Didn't realize it was a big deal. I've had it installed for several days now and been posting numbers, just didn't signify it was a gt. Anything you guys want to know?
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Didn't realize it was a big deal. I've had it installed for several days now and been posting numbers, just didn't signify it was a gt. Anything you guys want to know?
proof and pics
HAHAHA you posted that as I took the pictures...
temps? any pic of the inside?
Right now, at 3.712 GHZ , through core temp beta, I am 39 C idle. My volts are at 1.575 as of now. I took it apart to clean it following Maxxracer's guide, but didn't take pics cause I had no idea it was a big deal. The guy told me it was the new revised model but he didn't make a big deal about sending it to me so I didn't know. Otherwise I would have taken pics for everyone.
Looks like 52 C load, but I'm not totally stable yet so I will probably up the voltage some more.
I'm keeping an eye on this post to answer questions but I have to go out for a while so I'll check again in a couple of hours and see if anybody wants to know anything else....
I've had one for a week too...
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e8...r/DSC00477.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e8...r/DSC00480.jpg
I had it thrown in with a case I bought... I got excited when I saw "The Swiftech Challenge" and all of that, but I don't know that there's anything special about this block. I didn't take it apart, but from what I hear, instead of 12 pins inside, it has 20. I've been eyeing the Fuzion thread and I can't wait to see a comparison.
GUYS please remove the top and show us how the inside looks like PLEASE
I 2nd that :)Quote:
Originally Posted by SaFrOuT
good temps there OP. With my apogee and two e6400's (one l630a and one l617a f5 es) I'm pushing about 1.52v under load and seeing coretemps that go as high as 68 :(. Once I confirm without a shadow of doubt stability (orthos for 14 hours so far, aiming for 24+), I'll try letting it cool down and see what it truly has the potential of loading to. The problem I'm having is that I'm not able to dissipate the heat from the rad fast enough, and the air coming out of the rad is very warm. In fact, it's raising my idle gpu from 28ish to 38 after a long period of time.
I wana know what the inside looks like!
I've had one since yesterday :D But it was given to me under the condition that no pics or results be released until Monday the 15th so I must (and will) honor that.
where are you guys getting gt's from anyway? or is that hush hush now
then please by 12am of Jan 15th please show us as much pictures as u can
What's supposed to be different about the GT?
something along the lines of 20 pins instead of 12 and less restriction
nikhsub1, nothing was said to me about this. Though I did have enough sense to not say where I got it from once I saw is was a big deal and they were not supposed to be released yet. Sorry guys but I'm not taking it apart again now that I have it installed, though the design does look very similar to the regular apogee from the pics I've seen.
where are the pictures that you have seen
The difference between apoggee base and apogee gt base is smilar to the difference between mcw5002 and apogee.
If you haven't seen apogge and mcw5002 base, look here
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...8&postcount=40
Quote:
Originally Posted by mion
sorry but my AI is not that high to figure the look of the base of teh GT by seeing the apogee's and the mcw5002's
we are not talking about the external design we are talking about the internal design and how does it look like
That what I am talking about. Apoggee gt is not ground breaking, it just smaller and more. Just like apogee compares to mcw5002. Look at pins in the first row, mcw5002 9, apoggee 12, apogee gt 20Quote:
Originally Posted by SaFrOuT
When I said pics, I meant of the regular apogee compared to what I saw when I opened the gt up and cleaned. Sorry for the misunderstanding. Took my voltage to 1.675 and on 100% load (using prime95 and super pi (32M) to get both cores, new to this so not sure if that is good way to bench) my temps on core 1 are from 57-60, core 2 are 55-59.
Where do you buy this?
Why doesn't Swiftech not have product specs on their website?
Man those are hella good temps for 1.675v!! Do you know what actual voltage is when you set it that high?Quote:
Originally Posted by waytoosmall
i command you... let us see the insides now.....please sir :buddies:
guys stop being such teases and show some nudity.
