Opinions On Cooling

[skribetm]

watercooled:
my loop set me back ~$300. imho, if you live somewhere other than texas, youll be fine with aircooling. 

[38ruk]

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Thats a hell of an overclock !   Nice job .   Having an open multiplier FTW

[Denholm]

Amen.

[Spikes]

I have my Q9550 from 2.8 to 4.0, I'll have to validate it Friday.

[Denholm]

Yet that's an Intel processor, which doesn't mind a little extra heat.

[skribetm]

I have my Q9550 from 2.8 to 4.0, I'll have to validate it Friday.

that isnt stable by the way. max i could get for 24/7 is also 4.0.
but really, even at stock clocks only AH2 feels fast and furious. 

Thats a hell of an overclock !   Nice job .   Having an open multiplier FTW[/url]

Amen.

thanks guys! 38ruk, your processor has a really good chance it will unlock to four cores;
have you tried enabling ACC and increasing vcore to ~1.4v?

[Spikes]

that isnt stable by the way. max i could get for 24/7 is also 4.0.
but really, even at stock clocks only AH2 feels fast and furious. 

Truer words haven't been spoken. I tend to downclock mine to 3.8, but for the most part 4.0 seemed stable...it never crashed before. Still a sweet clock on your system!

[38ruk]

that isnt stable by the way. max i could get for 24/7 is also 4.0.
but really, even at stock clocks only AH2 feels fast and furious. 

thanks guys! 38ruk, your processor has a really good chance it will unlock to four cores;
have you tried enabling ACC and increasing vcore to ~1.4v?

Yeah i tried but the 4th core isn't stable . The 3rd one runs fine but for what I'm doing I haven't messed with it .   I can boot windows with 1.45 Vcore with all 4 enabled , but it fails prime 95 after 5 minutes or so . In my opinion Water cooling really shows its stuff when you start raising the Vcore .

[Bino]

Thanks very much, folks.  Really appreciate the feedback.  

For air cooling the CPU, I'm leaning toward the Zalman CNPS9900A.  For the GPUs on a pair of ATI 5770s, the Zalman VF900-Cu.  Video RAM and chipset  heatsinks from Enzotech.

For water cooling, Dangerden makes some nice components, which I'd assemble into a system based on an Eheim aquarium pump, and Dangerden's own MC-TDX CPU block. I'd also include two of the EK 5770 water blocks.

I expect I'll really enjoy the building of this next computer, whatever configuration I end up going with.  I'm sure I will overclock the machine.  I love to tinker with my toys.  I guess that's one reason I have a 1972 Citroen DS21 in my garage.  

Thanks again!