ULTRA Black on Water

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May 28th 2007
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Key Features:
High Rated Intel CPU AMD Graphics Custom Paint Job Water-cooled
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System Specs:
  • Processor Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 {OC'ed to 3520GHz} Idle:34-37C/Load:45-50C
  • Motherboard ASUS P5B Deluxe
  • Cooling D-TEK FuZion CPU&GPU Waterblock/2XSwiftech MCW30/2XREG.Blocks/6X120MM fans on a 360 Radiator
  • Memory Crucial Ballistix (2 x 1GB) DDR2 1000 (PC2 8000) {OC'ed to 1100Mhz@5-5-5-15 on 2.25v}
  • Video Card HIS X1950XT IceQ3 Turbo{OC'ed to 675/972 on sotck volts}
  • CD/DVD Drive DVD/CD-RW
  • Sound Card Onboard(Logitech X-540 70 watts 5.1 Speakers)
  • Harddisk SAMSUNG SpinPoint P Series160GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb
  • LCD/CRT Model Dell 17"CRT/Panasonic 61" LCD Projection HDTV
  • PSU OCZ GameXStream 700W
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84 Comments on ULTRA Black on Water

#1
tkpenalty
WTF at the water pipes!!! Man how thick are those O_O
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#2
DOM
tkpenaltyWTF at the water pipes!!! Man how thick are those O_O
LOL, Theres Six blocks tubing is Tygon 3603 Tubing 1/2" ID 3/4" OD
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#4
DOM
So are you going to vote ? Or just spam ? :P who cares if it is, I went through alot just to keep it from leaking dont make me give you a 1 lol


did you see the bigger pics ?
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#5
tkpenalty
DOM_ATI_X800XL_PCI-ESo are you going to vote ? Or just spam ? :P who cares if it is, I went through alot just to keep it from leaking dont make me give you a 1 lol


did you see the bigger pics ?
I voted man. *Two thumbs up* Yeah I never knew you had such crazy cooling, ill try to turn one of the pics into a new siggy 4 u.
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#6
DOM
tkpenaltyI voted man. *Two thumbs up* Yeah I never knew you had such crazy cooling, ill try to turn one of the pics into a new siggy 4 u.
:toast: Thanks for being the 1st to vote

Thanks if you can :D

Its was out of oder for more then a month due to 1st Rad. was damaged when it got here, then didnt like the Acrylic Chipset Block tops sent them back, then.... was sent the wrong barbs for one of the reg. blocks, then it leaked from the reg blocks, Cpu, then NB on the card and mobo, but now she running good ^_^
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#7
mikey8684
Hey Dude,

Even though theres thick ass tubing and fans everywhere, you've kept it pretty neat. 9/10.
Seriously looks killer ... nice job.
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#8
Frogger
8 only because it looks a little tight in there :respect:
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#9
DaMulta
My stars went supernova
wicked!!!
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#10
WarEagleAU
Bird of Prey
Sweet rig Dom. Very Sweet.
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#11
DOM
Thanks Guys , also all this is in a mid-tower case ;) it was hard working on it with all this in the case cuz I dont have small hands....

Does anyone want to see benches let me know i'll do it with my current specs. and stock to see how much I gained in performance

post your rig and i'll vote for you also
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#12
demonbrawn
Dang. That rad mod is awesome! I might go crazy looking at those led fans all night, but it's still sweet. Good job.
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#13
erocker
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HOLY CRAP DUDE!!! I had no idea?!! You have more liquid than hardware in that thing! A ten no doubt!
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#14
Bokinator
Nice, so what is your 3DMark score?
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#15
steelkane
Ok in your specks you said Panasonic 61" LCD Projection HDTV, where's the pic and is it in the same room as computer or at your friends house. nice setup I like it.
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#16
Wile E
Power User
I love it DOM, very good job running all that tubing in such a tight space. 9/10 from me.
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#17
Alcpone
10/10 from me, looks real sweet and I bet those tubes took some wrestling into position lol
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#18
DOM
Thabks Again guys ^_^

