Chicken Patties New i7 Cooling Setup

[stefanels]

It's that the Himalaya of videocards dust?

[tzitzibp]

Originally Posted by Chicken Patty

This is why I had to take one of my video cards out for cleaning. Idling at 97ºc!

http://img.techpowerup.org/090510/P5102951resized.jpg

save some samples... for the lab! It might be a new micro organism growing there...

anyway, my kid is doing good, now! thanks, man!

as for your rig... I must say I really like Armor+ cases (I own one and build a couple) and I love what you did with the fans on the front. One question, though.... is the fan at the bottom an led fan as well? if not, then I think you should replace it and have all three the same...it will look better and kick a**!

[Chicken Patty]

Originally Posted by stefanels

It's that the Himalaya of videocards dust?

Im afraid to say, I think it is

Originally Posted by tzitzibp

save some samples... for the lab! It might be a new micro organism growing there...

anyway, my kid is doing good, now! thanks, man!

haha bro I never imagined so much dust bro, it was nuts. Glad your kid is doing better now man

as for your rig... I must say I really like Armor+ cases (I own one and build a couple) and I love what you did with the fans on the front. One question, though.... is the fan at the bottom an led fan as well? if not, then I think you should replace it and have all three the same...it will look better and kick a**!

The bottom fan no, however and LED fan there will barely be seen from the front. You'll see the light from the LED but it wont be as bright so I think its just better to have those two only. What do you think?

[_jM]

LOL CP.. looks like you've been vacuuming the floor with that video card!

[Chicken Patty]

Originally Posted by _jM

LOL CP.. looks like you've been vacuuming the floor with that video card!

haha bro my house is a dust collector, I dont know why I havew to do this every couple of months bro, and wasting money on w/c the cards does not justify. Ill clean them here and there

[Cold Storm]

Yeah, I can go with you on that CP! I rather wc my chip then touch the cards.. Not worth it if you can do the stuff with the stock cooling.. what 20mbs more when water cooled, and maybe a oc that stays 24/7... Low end cards, I can see doing oc 24/7... But a high end card... There isn't any point.. stock runs it all!

[eidairaman1]

CP, how's that EVGA board, I'm still on the fence about building a Core i7 or a Phenom 2. I've looked at all the X58 boards and the layouts seem to not be good enough for additon of a sound card, Im looking at choices of EVGA, MSI, DFI for a X58 Motherboard, for the Phenom 2 I'm looking at MSI for the board, and it seems MSI for the Phenom 2 has a better layout for addition of a sound card than the X58 boards for Core i7.

The other thing is im going to be air cooling and need a case with atleast 8.5" Width to fit in a TRIFX_14 or TRUE120 cooler.

[kid41212003]

The GIGA UD5 X58 has PCI-e 1x and 4x above pci-e 16x, and a pci right under the 2nd pci-e 16x, there is no reason you can't put a sound card in there.

[Chicken Patty]

Originally Posted by Cold Storm

Yeah, I can go with you on that CP! I rather wc my chip then touch the cards.. Not worth it if you can do the stuff with the stock cooling.. what 20mbs more when water cooled, and maybe a oc that stays 24/7... Low end cards, I can see doing oc 24/7... But a high end card... There isn't any point.. stock runs it all!

yeah bro, I run my 4870's all stock. I just have the fans at 35%. That is quiet and good enough to keep them nice and cool

Originally Posted by eidairaman1

CP, how's that EVGA board, I'm still on the fence about building a Core i7 or a Phenom 2. I've looked at all the X58 boards and the layouts seem to not be good enough for additon of a sound card, Im looking at choices of EVGA, MSI, DFI for a X58 Motherboard, for the Phenom 2 I'm looking at MSI for the board, and it seems MSI for the Phenom 2 has a better layout for addition of a sound card than the X58 boards for Core i7.

The other thing is im going to be air cooling and need a case with atleast 8.5" Width to fit in a TRIFX_14 or TRUE120 cooler.

Bro the Phenom II is showing to be a great option specially since AMD systems are cheaper to build. However going high end on an AMD system will still be as almost as much. Honestly I had a Phenom II, and even if the new Phenom II 955 is showing huge improvements I still think the i7 is a beast and really am happy with the rig.

