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Stan_Lite

Stan_Lite

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First the good news.

I finished my second Bigadv WU on the SR-2 a couple of hours ago and now that I'm using the correct passkey, I got my points \o/. Also, I've finally made a start on getting the GPUs watercooled. I got the two 670s for the server blocked up and installed on Saturday, leak tested and started them running. I wasn't 100% happy with the OC but it was late and I was quite drunk so I set them going and was going to sort it out in the morning.

This is where the bad news comes in.
When I got up in the morning, there was a pool of water on the floor under the rig. The PC was still running as the CPU isn't watercooled, only the GPUs. One of the hoses had come off the barb. Obviously the loop was dry and the screen was blank. I switched it off, got it all dried up and tried again but one card is completely fried and the other works but only at 2D speeds :(

I've built several systems using 7/16" hose on 1/2" barbs without clamps with no issues. This is the first one that has failed. Needless to say I'll be putting clamps on from now on.

I'm not going to replace them for now as this project has already cost me a lot more than I intended. I've ordered a cheapo card to get it working as a media server again for now and will replace the damaged cards some time in the future.

I still have the other two rigs to do. The last bits I need should be arriving tomorrow so I'll get started on them. I'm watercooling the other two 670s and putting them in the old gaming rig; which will now be a dedicated Folding rig. I'm building a new gaming rig with some stuff I already had and a few new bits and pieces. I'll be watercooling the two 690s and putting them in there. I'll update this thread with progress when there is any (maybe then ozaudio will stop bloody emailing me asking why my PPD is down :p).

The SR-2 has picked up a P8105 which is running with a TPF of 18 mins at the moment; giving an estimated PPD of 222,000 :cool:

Actually, just checked and my stuff won't be arriving tomorrow - it's still showing as "Printed in our warehouse" :(
 
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Stan_Lite said:
First the good news.

I finished my second Bigadv WU on the SR-2 a couple of hours ago and now that I'm using the correct passkey, I got my points \o/. Also, I've finally made a start on getting the GPUs watercooled. I got the two 670s for the server blocked up and installed on Saturday, leak tested and started them running. I wasn't 100% happy with the OC but it was late and I was quite drunk so I set them going and was going to sort it out in the morning.

This is where the bad news comes in.
When I got up in the morning, there was a pool of water on the floor under the rig. The PC was still running as the CPU isn't watercooled, only the GPUs. One of the hoses had come off the barb. Obviously the loop was dry and the screen was blank. I switched it off, got it all dried up and tried again but one card is completely fried and the other works but only at 2D speeds :(

I've built several systems using 7/16" hose on 1/2" barbs without clamps with no issues. This is the first one that has failed. Needless to say I'll be putting clamps on from now on.

I'm not going to replace them for now as this project has already cost me a lot more than I intended. I've ordered a cheapo card to get it working as a media server again for now and will replace the damaged cards some time in the future.

I still have the other two rigs to do. The last bits I need should be arriving tomorrow so I'll get started on them. I'm watercooling the other two 670s and putting them in the old gaming rig; which will now be a dedicated Folding rig. I'm building a new gaming rig with some stuff I already had and a few new bits and pieces. I'll be watercooling the two 690s and putting them in there. I'll update this thread with progress when there is any (maybe then ozaudio will stop bloody emailing me asking why my PPD is down :p).

The SR-2 has picked up a P8105 which is running with a TPF of 18 mins at the moment; giving an estimated PPD of 222,000 :cool:

Actually, just checked and my stuff won't be arriving tomorrow - it's still showing as "Printed in our warehouse" :(
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:eek: that's some burnt money , does the working card still work to just display the desktop ?
and ye - if somebody suddenly reduces there numbers I assume something bad could have happened :-( and in this case it has. another reason for me to not want to water cool
 
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Blimey, I know its not going to work but, I know people bake old cards as a fix, is it worth trying it with this one to see if it drys anything out that could still be wet
 
There's visible corrosion on both cards and at least one area that looks frazzled on one of the cards.
 
that would depend what it was, some components can only be done using a machine & there could be other faults which are not showing as been burnt, ive learnt this from having broken car amplifiers in the past!
 
Right got some cash to spend on folding,

things i have
MSI P67-GD65 1155 motherboard
G.Skill 8GB RAM
Noctua 14cm heatsink
bog standard basic rubbish case

Will need
psu - corsair 600w should be fine upto dual gpu £65
cpu - thinking i3 2120 £92, would get my i7 2600k when i upgrade my gaming pc
going to need a few case fans as well, have to see what the case can take but they will be old 92mm ones.

Now gpu is where im stuck im thinking either a single 660 ti at around £180, or 2 650 ti at £96 each what do you think?

Im going to be using this as my work pc, so its having Windows XP on it.
The above comes to around £350 which is my limit really.
Will the i3 be even worth folding or just use the gpu/s?
Any suggestions?
 
660 ti, does the same PPD as a 670 but costs less, they both have 1344 shaders.

Edit: Found my old GTX 460 so i think the best option is to use a 660ti and the 460.
 
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My 660ti has been up to 80k ppd, that's with a core speed of 1188.

Sorry to hear of your watercooling failure Stan, I just had a similar experience but managed to get away with it!
 
Latest update.

Got the GPUs and CPU swapped out in the current gaming rig yesterday and got the watercooling installed and leak tested. All good and been Folding overnight. Only managed the same OC as when the two 670s were air cooled but it's a lot quieter - not quiet enough though. I never noticed because the GPU fans were so noisy but the golf ball fans I have on the rad are far from quiet. I bought plenty of gentle typhoons so I'll swap them out for a couple of those, hopefully that will quieten it down as it will be in the living room.
I wanted to use the 3770K out of there for the new gaming rig so I got a cheapo i3 3220 as I don't intend running a CPU client. They're all cooled from one slimline 240 rad so the temps aren't super low but low enough (CPU ~60C and GPUs about the same).

Time for a bit of a tidy up and then get started on the new gaming rig. I'll be taking my time over this to get it right as there are a couple of potentially tricky bits involved.
 
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