3DM06
Stock CPU&GPU = 5788
With setting in spec. 6911
MAX CPU&GPU = 7583

And the Panasonic 61" LCD Projection HDTV is in the living room might hook it up and take a pic of the comp and tv and add it but not today

And the led fans aren't that bad and its not loud

Well the tubing wasn't that hard cuz I used the curve it already had ;) but the leaks that made me mad cuz they all didnt leak at the sametime and some where like very lil at a time so didnt notice them untill I smelled the coolent
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#19
Unregistered
Hah, great rig, funny thing is.. you have all of that power at your finger tips and you're stuck with some crappy old Dell monitor. (and I guess your big tv too)
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#20
devinXkillyou
so u have 4 waterblocks (northbridge, southbridge, cpu, and vga)? Thats crazy, i've never seen that. 9/10 from me.
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#21
Wile E
Power User
devinXkillyouso u have 4 waterblocks (northbridge, southbridge, cpu, and vga)? Thats crazy, i've never seen that. 9/10 from me.
6 blocks I believe. He has his mobo Vregs in the loop as well. Truly insane. lol
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#22
Unregistered
Men i wanted please to ask u if this motherboard u using now P5B Deluxe supports nvidia cards?

Im waiting your answer...:):)

Thnks...
#23
anticlutch
Jeez, that tubing must have been a pain in the ass to route throughout the case...
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#24
Alcpone
techn0l0gy_b0yMen i wanted please to ask u if this motherboard u using now P5B Deluxe supports nvidia cards?

Im waiting your answer...:):)

Thnks...
It does lol
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#25
c`LoW
DOM_ATI_X800XL_PCI-EThabks Again guys ^_^

3DM06
Stock CPU&GPU = 5788
With setting in spec. 6911
MAX CPU&GPU = 7583

And the Panasonic 61" LCD Projection HDTV is in the living room might hook it up and take a pic of the comp and tv and add it but not today

And the led fans aren't that bad and its not loud

Well the tubing wasn't that hard cuz I used the curve it already had ;) but the leaks that made me mad cuz they all didnt leak at the sametime and some where like very lil at a time so didnt notice them untill I smelled the coolent
your kidding right? i get 8k stock with an 8800gts 320mb, intel c2d e6300 @ 1.86.... and if i oc it from 1.86 to 3.0, 8800 @ 650/1000 i will get 10500 rofl...
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#26
Alcpone
c`LoWyour kidding right? i get 8k stock with an 8800gts 320mb, intel c2d e6300 @ 1.86.... and if i oc it from 1.86 to 3.0, 8800 @ 650/1000 i will get 10500 rofl...
LMAO, this troll first posted he would get 15,000 3Dmark06 points then changed to 10,500! That is exactly what Dom gets and hes prooved it, stop flaming him for having balls to do what hes done!
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#27
2THPIC
was it worth it?

very sweet looking and properly done, but i have to ask. has all the work and improvment in your system been worth it? do you realy need all that cooling, or is it just for show? not to rude or anything. just asking..............i give it a 10
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#28
DOM
c`LoWyour kidding right? i get 8k stock with an 8800gts 320mb, intel c2d e6300 @ 1.86.... and if i oc it from 1.86 to 3.0, 8800 @ 650/1000 i will get 10500 rofl...
lol, okay you must not know alot or just started cuz if I had a 8800 card I would be getting a better score then you, as the X1950XT isnt the newest and fastest card out you know or should have or your just a fanboy or something...

Just so you know the 8800 are better then the X1950's ;)
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#29
DOM
2THPICvery sweet looking and properly done, but i have to ask. has all the work and improvment in your system been worth it? do you realy need all that cooling, or is it just for show? not to rude or anything. just asking..............i give it a 10
Yes it was worth it but the only thing that I should have done with out would of been the reg blocks as the there the most pain in the ass but look at my specs. thats my current settings for 24/7 cuz this well be my current rig untill mine gets old and maybe get a 8800 cuz my gpu block supports it, thanks for the 10 :D
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#31
t_ski
Former Staff
Looks great. I only gave you an 8 'cause you can't put the side panelback on... lol

:toast:
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#32
DOM
HA HA Funny :P I can if I want to but then I wont get to see the inside and it would take some more work to even get it on and im done with it and dont want to miss with it anymore
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#33
Casheti
That's about as black as DMX in a bag of flour.

