Author Topic: FTAO Hottrod (Read 666 times)

Defiance · « **on:** June 07, 2001, 05:20:00 PM »

Yo m8,
Nice H2o setup
Glad to see someone else here has took the dive into watercooling (punn intended)

I am still waiting for a new copper block from dangerden in usa (ordered sunday hope it's here tomorrow or sat) when that gets here i can slap her into my new Juno P6 (man the look n touch of this case just leaves me smiling

) will post addy for it later in post but it shows as blue but luckily i seem to of got a gorgeous cross mix colour of blue with a green kinda well damn kinda darn funky lmao, It's a full 24 1/2 inch tall so will accomodate my radiator real neat, Also got a second psu in ready for my rad fans and will soon be dabbling with peltiers hence second psu
My rad is out of a uk van you call em trucks i guess called a ford transit (hopes ford will chip in for new cpu as this is advertising !!! lol ) (i wish !) it's all alluminium or what the hell you yanks say (aloo me numb) i thinks you guys pronounce it

with welded plastic/hard nylon top/bottom on and the usual in/out in 1/2 inch which i may reduce to 3/8 inch
Pump is submersible/inline Lotus (uk brand)
and some pvc tubing til i can find silicone in uk (knew a nurse once that could supply silicone tubing !!! but hey that's a story for when i'm a grandad lol)
I will run it submerged for a while in a basic "tupperware" container with a dash of glycol/water wetter in
And that's about it, Ohh i got the Asus A7a266 now which so far seems a stable board and i am a lucky one that got all the dip switches on her

I bet you can relate to the quietness of watercooling now too, Because i hated darn fans wizzing around deafening me when i was trying to OC my pc
Ohh almost forgot 2x120 fans on the rad ducting the quiet ones

Well if anyone wants a new full tower case i am really really exstaticly pleased with the looks/price and sheer size of this Juno P6
Ok addy time

Case http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_ATX_Cases_35.html

I am going to make a fan baybus with diff coloured neons and optional voltge/speed switches and eventually will mod the side for neons to show off the guts of the beast and also !!! gonna try out some neon rope, Buy it in diff lengths and will add it inside all the front bazel and also inside my keyboard and while i'm at it gonna change lights in floppy/cd to nice blue ones

Got my webcam working when i got it now i can't get a damn pic with it (trust spacec@m 300 if anyone else has same) to help me figure it out

Well enough for now

Have Fun

Def

HottRod · « **Reply #1 on:** June 08, 2001, 10:57:00 AM »

Cool setup Mate. My whole case is al u min eee um hehehee I got the Blizzard cause it has 2 fans on the water block in case the pump goes south on me, they will keep it cool enough until I can shut it down.

I almost got the Asus board but went with the MSI K7 Master. So far it has been rock solid. I have the T bird 1.2 up to 1.47 so far and will keep going soon as I get some spare time to tinker with it.

Funny thing with this puter is my frame rate in AH stays at 59 fps never higher, never lower. With my old system I would stay around 87 to 110 fps It was a PIII 933 on an Asus board. Go figure that one out.

Did Discod get ahold of you? I gave him the message.

Hope to see you around the MA, Brian

bloom25 · « **Reply #2 on:** June 08, 2001, 01:01:00 PM »

Hotrod, that's probably because your screen refresh rate in AH is only 60 Hz. This limits your framerate at 60 fps. (You should not ever turn off v sync in AH, odd things will happen.) Increase your refresh rate and your fps will go up.

Defiance · « **Reply #3 on:** June 08, 2001, 05:09:00 PM »

Hiya's,
As Bloom says above ya being limited by mon refreah rate sounds like
My mon standard driver is 85mhz max but with the mons latest driver i get max fps of 100 now as that's the highest refreah rate for this cwap mon lol

Ordered my 1.2 266 just so hope it's here monday

No word on replacement dangerden block yet

he he

Have Fun

Def

bloom25 · « **Reply #4 on:** June 08, 2001, 08:29:00 PM »

The 1400 Mhz Tbirds are out, they have a brand new stepping. So far people have been getting them to 1533 Mhz at default voltage. The highest I've heard of was 1.8 Gig.

Defiance · « **Reply #5 on:** June 08, 2001, 09:21:00 PM »

Hiya's,
Yep they're out bloom, Unfortunately a few m8's i got to know on a uk oc site (overclockers.co.uk) have had the 1.33 and a few 1.4's, Alas they cannot oc them as much as a good 1.2 ! (percentage wise) as one put it "it's as if the 1.4's are cooler cored but lose oc ability somewhere" so hence i went for a 1.2 guarenteed AXIA code or later

Have Fun

Def

HottRod · « **Reply #6 on:** June 11, 2001, 06:30:00 AM »

My refresh is set at 85 and I can take it to 100 no problem. May try that. It's the same monitor I used on my last system, a 20" Sony and the same refresh rate too. Seems as tough the fps would at least fluctuate some but it stays right at 59 steady. I don't have any problems with that, everything is smooth just thought it was a bit strange. Oh and Vsync is on.

Ok just reread your message Bloom, is there some place within AH to set the refresh? Or does it use the settings you have set in the video properties? Thanks, Brian

[ 06-11-2001: Message edited by: HottRod ]

Defiance · « **Reply #7 on:** June 11, 2001, 11:26:00 AM »

Yo Mullet

Goto ctrl panel/display/settings/advanced/adaptor then scroll for 100 and accept, Screen may blackout for a sec or 2 don't panic

Have Fun

Def

ps ... set accept settings without a reboot !!! works ok just saves ya from rebooting