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post #1 of 62
7/23/07 at 10:34pm
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Thermaltake 700w Toughpower PSU
P5K P35 mobo
Q6600
2gb (2x1gb) OCZ 800mhz Gold
250gb 7200rpm 16mb cache WD drive
8800GTS 320mb (factory overclocked)
Zalman 9700 CPU cooler

Now, on my 1680x1020 screen I'm sure I should've gotten the 640mb version of video card however I am probably going to upgrade my GPU this x-mas season to a 9 series so it's not long before that, so why spend the extra cash for a couple extra FPS.

Anyway, critique if you'd please
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post #2 of 62
7/24/07 at 2:21am
how much did u score that graphics card for?
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post #3 of 62
7/24/07 at 9:59am
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I got it on the high side actually because I'm going vendor this time since the total was barely more for the vendor to build it for me, and give me a 3 year warranty. So, it was $295 for that card. I could put it myself, but to just save $20 I'd rather it just come in a single package
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post #4 of 62
7/24/07 at 10:12am
looks nice
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post #5 of 62
7/24/07 at 11:50am
Nice stuff, there are better coolers for about the same cost;
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/coo...ra120ex_5.html
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post #6 of 62
7/24/07 at 12:20pm
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Originally Posted by contrvlr65 View Post
Nice stuff, there are better coolers for about the same cost;
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/coo...ra120ex_5.html

The big typhoon HS looks pretty appealing to me. Good temps, I'm gonna email the company and see if there is any possibility of them putting that in as an alternative
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post #7 of 62
7/26/07 at 9:26pm
I did not get the typhoon because a budy of mine grabbed one of those & as he was locking it down the retainer clip broke on it and the entire unit slammed into his motherboard and ruined the board lol.


FYI on ym system ( you can see in my sig) I pulled 3.85GHz with that Zalman. now that the thermal grease is curing I pull 52c in ORTHOS (dual core torture test) after 60 minutes of testing.
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post #8 of 62
7/26/07 at 9:28pm
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Originally Posted by SolApathy View Post
I did not get the typhoon because a budy of mine grabbed one of those & as he was locking it down the retainer clip broke on it and the entire unit slammed into his motherboard and ruined the board lol.

I could see that being a sad thing to have happen.

I ended up ordering with the 9700 from Zalman, so all should be good
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post #9 of 62
7/26/07 at 9:34pm
congrats on 4,000 posts


And those temps in that test are really high for all of those coolers. You don't want to exceed 65c on a QC if you can help it. 60.1c on the Dual Core.
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post #10 of 62
7/27/07 at 8:45am
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I could see that being a sad thing to have happen.

I ended up ordering with the 9700 from Zalman, so all should be good

There's nothing wrong with the Zalman ( I use a 9500 ), it's just kind of disappointing that there are others can can do a better job for the same money.
I've reinstalled mine 3 times, using three different methods of applying the AS5, and still haven't been able to get my idle temp below 35c without an overclock.
Having a 2.4 that idles at 31c in my XPS 410, makes it even more disappointing.
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post #11 of 62
7/27/07 at 9:00am
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Originally Posted by SolApathy View Post
congrats on 4,000 posts


And those temps in that test are really high for all of those coolers. You don't want to exceed 65c on a QC if you can help it. 60.1c on the Dual Core.

Thanks!

Also, yeah I noticed that and I will definitely come in much lower than that. To be honest here, I'm not planning to OC the hell out of my processor...just maybe to the 3.0ghz mark or so
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post #12 of 62
7/27/07 at 9:01am
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Originally Posted by contrvlr65 View Post
There's nothing wrong with the Zalman ( I use a 9500 ), it's just kind of disappointing that there are others can can do a better job for the same money.
I've reinstalled mine 3 times, using three different methods of applying the AS5, and still haven't been able to get my idle temp below 35c without an overclock.
Having a 2.4 that idles at 31c in my XPS 410, makes it even more disappointing.

Hmm, I assume you've tried cleaning out your zalman? Also, what is the difference between the 9500 and 9700?
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post #13 of 62
7/27/07 at 10:06am
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Hmm, I assume you've tried cleaning out your zalman? Also, what is the difference between the 9500 and 9700?

Yes , Ive cleaned it and the chip with each attempt, I also used a machinist's square to make sure both components were flat.
The 9500 is just a smaller ( 92mm ) version.

Oh, and I've pretty much taken stock in an air duster company, always at least 2 cans laying around.
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post #14 of 62
7/27/07 at 6:46pm
Just out of curiosity, what are you using to measure temps on the CPU?
-What are you using to exaust/intake air?

