Water cooled setup

**Detale** · 04-26-2009, 05:02 PM

Meh, It got worse when I enabled write back cache. I always thought it was something to be disabled for performance?

I have the GTX 260 but it looks like your score is better than mine, no? My other scores are liveable for the time being. What temps are you running at with that OC? Like I said my ambient here is fucking hot ATM but I still feel like my baby should be cooler than it is. Today my temps are:

Do you think I have too much on the one loop with a 120X2 rad? This is the one I have now. If need be I can re use my older one. I'll give up the top mount and rear mount the triple 120mm or something. Also I could always add another loop for just the Vid card. The thing I dont get is this. The loop goes CPU>Northbridge>Vid Card. So the Vid card is getting the warmest water right? but my vid card temps aren't bad I dont thing, just the CPU is hot. Here are the temps as everest sees them.

Any Ideas??

EDIT: Looks like I did have to disable the write back cache as my disk scor is now somehow way better, but the CPU score is slightly slower.

**clocker** · 04-26-2009, 05:30 PM

Go to nVidia and get their latest driver (181.71)...don't use the MS supplied version.

My CPU sensors are all FUBAR so RealTemp/CoreTemp are useless.
My Everest supplied "CPU temp" has always been in the low 30's, so we're not that far off.

Go to Device Manager, right click on your disks (volumes) and check "enable write back caching", do the same in Intel Matrix Storage.

Don't argue, just do it.

**Detale** · 04-26-2009, 05:38 PM

LOL, I did enable them and I got the lower scores. I'll try it again if you say so bro.

**clocker** · 04-26-2009, 08:42 PM

Hmmm.
Are these new Seagate drives?
Are the jumpers capping them to SATA 1 speed still in place?

**Detale** · 04-26-2009, 09:54 PM

They're relatively new (around 4 months) And yes I removed the jumpers. Something's a foot though.

**clocker** · 04-26-2009, 09:55 PM

Feet make terrible storage devices.

**Detale** · 04-26-2009, 11:14 PM

Well I just noticed that it had the f5 bios in it. Hopefully this will help some. I'm updating it now and will re-run all tests. Also I just started pumping the AC so things will cool off in here as well and trickle down to Bertha (new name

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Well I OC'd to 3.6 and looks like things are looking up. I didn't install the new vid driver yet (damn kids and their dinner time!!) Here's whats happening now

Take 2 with the Nvidia driver installed:

We're getting there I guess. A little more tweaking and playing with the Ntune util and I will feel better I think

**Detale** · 04-27-2009, 08:14 PM

OK so I tried that Nvidia driver, it worked for a while but I think it FUCKED up my system. I had to do startup repair twice. I'm not totally sure that was the problem though. The BSOD said it was win.sys something or other, usually when I have had a problem with vid drivers it said Nvid blah blah. Where can I look at the boot logs it talks about?

BTW here are some of the pics of the new rig I never posted

First the Video card with the GPU block CLocker(as awesomeas he is) sent to me. Thanks so much again man

I swaped out the plastic barbs with some bitspower converters and fittings, hope you don't mind. Also i got the Ramsinks but I had to get a 3rd party thermal tape as the stock stuff didn't stick for shit.

Here it is before I filled it.

And here we have the finished product....for now.

I did give up a little in the basement with trying to hid the wires any further, It's a shame I know

Hope you guys like it, I certainly do

On another note Which Temp sensor program should I believe??