k7]

you should of used rubbing alcohol to wipe the rest of the old paste off, but you should still be ok.. I dont see how it would affect the voltage regulators at all!

are the 2 75mm (80mm) fans on the back of the case? they should be blowing air out of the case.. what case do you have?

see my case has one 80mm fan on the bottom blowing air onto my card one 120mm fan on the side, a 120mm on the back, 80mm on the top, 120mm front and the psu's 120mm fan.

from what you said you onoly have one fan exausting air out of your case and thats your psu's 120mm fan.



Edit: we need to know what case you have the cpu cooler "should" be blowing air towards the rear of the case, towards the rear exaust fans.

Right! Thanks for clearing that up for me mate.

Okay, this is as close as image i could find as to what my case is like.

http://image.ebuyer.com/UK/P0105235_C0000023_P0000000.jpg

On the front, i have an 80MM fan at the bottom instead of whatever that is in the picture and that is basically my case with the C2D, Accellero and 580W PSU inside.

You need an exaust fan... get some exaust fans... 120mm if possible.
Burn in with thermal grease/paste is basically the goop being excessively heated then cooled... you might want to play a few high end games for ~2 hours, then shut it down for about 20 minutes, enough time to throughly heat/cool it... do this for about a week...

Right! I would love to, but where to put them and how exactly for effective use i am clueless to! Temp control aint my strongest aspect!

In regards to 'burning it in' - i ran the artifact scanner and the VReg's climbed to 70*C+... Is that dangerous? Could i really play for 2 hours without damaging my card? The GPU temps are fine, around mid 60's. Just the Vreg aint so great, so how bad are the temps?

Thanks again guy, nice replies and fast too! Let me know what else i can do for you.

[Chewy]

hummm do you have a rear fan? like on the back/rear end of the case.. heres a quick pic of my case I edited to give you a quick idea.. i gtg sleep soon so its not in huge detail.

http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/6439/picture33az2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

my cpu fan is blowing air towards the rear 120mm case fan.. hopefully you can fit a 120mm case fan in the rear exaust fan part of your case, your case might use 80-92mm case fans on the rear. If you buy new get 92m. and maybe a bit stronger one.. I can adjust my rear fan since its an antec tri-cool fan with 3 speed switch built in.. so I can control the noise/air flow rate.

[Chewy]

In regards to 'burning it in' - i ran the artifact scanner and the VReg's climbed to 70*C+... Is that dangerous? Could i really play for 2 hours without damaging my card? The GPU temps are fine, around mid 60's. Just the Vreg aint so great, so how bad are the temps?

Thanks again guy, nice replies and fast too! Let me know what else i can do for you.

I think 70 should be ok... you should try leaving the side of your case open and see how the temps get.. that should cool it down some just make sure you put the case door back on if you have kids/pets around... if they get in there and touch something it could damg stuff.

also I thin the xt's volt regs prob run hotter than my card... since it uses more juice.. 70 should be ok 72-74 I would start worrying a bit with my card at least. I think 70 is still safe! but see if it drops when the case door is off. you want more air blowing out of your case than just the psu exaust, usually they dont spin to fast.

[Huxley2k7]

Chewy thanks a lot for the info and diagram! I will either get a new case or adjust my case to suck out the air, something needs to be done about this!

... But what if it is something else other than air-flow? I mean, my Vregs were hitting like max 54 or something before i got my C2D, arctic cooling fan and accellero on there... Now it's a lot worse!

I will leave case off and see if that makes a different and let you know how i get on!

I'm still happy to take input from all other members here too!

Thanks again,

Hux.

[renozi]

I don't think you should worry too much about the Vreg's because mine have climbed to 85-90C before and I still have a perfectly normal card!

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=25995

I'm second on the ATI single card list and I just ran that about 2 hours ago!

Good luck!

[Chewy]

Chewy thanks a lot for the info and diagram! I will either get a new case or adjust my case to suck out the air, something needs to be done about this!

... But what if it is something else other than air-flow? I mean, my Vregs were hitting like max 54 or something before i got my C2D, arctic cooling fan and accellero on there... Now it's a lot worse!

I will leave case off and see if that makes a different and let you know how i get on!

I'm still happy to take input from all other members here too!

Thanks again,

Hux.


yeah well from what renozi was saying your fine, but still I think you might have a heat issue with your case.. I think that c2d is putting off alot more heat than your last cpu maybe and you need to move that heat out.. what rear case fan do you have? (size/do you have one?). also did you just get that cpu cooler too? its blowing the air onto the card that might be heating the card up some since your hot air might be just mainly blowing around in the case.

well you will be able to tell when you take the side door off :P if you do it after a gaming session, you will prob feel alot of heat coming out of your case as you remove the door.

hopefully you get it sorted out. :) you dont want it to be too hot inside of your case.


