Tuniq Tower 120 - My installation with pictures

Hi guys,

Just started to OC this, as I said its my first attempt at overclocking so just taking it step by step. Had a few problems before as nothing I set in BIOS to OC was being accepted, so flashed to the latest version and we are OK now. Ive knocked the FSB from 266 to 278 so its now at 2.5ghz. Idle temp is approx 37/38ºc. Load temps however shoot up to late 60's.
When I was at stock 2.4ghz, load was 60, should upping the clock speed 100mhz be pushing the temp up nearly 10ºs?

Not sure if anyone is familiar with the bios on my motherboard gigabyte P35C-DS3R (F10 bios). But when you change the cpu clock speed it says in flashing red that you should set system voltage control to auto - so i did this. Should this be set to manual, as Ive always thought with overclocking you only move the voltage when the sys becomes unstable? Im thinking that if the voltage is being controlled by the system, then when prime95 rapes the cpu its pulling more voltage than it needs, and putting temps up?

Any tips guys, cheers
 
I had that board with a B3 quad, it done 3ghz without any more volts,(think it was 1.31) then needed 1.4 to get it stable at 3.2, with +1 on the MCH.
 
ManCuBuS said:
Holy mother of god, that is far and away the dustiest set of internals Ive seen in a long while..!!

Get a couple of tins of compressed air take your case outside and get blowing..!!

Good job on the cooler though fella.!!
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http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=709339&highlight=dust+free

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What kind of temps do you guys regard as a safe max to push a B3 up to? Im sure before I had my Tuniq mine used to hit stupid temps like 85/90 under load, but now with OCing I just want to be a bit cautious.

At 2.5ghz running prime95 on all cores temps get to 67/68º. Is this bad, as its only a small OC and ideally I'd like to be up at 3ghz or so, but worried that the temps will be crazy based on this evidence.
 
Thats decent. To be honest I dont think its mounted perfectly. Did you use the Tuniq thermal paste or AS5/similar? Whats this I read about using washers with the screws/springs as well to make the pressure and contact to the CPU better, have you tried that? I think the cooler is doing a way better job than my stock one, but its not acceptable yet, needs tweaking and Im just trying to figure out my best options are. How hard/much effort is lapping? From what I read it sounds like an arse of a job but not really looked into it a great deal.
 
I didn't use the Tuniq's own paste, used some 'silver based' compound. I did put a washer on each of the screws because I found it quite easy to move the tower with my finger, it didn't seem to have enough pressure on it.
I lapped the CPU because of uneven temps and thought I'd might as well do the tower while I was at it. (CPU was easy, tower was harder due to the size).
 
Katoom said:
I didn't use the Tuniq's own paste, used some 'silver based' compound. I did put a washer on each of the screws because I found it quite easy to move the tower with my finger, it didn't seem to have enough pressure on it.
I lapped the CPU because of uneven temps and thought I'd might as well do the tower while I was at it. (CPU was easy, tower was harder due to the size).
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Ok thanks for that info, the tower is very stable with it just screwed in on my motherboard, so it wouldnt be for that, its just ive heard that it can improve performance, so might give it a try, not like washers are expensive or anything! I think im going to get some AS5 and remount it.

Question: How do you take the top fan out of the Antec 900 case? Because if I could do that then it would make it a lot easier to remove and remount the Tuniq without taking the motherboard out.
 
Dude, i have a QX6700 cpu, but same mobo and cooler as you.
I remounted the tuniq with AC5 and this time i screwed the tower down as far as it would go. The result? it wouldn't boot cos i'd screwed it down so far that the screws touched the case on the otherside of the mobo and shorted out, doh! *facepalm* :rolleyes:
However, i then carefully wound each screw back until there was just 2 lines of thread protruding from the mobo on each screw.
The new result? Well the QX6700 which is an extreme cpu runs hotter than hot chilli on a hot day, was now running in the low 20s :D instead of an idle 60°C before reseating. So i mildly clocked it up to 2.7GHz with temps hovering around 37°C now.
Bottom line, i used to b!tch about the tuniq being £35 garbage, but with careful tweaking it shows how good a cooler it can be. Its just a fiddly fugger to tweak is all.
 
fro5tie said:
What kind of temps do you guys regard as a safe max to push a B3 up to? Im sure before I had my Tuniq mine used to hit stupid temps like 85/90 under load, but now with OCing I just want to be a bit cautious.

At 2.5ghz running prime95 on all cores temps get to 67/68º. Is this bad, as its only a small OC and ideally I'd like to be up at 3ghz or so, but worried that the temps will be crazy based on this evidence.
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yeah that is really high, My old lapped B3 with lapped tuniq did 3.33Ghz 1.42V and it idled at 45C peaked at about 70C under full load.
 
k.Jacko said:
Dude, i have a QX6700 cpu, but same mobo and cooler as you.
I remounted the tuniq with AC5 and this time i screwed the tower down as far as it would go. The result? it wouldn't boot cos i'd screwed it down so far that the screws touched the case on the otherside of the mobo and shorted out, doh! *facepalm* :rolleyes:
However, i then carefully wound each screw back until there was just 2 lines of thread protruding from the mobo on each screw.
The new result? Well the QX6700 which is an extreme cpu runs hotter than hot chilli on a hot day, was now running in the low 20s :D instead of an idle 60°C before reseating. So i mildly clocked it up to 2.7GHz with temps hovering around 37°C now.
Bottom line, i used to b!tch about the tuniq being £35 garbage, but with careful tweaking it shows how good a cooler it can be. Its just a fiddly fugger to tweak is all.
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Ok thanks for that, yeh i can imagine its a pain to get right. Ill do a bit of tweaking, its on pretty tight i think, but not excessively. Glad to hear other peeps have good knowledge about this or my pc would probably be on fire by now! Cheers
 
Just ordered some Arctic Silver 5, now just looking at what to use to remove the Tuniq thermal paste. I just used a cotton wool bud last time and gently wiped it all off from the CPU and the Tuniq, is this ok, is it really necessary to purchase some isopropyl alcohol or similar to do the job?

P.S. Apologies for all the questions, im a virgin OCer and just want to get things right! :D
 
Isopropyl alcohol or Arcticlean will dissolve the old thermal paste and makes it a lot easier to get off.

It might "look" clean to you now, but if you rub some isopropyl on it, you'll see some even more stuff coming off.

The paste fills up the "cracks and canyons" in the surface of the chip/heatsink contact area.

Always best to clean it properly in my opinion.
 
k.Jacko said:
I use lighter fluid and some soft cloth.
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cje said:
Isopropyl alcohol or Arcticlean will dissolve the old thermal paste and makes it a lot easier to get off.

It might "look" clean to you now, but if you rub some isopropyl on it, you'll see some even more stuff coming off.

The paste fills up the "cracks and canyons" in the surface of the chip/heatsink contact area.

Always best to clean it properly in my opinion.
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Ok guys, thanks for the advice, ill have a look see, isopropyl alcohol is only a few quid isnt it? Where might I get it from? B&Q somewhere like that?
 
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