I have:
(1) 120MM ex fan
(1) 90MM ex fan that fits in the PCI slot below my 8800 Ultra
(1) 90mm PSU ex
(1) 8800 ultra ex

(1) 120MM intake behind HDD's
(1) 90MM intake
(1) Zalman 120MM CPU

I am considering adding 1 more intake 120MM (somewhere )

35C really is not that bad considering that is only 95 degrees. I am idle @33.2c/32.1 right now. on my cores. & I am running a closed case w 4 HDD's, an 8800 Ultra running 713/2.3GHz clock & 3.45 GHz/1.31vcore.

Ambient temps are 75.4F in my office & I just spent 4 hours on city of Heroes running Rikti raids (very demanding)

On a cool morning (70F in my office) just starting up I run around 28c unless I start running games or 3D rendering apps.
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post #15 of 62
7/30/07 at 11:54am
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Originally Posted by SolApathy View Post
Just out of curiosity, what are you using to measure temps on the CPU?
-What are you using to exaust/intake air?

I have:
(1) 120MM ex fan
(1) 90MM ex fan that fits in the PCI slot below my 8800 Ultra
(1) 90mm PSU ex
(1) 8800 ultra ex

(1) 120MM intake behind HDD's
(1) 90MM intake
(1) Zalman 120MM CPU

I am considering adding 1 more intake 120MM (somewhere )

35C really is not that bad considering that is only 95 degrees. I am idle @33.2c/32.1 right now. on my cores. & I am running a closed case w 4 HDD's, an 8800 Ultra running 713/2.3GHz clock & 3.45 GHz/1.31vcore.

Ambient temps are 75.4F in my office & I just spent 4 hours on city of Heroes running Rikti raids (very demanding)

On a cool morning (70F in my office) just starting up I run around 28c unless I start running games or 3D rendering apps.

Coretemp, RMClock and PCWizard 2007 all show the same temperature.

(1) 120mm front intake ( inline with HSF )
(3) 80mm [2 @17cfm, 1 Tricool 3 spd.] side intake
(1) 120mm rear exhaust ( inline with HSF )
(1) 80mm [22cfm] slot exhaust
(1) 80mm [36cfm] slot exhaust above GTS (BTX Case, inverted MB)
(1) 40mm [5cfm] on stock NB HS
(1) Zalman 9500- 92mm running at max with Fanmate speed controller
(1) 80mm Tri-Cool Spot Fan directing air toward GTS intake and SB HS
8800 GTS exhaust
PSU is bottom mounted and draws fresh air thru grill on case bottom, so is not involed with case airflow.
Room temp. is kept at 21c.

I agree that 35c is not bad for stock clocks, but again disappointing when other machines with the same cpu are 5-7c lower, and I paid for what should be better than stock cooling.
My XPS 410 with E6600 idles at 30/31c.

With my overclocked cpu (2.9 @ 1.31v right now) and GTS (622/899) the machine idles at 40c ( gpu at 50c ).
I would just feel better seeing 33-35c at idle on the cpu.
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post #16 of 62
7/30/07 at 12:06pm
congrats pdonket, I'm sure you'll enjoy the new desktop :P

where did you buy it from ava, velocity??
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post #17 of 62
7/30/07 at 12:59pm
Change your power profile to laptop & then set everything not to turn off in that profile & it will activate the EIST power management & drop the clock more often when you are idle.
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post #18 of 62
7/30/07 at 2:19pm
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congrats pdonket, I'm sure you'll enjoy the new desktop :P

where did you buy it from ava, velocity??

I got it from AVA proudly Nothing but an amazing experience so far! Every time I check, it sadly is still in processing though I just want to get my hands on it!

I am slightly disappointed I didn't wait for the X38 chipset, but I think the 9800GTS/GTX should still blaze once I upgrade to that (as opposed to having a PCIe 2.0 lane)
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post #19 of 62
7/31/07 at 3:28am
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Originally Posted by pdonket View Post
I got it from AVA proudly Nothing but an amazing experience so far! Every time I check, it sadly is still in processing though I just want to get my hands on it!

I am slightly disappointed I didn't wait for the X38 chipset, but I think the 9800GTS/GTX should still blaze once I upgrade to that (as opposed to having a PCIe 2.0 lane)

Thats exactly where I'm getting my HTPC from. I just placed the order in my sig.
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post #20 of 62
7/31/07 at 10:04am
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Change your power profile to laptop & then set everything not to turn off in that profile & it will activate the EIST power management & drop the clock more often when you are idle.

Hadn't thought about that, I shut EIST down completely for overclocking.
I'll give it a shot later, thanks.
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