:banana: take the top of.
1. Both owners have their GTs installed
2. Taking the top off means draining the loop, disconnecting the tubing and taking the block out
Now let's just wait 2 more days.:rolleyes:
Is that the block swiftech was testing during CES?
yup
Hey Ziddey, just got to work and got on-line. Generally, my bios actual voltage is .05 less that whatever I set it. So if I have it at 1.55, reboot and go into the voltages it will say actual=1.5v. Not sure if that is normal but I have read on the evga forums that many people report this same thing. It was not that off with my old A8N-SLI deluxe. And yeah, I am really happy with the temps. Everybody sais to not take it above 60C but I want to push harder and see how high I can go. Any harm in getting into the mid 60's on full load?????
edit: Thank you Xavier for understanding. This is my first watercooling experience and I'm just glad I got everything up and running without drenching my system in H2O.
Quote:
Originally Posted by waytoosmall
don't ever trust software voltage sensors ;)
I've heard that, but how do you recommend getting accurate readings??
I appreciate and admire your ethics nik but what kind of screwed up product rollout holds reviewers to a NDA when the part has already been released into the wild?Quote:
Originally Posted by nikhsub1
It's not released yet. Swiftech shipped GT to resellers before the release date so we could buy it on the release date (tomorrow?) and some resellers shipped them to customers before they were allowed to. (Or maybe they were allowed to just to create some hype around the block, who knows.)Quote:
Originally Posted by clokker
This is just a theory of mine so I could be wrong.
Or the shops that sold the GT already didnt even notice it was a new Apogee block.
waytoosmall, thanks for the reply. There are ways to check actual vcore using a dmm. Directions are similar for all motherboards but vary slightly depending on design, for obvious reasons.
I too have a feeling 1.675 might be a lot lower than the 1.55->1.5 example, but still, incredibly decent. Running into the 60's in coretemp is not a problem at all for c2d's.
Pic of base of new apoggee gt
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...ee-GT-base.jpg
http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/7100/apogeegtwa1.jpg
more here
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...0&postcount=84
I agree 100%. However, I did not get the block from Swiftech... I won't say where i did get it but I promised that person I would not reveal anything til the 15th.Quote:
Originally Posted by clokker
Wow, I thought the pins on my Apogee were small. How wide is the space between the pins?
If I was getting a new block, should I get the GT or the regular Apogee?
Brendan
I've been running the GT for a week now and am thouroughly impressed. My temps are better than they have been with either of my previous blocks (DD TDX & Storm G4). I haven't ever had a regular Apogee so I couldn't tell you how differently it performs from the original...
If you are stuck beetween these two, I'd say go for the GT as it will be selling for only $55. But if you wanna spend a few extra bux, the D-Tek Fuzion is suppossed to be better than either of these (from preliminary testing anyway)
0.6 mm ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by andersson.j
Same old, same old. I don't see what is so substantially different from the old Apogee.
Smaller diamond pins and more of 'em... How shockingly innovative :rolleyes:
Oh well, we'll see how it does...
Hey Petra, I just ordered some stuff from your store. Whoever answers the emails is great! I was real impressed with the service!! You have my business.
I'm wondering if the GT has more pin area than the regular Apogee?
From the looks of it I say probably the same area.Quote:
Originally Posted by csimon
And I think the GT looks really nice. Remember that jets only scale well to a certain point, as resistance gets higher. A pin design scales very well, the smaller the better.
Designing a waterblock isn't very hard, thinking of an efficient way to produce it is :fact:
Why, did u expected anything else...? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Petra
haha..about as much as I expected as wellQuote:
Originally Posted by Petra
Nope. Wow. Pins. So many of them. So. Cool. Blah. Whatever.Quote:
Originally Posted by JoeBar
What's the difficulty level on Maxxracer's liquid systme cleaning guide?Quote:
Originally Posted by waytoosmall