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Yeah buddy, I'll bet PPC can't wait to get another defective piece of merchandise back on the shelf.
What's with "new fans"?
History tells us that your machine will die of water inhalation long before it overheats, so aren't fans kind of gilding the lily?
Yeah I just need something for the rear exhaust that had some more kick. I wasn't sure that the stock corsair fans were cutting it.
PPcs said I will be contacted by the manufacturer for another replacement, but fuck that. I mean would you put a third res in there after all the hassle?
I wouldn't have put the first one in there.
Touche, but if you did would you accept a third one and put it in or go a different route?
The road less traveled.
Either the Swiftech micro rez or an EK multi-option.
I have the EK multi you recommended way back when, but I do like the swiftech one as well.
Also I was thinking that maybe the PT nuke I've been using may have something to do with my leaks after getting an email from the XAPC rep again saying
So needless to say I don't know what to do. I did da Google and no info I could find would point to PT nuke being a problem eating plastics.Quote:
On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 6:45 PM, dazhong <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi, Sean
I am very sorry that our products brought your trouble. 2 of them leaked is weird. We do want to solve this problem. We can send you the replacement again.
We did many tests when you told us this issue. We boiled the res to 100C in water and colded it in refrigerator to under -10C. We did not get any leaking here. Also, we have lots of the reservoirs runing in the endusers' PCs for long time. Be Honesty, we did have few leaking reported. But we found the problem was the additivities mainly, that is what we can not control. We do hope you can try the reservoir again. Do you think you can accept it?
Run straight distilled water.
I've yet to see evidence of anything growing in my systems.
Was thinking the same thing bud. Something dawned on me just now and it's probably another dumb question in the line of dumb questions, but do you think it would be possible/ok to run two loops through 1 res without adverse affects?
Sure, why not?
In fact, I think the whole thing makes more sense with ONE pump and rez anyway.
Since they're already in place, you can keep the two rads but the second pump is just complicating things for a minimal benefit.
Really!? you think one pump would be OK? Hmmm this puts a new spin on things, I've been debating getting a new pump for the G5 build but if I could get away with one pump I could use the other one there. Also I was looking at it yesterday and noticed that they sent me the wrong pump I have one 350 and one 355 pump so I could use the more powerfull one with the 800D. How should this thing be looped then??
Something like:
http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/3367/newidea.jpg
Why so complex?
Follow the yellow line...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...r/newidea1.png
I just figured the heat from the gpu and nb wouldnt cool the cpu all that well. I thought it better to run the water through the rads to "plit things up"
Only one way to tell.
LOL, I guess. Maybe I'll have time this weekend. That is if I have enough tubing :dabs:
My loop design should use much less tubing than yours.
So there.
well....not much less.
Define "much", please.
My loop doesn't wander willy-nilly all over the terrain like a drunken Sherpa.
i missed clocker
Me too.
Bastard owes me money.
Well I'm home for a few days and it looks like PPcs is going to get me a credit for the res from XSPC so i'll be in the market for a new res :) I think Im going to work on the g5 while I can.
Bit off-track this, but how do you like your s-flexes, and do you have any idea how they compare to GTs?
Swapped out all my noctuas for some GT 1450s, chasing a better noise:cfm-ratio, and was wondering if there's an advantage to using yours instead.
I heard somewhere they might do better lying down.
I love the S-flex fans, quiet easy to clean and push a good amount of air. I still have the original ones I started with and they still work fine. I have one laying down I couldn't tell if it performs better or not though. I've never had GT fans at all so I haven't a clue on them. I did get a few of these ENERMAX MAGMA for the g5 buildand I have read RAVE reviews for the enermax cluster series fans. These new Enermax apollish fans seem to have even better specs that the cluster ones.
Mine, or the 1850s generally turn up as one out of two recommended buys in tests, can't remember what the other kind is. Sharkoons, probably.
Thanks for the tip on the Enermaxes, though, I'll keep an eye out.
Hereabouts, most of the time, there's not much to choose from. Crappy transparent akasas or sunbeams, too low rpm nexus ones, noctua flxs, or fractal designs (also too low rpm). Was pretty chuffed just finding the Gentle Typhoons. Found some S-Flexs after at the same place, but I figure I'll see if the GTs make a lot of noise (thus far that's not been a problem) or give me any issues, if they do, the S-Flexes are a contender, then.
One minor annoyance is that the GTs pretty much keep a consistent decibel level all the way from 5v to 12v. Played me a low note at max, but other than that, they don't change much. The noctuas went from nothing to a bit of a whoosh.
This isn't really a problem, per se, but I like cranking up the controller to max and hearing them work :(
Oh dude I don't know what I was thinking yesterday. I had 2 GT's in my tj07 build 92mm. Yeah they were good also, not much difference really between t hem and the Sflex's. I never really had much success with the fan controller anyway. My kids just loooove the dials and constantly turn them off. And OC I only notice when my computer Bsods from t he lack of airflow. Recently its been a water drop hitting it and frying one of the channels so I'm down to 3.
