OCZ Vendetta 2

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death_looms

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Right, I've just spent ages fitting this flipping thing (and doing some minor case mods too), and now the PC is back online! Ill edit more details (and a few crappy pics too) after I've had some sleep and a hearty breakfast, but to cut a long story short:

CPU: E8400 @3600 MHz (400x9)

Old temps under Prime 95: 75/82 C

NEW temps under Prime: 45/55 C

It's also a heck of a lot quieter than the stock fan, didn't realise just how noisy it was!

And I'm NEVER using high tension push pins EVER again!


UPDATE!>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

I should be in bed now, but I'm running orthos for a 3.8 GHz o/c on the e8400 :)

When I went to install the cooler, I decided it would be a great time to dremel a few holes in the case (Thermaltake Armor Jr.... yeah, I know, got it 3 yrs ago when I diddnt know better!) at the same time to aid the lack of cable management in the case.

First, the old setup: (btw crap phone camera!)

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And the holes drilled:

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This took most of the day to do, as I had to go and play a gig half way through! By the time it was done, it was well and truly dark outside.
Rather than leave the putting together till the morning, I started right away, hoping to at least get windows booted before I went to bed.

The cooler:

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As I said above, the high tension pushpins are a NIGHTMARE. I honestly thought I'd cracked the board. Indeed, on inspection I find the board has been bent by the amount of force required to install it :eek:
It's a bit hard to see with the crapy photo, but there definitely bending going on there! The pic is taking looking at the top of the board:

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I do have a mounting kit on order, but it's out of stock (only the i7 kits seem to be in atm, if OCUK had the 775's, id order them like, right now!), I was just doing this because I felt my life could no longer go on without this cooler in my system NOW!

Anyway, after putting the board and PSU back into the thermalcrap case, I encountered a problem. How in the sam hill to get the 8-pin CPU connector into the top left corner of the board?!?! It was a pretty tight squeeze that required the help of a trusty pair of needlenose pliars! For reference in the pic below, there's just under an inch clearance between the top of the cooler and the PSU rail.

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After that it was all plain sailing to get the hdd's etc. all plugged in. Cable management's still crap as theres so little room to the side of the mobo, but I got it mostly sussed :) With the black SATA cable running on top of the other cables, it hides them all nicely, looks much better in real life!!!

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Oh, a funny story:

I built this system nearly a year ago, haddn't taken the CPU out since. I'm an AMD man really, this was my first intel build (have done several AMD for friends and family since). Now, being an AMD man, the CPU pins are ON the CPU. So I'm sure you can imagine my absolute HORROR when I took the CPU out of the socket to clean and had a look underneath, only to find THERE WERE NO PINS!!! Im my blind panic I looked at the mobo and thought "How did I manage to break them off so cleanly in their sockets and not bend them?!"

After 5 minutes and a beer I had recovered enough to continue!
 
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LMAO, yeah I have this cooler its always done a good job..okay it made cheaper than the noctur but it just has effective...if oyu can mount the bloody thing on properly that is without it poping out or falling off >_> its too big for push pins I think, you can convert it to screw through ;)

I m thinking of changing my fan :P
 
Added pics and a semi-build log. Any questions go ahead :)

btw with a 3.8 o/c with 1.28V (1.3 bios), temps at 55/62 after 40 mins of large FFT's. (lower than previous 3.6 o/c on the toasty stock cooler - would go above 80!)
 
Update: 9 and a half hours prime stable at 3825MHz, CPUZ giving 1.28 volts (1.3 in bios) with 425 * 9. Temps are siting at 57/65 C (nearly 20C lower than the 3.6 o/c with standard cooler on stock volts)
 
Very good coolers, got one myself a little while back when they were on sale somewhere else. Does a much better job than my old Freezer 7 Pro.
 
Update:

The thermalright HR-01 bolt thru kit arrived today, just finished installing it. This is the first bolt thru I've used, to me it was quite fiddly to get the first 2 pins in, the HS just kept wiggling under any pressure! But finally, it's on and everything is back to normal.

After running 7 mins of large FFT's, the temps are at 53/61 C, I'll leave it running to get a more accurate comparison, but looking at a drop of <5 C.

Not much maybe, but the mobo no longer bends, and I didn't feel I was about to snap anything while installing it, definitely worth it.

Now for the first thermal cycle..... (using AS5, so might get a temp drop over the next few weeks as it cures)
 
thank god im not alone in thinking im about to snap my board

if the push pins had popped off 1 more time i would have flipped
so i think ill get the bolt through kit asap as i want to change my case and g card and will cry if one of the pins pops out in progress

i got a e8500 and it runs at 4.275ghz at 42c core 0 and 32c core 1 idle
if i clock it at 4gig it runs at 46c and 34c while folding 24/7
my g card normally highers teh ambient temps

so to my question
will the ocz vendetta 2 fit inside a antec 1200 case without being in fear of touching the side panel?
oh and will a gtx 295 fit ok? the lower half seems tight fit what with nvidia card sizes
 
I'd never buy a cooler with push pins after experiencing how easy it is to install a TRUE with screws and backing plate; why give yourself the hassle?

M4rmite, the vendetta will fit fine in a 1200 :-)
 
Whenever I installed it with the pins I found it helpful to set the corners I was trying to press in on top of the foam the cooler came in. Just meant that I could still support the board and protect the undercarriage AND the pins were able to go through (not like a solid surface)
 
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