Help cooling Mobo and Ram

Solemn · 23 Jun 2010 at 14:53

Hey guys,

So I was hoping for some more advice on watercooling. I have my gfx and cpu water cooled atm, but now my memory and chipset(i think this is the correct name) is over heating and causing my pc to restart. So I really want to add them to my loop. So I'm look for as cheap as possible, a block or blocks to cool 4 DDR2 chips and a block for my chipset (Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3LR MoboP45)

Not looking for top of of the line stuff here, just something cheap that will do the job really.

Also I have tried using a memory air cooler thing, and it hasn't helped... =(

Solemn · 24 Jun 2010 at 20:46

pastymuncher · 25 Jun 2010 at 13:21

Water cooling the ram is a waste of time. Mine is just cooled just by case airflow and never exceeds mid 30's. Are you sure you have'nt got a faulty set of ram? I do have my NB watercooled though as i removed the heatpipe assembly. I used to have a XSPC H20 NB block on it but got a brand new EK NF4 chipset block on the bay for £4.99 delivered. Yes it's meant for NF4 chipsets but the mounting holes are perfect for P45. What case is this all in and what fan setup do you currently have?

Solemn · 25 Jun 2010 at 15:05

PC Components
CPU: Intel Quad Core Q8400 OverClocked to 3.2
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3LR Intel P45
Ram: Kingston 8g DRR2 1066
Graphics: XFX ATI 5870
PSU: OCZ ModXStream Pro 600w Silent
Case: Silverstone Raven RV02

for pictures of the setup see my project thread here

As for the current overclock setupi i believe this is mostly accurate.

PHP:

Current Bios Settings (clocked to 3.2)

MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)
Robust Graphics Booster ...............: Auto
CPU Clock Ratio ..........................: 8 x
Fine CPU Clock Ratio.....................:+0.0
CPU Frequency ...........................: 3.20GHz (400x8)


Clock Chip Control 
Standard Clock Control
CPU Host Clock Control..................: [Enabled] 
CPU Host Frequency (Mhz) ............: 400
PCI Express Frequency (Mhz) .........:101

C.I.A.2 .................................:[Disabled]


Advanced Clock Control [Press Enter]
CPU Clock Drive...........................: 800mV
PCI Express Clock Drive.................: 800mV
CPU Clock Skew (ps)....................: 0ps 
MCH Clock Skew (ps)...................: 0ps 


DRAM Performance Control
Performance Enhance...................: [STANDARD]
(G)MCH Frequency Latch...............: [Auto]
System Memory Multiplier(SPD) ..............:[Auto] (this has been changed)
Memory Frequency (Mhz) ...........800.: 960 (running at 1000 and something will check when i get home but this is still slower than the memory is suspose to run)
DRAM Timing Selectable (SPD)................: [Manual]

Standard Timing Control
CAS Latency Time........................5.:5
tRCD .........................................5.:5
tRP'...........................................5.:5
tRAS..........................................18.:16


Advanced Timing Control
tRRD...........................................3.:[auto]
tWTR..........................................3.:[auto]
tWR............................................6.:[auto]
tRFC...........................................52.:[auto]
tRTP...........................................3.:[auto]
Command Rate (CMD) ....................0.:[auto]

Driving Strength Profiles
Driving Strength ............................

Channel A - Timing
Static tRead Value.........................8.:[Auto]
tRD Phase0 Adjustment...................1.:[Auto]
tRD Phase1 Adjustment...................0.:[Auto]
tRD Phase2 Adjustment .................0.:[Auto]
tRD Phase3 Adjustment..................0.:[Auto]
Trd2rd(Different Rank)....................8.:[Auto] 
Twr2wr(Different Rank)..................8.:[Auto] 
Twr2rd(Different Rank)..................7.:[Auto] 
Trd2wr(Same/Diff Rank).................7.:[Auto] 
Dimm1 Clock Skew Control...............:[Auto]
Dimm2 Clock Skew Control...............:[Auto]
DDR Write Training....................:[Auto]