Now my board not a crowd favorite but since im the only one I think that has one in this thread, I tell you that the board is really good. I'll say again, BIOS is great, easy to use. The board has really nice features/utilities and can take c/f with a sound card as well, I don't see that as an issue at all

[eidairaman1]

CP bear in mind im thinking of HT_Omega, BGears or Auzentech for sound, Im not going with creative labs again due to dismal driver support across their lineup. I mean Motherboards im looking at EVGA, MSI and DFI.

http://www.evga.com/products/moreInf...board%20Family
http://www.evga.com/products/moreInf...board%20Family

Ive always known EVGA to be behind SLI etc, but can you tell me what the diff is other than price between these 2 boards

http://www.msi.com/index.php?func=pr...=1&cat2_no=170

MSI have quite a few and whats the diff between the SLI and the boards that dont say SLI, when I thought X58 supported SLI regardless unless if the diff is the NF 200 SPP/MCP? These look like Abit boards as of color scheme.

http://www.dfi.com.tw/portal/CM/cmpr...rmal&mode=view

Easily the only board for DFI because i heard the DK x58 was having problems Bios Wise, yet the DK and the UT look the same color wise it seems.

AMD Phenom 2

http://www.msi.com/index.php?func=pr...1&prod_no=1740

http://www.dfi.com.tw/portal/CM/cmpr...rmal&mode=view

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/...ProductID=3005

[Chicken Patty]

Originally Posted by eidairaman1

CP bear in mind im thinking of HT_Omega, BGears or Auzentech for sound, Im not going with creative labs again due to dismal driver support across their lineup.

I'm not familiar with sound cards as you see I don't even have one Are they bigger than the usual, why did you specify them?

[eidairaman1]

Well Look at previous post for motherboard choices for both Core i7 and Phenom 2, I provided links to the sound cards below. My PC case will have to have atleast 8.5" Width to it to support massive Air coolers.

Im looking at great overclocking and layout for plug in of a Sound card

(few are PCI Express 1x and others are PCI- better driver support than CL apparently)
http://www.auzentech.com/site/products/cards.php

(Claro + Halo and Halo XT have same DSP but the XT has an extension board)
http://www.htomega.com/clarohalo.html

(The only Card Blue Gears has)
http://www.bgears.com/b-enspirer.html

[Chicken Patty]

Well the difference between both EVGA mobos is the warranty I believe. THe cheaper one is 2 years, mine the A1 which is the more expensive one has lifetime warranty.

My rig I have c/f'ed 4870's in the first 2 PCIE slots. You can still use the 3rd slot for a sound card, or the lower PCI slot as well.

[eidairaman1]

its such a tough choice, as I Know Core i7 is obviously faster but the Phenom 2 is a little less power hungry so I've heard and I believe over all cheaper to build. Ive provided the best boards at least for what I'm looking at, and I Refuse to run anything Asus related due to bad past experience with them.

I'm really thinking of possibly going with a D0 Ci7XE when they arrive but that price tag will be rough at 1000+ USD.

The X3 BE and 955 BE are looking pretty good for choices.

Too many decisions.

Id build both if I had the room to but I don't. I'm waiting for a non ref 4890 I hope to be driving a NEC/Samsung Monitor that has a Resolution of 1920x1200 or higher.

[Chicken Patty]

Originally Posted by eidairaman1

its such a tough choice, as I Know Core i7 is obviously faster but the Phenom 2 is a little less power hungry so I've heard and I believe over all cheaper to build. Ive provided the best boards at least for what I'm looking at, and I Refuse to run anything Asus related due to bad past experience with them.

I'm really thinking of possibly going with a D0 Ci7XE when they arrive but that price tag will be rough at 1000+ USD.

The X3 BE and 955 BE are looking pretty good for choices.

Too many decisions.

Id build both if I had the room to but I don't. I'm waiting for a non ref 4890 I hope to be driving a NEC/Samsung Monitor that has a Resolution of 1920x1200 or higher.