Well it seems just recently I finished my previous build :P
Anyway, after the leak I just couldn't throw in another XSPC res (3rd one). So I went with the EK spin bay res in black ;) I love the way it looks so far. Now I happened across some money for a new build and I got myself a new 1156 system. I went with the core I7 (1156) CPU and the EVGA P55 FTW SLI 132-LF-E657-KR Mobo and 8 gigs of Dominator Ram ;) Damn sexy looking.
Mobo:
http://img686.imageshack.us/img686/2489/moboftw.jpg
Now a problem that I noticed after I got it home was that there are only 6 SATA ports :frusty: This means I need a recommendation on a decent SATA controller please.
So you'll have to forgive the crappy pics as I only had my camera phone as I can't find the camera again(kids) so these will have to do for now.
http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/304...1652149215.jpg
http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/7...1682192027.jpg
http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/6...1672184244.jpg
EK spin res
http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/8...1692204021.jpg
The board did come with an additional piece that I have no idea what it is for :huh:
http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/8...1782242832.jpg
It has an odd sized ribbon cable that connects to the board here
http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/1...1792248683.jpg
Now I imagine it's some kind of controller but it's purpose is no where in the manual. Only where to plug it in. I haven't really tried to track down what it does yet.
Now you'll notice in some of the pics that the mobo has mounting holes for BOTH lga 775 and 1156 CPU cooling solutions! The problem is that the behing the CPU is a block for the Chip mount that prevents the original 775 mounting for my Apogee GTZ from being useable. I have to order the new improved model which is shaped like a rectangle. But for that I will just order the newer universal mounting kit.The difference is subtle but there.
http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/976/sidebyside.jpg
So I need the one with the elongated holes.
I also got some new Enzotech compression fittings. Damn cheap on newegg $5 each compared to $13+ everywhere else for BP or koolance ones.
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/425...1702210346.jpg
Yeah I will try and find the camera and take some better shots tonight ;)
Well no camera yet, still MIA. I did order the propper hold down and backplate so I have to wait for that to get here now damnit! Also I ordered the EK White pump top to snazz things up since you'll see the pumps now. also I painted the pump bottoms white.
http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/4353/whitepumptop.jpg
Also I may need some more sleeving before I am done. We'll see
It's called ECP v2. It's used for overclocking.Quote:
Originally Posted by Detale
I have something similar on my asus RIIE, (not an addon, though, the buttons are directly on the mobo) but I've never used it. AFAIK it changes the same settings you do through your BIOS otherwise, with less information to work with :idunno:
I have the same buttons on the Mobo as well but I have to research their exact doings so I don't blow anything up.
I finally got the pump tops I have been waiting for but I'm still waiting on some other goodies. Some updated pics
The EK res
http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/8...1692204021.jpg
The pumps with the tops on.
http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/9...1121406718.jpg
http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/8...1161416081.jpg
http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/3...1171426538.jpg
http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/495...1211257527.jpg
I used a small 1/4" round aluminum "dowel" I have dubbed the Clocker special ;) to brace the tubing out enough so I can hang it there to cut down on vibration.
http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/465...1221264980.jpg
Also i think I am going to throw the multi option up top there and see what I can come up with
http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/9...1241277847.jpg
I'm thinking it will line up pretty well
http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/442...1251286438.jpg
http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/839...1261296354.jpg
Got the Ek spin in as well. think looks good in this case
http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/2...1291323081.jpg
Why would you want/need a second rez?
Looks like a big air trap up there to me.
I am still unsure if I am going to do a dual loop or single loop with two pumps. This build I plan on cooling the CPU Vid card and Ram I have the 2 rads the 3.120 and a 1.120. Do you think I could cool all 3 with 1 rad? If so I could save some headache.
Yeah, this thing started out way too complicated...make it as simple as you can.
BTW, clocker can't decide if he's insulted or flattered by the "clocker mod".
Leaning towards "weirded out" ATM but that could change.
LOL, I basically lifted your HDD cage idea bud. You gave me the idea ages ago. What is the "Simple" you speak of?
One pump, one rad, one reservoir.
Add a maraschino cherry and you have the perfect Manhattan.
Wait...
Think you may be right bud...again. Damn don't you get tired of that?
No.
Damn your genius, damn it to hell!
I think I am still going to try and sneak in a 2nd pump in the middle of the line though. Initial reports are suggesting that it may help a bit.
Ok, that's a valid experiment.Quote:
Originally Posted by Detale
To make it work though you have to start with one pump, gather data to set a baseline then add the second pump.
Otherwise your opinion about double pumps will only rise to a "suggestion", subject to debate.
Just to make all this even more interesting, what kind of target temps have you set?
If one pump gets you "X" temp, how much lower does the second pump have to pull down the heat to justify the extra complexity/expense?
No need for me to expeiment. Over at XtremeSys they have been talking about this for a while.Apparently against what I believe it does in fact work out better. Like I said it makes no sense to me whatsoever but I trust the guy Skinnee and his Lab tests. He did a great rad comparison as well.
As far as the extra complexity you know I love it complicated and the expense doesn't really count as I have the pump already :P.
Oh, I have no doubt there is some improvement, the question is, how much?
Every extra connection is one more potential failure point.