It would only be ULTRA black if you had black pipes and somehow black lights?!?!

Now that would be kewl :D
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#34
pentastar111
Ahhh!!! Soothing liquid cooling. Damn man! Excellent!! 10/10
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#35
Wile E
Power User
CashetiThat's about as black as DMX in a bag of flour.

It would only be ULTRA black if you had black pipes and somehow black lights?!?!

Now that would be kewl :D
Ultra is the name of the company that made the case, cash.
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#37
TSX420J
Really cool, I am looking for ideas and happen to like you rig a lot because it looks like some crazy science experiment. 9/10 because I don't like the placement of the pump or fans around the pump but it is very, very nice.
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#38
DOM
Thanks Guys,

Well the fans are for the card keeps my Vregs @50's*C on load with them off it gets up to 75*C and there isnt alot of room/space for the pump cuz I have a mid-tower case :(
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#39
TSX420J
DOM_ATI_X800XL_PCI-EThanks Guys,

Well the fans are for the card keeps my Vregs @50's*C on load with them off it gets up to 75*C and there isnt alot of room/space for the pump cuz I have a mid-tower case :(
Either way it is still hawt.
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#40
Unregistered
men i have the thermaltake bigwater 735 bt some coolant get out of the tank and went to my vga and now my monitor is not opening i clean all the coolant but i dont know what to do
#41
t_ski
Former Staff
^ another member with zero posts ?!?

Try cleaning off any components with alochol, then blow out the liquid from under any surface mount components with compressed air. Make sure the card is not powered on while wet, which sounds like it may be a little too late for you.
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#42
DOM
@ techn0l0gy_b0y

Like t_ski said but make sure its 90%+ alochol and when mine leaked I cleaned the whole card and let it dry also I used a toothbrush dipped it in the alochol and went over the card but not to hard

But you might of killed it if its not showing anything in the monitor try 90%+ alochol and sure there's none in the in the pic-e slot and the mobo etc. blow with air to make sure theres nothing in there.
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#43
Unregistered
i didnt understand can u explain me again this with alcohol?
#44
t_ski
Former Staff
Rubbing alchohol or isoprobyl alcohol. Pour it on the card in small amounts. Use a small brush like toothbrush or small towel. Use compressed air (CO2 spray duster) to blow out alcohol from under chips on card.
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#45
Unregistered
ok worked thanks for all the help all guys soon i will post my rig here...:)
#46
t_ski
Former Staff
Hey DOM, how easy was it to install the Heatraps for the MOSFETS? I got me a P5W DH Deluxe I might have to put some watercooling on...
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#47
DOM
to put them on wasnt hard but to make sure they dont leak was a pain in the ass

cuz most barbs get tight but these you cant put it to tight or it well make the o-ring pop out and cause a leak

do you know if ASUS sells the HS that are on top of the cpu speretly cuz I wanted to go to a full size case and just use those and sell the blocks if anybody wanted them
i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa306/dom71/zz-1.jpg
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#48
t_ski
Former Staff
I don't think Asus does, but I think I've seen some Thermalright ones.
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#49
Dippyskoodlez
Is that all fed off of one pump?

You should consider using 2 loops instead, I bet performance would sky rocket.
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#50
HellasVagabond
The CPU looks nice although day by day i see that water solutions aint as good as they should be. Other than that it seems you did a good job....However a bigger monitor and better parts should be what this part of TPU is all about so im giving an Excellent.
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#51
DOM
DippyskoodlezIs that all fed off of one pump?

