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***The Official Q6600 Overclocking Thread ***

ill just get a D-tek block, 120.2 rad, pump, rez setup.

so its defo temps that are causing me instability?
 
I think so too, no matter what voltage now just getting hotter and hotter, less stable, so im going to back it off for a few days until water setup arrives, then its going to AVIT.

:D

the heatsink gets very hot aswell.

pitty though as the other 3 cores have been priming nicely
 
I'm at 3.6 with 1.36 on a volt modded evga 680i and the temps are below 52 degrees full load on all 4 cores using Prime95.

It is watercooled and I might try to push on to 3.8 as I think it has got room to go yet
 
easyrider said:
Running your cpu @ 80c is not advisable.

Look at the swiftech H20 compact

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-028-SW&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=193

That is an easy way into water cooling with no hassle and ideal for quad core clocking

Considering some coolers are near the 45 quid mark.Its a bargain
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Ok using Swiftech's ocing calculator on their H20 compact page

http://www.swiftnets.com/

I got these results, say this guys actual voltage is around 1.43 after the droop..., with the fan on full speed on the rad and presuming the room temperature is 21c. Swiftech's ocing calculator shows these results...

Ambient Temperature 21 (°C)
CPU Clock 3600 (MHz)
CPU Voltage 1.43 (V)
Fan Voltage: 12 V

Application Temperature (°C) Actual Heat Load (W)
Intel TAT N/A N/A
BurnK6 80.1°C 197W
Orthos 78.6°C 192W

Not an improvement over what he's getting currently. As I said this kit looks pretty crap.
 
Tom|Nbk said:
No It sucks. A Tuniq Tower or Thermalright Ultra Extreme 120 would get VERY similar performance.
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All the reviews I have read state that this will out perform any air coolers.

So links to a site where this is on par with a tunig please.

Review from VR zone

Now we see that with the bigger heat-load, the H20-120 cools the 4 cores down 20C to 27C cooler on each core! The difference when the heat-load goes up is really amazing, and for a compact water-cooling kit, the Swiftech H20-120 is definitely impressive! I wanted to try the heat-load of 3.66GHz and 1.55v but apparently, the Scythe Infinity is overwhelmed by this heat-load already as the system immediately crashed when I opened up the fourth instance of CPU-Burn. Based on these figures, I'm quite sure this will readily beat any air-cooler out in the market right now when you apply this type of heat-load on it.
 
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easyrider said:
All the reviews I have read state that this will out perform any air coolers.

So links to a site where this is on par with a tunig please.
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Do the maths Easy..

Swiftech H20 120 Compact

Thermal resistance;

Fan at 12v = 0.18
Fan at 7v = 0.21

Tuniq Tower 120

Thermal resistance:

0.16 (Fan Full speed)
to
0.21

The thermal resistance numbers swing in the Tuniq towers favour with the Thermalright 120 Extreme having even better numbers, It's not hard to see this cooler is not going to be better than the likes of the Tuniq or 120 Extreme, at most it's going to be around on par. Waste of cash IMHO.

Plus there are only a few preliminary reviews out there and Im not listening to 3dgayman. Fact of the matter this is just another starter kit which fails to hit the mark yet again.
 
easyrider said:
All the reviews I have read state that this will out perform any air coolers.

So links to a site where this is on par with a tunig please.

Review from VR zone

Now we see that with the bigger heat-load, the H20-120 cools the 4 cores down 20C to 27C cooler on each core! The difference when the heat-load goes up is really amazing, and for a compact water-cooling kit, the Swiftech H20-120 is definitely impressive! I wanted to try the heat-load of 3.66GHz and 1.55v but apparently, the Scythe Infinity is overwhelmed by this heat-load already as the system immediately crashed when I opened up the fourth instance of CPU-Burn. Based on these figures, I'm quite sure this will readily beat any air-cooler out in the market right now when you apply this type of heat-load on it.
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Review looks like a load of crap to me, plus why put the crappy Scythe Infinity which has numbers of 0.35cw resistance with the stock fan at 800rpm and 0.29cw resistance with a 1300rpm fan against the Swiftech kit. Numbers dont look right at all. At least if your going to put air against this kit make sure it's the big boys, the likes of the Tuniq Tower 120 or Thermalright Extreme 120. Hardly fair putting this kit against a middle of the road air cooler. Sorry that review doesn't wash it or sell anything to me. More turd.
 
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This is going OT enough but:

c/w ratings of air and water cooling can not be compared for these products because of the higher capacity that water has. The tool on Swiftech's own site doesnt work out properly as it says my air cooling (CNPS7500) cools just as well! It is possible that the waterblock would work more efficiently for quads. The tech is based on proven high end watercooling so the extra capacity it has could be where the performance gains are to be had in a real world scenario - not a basic marketing web tool.
 
weescott said:
This is going OT enough but:

c/w ratings of air and water cooling can not be compared for these products because of the higher capacity that water has. The tool on Swiftech's own site doesnt work out properly as it says my air cooling (CNPS7500) cools just as well! It is possible that the waterblock would work more efficiently for quads. The tech is based on proven high end watercooling so the extra capacity it has could be where the performance gains are to be had in a real world scenario - not a basic marketing web tool.
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But we can still get a vauge idea that a beginner kit like this is going to be similar to a high end air cooling setup, possibly the kit has the ability to remove the heat when the chip really heats up due to the capacity but the kit is still is limited by the TR/Pump/Rad versus the Infinity. I wish they had tested a Tuniq or Thermalright against this water cooler then we would have more of an Idea. Early numbers from the Compact 120 thread in Overclocking + Cooling forum showed it to be pretty lack luster :(. Shame as I fancied one.
 
Im also struggling to understand why the Swiftech engineers would make a calculator that displays incorrect results :confused: , the calculator is spot on according to their forums.
 
i think people are better off spending about 30 quid more and getting a custom water cooling setup.
 
Tom|Nbk said:
Im also struggling to understand why the Swiftech engineers would make a calculator that displays incorrect results :confused: , the calculator is spot on according to their forums.
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No one is going to make something innacurate on purpose are they? lol

Maybe the number were indeed right for me, and the unit is well...not a great performer. Thermaltake without the dodgy components.
 
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