Quad Core Thread: Overclocking, Cooling, Motherboards, Troubleshooting & General Info

[TheThing]

Well from what i said , i'm on a 120mm rad ......for sure its the limit for the quad but don't let water inside your pc put you off it works and its reasonbly easy

[pollaxe]

What's the ballpark cost - roughly - for w/c set-up like that...? I would probably just do the CPU if I did (and it's a big if) rather than the card (which works pretty well, ambients in the low 40s and the highest I've ever seen it on load thus far is high 60s.)

I know the TJ09's got a couple of 'plugged' holes for water lines so presumably it shouldn't be beyond the wit of man (me!)

[TheThing]

you a 680i user ?

[pollaxe]

Yes I am - I've got the original (buggy) EVGA 122-CK-NF68 board.

(My 500th post! Woo! )

[TheThing]

LOL oki for you i'd recommend what i posted before , my specs , its a good start on water cooling , brought that over from AMD overclocking

For a basic cpu cooling system , i reckon 100 quid will get you there

[Clunk]

Its easy enough if you take your time, and dont buy cheapo bits


All prices are ish.

£40 cpu block
Rad up to £55 ish
Pump - £30-£80 somewhere in between is fine, in fact the £30 d-tek works great but doesnt have very much power.
Reservoir £10-£20 ish depending which type/model.
Tubing £10 ish
Clamps £2 ish
Water £1.50 ish
Zerex £3 ish
Dye - optional £3-£4 ish.

GPU block varies, depending on type and what GPU you have, but anything from £30 ish to £70 ish for a full cover block.

[pollaxe]

Okay, cheers lads.. Going to sleep/ponder on this some more, I think... it still feels like an expensive option and water + pc does scare me! But I'll definitely think it over..

[TheThing]

Its easy enough if you take your time, and dont buy cheapo bits

yes thats a good thing to say , if i find a good guide will post it here

[Clunk]

If you want cheaper, buy used, for some reason, watercooling bits dont fetch much second hand, so there are some bargains to be had.

[Choo Choo]

Mine:

Q6600 B3 @ stock for now
Cooled by Scythe Infinity with single stock fan and Arctic Silver Ceramique.
<---- Rest of spec is here

Readings from CoreTemp:

Stock
Tjunction: 100c
Core 0: 47c
Core 1: 47c
Core 2: 42c
Core 3: 42c

Load @ 100% with 4 prime95's

Core 0: 67c
Core 1: 67c
Core 2: 60c
Core 3: 59c

Not exactly great. I'm with pollaxe in that I don't quite want to go the watercooling route just yet

[explicitlyrics]

Sorry to be annoying but I want an air cooler that is as quiet as possible on the Q6600, I will not be overclocking it (or not by much at all). The hexus review has left me with a shortlist of:

Scythe Min&#233;
Zalman 9700
Thermaltake Big Typ VX

I used the 9700 on another machine I built and it is a nice cooler but was just wondering what the other options were. Also the G0 cores of this processor are better for overclocking right? As far as I can tell, the other types (B3...) are also overclockable, just not as much. Is that a correct interpretation?

Thanks

[daza]

Currently streesing with 2x Orthos, Idle around 40c mark and loading round the 60c mark, cooling isnt a problem, and thats all at 3.2ghz @ 3.25v and 360x9 with my quad gt. Had to bump up the mch to 1.40v aswell.

[Clunk]

3.25v eh? thats some cooling you have there mate

[daza]

Well its no that much might go phase next time, reads 1.30v in everest so some more tweaking later.

[Clunk]

3.25v?

Ive added your stuff to the first post mate cheers

[bwgames]

Is no-one recommending a Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3P?
I got one for £80, £60 cheaper than the P5K-D I was looking at, and by all accounts a good overclocker, and no sata/heat problems.
Also gave up on waiting for the G0 as it looks to be several weeks before they'll get into retail.