You should consider using 2 loops instead, I bet performance would sky rocket.
Yeah all is off one pump and well the temps are good the card can run at 756 on the core for benching and the settings in my specs are 24/7 its folding 24/7 also and it gets in the low 50c's with the room at 80F+/- but most of the time the room is 70-75F when home and load is like 40c

And im thinking of going to two pumps and a full size case
HellasVagabondThe CPU looks nice although day by day i see that water solutions aint as good as they should be. Other than that it seems you did a good job....However a bigger monitor and better parts should be what this part of TPU is all about so im giving an Excellent.
Well this is a 7+mouth old system and what do you mean by better parts I can play any game maxed out but no dx10 and if I get an lcd it would only be 19-22" one and I dont need a new cpu just for the extra 2mb l2 and card with dx10 which I dont need as I dont got vista and theres not that many dx10 games
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#52
HellasVagabond
Well if i was to give an 10 what would i give to a guy with an 5.000$+ Rig ? :)
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#53
DOM
HellasVagabondWell if i was to give an 10 what would i give to a guy with an 5.000$+ Rig ? :)
I didnt say anthing cuz you gave me a 6 and wow a six im going to cry lol and why cant some one that doesnt have a $5g+ rig get a 10 ? And why should he get a 10 just cuz he gots a $5g+ rig thats just stupid if you go by how much the rig cost
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#54
HellasVagabond
Ofcourse i would rate a rig with a 30inch LCD and the best QuadCore with 4 GF 8800ULTRAS with a 10 , i think it goes without saying :P
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#55
gromet
HellasVagabondThe CPU looks nice although day by day i see that water solutions aint as good as they should be.
Say what? Have you run watercooling? Temp drops on my setup where HUGE vs air

Must've been a pain to route too! 8 .......but man I bet you where feeling the pain routing that.

What pump and radiator you using?
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#56
HellasVagabond
Im getting 47 degrees at 3530mhz running 2 orthos at 100% with AIR in a room that is 30 degrees.
X800XL gets up to 50 degrees under load at 3520mhz with Water Cooling.

Thats what i mean about not as good as they should. He should be getting 40 degrees and not 50.
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#57
Dippyskoodlez
HellasVagabondIm getting 47 degrees at 3530mhz running 2 orthos at 100% with AIR in a room that is 30 degrees.
X800XL gets up to 50 degrees under load at 3520mhz with Water Cooling.

Thats what i mean about not as good as they should. He should be getting 40 degrees and not 50.
He is also cooling his mosfets, NB/SB and GPU on top of his CPU.

It really should be 2 water loops.

If he did, it would be significantly cooler than your results, and it would be able to handle a higher overall load of heat output.
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#58
DOM
grometSay what? Have you run watercooling? Temp drops on my setup where HUGE vs air

Must've been a pain to route too! 8 .......but man I bet you where feeling the pain routing that.

What pump and radiator you using?
Pump
www.petrastechshop.com/laddcwpeddto.html
Rad, its gone doen since I got mine :(
www.moddersmart.com/index.php?target=products&product_id=30017
HellasVagabondOfcourse i would rate a rig with a 30inch LCD and the best QuadCore with 4 GF 8800ULTRAS with a 10 , i think it goes without saying :P
Didnt answer the 1st ?
HellasVagabondIm getting 47 degrees at 3530mhz running 2 orthos at 100% with AIR in a room that is 30 degrees.
X800XL gets up to 50 degrees under load at 3520mhz with Water Cooling.