I feel Im rambling on to much and I need sleep lol, no gaming for me tonight =-(

[Huxley2k7]

I don't think you should worry too much about the Vreg's because mine have climbed to 85-90C before and I still have a perfectly normal card!

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=25995

I'm second on the ATI single card list and I just ran that about 2 hours ago!

Good luck!

Really? Thats pretty high. Hmm. Well speaking of 3Dmark i just ran a test on 06 using just the standard SM2.0 test, CPU test and HDR/SM3.0 graphics test, my overall score was 4760.

Settings: 1280X800, 6 Sample AA.

Rig: C2D E6600 Processor.
Sapphire X1900XT 512MB
2GB Crucial Ballistix ram
Hiper tech 580W PSU

Would you agree that my score was a little low? I was expecting a much higher score? :(

What you think mate?

yeah well from what renozi was saying your fine, but still I think you might have a heat issue with your case.. I think that c2d is putting off alot more heat than your last cpu maybe and you need to move that heat out.. what rear case fan do you have? (size/do you have one?). also did you just get that cpu cooler too? its blowing the air onto the card that might be heating the card up some since your hot air might be just mainly blowing around in the case.

well you will be able to tell when you take the side door off :P if you do it after a gaming session, you will prob feel alot of heat coming out of your case as you remove the door.

hopefully you get it sorted out. :) you dont want it to be too hot inside of your case.


I feel Im rambling on to much and I need sleep lol, no gaming for me tonight =-(

Well i took the case off and the Vreg dropped a few degrees, same for GPU temps. It must be a case ventilation problem. I have NO rear fan and only the 2 fans on the side of my case and the one fan on the front (Which from what i can tell does nothing) and the fans on my hardware.

Thanks guys,

Hux.

[renozi]

Really? Thats pretty high. Hmm. Well speaking of 3Dmark i just ran a test on 06 using just the standard SM2.0 test, CPU test and HDR/SM3.0 graphics test, my overall score was 4760.

Settings: 1280X800, 6 Sample AA.

Rig: C2D E6600 Processor.
Sapphire X1900XT 512MB
2GB Crucial Ballistix ram
Hiper tech 580W PSU

Would you agree that my score was a little low? I was expecting a much higher score? :(

What you think mate?

You have 6xAA on, turn it off (leave 3DMark 06 on default) and I'm sure you'll get over 5k easy!

Good Luck!

[Huxley2k7]

You have 6xAA on, turn it off (leave 3DMark 06 on default) and I'm sure you'll get over 5k easy!

Good Luck!

Well, what was yours running on? Your score seems nice and your running near enough the same specs aren't you? And by default, do you mean the default resolution and everything? (Thats kinda cheating though since i run my games at the maximum options if possible!)

So what about my score above? Low?

Hux,

[Garb3]

does the vrms have a heat sink on them cause that could be the case for them cause the x2 has a little exhaust that blows onto the heatsink????

[Huxley2k7]

does the vrms have a heat sink on them cause that could be the case for them cause the x2 has a little exhaust that blows onto the heatsink????

vrms?

Hux.

[Garb3]

this my x1950 pro the things in blue circles are the vrms i have a big aluminium heatsink over them

[renozi]

Well, what was yours running on? Your score seems nice and your running near enough the same specs aren't you? And by default, do you mean the default resolution and everything? (Thats kinda cheating though since i run my games at the maximum options if possible!)

So what about my score above? Low?

Hux,

My 3dmark 06 was running the default setting because that's the only way of standardizing everyone's score so that it can be comparable. Default resolutions are 1280x1024 with no AA or AF turned on. It's not really cheating because you don't play 3dmark06, it's just a program used to gauge performance and compare yours to others. On another note, we might be running close to the same hardware-wise, but my system was considerably overclocked. My CPU was running at 3.5GHz while the videocard was at 688core/792mem. To achieve scores in the 6K range, I'm pretty sure you have to overclock a little.

Let me know if that helps, or if there's anything I can do for you.

Good luck

[Huxley2k7]

this my x1950 pro the things in blue circles are the vrms i have a big aluminium heatsink over them

Ah, hmm, im not sure, i will have to take my card out to check that some time.

