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***The Official Core i5 Overclocking Thread***
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Fair do's
I'm goin to be transfering my waterloop from my AKASA Eclipse into a 19" rack case.
I take it my Swiftech Block from the Apex Kit won't fit the GD65?
I can't check, the case and loop are in a storage cupboard in work.
I'm afraid not. The S1156 sits exactly mid-way between the spacing for S775 and S1366. I'm using an EK Supreme which has a slot cut in each corner. At the inside edge of the slot you get S775, S1366 is the outside edge of the slot and somewhere in the middle is S1156. When I first saw the EK Rev II plate I thought Eddie had excelled himself at some cheapskate way of not having to drill a precise hole, but now I appreciate the smart thinking behind it.
It seems no-one except EK and Koolance have stuff out for S1156 yet.
I'm sure there will be adapter plates, but not right now. There are even very few air cooling solutions. It's pretty incredible really. You have a choice of the Arctic Cooling AC7 Pro II or the Noctua or one of the new box Scythes which landed at the docks on Friday apparently.
I'm sure there will be adapter plates, but not right now. There are even very few air cooling solutions. It's pretty incredible really. You have a choice of the Arctic Cooling AC7 Pro II or the Noctua or one of the new box Scythes which landed at the docks on Friday apparently.
Yea, incredible-y annoying. Seriously why on earth have manufacturers not knocked up brackets
Surely they've had long enough
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Is the H50 easy to install? And does your cpu clock over 4Ghz with it?
No harder than installing a heatsink, probably easier due to small pump. I'd imagine that 4Ghz is easily doable with one of these
I'd imagine that 4Ghz is easily doable with one of these
Well, as the only person posting stable screenshots at 4GHz that I'm aware of on here, I'd say be ready for high temperatures at 4GHz if your CPU is anything like mine.
A D0 i920 generally needs 1.2-1.3V to be stable at 4GHz, but the only i750 I've got, plus all the others posting in here, seems to need 1.4V to post and that makes a heck of a difference to temperatures.
An i750 will, I believe, clock for clock, run hotter than an i920. So you will need good cooling.
If you look at the image below, which is a stable 8-hr screenshot, the maximum temperature on the cores is 73/74/71/74 and that was run in a room that's air conditioned to 18C and using a 120mm radiator double the depth of the Corsairs, an 18W DDC pump to make sure there are no flow rate problems and a fair of high static pressure Arctic Cooling PWM fans, which are rather better than the Akasa Apaches everyone is currently drooling over.
By all means, shell out £60 on an H50 and another £20 on a pair of Akasa Apaches, but if it turns out that my CPU is normal, and not a hot-running oddity, and you can't control your temperatures properly, please don't say you weren't warned.
WJA you've made your point, you don't like the H50 and you're running custom water. That's fine. The H50 is one of the best coolers on the market before going custom water, I do not have the funds to do so, so this will do me just fine.
Also can I just state it looks like you have a crap chip from looking over xtreme systems etc since you're needing over 1.4v for just 4Ghz and might explain why it isn't running the coolest
Just what do you suggest exactly if the H50 isn't "good" cooling when I've already stated I don't have the time nor money to build a custom water.
I paid £50 for the H50 and zero for the fans, you're grossly exageratting the cost of one of these systems to make custom water appear the better option, I've seen you do this a few times. You don't like the H50, we get it
Also can I just state it looks like you have a crap chip from looking over xtreme systems etc since you're needing over 1.4v for just 4Ghz and might explain why it isn't running the coolest
Just what do you suggest exactly if the H50 isn't "good" cooling when I've already stated I don't have the time nor money to build a custom water.
I paid £50 for the H50 and zero for the fans, you're grossly exageratting the cost of one of these systems to make custom water appear the better option, I've seen you do this a few times. You don't like the H50, we get it
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Yes, but it's not stopping you making recommendations based on speculation. Don't forget I have an H50 and I've compared it to a Megahalems and what you refer to as 'custom water' and it's NOT AS GOOD as either.
I paid £50 for the H50 and zero for the fans, you're grossly exaggerating the cost of one of these systems to make custom water appear the better option, I've seen you do this a few times. You don't like the H50, we get it
Well, as you want to do the maths;
Corsair H50 from OcUk with free postage - £59.98
Two Akasa Apache fans with free postage - £27.96
Akasa PWM splitter cable to run them both at the same speed off the CPU header with free postage - £3.44
Now I make that £91.38 for the configuration recommended in the H50 thread by Gaidin109 and Bulldog1407. And that doesn't include £1 for 4 extra 3mm screws to attach the second fan or the £5 Corsair will charge you for postage on a S1156 adapter plate, which they won't have available until the end of the week anyway.
Now, you may be able to shave £10 off that price by buying from somewhere that's not OcUK, but it's still miles off £50.
You've bought yours now, I understand that. And you have to live with it, but it doesn't mean you have to encourage others to make the same mistake. At least wait until you've tried it before you go encouraging others to buy something that might well not work.
As for whether my CPU is a particularly hot runner, I don't know and neither, in reality, do you know about yours.
Based on what? I do appreciate that this may seem offensive, but do you have any experience of i5 or i7? Have you overclocked one of these CPUs on any P55 motherboard? Do you have an H50? Do you have the S1156 plate to hold the H50 down on a P55 board (I know the answer to that). Do you, in any way that is relevant have any personal, real-life, basis to make a recommendation?
I know that the internet is a big place and we all like to be 'in' but I can answer yes to all of those questions above with the exception of the S1156 plate amd I'm specifically saying DON'T DO IT.
Now, why would I say that? I've been on here a long time and I buy pretty much everything that comes out. If you don't believe me - check my trust and see the stuff that I have sold or bought on Member's Market. I do that so I can give my opinion honestly and truthfully and from real-life experience. I'm not a spoofer. I have no axe to grind with Corsair, CoolIT, IceQ, ASETek, Thermochill, Thermalright, EK or anyone else except maybe Swiftech and even they saw sense in the end, so ask yourself why it is that in the face of everyone else saying 'Yes', I'm saying 'No'? The only reason I can come up with is that I have back to back experience of the products and I found the H50 wanting. I'll say no more on the matter as the herd will go the way they want anyway.
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Not really required.
Corsair plate is £3 if we're being pedantic
I'm struggling to see why it is a mistake it is one if not the best CPU cooler on the market before full water system, you do have a terrible attitude problem sometimes. I already know my chip requires silly low volts for 3.5Ghz I'm not expecting a jump from 1.15v all the way to 1.4v tbh and I'll be surprised if I do
For the record, I've seen Zalman £30 towers running these chips at 4Ghz albeit low voltage but then the silicon on average is looking better than yours
Can you just tell me what you'd recommend instead of the Corsair H50 for people who don't want to spend big bucks on a full water setup then please.
Bearing in mind a Prolimatech Megahalems is £45 with no mention yet of a 1156 hold down
Then we have the £27 on the Apaches if you're wanting those.
So it doesn't really work out all that cheaper does it and with the H50 creating less of a footprint in the case I know which I'd go for
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