Spec me a conroe Rig

Agent WD40 said:
HI All,

Thanks for your imput on all of this. The reson why i'm looking at a different solution is because I currently have watercooling in a Lian-Li PC70 case. Its a 120.3 rad, Swiftech Storm4 block and i'm still getting 36C at stock of 1.8ghz - You can forget about clocking it any further..
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I don't own an Opty but I'm sure that 36C isn't very hot at all! My XP-M runs at 41C idle, 45C load, and Intel users on these forums report stable operation at up to 60C temps or more! I'm therefore thinking your instability issues are either due to a faulty component somewhere in there, or to some problems in software installation.
I know you're frustrated and are tempted to nuke the whole thing and start a new rig, but there's no guarantee that the new rig would work well either! Can't you try and take your whole system apart and see if everything is put together properly? Get rid of the watercooling system, throw everything back at stock, and run Prime and/or Memtest to make sure there's nothing wrong with your components themselves? Reinstall Windows with the latest updates slipstreamed in rather than installed through Windows Update (SP2 installed on top of Windows rather than slipstreamed in is one of the prime causes of problems in all unstable PCs that my friends occassionnally ask me to look at), and making sure you have all the latest drivers for every component? Sometimes it's not even a user error that causes all this: faulty installation media for Windows, an interrupted download due to a network disconnect while Windows Update is downloading stuff, or any number of things can bork your installation even if you you installed all the right software in the right order. You'd have to do all this again anyway if you built a Conroe, so why not give it a go again on this rig?
Basically, what I'm saying is that the only way to have a hassle-free PC is to buy a Macintosh...
 
manveruppd said:
Basically, what I'm saying is that the only way to have a hassle-free PC is to buy a Macintosh...
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But a Mac isn't a PC.. :P *doesn't intend on starting an agruement*

I'll try what you suggested mate. Its going to take a while to take it apart but i've got a free weekend I might as well give it a try. Some thing to do on a warm saterday morning.

Who knows, lets see if I can get my temps down over all and figure our how to drop my Chipset temps.

Thanks for your suggestions manveruppd - I'll see what I can do.. :D

Agent.
 
Even it if its 36C at stock, whats the variance when its clocked further?......

If you have a low variance on temperature when you pump it up, i don't see the problem.

Have you actually OC'ed it to a point the temps get too hot, if so what temps were you hitting?....
 
Have you tried a 120mm fan resting near to the chipset and pointing towards it?

What are your PWM temps? I use 2 80mm fans stacked on top of each other in this heat, one pointing at the chipset and the other towards the PWM mosfets.
 
Guys I think it is problem solved.

I've re-arranged some fo the tubing on my cooling (bit of chopping and changing) and have stolen a 12" fan from work which now blow strait onto the side fo the PC and the temps are down.

CHipset = 40C load
PWMIC = 39C Load
CPU @ 2.84ghz = 48C Load

Not amazing I know for the CPU but it is damned hot!

Oh well, lets se what its like when it all cools down..

Agent.
 
Agent WD40 said:
Guys I think it is problem solved.

I've re-arranged some fo the tubing on my cooling (bit of chopping and changing) and have stolen a 12" fan from work which now blow strait onto the side fo the PC and the temps are down.

CHipset = 40C load
PWMIC = 39C Load
CPU @ 2.84ghz = 48C Load

Not amazing I know for the CPU but it is damned hot!

Oh well, lets se what its like when it all cools down..

Agent.
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consider yourself lucky, my stock 4000+ used to be that hot idle on air
 
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