My 3dmark 06 was running the default setting because that's the only way of standardizing everyone's score so that it can be comparable. Default resolutions are 1280x1024 with no AA or AF turned on. It's not really cheating because you don't play 3dmark06, it's just a program used to gauge performance and compare yours to others. On another note, we might be running close to the same hardware-wise, but my system was considerably overclocked. My CPU was running at 3.5GHz while the videocard was at 688core/792mem. To achieve scores in the 6K range, I'm pretty sure you have to overclock a little.

Let me know if that helps, or if there's anything I can do for you.

Good luck

Well i got 5800 or so on the default settings with 1400X800 resolution, that good mate?

Thanks for your help.

Hux.

[Huxley2k7]

Okay, did a little modifying to the fans, im still a little worried. If its okay, i would like you guys to asess my pics, tell me what im doing wrong and where and how to correct it with my fans.

First of all, the first picture is the temps after 5 minutes artifact scanning - including the CPU, which im also worried about heat-wise. :confused: The rest are pics of my PC and the fans etc with diagrams.

Let me know what you think guys,

Hux.

[jjnissanpatfan]

I would get a slot cooler under the video card to suck out the hot air and put a 120mm fan on the bottom drive cage to blow on the video card.You also need a 120mm in the back to suck the hot air out cause right now the air from the cpu and video card is just sitting there cooking.

[Huxley2k7]

I would get a slot cooler under the video card to suck out the hot air and put a 120mm fan on the bottom drive cage to blow on the video card.You also need a 120mm in the back to suck the hot air out cause right now the air from the cpu and video card is just sitting there cooking.

Well my friend says he has a slot cooler, its quite old, ill wack that in right underneath.

Also, there is no room for a 120MM fan to put on the bottom of the drive cage as you say to be honest. I have an 75/80MM at the back but i think its sucking air in and not out, i will double check this. Isnt that enough?

[Frogger]

Hux if the slot cooler is no t helping try http://img.techpowerup.org/070507/2.jpg
and you can do this also http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a154/eastcoasthandle/X1900XTX%20HS/IMG_4578.jpg

[Huxley2k7]

Hux if the slot cooler is no t helping try http://img.techpowerup.org/070507/2.jpg
and you can do this also http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a154/eastcoasthandle/X1900XTX%20HS/IMG_4578.jpg

Thanks forgger but quite franklyi shouldnt have to be modding my own case, my PC should be MUCH cooler. I paid extra for the Accellero for my X1900XT and my Arctic Cooling 7 after market cooler for my E6600... Yet my Vreg gets up to the 60's/70's on load whilst my processors hit 60 odd. The GPU temps are fine though, it seems to rise at the exact same temp's as the Vreg (While the Vreg should be a lot cooler than the GPU?!).

Why the hell is it hotter than it was before i got aftermarket cooling?! I know i have a differnt processor this time round, but i herd Intel's run cooler than AMD's, does the E6600 run hot or something? Grrr, its just so annoying. I dont see why everything is so hot. :shadedshu

[Ripper3]

I skimmed through some bits of this, so forgive me if I missed something above.

I believe, from the diagrams you provided, you have the fans working inefficiently and backwards. If the front fan is blowing air OUT, then it should be flipped. Same with the two fans on the side. Since they're pointing towards the graphics card, they should really be used best by blowing air towards it.

The VRegs will normally run at higher temperatures than the GPU, whether overclocked or not. The VReg cooler on the Radeons currently work best with the stock cooler, but work well enough with the Accelero. My VRegs stay at about 70*c when gaming or running ATiTool's artifact scanner, which is low enough, especially seeing as I have high GPU and memory voltages running, so it's doing alot of work and is heating up accordingly.

You system would be cooler if some fans that can move more air, and 80mms can't move anywhere near as much as a 120mm in most cases.
Tis true that your C2D should be running cooler than an Athlon system, but it's of course not always the case. Don't forget the possibility of you having been sold a bad one (either bad IHS, bad contact of IHS with die, slightly "off" die, any number of reasons). Everybody's mileage varies.
The Accelero isn't the best for cooling off VRegs, but it certainly is enough to cool off the GPU in most cases, but I just think there are parts with temperature build up (the usual places, like the HD caddy being one, seeing as your case has the HD caddy mounted at 90 degrees, so it could be blocking air from the front fan), and possibly between PSU and disc drives, which is close enough to the CPU to start affecting its temps.

[Garb3]

try this

[Ripper3]

Heheh, I was about to do a picture, until I got bored and started colouring in his disc drives a bright orange, heh.
Moving those cables will likely really help alot, especially with keeping everything looking nice, what with having a windowed case and all

[Huxley2k7]

I skimmed through some bits of this, so forgive me if I missed something above.

