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jedihobbit · 22-April-08, 05:36 PM

Didn't realize how long it has been since I stopped by to up date things and see how everything is going. Think the last time I tried the site was down for some reason. Well anyway the following should get it caught up!

Spent quit a while working on the oc?ing of the mobo assembly and if there is an interest I can do a whole thread of my adventures. The only real biggy is the fact I had everything close to finish testing when I decided it was time to install the evga 8800GT SC. All testing/overclocking was done using the Tech Station. Because of using an older Enermax PSU I had to use the power Y adapter. Got everything hooked up and hit the power button and "pop & poof". Heard something pop and saw a small whiff of smoke come from the vid card. Long story short had lost the GPU and the mobo. Luckily found another bare board on fleabay and evga was great on an RMA.

This will be the first entry where the overclocking and water cooling parts of this project are going to be part of the primary worklog.

For all intents and purposes the overclocking part (on air) is finished. After the water cooling has been installed and the system has gone through a ?shakedown? period further oc?ing may be attempted.

So this is what the final settings are:

HTT: 291 for 3.06GHz
Vcore: 1.450v
Vdimm: 2.1v
Chipset Vcore: 1.24v
Hypertransport V: 1.22v

Rm temp is 22Cish, CPU 54C, Core 23C (per SpdFan)

This was backed up by a 12+ hour run of Prime.

While the setting didn?t run ?stable? (long term prime or equal) did have on late night S & Gs session where I was able to run PCMarks ?05 and CrystalMarks at

HTT: 299 for 3.14GHz
Vcore: 1.500v
Vdimm: [B]2.1vp
Chipset Vcore: 1.24v
Hypertransport V: 1.22v

PCMarks = 7436
CrystalMarks: ALU = 23308 / FPU = 25523 / MEM = 16397 with a TOTAL of 129348

Now here is the summery of the WC?ing thread and what?s happened!

In the end it was decided to go with aqua computer?s ?plug & cool? fittings and not compression. It was felt that in the tight spaces of the mATX layout they would make installation easier.

In the final configuration it was decided to drop the NB and Mosfet coolers?..financial issues and the sinking dollar being the major considerations. It also didn?t help the NB cooler would be ?hidden? under the PSU. As it turns out all major components are from Aqua Computer

Went for a combo 1 ? 2 punch to cover rad, pump, res, etc?.that will be handled by a Aquaduct 240 PRO Mark II . As I?m using AC?s plug & cool the tubing will be 6mm x 8mm with clear on the mobo and I believe black and gray (comes with the 240) from the 240 Pro.

Then for the CPU: cuplex XT di and then for the GPU: twinplex pro for FX8800 .

The cuplex XT di and a few fittings came from a state side e-tailer but the rest is coming from Berlin and shipping is ?.. OUCH!

Anyway looking at the following loop: 240 >> CPU in >> CPU out >> GPU in >> GPU out >> 240

The following pictures are just things that I?m doing while waiting on the balance of the stuff to arrive.

Here we have the last views of the mobo assembly on air?.

22-April-08, 05:36 PM		#2 (permalink)
jedihobbit Apex Advanced Techie	Re: DreamCatcher v2.0 ?Worklog? Didn't realize how long it has been since I stopped by to up date things and see how everything is going. Think the last time I tried the site was down for some reason. Well anyway the following should get it caught up! Spent quit a while working on the oc?ing of the mobo assembly and if there is an interest I can do a whole thread of my adventures. The only real biggy is the fact I had everything close to finish testing when I decided it was time to install the evga 8800GT SC. All testing/overclocking was done using the Tech Station. Because of using an older Enermax PSU I had to use the power Y adapter. Got everything hooked up and hit the power button and "pop & poof". Heard something pop and saw a small whiff of smoke come from the vid card. Long story short had lost the GPU and the mobo. Luckily found another bare board on fleabay and evga was great on an RMA. This will be the first entry where the overclocking and water cooling parts of this project are going to be part of the primary worklog. For all intents and purposes the overclocking part (on air) is finished. After the water cooling has been installed and the system has gone through a ?shakedown? period further oc?ing may be attempted. So this is what the final settings are: HTT: 291 for *3.06GHz* Vcore: 1.450v Vdimm: 2.1v Chipset Vcore: 1.24v Hypertransport V: 1.22v Rm temp is 22Cish, CPU 54C, Core 23C (per SpdFan) This was backed up by a 12+ hour run of Prime. While the setting didn?t run ?stable? (long term prime or equal) did have on late night S & Gs session where I was able to run PCMarks ?05 and CrystalMarks at HTT: 299 for *3.14GHz* Vcore: 1.500v Vdimm: [B]2.1vp Chipset Vcore: 1.24v Hypertransport V: 1.22v PCMarks = 7436 CrystalMarks: ALU = 23308 / FPU = 25523 / MEM = 16397 with a TOTAL of 129348 Now here is the summery of the WC?ing thread and what?s happened! In the end it was decided to go with aqua computer?s ?plug & cool? fittings and not compression. It was felt that in the tight spaces of the mATX layout they would make installation easier. In the final configuration it was decided to drop the NB and Mosfet coolers?..financial issues and the sinking dollar being the major considerations. It also didn?t help the NB cooler would be ?hidden? under the PSU. As it turns out all major components are from Aqua Computer Went for a combo 1 ? 2 punch to cover rad, pump, res, etc?.that will be handled by a Aquaduct 240 PRO Mark II . As I?m using AC?s plug & cool the tubing will be 6mm x 8mm with clear on the mobo and I believe black and gray (comes with the 240) from the 240 Pro. Then for the CPU: cuplex XT di and then for the GPU: twinplex pro for FX8800 . The cuplex XT di and a few fittings came from a state side e-tailer but the rest is coming from Berlin and shipping is ?.. OUCH! Anyway looking at the following loop: 240 >> CPU in >> CPU out >> GPU in >> GPU out >> 240 The following pictures are just things that I?m doing while waiting on the balance of the stuff to arrive. Here we have the last views of the mobo assembly on air?.