Xeon Owners Club

[Toothless]

It looks like you gutted the poor thing all over. Nylon brush and cleaner would've done it without the damage.

 

[Edwired]

Well there's the white vinegar method that can clean oxidation off aluminium but I don't have any here or any of the shops that dont have it in 1 litre bottles. Iso 99.9% won't clean it off along with a tooth brush.

 

[lexluthermiester]

It looks like you gutted the poor thing all over. Nylon brush and cleaner would've done it without the damage.

The damage is purely cosmetic. The cooling effect is not diminished.

 

[Edwired]

Here's pictures that I used a dremel with a fine brass brush, brass wheel and polishing wheel to clean up as much as I can as it not perfect but better looking all together. It looks funny at a certain angle like dark spots but that just the reflections from the light. Next method is the vinegar soak to remove the oxidation with a toothbrush or just have to find something that that have mild acid in it. I seen a few that would do the trick but depending on the shops if they have it

 

[ppn]

what causes such an extreme case of oxidation. must be living on the sea shore.

 

[Edwired]

what causes such an extreme case of oxidation. must be living on the sea shore.

My parent's house had a fire back in October so smoke, heat and moisture would have caused oxidation on the heatsink or anything aluminium so that why I have to try and clean it off as much as I can

 

[Toothless]

The damage is purely cosmetic. The cooling effect is not diminished.

Sure the cooling hasn't changed. Just looks so.. abused.

 

[Edwired]

Sure the cooling hasn't changed. Just looks so.. abused.

When did anyone care about the looks in first place

 

[Toothless]

When did anyone care about the looks in first place

I must be no one then.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Sure the cooling hasn't changed. Just looks so.. abused.

True, but...

My parent's house had a fire back in October so smoke, heat and moisture would have caused oxidation on the heatsink or anything aluminium so that why I have to try and clean it off as much as I can

...given this, I think it's passable. And it now has an interesting story as a fire disaster survivor.

 

[Edwired]

Thanks Lex

 

[Edwired]

Got good news I got the evga gtx 1060 6gb sc (partially working) a few hours ago. It was dirty with some shitty thermal paste looks silvery (might be conductive on the gpu die and tiny caps) along with a clogged heatsink and evga put a black tape on the heatsink that blocked off the airflow exhausting out through the dp/hdmi grill and the metal plate between the pcb and heatsink had loose screws. After all the cleaning fixing the little issues the graphic card works no issues or no artifact as I had to test it on dell optiplex 790 with external power supply from my custom pc to confirm it detecting by windows. Got that for a bargain €75 I feel that I robbed the chap

 

[Edwired]

Was busy testing the Evga gtx 1060 6gb sc on a dell optiplex 790 for testing purpose. Had trouble booting from the beginning as it took ages for it to post anything. Did the usual method of cleaning the pcb a few times with electronic contact spray as it made a small improvement in booting it a hit and miss from time to time. So it dawn on me that pcie slot and the graphic card gold contacts makes communication so decided to use emery board to clean the pcie slot and the gold contacts it was pretty bad in discolouration this were things began to work every single time no booting issue, does not take ages to post, ran tests on it. It flawless

 

[Zyll Goliat]

I decide to change my GPU.....found some GTX 1070 TI for decent price(180€) it was Asus Turbo model with the blower.....card was working good but that blower was loud & temps was not that good so I needed to "hack" the cooler ....found some old GTX 580 Direct CU cooler that was working I remove some screws and I put some termal tape for memory and VRM +add some aluminium parts to cool and make pressure on vrm,also found some silly purple plate and put it on the back of the card where is VRM to disperse the heat....and now it's working GREAT with MAX OC temps are staying bellow 70c and before stock clock with the blower temps was 85c + it was loud AF.....

Here comparison between R9 Fury and this GTX 1070 TI in Time Spy........

P.S. I also lost my nephew recently so I needed something/anything to preocupate my mind....
R.I.P. Milos.......

 

[Toothless]

Current side project.

 

[Edwired]

I decide to change my GPU.....found some GTX 1070 TI for decent price(180€) it was Asus Turbo model with the blower.....card was working good but that blower was loud & temps was not that good so I needed to "hack" the cooler ....found some old GTX 580 Direct CU cooler that was working I remove some screws and I put some termal tape for memory and VRM +add some aluminium parts to cool and make pressure on vrm,also found some silly purple plate and put it on the back of the card where is VRM to disperse the heat....and now it's working GREAT with MAX OC temps are staying bellow 70c and before stock clock with the blower temps was 85c + it was loud AF.....

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Here comparison between R9 Fury and this GTX 1070 TI in Time Spy........

P.S. I also lost my nephew recently so I needed something/anything to preocupate my mind....
R.I.P. Milos.......

Ah man sorry to hear about Milos we be here for ya bud if ya need anything

 

[Zyll Goliat]

Ah man sorry to hear about Milos we be here for ya bud if ya need anything

Thank you buddy......It's just a reminder that life is harsh and we need to fight,live and appreciate every single minute on planet Earth......

 

[stinger608]

Ah man sorry to hear about Milos we be here for ya bud if ya need anything

+1 on that!!!!!!

 

[Zyll Goliat]

Still tweaking GTX 1070 TI that I paired with my Xeon(2697V2) and with this "modified" cooler card is "running" really fast.....When it's come to the OC card seems totally stable with + 490 on memory and boosting up to the 2100 Mhzz on clock in SOTR/1440p/highest details game benchmark I am getting 69 FPS which is way above the card stock result and deep into the territory of much stronger GPU's.....+ now is also cool&quiet staying bellow 70c...

 

[Wdoox]

unfortunately I have bad news my 2660v2 died, so for now i'm using 4930k oc 4.4.
otherwise i'm eyeboling a 2670v2 and 2680v2. What do you think?

 

[Zyll Goliat]

unfortunately I have bad news my 2660v2 died, so for now i'm using 4930k oc 4.4.
otherwise i'm eyeboling a 2670v2 and 2680v2. What do you think?

Srry to hear for yours 2660v2......If you ask me go for 2680 V2 same core count(10c/20t) but better base clock (2,8GhzVs2,5Ghz) boost clock is also a bit faster.....I doubt that price difference between this two cpu's is huge now but anyway if the price difference is more then you can afford then 2670V2 will also do the job just fine.......GL

 

[Toothless]

unfortunately I have bad news my 2660v2 died, so for now i'm using 4930k oc 4.4.
otherwise i'm eyeboling a 2670v2 and 2680v2. What do you think?

2687wv2 for clocks, 2680v2 for cores.

 

[lexluthermiester]

unfortunately I have bad news my 2660v2 died, so for now i'm using 4930k oc 4.4.
otherwise i'm eyeboling a 2670v2 and 2680v2. What do you think?

2667V2. Best value for money.

 

[Edwired]

I filed a dispute through paypal due to seller screwed up the electronic and paper documents through parcel force so I never got the parcel over a month due to Irish Custom refused to release the parcel to me as this was coming from the UK which is unheard of. So I am out of a computer for another while again

 

[lexluthermiester]

I filed a dispute through paypal due to seller screwed up the electronic and paper documents through parcel force so I never got the parcel over a month due to Irish Custom refused to release the parcel to me as this was coming from the UK which is unheard of. So I am out of a computer for another while again

What the heck? Why is Ireland withholding a parcel from the UK?!? That's just dumb.