I believe, from the diagrams you provided, you have the fans working inefficiently and backwards. If the front fan is blowing air OUT, then it should be flipped. Same with the two fans on the side. Since they're pointing towards the graphics card, they should really be used best by blowing air towards it.

The VRegs will normally run at higher temperatures than the GPU, whether overclocked or not. The VReg cooler on the Radeons currently work best with the stock cooler, but work well enough with the Accelero. My VRegs stay at about 70*c when gaming or running ATiTool's artifact scanner, which is low enough, especially seeing as I have high GPU and memory voltages running, so it's doing alot of work and is heating up accordingly.

You system would be cooler if some fans that can move more air, and 80mms can't move anywhere near as much as a 120mm in most cases.
Tis true that your C2D should be running cooler than an Athlon system, but it's of course not always the case. Don't forget the possibility of you having been sold a bad one (either bad IHS, bad contact of IHS with die, slightly "off" die, any number of reasons). Everybody's mileage varies.
The Accelero isn't the best for cooling off VRegs, but it certainly is enough to cool off the GPU in most cases, but I just think there are parts with temperature build up (the usual places, like the HD caddy being one, seeing as your case has the HD caddy mounted at 90 degrees, so it could be blocking air from the front fan), and possibly between PSU and disc drives, which is close enough to the CPU to start affecting its temps.

Thankyou mate, very good information! I will definitely keep all that in mind. I will most likely need to upgrade to a bigger case at some point with room for bigger fans.

try this

Ah! I didnt think of turning the CPU fan to face OUTWARDS! Hmm, i will try that out!

Thanks a lot guys, invaluable help! :)

Hux.

[Chewy]

it would be real nice if you had a top exaust 80mm fan.. if you could fit it in there.. heat rises so I dont see the front fan blowing to much heat out.. but I thin you should have a bit more exaust and than have the front fan blowing air in. you could get more exaust witha bigger/stronger real fan too, is that a 92mm rear fan?

also the cpu cooler the side where the fan is on is where the air gets sucked in from than it blows out to the side where theres no fan.

well fix that up and see how it works.. if your still too hot get a bigger (if it can take bigger) or stronger rear fan.. you could put a top exaust fan prob but it will prob wont look right and you might mess up your cases look.

[Ripper3]

Watch out for some cases though. They might be larger (allowing more space for air to move around in), but like my case might have spaces for only weedy 80mm fans (I have a case based on the old Chieftec TX, and it has 2x80 up front and 2x80 at the back). Sicne getting this case, my CPU temperatures have jumped a bit, but I also suspect it might be time to grab myself some AS5.
But anyhu, be careful of some cases and their fan placements, as it could lead to higher temperatures.

His rear fan seems to be an 80mm, and I think he mentioned it earlier actually. There are adaptors, to fit larger fans on 80/92mm fan placements, might be an idea to grab one, but it might also have troubles being fit into the case, so might make things worse.
Like I said, if his diagram is correct, then the fans are facing the wrong way to be useful

Also, the CPU is actually pulling air that's been around the back of the GPU, and that is an extremely hot area. I know my X1800's PCB backing gets almost too hot to touch at times, might be the same here.

A top exhaust fan might be nice though, if it's integrated well with the design. I've seen people that had a tribal design inspired case, and cut out a fan hole that matched the case desing, made it look amazing, so it won't technically ruin the look.
Might be an idea to even add a window to the top of the case, continue the design to the top of the case. Just an idea.

[Huxley2k7]

Guys i will try out all your suggestions some time tomorrow! For now though, i have the back fan pushing air out whilst the 2 side fans suck it in, the front fan sucks air in and i have a slot cooler just below the accellero which unfortunately is about 3 inches away from the fan of the GFX card which i think is making it quite useless?

My idle temps are as follows:
CPU - (Speedfan)
Core 0: 22C
Core 1: 24C
Temp 1: 32
Temp 2: 12C
Temp 3: -2C
HD0: 29C

GFX Card - (ATi Tool)
Vreg: 48C
GPU: 39-40C
Temp Chip: 36C
Fan Speed: 100% Accelero X2.

What you think guys? :confused:

[Ripper3]

Those temperatures are perfectly within range of what you should really be getting. Flipping the fans really helped me thinks.
Also, tryloading everything by playing a game, and log the temperatures in SpeedFan (Configuration > Log) and I dunno about logging temperatures in ATITool, but you have a graph there, so when you exit the game, just take a guess when looking at the graph.
Load temps are most important.

