CCBIE goodness...

gurusan · 24 Oct 2006 at 15:51

Just got a cheapo water kit on this bad boy...3.174ghz....Orthos dual prime load is about 40-41c. 28c idle

My first time with water...wanted a basic kit to help me learn....will be changing the block for a swiftech apogee and changing the pump for a swiftech as well.

welshtom · 24 Oct 2006 at 15:58

Thats a really nice chip you have there.

harris1986 · 24 Oct 2006 at 16:01

indeed it is a nice chip that, just curious what kit is it?

gurusan · 24 Oct 2006 at 16:08

harris1986 said:
indeed it is a nice chip that, just curious what kit is it?

A dreaded Thermaltake kit....the Bigwater 745. It was very cheap and came with everything I needed, and it actually got ok reviews.

Things I noticed while installing:

-the block looks well made but poorly designed...it seems to have a very fast flow through it but I just can't see it removing heat as efficiently without any pins or thingies that stick up to bring the heat out (like the apogee). It does appear to do a decent job though.

-Not enough coolant...had to run to the store and buy some distilled water to add to it....came with 500ml and needed about 750ml total.

-Fan controller sucks. It doesn't work (trying to get a replacement)

welshtom · 24 Oct 2006 at 16:30

sounds about right to me.

the apogee isnt anything to get excited about either mind.

Tom

gurusan · 24 Oct 2006 at 16:31

welshtom said:
sounds about right to me.

the apogee isnt anything to get excited about either mind.

Tom

What would you recommend?

GinG · 24 Oct 2006 at 16:35

I have read quite a few reviews on this kit, and for the price has had some very good results, if i was to go water i would deffo get this for my first water setup!

Rob43 · 24 Oct 2006 at 16:37

gurusan said:
What would you recommend?

Storm G4

ReeMISM · 24 Oct 2006 at 16:38

Rob43 said:
Storm G4

Agreed,fantastic block

Rob43 · 24 Oct 2006 at 16:40

What volts are you giving it mate,in the bios ?

Rob

harris1986 · 24 Oct 2006 at 16:44

Rob43 said:
Storm G4

yes i agree, but lets be honest these are not widely available, so out of the common blocks what would be best? nexos xp?

welshtom · 24 Oct 2006 at 17:01

alphacool nexxos blocks are fine, aquaxtreme blocks are good.
EK have a good offering.

Tom

gurusan · 24 Oct 2006 at 17:07

Rob43 said:
What volts are you giving it mate,in the bios ?

Rob

the bios says 1.68

I'm thinking of lowering it to about 3.06 or 3.08ghz so that I can run my memory at 250mhz instead of the 230mhz or something and so I can lower the vcore.

Is 1.68 high for water? seems kinda high for daily use to me.

Thanks for the input ont he water blocks everyone.

trojan698 · 24 Oct 2006 at 17:14

Nice clock, I'm a pussy so would be wary of putting 1.68v through your chip for daily use even on water, it wont do much harm when benching though.

gurusan · 24 Oct 2006 at 17:17

How's 1.6-1.65 for daily use?

here she is

russty · 24 Oct 2006 at 19:16

Interesting, been thinking about getting water myself but wanted to see what others get. My CCBIE already gets 3Ghz on air so tempted to see what I get on water.

Russty

gurusan · 24 Oct 2006 at 19:20

well so far I can boot into windows at 3.3ghz but it's not stable at all..crashes after a few minutes and instantly if I start priming...and that's with 1.7 vcore into it...I think I'm just going ot back down to 3.0ghz so I can run with my ram at 9:10