OK. Initial Sev's Sterlin Silver DDR results are in.
I removed the original Dell RAM and left 1x512MB PNY PC2700 DDR RAM in the slot. I wanted to make sure the RAM would work properly before attempting it on both. After a restart, my computer hung after a few seconds. My heart nearly stopped, but I roughed up the courage to force reboot. Everything went smoothly after a reboot. Maybe the Arctic Silver 5 (AC5) was settling in a home.
I applied arctic silver 5 on the RAM blocks and very thin layer on the SS (sterling silver) block itself. The DDR pads measure 6x1 CM (LxW) with a thickness of 1.5mm (same thickness as GMCloud's video card's GPU block piece).
Stress Prime 2004 Download
I then loaded up Stress Prime 2004 (Prime95 core, redesigned).
I ran the torture test "Large, in-place FFTs- stress RAM", so this is as bad as the temps get as far as RAM is concerned.
Here are the initial results:
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48* C @ 5 minutes 23 seconds
47*C @ 7 minutes 49 seconds
(NOTE: At first it was at 49*C, but it went to 47*C during a torture test)
46* 9 minutes 15 seconds
48*C 9 minutes 35 seconds
48*C 10 minutes 14 seconds
49*C 12 minutes 11 seconds
50*C 13 minutes 5 seconds (going to and forth from 49*C)
48*C 14 minutes 2 seconds
47*C 16 minutes 30 seconds
(never exceed 48*C) 18 minutes ++++
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For bookkeeping purposes, I've decided to include the rest of my temps. They generally hung around these temps.
65*C - CPU
55*C - CPU (@ 16 minutes 30 seconds of RAM testing)
47*C - GPU (w/ sterling silver GPU mod)
37*C - HD
GPU - 49*C
So was it worth it? That is the question I'm asking myself while banging my forehead repeatedly on my desk, as I forgot to note what temps were BEFORE the mod. lol!
I definitely feel a LOT better that I've got a big block of almost pure silver (93%+) polished to a mirror-like finish cooling my GPU and now my RAM.
I imagine that there'll be a bottleneck to the temps, since the silver can only take in so much head. Some of the heat is transferred to the bottom plastic piece, but not as much as before (since the silver is absorbing most of the heat).
I made TWO DDR blocks, so I'll install the other soon and note any changes in results.
My next project is to somehow figure out a way of channeling the HD's massive amount of heat AWAY from the left palm rest, so I can type THAT review comfortably.
I removed the original Dell RAM and left 1x512MB PNY PC2700 DDR RAM in the slot. I wanted to make sure the RAM would work properly before attempting it on both. After a restart, my computer hung after a few seconds. My heart nearly stopped, but I roughed up the courage to force reboot. Everything went smoothly after a reboot. Maybe the Arctic Silver 5 (AC5) was settling in a home.
I applied arctic silver 5 on the RAM blocks and very thin layer on the SS (sterling silver) block itself. The DDR pads measure 6x1 CM (LxW) with a thickness of 1.5mm (same thickness as GMCloud's video card's GPU block piece).
Stress Prime 2004 Download
I then loaded up Stress Prime 2004 (Prime95 core, redesigned).
I ran the torture test "Large, in-place FFTs- stress RAM", so this is as bad as the temps get as far as RAM is concerned.
Here are the initial results:
---------------
48* C @ 5 minutes 23 seconds
47*C @ 7 minutes 49 seconds
(NOTE: At first it was at 49*C, but it went to 47*C during a torture test)
46* 9 minutes 15 seconds
48*C 9 minutes 35 seconds
48*C 10 minutes 14 seconds
49*C 12 minutes 11 seconds
50*C 13 minutes 5 seconds (going to and forth from 49*C)
48*C 14 minutes 2 seconds
47*C 16 minutes 30 seconds
(never exceed 48*C) 18 minutes ++++
--------------
For bookkeeping purposes, I've decided to include the rest of my temps. They generally hung around these temps.
65*C - CPU
55*C - CPU (@ 16 minutes 30 seconds of RAM testing)
47*C - GPU (w/ sterling silver GPU mod)
37*C - HD
GPU - 49*C
So was it worth it? That is the question I'm asking myself while banging my forehead repeatedly on my desk, as I forgot to note what temps were BEFORE the mod. lol!
I definitely feel a LOT better that I've got a big block of almost pure silver (93%+) polished to a mirror-like finish cooling my GPU and now my RAM.
I imagine that there'll be a bottleneck to the temps, since the silver can only take in so much head. Some of the heat is transferred to the bottom plastic piece, but not as much as before (since the silver is absorbing most of the heat).
I made TWO DDR blocks, so I'll install the other soon and note any changes in results.
My next project is to somehow figure out a way of channeling the HD's massive amount of heat AWAY from the left palm rest, so I can type THAT review comfortably.
You MUST let Arctic Silver "settle in" for up to 200 hours of use, and several power-ons and power-offs.
