noooooooooooo, mind letting us know which blocks did shine out compare to the others whilst testing? :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by skinnee
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noooooooooooo, mind letting us know which blocks did shine out compare to the others whilst testing? :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by skinnee
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Originally Posted by Systemlord
No worries dude. All of us are learning new stuff too.
Wes
hmmm weird how that card died. mosfet short?...can you clean it up? and pics :D
sorry for your loss skinnee its a community loss as well...
It's cool, if I can learn something new everyday I'm doing pretty well! I'm going to Google what Temperature Delta is for two things learned today. :D Mosfets is what they are, that answers my question.Quote:
Originally Posted by wesley
- Systemlord
ugh, that means you'll have to retest everything on a new 480, because chances are the sensors won't be calibrated to the same degree.
He will not be retesting anything, below he stated...Quote:
Originally Posted by Boogerlad
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Originally Posted by skinnee
Yeah, I'm not retesting... all the thermals are complete, was just plowing threw some stock cooler runs for a comparison. Test finished, idling down... walked back to my chair and continued working on images... poof, and then the smell of fried electronics.
The last bits of data he didn't get to obtain were the least important of the bunch :)
He has decent (2 mounts rather than 3) stock clocks + stock cooling data that can be compared to his good stock clocks + waterblock :)
If there's a secondary component to this testing (MCW80 + unisink, MCW80 + stock sink bracket, etc., etc.), that can be done with a new card and maybe bring over and retest one or two fullcovers for those interested in lots of cross comparison :)
Do you expect the warrenty to kick-in for the toasted GTX 480?Quote:
Originally Posted by skinnee
yeah, definitely don't need a full on retest for the core only blocks, just enough for a valid cross comparison.
Its shocking going from all TIM testing to stock cooler and seeing 93C for your GPU core. :p:
warranty... no, I'm well past the boundaries of warranty.
skinnee
When a you posting the results? :(
This is the second GTX480 card dead on this Month and mosfets again.
How many water blocks in your testing could use 100% TIM without the need for thermal pads? I bet it's like going from a cold winter to summer in Death Valley! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by skinnee
Jebus I'm sorry about your loss. Do you plan a proper burial? Or, now that the card is dead do you have anyone that could go and try to change the burnt components to see if he could pull a frankenstein on that card?
Can we please have an ETA Skinnee?
Agreed, sorry if I confused anyone, but I meant 7°C on the entire loop would be important for me, especially if the loop included an i7.Quote:
Originally Posted by wesley
Understood that we are talking ballpark here, but theoretically it would be important.
In a GPU only loop, maybe/maybe not. I haven't seen any Fermi blocks not able to keep a thrashed GTX480 sub 60° and a GTX470 sub 50° (depending on ambient of course)
This is just in my experience, I bow, obviously to the more extreme veterans experience, but I can only go on what I see in my own builds. :cool:
Uuuh! GTX 480 dead! Skinnee .. you are real extreme! Looks like 100% TIM is no go for the long run. $400+ card to kiss goodbye!
Hope that EK block perform on average ..
Wish I could nail it down for you, just working through all the writing each evening... soon.Quote:
Originally Posted by ell
If the GPU temps is higher, it doesnt mean the water temp is higher ! 7C more on the GPU wont affect other component temperatures, actually could be the water is even cooler due to less efficient heat transfer from the waterblock. Dont mix up the component temperature and coolant temperature...Quote:
Originally Posted by Biffa
Actually the flow restriction will affect more seriously the rest of the loop.
And i have yet to see any significant difference in GPU overclocking using room temp watercooling, be it 40 50 or 60C... You have to go chilled or subzero for that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Biffa
Air to water on the GTX480 has lots of OC headroom. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by gmat
yep. fried mosfets already told us about that:ROTF:Quote:
Originally Posted by skinnee
What i mean is, do you reach the thermal limit on this chip ? This has not happened on GPUs yet (for conventional watercooling), usually at room level temperatures the OC limit is reached long before the chip overheats or throttles down (the VRM cooling is a separate issue).Quote:
Originally Posted by skinnee
That GTX 480 has been to hell and back, I'm not that shocked that it happened. Could have been the quality of the mosfets or maybe the mosfets had poor contact with one of the water blocks for a period of time. All I know is those mosfets were deep fried! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by gmat
- Systemlord
its not only about thermal limits, cooler core means higher stable ocQuote:
Originally Posted by gmat
Ah, I hear the graceful typing of one Skinnee pulling together ever most precious data compiled over the last 90 days or so. Kind sir, many await your prized data with baited breath and tender wallets! But, do take your time, sir, and make it the most perfect of presentations. Again, thank you!
How much compared to air cooling :)? Interested to know I hope you included OC tests with all blocks too :D! Anxious to see results !Quote:
Originally Posted by skinnee