Also, if you're going to run 3DM06 again, run it at 1280x1024, that's the default, and can be used to make a direct comparison, like others have said. Your system shoudl get around 5000 marks, or a little lower me thinks.

[Huxley2k7]

Those temperatures are perfectly within range of what you should really be getting. Flipping the fans really helped me thinks.
Also, tryloading everything by playing a game, and log the temperatures in SpeedFan (Configuration > Log) and I dunno about logging temperatures in ATITool, but you have a graph there, so when you exit the game, just take a guess when looking at the graph.
Load temps are most important.

Also, if you're going to run 3DM06 again, run it at 1280x1024, that's the default, and can be used to make a direct comparison, like others have said. Your system shoudl get around 5000 marks, or a little lower me thinks.

Excellent, right, i will return either tomorrow or later on tonight with some on-load readings for you to digest if you dont mind! So, i will see you later!

Thanks for all your help, very handy!

Cheers,

Hux.

[Chewy]

that looks good, also the slot cooler just be working wonderfully too. the acellero x2 fan sucks air in than that air is blown towarrds the mobo.. which should mostly be sucks out by the pci slot cooler. :)

gj man everything looks good. :)

[Frogger]

My idle temps are as follows:
CPU - (Speedfan)
Core 0: 22C
Core 1: 24C
Temp 1: 32
Temp 2: 12C
Temp 3: -2C
HD0: 29C

GFX Card - (ATi Tool)
Vreg: 48C
GPU: 39-40C
Temp Chip: 36C
Fan Speed: 100% Accelero X2.

What you think guys? :confused:

:toast: Dam good now, for your setup... load temps will rise to mid 30's on cpu still fine
... Vreg load prob 60+ but still fine heat sinks might give -4/7* but still in limits
gpu load +10/15 again still well within limitin all looks great post the actual loads and we'll see;) ;)

[Huxley2k7]

:toast: Dam good now, for your setup... load temps will rise to mid 30's on cpu still fine
... Vreg load prob 60+ but still fine heat sinks might give -4/7* but still in limits
gpu load +10/15 again still well within limitin all looks great post the actual loads and we'll see;) ;)

:D

Right then Frogger, please let me know what you think of this.

3D Mark 06
5779 3D Marks.
SM2.0: 2230
HDR/SM3.0: 2471
CPU Score: 2112

X1900XT - During 3D Mark 06
GPU: 60-65*C
Vregs: 65/68/69/70/71*C

E6600 C2D - During 3D Mark 06 (Thermal Analysis Tool)
CPU 1: 34*C
CPU 2: 36*C

What do you think guys? I dont think 3D Mark 06 pushes it as much as next-gen games though (Or does it?), so with that in mind, are my Vregs / GPU still getting too hot?

Also, when i add up the scores of the 3D Mark 06 individually why is it that they go over 6K while the 3D Mark score is 5779?

Cheers guys!

Hux.

[Garb3]

well for me the cpu temps are good but the gpu and vregs are still a bit high imo

[Frogger]

:D

Right then Frogger, please let me know what you think of this.

3D Mark 06
5779 3D Marks.
SM2.0: 2230
HDR/SM3.0: 2471
CPU Score: 2112

X1900XT - During 3D Mark 06
GPU: 60-65*C
Vregs: 65/68/69/70/71*C

E6600 C2D - During 3D Mark 06 (Thermal Analysis Tool)
CPU 1: 34*C
CPU 2: 36*C

What do you think guys? I dont think 3D Mark 06 pushes it as much as next-gen games though (Or does it?), so with that in mind, are my Vregs / GPU still getting too hot?

Also, when i add up the scores of the 3D Mark 06 individually why is it that they go over 6K while the 3D Mark score is 5779?

Cheers guys!

Hux.
ran 06 on my lan rig water on cpu , stock cooling vid card [pic] oc on cpu =higher score
let the TIM set up on your rig 50+hours and then see but your temps all look fine
sit back and play for a while... give the rig time to 'be happy' with it self .in short ENJOY

[Huxley2k7]

ran 06 on my lan rig water on cpu , stock cooling vid card [pic] oc on cpu =higher score
let the TIM set up on your rig 50+hours and then see but your temps all look fine
sit back and play for a while... give the rig time to 'be happy' with it self .in short ENJOY

Right frogger, i shall test my patience and let the rig 'be happy' with itself for now! Thanks for all your help mate, i'll let you know how it gets on.

Hux.

[Frogger]

Enjoy :)

[Wile E]

well for me the cpu temps are good but the gpu and vregs are still a bit high imo65 on the gpu is fine. They'll regularly hit well over 70 with stock cooling.