Thats what i mean about not as good as they should. He should be getting 40 degrees and not 50.
Prove it, that its 30c in the room I wanna see some pics you can say but I wanna see some proof, X800XL wheres the card you have in your specs lol you where saying me :P

And its on a big loop if you havent noticed SB-GPU-NB-2xReg Blocks-CPU

Edit: Im going to go with two pumps and a full size case and maybe a Q6600 later but right know its good for now
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#59
HellasVagabond
Search the threads, i have posted MANY screens with my OC and temps :)
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#60
DOM
HellasVagabondSearch the threads, i have posted MANY screens with my OC and temps :)
Well I never seen them and if you posted them why cant you post a link
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#61
HellasVagabond
I took this a while back...Its on 3520 and not 3530, other than that its the same.
2 orthos , 1 coretemp , 1 SuperPI, Everest Ultimate, Rightmark CPU, Snagit...All running it gets 48 degrees load 100% :)



The temps now are lower due to 9x multiplier and 780mhz on the ram :)
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#62
DOM
well that was your CPU load not core I use my core load temps so yours is 55-56

and you dont got a pic of the room temp so how do I know its 30c room temp

well post a pic with your current settings
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#63
HellasVagabond
I can say the same about you since you dont even have a screenshot like i do.
Run the same programs and post the same screenshot :)
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#64
DOM
HellasVagabondI can say the same about you since you dont even have a screenshot like i do.
Run the same programs and post the same screenshot :)
WTF lol the only thing thats making the cpu load is orthos cuz SuperPI only lasted 14.859sec. I think? text is kind of small and coretemp,Everest Ultimate,Rightmark CPU,Snagit are not loading the cpu lol

cuz what setting are you using on orthos cant see it
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#65
HellasVagabond
2xOrthos
1xCoretemp ( Live update of temps )
1xRightMark CPU ( LiveUpdate Of temps )
1xEverestUltimate ( Liveupdate of All System Temps + SideBar )
Snagit ( At the time of the snapshot )

They ALL use CPU power. EVEN CpuZ cause of the LiveUpdate of Mhz and Vcores but not much so im leaving it out along with the G15 , Razer , Bluetooth windows bar software .
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#66
DOM
HellasVagabond2xOrthos
1xCoretemp ( Live update of temps )
1xRightMark CPU ( LiveUpdate Of temps )
1xEverestUltimate ( Liveupdate of All System Temps + SideBar )
Snagit ( At the time of the snapshot )

They ALL use CPU power. EVEN CpuZ cause of the LiveUpdate of Mhz and Vcores but not much so im leaving it out along with the G15 , Razer , Bluetooth windows bar software .
Well I dont need Snagit I use Infanview, coretemp cuz I use speedfan

And in Orthos is it blend ??
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#68
DOM
Well here you go it would spike to 50 but then go down in a sec also I was folding also :P

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#69
HellasVagabond
After 2 minutes ??????
Let it run about 8-10 minutes at least and then repost.
The CPU aint stressed enough after only 2 minutes of orthos.

PS : How can your CPU be at 48 degrees and the cores at 46 degrees ? Speedfan is messed up :P
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#70
gromet
DOM_ATI_X800XL_PCI-EWell here you go it would spike to 50 but then go down in a sec also I was folding also :P

You just ran 4 orthos if he is considering his pic as 2 versions of orthos :). Adding another radiator and slightly more flow rate pump would help lower temps some..but thats still nice. I run just a cooling loop for the processor (amd 165 @ 1.57volts 3.0ghz), load temps after 12hours of orthos are peak 40 with an average of 37.3 w/ speedfan.

Still nice setup..and dont worry what others think...Personally its not my style..but I just imagine how much of a pain that was to install, leak test...better you then me :)
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#71
HellasVagabond
gromet i runned 2 orthos, one BEHIND the other, i couldnt afford to place them all over the screen ( IF i had i wouldnt have room for CPUZ ). CHECK the orthos LOWER end, youll see the second one behind.
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#72
DOM
HellasVagabondgromet i runned 2 orthos, one BEHIND the other, i couldnt afford to place them all over the screen ( IF i had i wouldnt have room for CPUZ ). CHECK the orthos LOWER end, youll see the second one behind.
Well looking at yours, your not running 2x orthos theres only one in the toolbar so whats up with that so post a new one and use what I used and I dont know why the cpu is higher then the cores but I added pc probe II and tat I know you cant use pc probe I think but use the others and I took off folding cuz it was using over 3GB of ram
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#74
HellasVagabond
Somethings wrong with your sensors since if your CPU is at 49 like probe and speedfan say then your cores should be almost at 60.
As for me ill run a new test in a while and send the photo :)
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#75
DOM
Well even rightmark shows it at 45.2C so what do you want me to do lol plus the cpu isnt the core its the out side on the mobo if I remember right and why do they have to be 60C cuz you say so sorry thats the way it came out I didnt try to photoshop mine like you tryed or whatever you used

