grandpauj1 Posted August 9, 2016 Author Share Posted August 9, 2016 Checked out that video and the other S..... load of them on the same page, seems like the "Pea" or the "X" method is the winner for the most part. Going to order that stuff tonight. Think I will try it putting the Hyper 212 back on and see how that works. Gives me a bit of time to see what I can find out about the whole water cooling thing. Might not have enough room to mount a radiator on the top as I had planned, think the RAM might get in the way. Well I will cross 1 bridge at a time (0; Thanks a ton for all the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalloweenWeed Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 (edited) Checked out that video and the other S..... load of them on the same page, seems like the "Pea" or the "X" method is the winner for the most part. Going to order that stuff tonight. Think I will try it putting the Hyper 212 back on and see how that works. Gives me a bit of time to see what I can find out about the whole water cooling thing. Might not have enough room to mount a radiator on the top as I had planned, think the RAM might get in the way. Well I will cross 1 bridge at a time (0; Thanks a ton for all the help. NP. Don't just buy an AIO water cooler willy-nilly, some of them don't have as good performance as your EVO. You have the best air cooler per dollar spent as of late 2014 (I did some research back then), not bad. Edited August 9, 2016 by HalloweenWeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandpauj1 Posted August 10, 2016 Author Share Posted August 10, 2016 Not a prayer in hell I am getting a water cooler in my case!!!!! My case is a thermaltake versa h22, a full size case but no where as big as the ones I was looking at. My case is like 17" tall and about 7 1/4" wide. My desk has a shelf built on it that is around 18 1/2" of opening. The shortest case I could find (that is my price range, And not some short, fat, ugly ass case) is more like 19 1/4" if memory serves me right. Well hopefully the 212 will work for me at say 44/45. Oh and thanks for the compliment on my machine, first build, and very happy with it, but would not have been possible without all the help I got from the folks right here on the Nexus, willing to help me with advice, links and so on. Thanks again, when I get the AS5 and try it out, will update. Peace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalloweenWeed Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Yeah, actually you can fit a single-fan size AIO radiator in the rear exhaust port, they have ones that are 150?mm for that, and they are usually pretty easy to put in. But it's a moot point as the best one's performance is hardly any better than your EVO. GL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandpauj1 Posted August 12, 2016 Author Share Posted August 12, 2016 Ok, got the as5 today (and my SLI bridge) got it apart, all cleaned up with alcohol (70% is all I had) and re-assembled and took her for a spin. Now another question. On Aida64 it reads out the temps for Core #1, #2, #3 and #4 do I use the Highest temp as the mark? Do I take an average? The reason I ask is at one point I had 56c on core #1 and 70c on core #2. would that be 70c or more like 63c? because that would obviously make a huge difference in the numbers I have been giving you. Going to mess with it a bit more, (between doing paperwork) right now at 4.2 and 1.3v temps looking good with all cores at or below 70c (except the occasional 77/78 momentary spike). Can't tell you how much I appreciate the help, lot more to overclocking then I thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalloweenWeed Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 The highest one is the only one that matters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandpauj1 Posted August 14, 2016 Author Share Posted August 14, 2016 Thanks for all the help, made my mark (for now) 4.5GHz with 1.23v, CPU temp 73c, MoBO @ 39c. :o) I messed with the fan speeds a bit. Set the CPU fans at 50% @ 30c, 77% @ 52c and 98% @ 60c. Hoping to start cooling BEFORE it got hot! Might change the 50% @ 30c down a little to like 40% @ 30c but.......as they say, if it ain't broke...A bit louder now but not too bad. My house is usually around 80 degrees inside even with the A/C on, it's an older house, so that is probably a factor too. Again thanks for the help and the encouraging knowledge. You rock dude. Now if I can just figure out why my G drive disappeared????? But that's another story. :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandpauj1 Posted November 7, 2016 Author Share Posted November 7, 2016 Hay all, well I'm back with the next project and questions ;) I have decided to go with water cooling, so of course I have a few more things I would love to get advice on. I ordered a Thermaltake X71 case (because I like the modular aspect) and there are three possible locations for the radiator. Top, bottom or front. Is any location better then the other? Putting it in front, will that screw up the air flow? Will putting it on the bottom create more heat that will rise into the case? The reason I ask is because without moving the tower to a whole new location the top of it will be about three inch's from a shelf and not sure if that will "disrupt" the airflow. The cooling kit I got is a Thermaltake Pacific DIY LCS R360. Read a lot of good reviews about it and for the most part they said it isn't "that hard" to put together. And yes, the fact that it will look cool as F^*# was part of the decision :0) Not sure what to expect as far power consumption goes, right now have a EVGA 850 GS, but have a year old 650w in my "got way too much crap" closet and there is room for two PSU in the case, but would rather not put one in the windowed part of the case if I don't have to. Thanks in advance for any advice/help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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