Photos of a H80 in a Corsair 600T

kallisto316 · 4 Aug 2011 at 18:26

Purgatory said:
Nice job Looks great. Braid the fan cables for the cooler or get some black heat shrink will make it look nicer.

Yeah, thats the only prob with the AP-15's, beautiful performing fans but really ugly in some respects.

Oh and thanks for the compliment on the build everyone....much appreciated.

eg8076 · 4 Aug 2011 at 21:10

Just took the plunge and ordered the H80, will post some photos when i get it installed.

luckyguy20 · 4 Aug 2011 at 21:23

kallisto316 said:
Might be a bit tight, here is the H60 in mine...which is thinner than the H80. It will fit fine, but just will look quite full if you know what i mean.

Nice build you have there! Simple and minimalistic. Im really liking those twin frozrs together.

kallisto316 · 4 Aug 2011 at 21:47

luckyguy20 said:
Nice build you have there! Simple and minimalistic. Im really liking those twin frozrs together.

Thanks for the feedback

When I built this rig, I kept in mind the color scheme I was going for which was Silver/White and Black. So I was trying to buy items that were good performing but would fit the scheme too!

Apem · 4 Aug 2011 at 22:42

Kallisto are the AP-15's pwm fans?

kallisto316 · 5 Aug 2011 at 12:20

Apem said:
Kallisto are the AP-15's pwm fans?

They are 3pin fans.. I have them hooked up to the mainboard and controlled by the Asus software in windows.

The fan that comes with the H60 is a 4pin fan.

enigma27 · 5 Aug 2011 at 13:11

kallisto316 said:
I'm using Gentle Typhoon AP-15's.

The stock fan with the H60 is excellent actually, but you can hear it when you turn it up near maximum. The AP-15's will run much faster at a quieter volume, they also have a better air pressure rating, so they can force more air through the vanes of the radiator. To be honest, I didn't really have to swap the fans but just fancied doing it. Also the build quality and bearings are superb, if you power up the AP-15 and then cut power, it takes ages to spin down...the bearings are that good.

But to reiterate, the fan with the H60 does the job very well, 2 AP-15 are waaay better...if you want to pay the money, but the difference is only a couple of degrees to be fair.

do the blue fans come with the 600T white case or did you put those in yourslef?

mrk · 5 Aug 2011 at 13:18

600T comes with blue LED fans yeah.

kallisto316 · 5 Aug 2011 at 13:25

enigma27 said:
do the blue fans come with the 600T white case or did you put those in yourslef?

They are stock fans and to my eyes they are white. I think they are advertised as white.

macmodder · 5 Aug 2011 at 15:38

Kallisto316 - which 50mm fan did you go for to cool the Sabertooth?

kallisto316 · 6 Aug 2011 at 09:21

macmodder said:
Kallisto316 - which 50mm fan did you go for to cool the Sabertooth?

It's the Fractal Design 50mm Fan. I had to shorten the cable a bit as it is very long, and the mainboard connector is right beside the fan. But it is nice and quiet and matches the design well.

macmodder · 8 Aug 2011 at 10:51

ta, I love the super neat look of the Sabertooth P67, I'm creating a mental list of all the things I'd need to buy to make it possible.

blonkster · 8 Aug 2011 at 13:52

Looks good!

How hot do your Frozrs run? I think mine is faulty, as I only have single one and it idles at 45C and it can hit 91C in Furmark!

kallisto316 · 8 Aug 2011 at 14:03

blonkster said:
Looks good!

How hot do your Frozrs run? I think mine is faulty, as I only have single one and it idles at 45C and it can hit 91C in Furmark!

Idle temps are are around 40C, under load the bottom card was cooking in the 90C range when I had the windowed side panel on! Since I put the mesh panel with the two 120mm fans blowing on them the temp under load are around 70C which is apparently a common story under SLI.

I'd be surprised to see a single card getting to 90C unless your case cooling is lacking a bit?

blonkster · 8 Aug 2011 at 14:48

kallisto316 said:
Idle temps are are around 40C, under load the bottom card was cooking in the 90C range when I had the windowed side panel on! Since I put the mesh panel with the two 120mm fans blowing on them the temp under load are around 70C which is apparently a common story under SLI.

I'd be surprised to see a single card getting to 90C unless your case cooling is lacking a bit?

Thanks, I'm going to try running the case on its side with the panel off to get all the heat out - hopefully, before I return it for replacement.

Do both cards run at 70C now?

What are you using for load testing?

kallisto316 · 8 Aug 2011 at 17:52

blonkster said:
Thanks, I'm going to try running the case on its side with the panel off to get all the heat out - hopefully, before I return it for replacement.

Do both cards run at 70C now?

What are you using for load testing?

Yes, both card touch 70C when I play Battlefield Bad Company 2, also the same with Kombuster. Also to update..idle temps are 34C and 30C on the respective cards..so a bit lower than I thought.

blonkster · 8 Aug 2011 at 21:48

kallisto316 said:
Yes, both card touch 70C when I play Battlefield Bad Company 2, also the same with Kombuster. Also to update..idle temps are 34C and 30C on the respective cards..so a bit lower than I thought.

Hi, me again ;-)

I've removed my side panel, laid the case on its side and have the 120mm fan blowing over it and it will not idle below 44C!

I've run Kombustor and it hits about 75C. If I chose the Xtreme burn in it hits 86C and crashes the video driver..

Have I got a bad card, or is this typical if you don't have a perfect case with side fans pointing at the 6950?

I need to know before I return the card via an RMA, as I don't want it returning with 'No fault found'

Thanks again

Blonkster

kallisto316 · 9 Aug 2011 at 08:21

blonkster said:
Hi, me again

I've removed my side panel, laid the case on its side and have the 120mm fan blowing over it and it will not idle below 44C!

I've run Kombustor and it hits about 75C. If I chose the Xtreme burn in it hits 86C and crashes the video driver..

Have I got a bad card, or is this typical if you don't have a perfect case with side fans pointing at the 6950?

I need to know before I return the card via an RMA, as I don't want it returning with 'No fault found'

Thanks again

Blonkster

I'm no expert but the idle temps are not where they should be if you have a fan blowing on the card. Maybe post this in the graphics card forum for more opinions?

blonkster · 9 Aug 2011 at 09:18

Thanks, will do.

--- Z --- · 12 Aug 2011 at 20:58

kallisto316 can i ask what particular GFX cards you have there?