Pelts question

RossDagley · 12 Jul 2006 at 23:19

Right - sorry for the serious delay - that little thing called "work" got in the way

I've been quite busy but its slow going - looks like for now I'll just run the 120.3 rad on its own and see what the temps do - the 120.2 is gonna be a byatch to fit in there too - but I'll probably do it anyway because I'm that kinda guy

We'll see...

But for now, some more updates...

CPU TEC itself with AS5 on one side...

...and ASC on the other. (shown "stuck" to the Maze-4)

Closeup showing Maze 4-1 built and ready to fit.

RossDagley · 12 Jul 2006 at 23:19

I'd say this CPU is "unsuspecting" but its not - the very same 2.9ghz cpu as used in my last project. It knows whats coming, and its very scared...

The socket - again, not a stranger to having grease smeared all over it

The rear of the motherboard at the socket location - trusty ol' Dow Corning used here.

RossDagley · 12 Jul 2006 at 23:20

And some neoprene for good measure.

Motherboard offered up.

It doesn't matter how many times I do this, it always feels wrong to make this much... mess

RossDagley · 12 Jul 2006 at 23:20

I didn't have a precut kit for the cpu, so had to make it as I went along. A very slow process but with the right application of grease, suerglue, neoprene and patience, I've built something that should be airtight (touch wood/cloth!)

Finished the neoprene/greasing of the CPU.

Nice, but hardly extreme

RossDagley · 12 Jul 2006 at 23:21

Naked chips!

Now *thats* a bit better

I've put all the ram sinks the right way round now, before some smart bugger points it out

RossDagley · 12 Jul 2006 at 23:21

Back of GFX card. Again, the ramsinks are now *straight*

And finally - a sneak preview of the temps

Click here for a 6.5Mb MPG showing first boot & temps

cavemanoc · 12 Jul 2006 at 23:56

Excellent job there dude! Some nice clean work - hope it gives you lots of great service - get some benchies done and let us know how it performs.

Is that your 800XT-PE that you've got on there?

RossDagley · 13 Jul 2006 at 01:30

cavemanoc said:
Is that your 800XT-PE that you've got on there?

Yes.

The good thing about this setup is I already know how it performs - so the moment it booted I clocked it to 2.75Ghz to "bed in"

Theres plenty more to come

cavemanoc · 13 Jul 2006 at 01:52

Very nice - do you know what voltage the core on the x800 is running at - now that you've got some decent cooling on it it may well be worth upping it a bit to make the most of the Pelts!

RossDagley · 13 Jul 2006 at 01:59

No I dont. I've looked at some volt mod guides, but dont like either way very much tbh - the pencil trick looks a bit of a "not exact" science, and I dont trust my soldering skills for the other method :| Is there an easy way?

cavemanoc · 13 Jul 2006 at 02:11

Soldering does take a bit of practice - well worth it though if you take the time - One thing I loved about the old 6800LE's was that you could vmod them via the software (to a point) and avoid all the scary stuff!

RossDagley · 13 Jul 2006 at 02:35

Just a quick question too - I see you've got a 172w on your x800 there - did you source a 40x40mm one or are you using a 50x50 (doesn't fit with the dangerden block to my knowledge).

Jokester · 13 Jul 2006 at 07:34

172W TECs are normally 40x40 so it's a straight swap out, though they are 24V instead of 12V.

Jokester

cavemanoc · 13 Jul 2006 at 09:11

That is correct - 40*40 - though I'm running it at 12v off something similar to a Meanwell - and yes - the 50*50's are too big for the DD blocks.

RossDagley · 16 Jul 2006 at 10:07

Okay - system up and running, and everything looks fine. I'll have more pics and data soon, but just a quickie to complain about the catalyst control center giving me a heart attack when it showed my gpu core temp at 120 degrees C!!

I PRAYED it was the software not being able to deal with low GPU temps, so downloaded ATI Tool, which shows a core temp of -6 at stock speeds/voltages. Phew

cavemanoc · 16 Jul 2006 at 21:13

Yeah - sorry - should have warned you about that one - when the temps read below the scale, it defaults to max reading - always comedy when you first see it :eek:

What's your water temp holding at? And if you've got a couple of spare temp probes - would you mind measuring air temp either side of the rad (ie. before it's cooled the water and after.)

Bundles · 16 Jul 2006 at 22:14

Looking sweet mate, congrats

If you don't show us 3ghz out of the chip I'm going to slap you one

RossDagley · 17 Jul 2006 at 09:06

cavemanoc said:
Yeah - sorry - should have warned you about that one - when the temps read below the scale, it defaults to max reading - always comedy when you first see it

What's your water temp holding at? And if you've got a couple of spare temp probes - would you mind measuring air temp either side of the rad (ie. before it's cooled the water and after.)

I cant measure the water temp at the mo, but the air temps easy enough - the air temp before the rad is about 25-26 degrees, whilst the hot side of the rad is about 30-31 degrees. Thats with a 'case' temp (ambient) of about 22 degrees.

On idle (windows desktop, writing this now) and on stock volts CPU is at 5 degrees, and GPU is at -2. I'll let the whole thing settle for a few days then begin the 2.9ghz quest...

cavemanoc · 17 Jul 2006 at 09:21

Very nice - all sounds about right - should give you some good results, especially on the GFX card - pity you can't software v-mod it like the old 6800LE's! I found on mine the extra volts made a huge difference.

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