I dont know what to tell you bro, I mean they are both great choices between the i7 and the Phenom II 955. If you got the extra money I personally say go i7. If you dont a 955 build will be somewhat cheaper and you'll be super happy. Trust me!

[eidairaman1]

perhaps once i get the room to i will have both built but the EVGA board is looking to be a really good choice especially with a Limited Lifetime warranty that most other makers don't have.

[Chicken Patty]

Originally Posted by eidairaman1

perhaps once i get the room to i will have both built but the EVGA board is looking to be a really good choice especially with a Limited Lifetime warranty that most other makers don't have.

yes, thank god I haven't had to use it, but I heard EVGA's limited lifetime warranty is very very good. THis board has been solid since day one. First BIOS had a couple of glitches, but with the later ones it all got fixed. I just really love this board I don't know what else to tell you!

[eidairaman1]

Ok here is the setup so far, atleast in the fall

http://www.evga.com/products/moreInf...board%20Family

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu...e_2.html#sect0

http://www.geil.com.tw/products/showSpec/id/170

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150368

http://www.htomega.com/clarohalo_xt.html

http://www.enermaxusa.com/catalog/pr...6860a2c13100e7

http://www.hitachigst.com/portal/sit...41762eac4f0a0/
(not using SSD anytime soon- Probably a Couple of these in Raid)

Only thing Im missing is a Case, which will need to be 8.5" or Greater in Width as I will be Aircooling this monster using a TRIFX-14.

[_jM]

Originally Posted by eidairaman1

Ok here is the setup so far, atleast in the fall

http://www.evga.com/products/moreInf...board%20Family

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu...e_2.html#sect0

http://www.geil.com.tw/products/showSpec/id/170

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150368

http://www.htomega.com/clarohalo_xt.html

http://www.enermaxusa.com/catalog/pr...6860a2c13100e7

http://www.hitachigst.com/portal/sit...41762eac4f0a0/
(not using SSD anytime soon- Probably a Couple of these in Raid)

Only thing Im missing is a Case, which will need to be 8.5" or Greater in Width as I will be Aircooling this monster using a TRIFX-14.

personally I would get a lesser PSU, you dont need that much power for the items you have listed. If you get a corsair HX850 and drop down to the i7 965.. use the extra cash for the EVGA Classified board and be set.. Other than that.. If your looking for a great case with plenty of room, I would look into the Cooler Master Cosmos series.. the HAF, and the ANTEC 1200 for full towers. For a mid tower I would look into getting the Silverstone FT01-BW: excelent mid tower, high quality build, black interior.. I just got to see one in person.. I like FT01-BW so much I almost want one myself! But none the less Im quite happy with my Cosmos S

[Chicken Patty]

Originally Posted by eidairaman1

Ok here is the setup so far, atleast in the fall

http://www.evga.com/products/moreInf...board%20Family

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu...e_2.html#sect0

http://www.geil.com.tw/products/showSpec/id/170

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150368

http://www.htomega.com/clarohalo_xt.html

http://www.enermaxusa.com/catalog/pr...6860a2c13100e7

http://www.hitachigst.com/portal/sit...41762eac4f0a0/
(not using SSD anytime soon- Probably a Couple of these in Raid)

Only thing Im missing is a Case, which will need to be 8.5" or Greater in Width as I will be Aircooling this monster using a TRIFX-14.

I like the setup alot, but let me ask you. are you buying the 975?? WHy not just get a 920? Also that sound card looks crazy bro!!!

[eidairaman1]

This will be in the fall i start building, 975 should be out then, I might aswell go all out with the CPU, like my Laptop back in 2004 (Pentium 4 3.4 EE Gallatin=1000 USD - Dell Inspiron XPS Gen 1)

[tigger]

Chicken Patty,i would really consider changing them barbs if you have'nt already.They are the same as the ones i was using,and when i stripped my loop to re jig it,them barb had all corrosion on them,especially around the threads.The chrome coating WILL corrode off them.

[eidairaman1]

yup, plating doesnt always work, best to stick with a polished solid metal, plating is for looks mainly and sometimes doesnt last forever.