Editi: whats wrong of doing it right now and post it why do I want you to send it to me
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#76
HellasVagabond
Thats what i ment , post it here
Just wait until i install the same programs into vista.
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#77
HellasVagabond
In Vista i got even lower temps than in XP...However my system is running at 3510mhz now since my ram is at 4-3-3-4-10@780mhz with an 9x multiplier.
43 degrees CPU , 50-54 for Cores aint bad, especially with all the tings that have been running along...Even Mtorrent :)

2x Orthos BLEND.
CoreTemp 095.
SpeedFan 4.32.
CpuZ 1.40.
Crystal CPUZ.
Rightmark CPU Clock.
Everest Ultimate w SideBar.
Mtorrent 1.7.


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#78
DOM
Well not bad for Air but the temps seem high for just 1.3v but not a bad oc i needed 1.3-1.35v for just 3.2GHz I bet if you get it on water you can oc it alot more and I was using a Thermaltake Big Typhoon before and I got lower temps with 1.3-1.35v but at 3.2GHz but the higher the GHz the more heat so thats why your lil cooler cuz you oc is down I think

So why did you lie about the other post that you where running 2x Orthos ??

I think its messed up, cuz you complain about other ppl post and threads etc.
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#79
HellasVagabond
LOL
Im just abit mad when people never use the search command in a forum and you said you never did see my posts before but in the end you had ;)
In the end its all about what you know and since i know my rigs temps lets just say i was too bored to install the programs, let Orthos run for a while and all just to post a photo but since i had no other way i did anyway and in the end it even suited me better :)
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#80
vaperstylz
Gave a 10

Wow much respect dude for the rig you've built here. Hoping to make the switch to liquid soon myself. I rated your system a 10. Nice work.
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#81
Ravenas
Damn, overkill.... 8/10

EDIT: Hope ya don't get a leak..

EDIT2: I Changed my vote due to the fact that it doesn't look like you can close your case's side panel? The tubes are actually sticking out of the side. Sure your using water so airflow doesn't even matter, even so...
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#82
InnocentCriminal
Resident Grammar Amender
I voted 4/10 because:

It's a bit too cluttered for me - don't like the size of the tubes and with that case, why the external rad? Or is that res?
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#83
DOM
vaperstylzWow much respect dude for the rig you've built here. Hoping to make the switch to liquid soon myself. I rated your system a 10. Nice work.
Thanks still waitting for you the beat me in the techPowerUp! Overclocking Database ;)
RavenasDamn, overkill.... 8/10

EDIT: Hope ya don't get a leak..

EDIT2: I Changed my vote due to the fact that it doesn't look like you can close your case's side panel? The tubes are actually sticking out of the side. Sure your using water so airflow doesn't even matter, even so...
Thanks, yeah its a lil over kill, I can if I wanted to but then I cant see the inside, Im planning on going to a bigger case with a window but I got a baby on the way and trying to save :D
InnocentCriminalI voted 4/10 because:

It's a bit too cluttered for me - don't like the size of the tubes and with that case, why the external rad? Or is that res?
Well theres always haters out there what do you expect with 6 water blocks duh its going to be lil tight dont you think ? oh wait you dont know cuz you dont even know what a it takes to put a custom water setup in a mid-size case and dont even know what a rad or res looks like lol yeah I have fans on my res, well where should I put a 360 rad in the hd slot it has to be external unless you got a big case which you have to mod to put it inside anyways well the tubes are 1/2" the biggest you can use ohwell
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#84
DOM
Updated my Specs OC on CPU and MEM & GPU :D
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