Channel A - Driving
Driving Strenght Profile................:[Auto]
Data Driving Pull-Up-Level...............:[Auto]
Cmd Driving Pull-Up-Level...............:[Auto]
Ctrl Driving Pull-Up-Level...............:[Auto]
Clk Driving Pull-Up-Level...............:[Auto]
Data Driving Pull-Down-Level...............:[Auto]
Cmd Driving Pull-Down-Level...............:[Auto]
Ctrl Driving Pull-Down-Level...............:[Auto]
Clk Driving Pull-Down-Level...............:[Auto]

Channel B
Static tRead Value.........................8.:[Auto]
 tRD Phase0 Adjustment..................1.:[Auto]
tRD Phase1 Adjustment..................0.:[Auto]
 tRD Phase2 Adjustment ................0.:[Auto]
 tRD Phase3 Adjustment.................0.:[Auto]
Trd2rd(Different Rank)..................8..:[Auto] 
Twr2wr(Different Rank)..................8.:[Auto]
Twr2rd(Different Rank)..................7.:[Auto] 
Trd2wr(Same/Diff Rank).................9.:[Auto] 
Dimm1 Clock Skew Control...............:[Auto]
Dimm2 Clock Skew Control...............:[Auto]
DDR Write Training....................:[Auto]

Channel B - Driving
Driving Strenght Profile................:[Auto]
Data Driving Pull-Up-Level...............:[Auto]
Cmd Driving Pull-Up-Level...............:[Auto]
Ctrl Driving Pull-Up-Level...............:[Auto]
Clk Driving Pull-Up-Level...............:[Auto]
Data Driving Pull-Down-Level...............:[Auto]
Cmd Driving Pull-Down-Level...............:[Auto]
Ctrl Driving Pull-Down-Level...............:[Auto]
Clk Driving Pull-Down-Level...............:[Auto]

Motherboard Voltage Control

CPU
Load-Line Calibration..................:[Enabled]
CPU Vcore............................1.28750V.:[1.4000V]
CPU Termination.....................1.200V.:[1.220V]
CPU PLL.............................1.550V.:[1.650V]
CPU Reference.......................0.805V.:[Auto]

MCH/ICH
MCH Core...........................1.100V.:[1.160V] 
MCH Reference......................0.760V.:[Auto]
ICH I/O............................1.550V.:[1.570V]
ICH Core...........................1.100V.:[1.200V]

DRAM
DRAM Voltage.......................1.900v.:[2.000V]

I have thrown my memory fan cooler thing back on it, but its still super hot to just touch.

and tbh i still wanna clock the ram alittle more so it runs at the speed its suspose to. I think its clocked to something like 1033 and i want it running at min 1066

snaggster · 25 Jun 2010 at 15:08

Maybe look at getting some of those new Air Penatrator fans from silverstone for your raven? They will be a straight swap.

Solemn · 25 Jun 2010 at 15:36

snaggster said:
Maybe look at getting some of those new Air Penatrator fans from silverstone for your raven? They will be a straight swap.

Sure, I would upgrade that, but i fear it wont solve my problem as my 180 and 120 mm fans are only really cooling my radiators and my loop holds cold enough for it to not be a problem.... however... my nortbridge and my memory are the only things running hot... my cpu and GFX are all running reletively cool 40C MAX

pastymuncher · 25 Jun 2010 at 18:55

I can't see why your ram is getting hot. I have PC2-8500 running at it's speed of 1066mhz with 2.1v and as i said earlier, just with case air flow temps never exceed the mid 30's. My case fans are only running at 660rpm as well. I used to have a Corsair dominator triple fan ram cooler but taking it out only increased the temps by a couple of degrees.

Solemn · 28 Jun 2010 at 16:46

ch3333z · 29 Jun 2010 at 20:06

could be the horribly warm weather we are having recently? My rig is struggling somewhat as my room is really stuffy