Project: Fallen Angel

setter · 18 Feb 2011 at 23:57

Iirc, some manufacturers released bios revisions for their cards with lower stock voltages, Gigabyte havent followed suit though.

Edit:Msi cards being one example, 0.950 one user on here reports stock voltage for his 470.

SupermotoMX · 19 Feb 2011 at 01:44

very nice build log as always

booyaka · 19 Feb 2011 at 09:47

good work as always

Zebraa · 19 Feb 2011 at 13:24

That is beautiful.

rjk · 21 Feb 2011 at 13:50

lovely end product there mate

how are you finding temps compared to your previous watercooled build?

hows the NB temps on the rampage?
you finding it overvolts the cpu lots with LLC enabled?

Gunslinger · 21 Feb 2011 at 14:22

wow, lot of work and patience there

Tealc · 21 Feb 2011 at 14:29

Great job w3bbo. Looks really nice.

Not particularly impressed by the LED string under the motherboard though. Would expect it to create a eerie red glow from behind but it doesn't seem to do much at all. What's it like in the flesh?

ToxicTBag · 21 Feb 2011 at 22:47

Thats one heck of a build Mr w3bbo sah, have enjoyed watching the progress as allways.

Look forward to the benching figures come next week

arnoldma · 23 Feb 2011 at 09:56

this looks so sick! great job man, i want to buy that PSU! the braiding looks amazing.

w3bbo · 24 Feb 2011 at 21:21

setter said:
Iirc, some manufacturers released bios revisions for their cards with lower stock voltages, Gigabyte havent followed suit though.

Edit:Msi cards being one example, 0.950 one user on here reports stock voltage for his 470.

Sorry for the seriously long delay m8 but had some issues with the mobo resulting in an RMA (of sorts - long story lol).

Anyway, I'm about 4 fps behind you for whatever reason :confused:

. GPU temps are pretty good though at 73/71c. This new board might be the reason behind the lowish score so will flash it to latest and report back.

w3bbo · 24 Feb 2011 at 21:28

SupermotoMX said:
very nice build log as always

booyaka said:
good work as always

Zebraa said:
That is beautiful.

Gunslinger said:
wow, lot of work and patience there

Thanks guys - use the star voting (rate this thread) if you like

rjkoneill said:
lovely end product there mate

how are you finding temps compared to your previous watercooled build?

hows the NB temps on the rampage?
you finding it overvolts the cpu lots with LLC enabled?

Temps are dire compared to water as you would expect. Was getting around 65c on 4.5ghz with water. Now on air I get 75c at 4.2 lol.

Hit around 50c under load on the chipset so not too bad I guess. Thats without the fan on the NB.

Overvolting is not too bad at all truth be told. That said I'm only using cpu-z and not a multimeter. I've got LLC set to 50%. 100% overvolts a tiny bit but nothing to be concerned about.

Tealc said:
Great job w3bbo. Looks really nice.

Not particularly impressed by the LED string under the motherboard though. Would expect it to create a eerie red glow from behind but it doesn't seem to do much at all. What's it like in the flesh?

I can't post expletives unfortunately. Thats gotta go down as the worst £7 I ever spent. Looked ok when I tested them but pretty much unoticeable in the rig, especially in daylight. To top things off the resistors gave up after two days rendering the whole thing useless! Would RMA to ocuk but postage wouldn't make it worthwhile and tbh, I wouldn't want another set. Stay away!!!

Looks like I'm gonna have to make my own.

ToxicTBag · 24 Feb 2011 at 21:40

Hope alls going well now your mobo troubles are over

w3bbo · 24 Feb 2011 at 21:51

Sure are m8. Everything is hunkydory now (thank God and thankyou!)

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setter · 24 Feb 2011 at 21:53

No worrys m8, 73/71c is very good, heaven is also a bit dependent on driver revision. I score a few fps less on the current whql 266.58's than i did with a previous set of beta's. Got the temps on my pair lowered to a max of 66/64c, custom fan profile set in afterburner.

w3bbo · 24 Feb 2011 at 22:00

Ah thats ok then. I'm using current drivers and hit 68fps on second run. 38 low/131 high, sound about right?

setter · 24 Feb 2011 at 22:04

Sounds about right yeah.

w3bbo · 24 Feb 2011 at 22:14

Well I'm happy with it for now. Wouldn;t mind a 980x cpu tbh but I reckon it'll be pointless without water so.......

lol

ToxicTBag · 4 Mar 2011 at 23:52

w3bbo said:
Well I'm happy with it for now. Wouldn;t mind a 980x cpu tbh but I reckon it'll be pointless without water so.......
lol

Is there no end to your thirst for power Mr w3bbo sah 980x indeed

Just thought would have a run through your build log again and well its mutz nutz material, i'd say another 4-6 weeks and you'd be ready for a new wc build

Ace job allround luvving it

w3bbo · 5 Mar 2011 at 00:09

Cheers m8. Good to see you back online too

. Doubt I'll have the money for a 980x and it would be wasted on air cooling anyway

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Yeah I'm feeling the sting a bit with regard to air cooled temps. That said its nice to have a 'normal' pc to just use it for what God intended

. Might have to have a dabble with a water cooled build soon though

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setter · 5 Mar 2011 at 00:21

Still, for an air cooled rig, the temps are very impressive, 75c @ 4.2ghz is excellent, and the gpu temps are even better again, 470's do have a reputation for running hot, something i can certainly testify to. I did think about watercooling my current rig, (cpu to start with), bought a few metres of 7/16 tubing and 10 x bitspower 1/2 silver diamond barbs, unfortunately due to financial constraints it never got any further.