H20 | AMD Phenom II C3 | Dragon's Revenge | Ultimate Thread

[charged3800z24]

well how cold?? if you are talking about cold winter air (-20-+10 then yes glycol with water at 40/60 or 50/50 ratio mix will do it.

Thanks, wil this consistancy flow through the average water cooling kit?

[El Gappo]

damn i just took down my bong cooler did have 4.16 prime stable for 3 hours tho. not the same story on air
not got all the criteria but



in the end i managed to optimize the water cooler for a load temp of 22C and idle of 16C. the ambient was 20C at the time
4.16 was an easily achievable stable clock. (long after these shots)
and no that isnt a serious benchmark run i was just working out some kinks. spi 32m http://hwbot.org/compare.do?resultId=919380 4.3

on the coolermaster v8 i am having to leave it at stock volts and 3.8ghz due to stupidly high temperatures topping 60C at times which is making me uncomfortable whilst gaming and what not.

[64NOMIS]

this was fun,what next?

That was great. Cold too.

How about Vantage?

Colder?

[Daveburt714]

First off, all I can say is WOW, Best AMD chip ever!!
I even like it better than my Opty 185...

Here are my air results using a Xigmatek S-1283 with a Scythe Ulta Kaze 3000 fan. To be fair it was a little cooler here tonight so I did open the window near the computer.
You can see ambients in the center pic...

Down to the nittygritty, here are some system Pics (I accidentally took them at too High res, so I'll just put clickable thumbs):







Here are my 30 minute Prime Stable screenies.. 4027 CPU / 2416 IMC @ 1.475v.

UNDER LOAD:


AFTER COOLDOWN (5 minutes):


Keep in mind I've only had a few hours with this chip, so things can only get better...

I'll put this puppy under water soon and see what it can really do! It still seems to exibit the same temp limitations of the C2's (~55c), but it gets MUCH higher clocks at lower voltages... SWEET!

BTW: equinox1 , quit being a wimp....
I beat your stock water on the core and IMC with AIR. At this rate your ICE Dragon may be in trouble when I hook up the Ugly Water...

[FlanK3r]

nice Dave, one of the many with classic PC complete in case and aircooling !

[[XC] Oj101]

@ OP, how do you get Fan Control and Smart Profiles in AOD? I have 3.0.2 but those tabs aren't showing.

[wez]

Thanks, wil this consistancy flow through the average water cooling kit?

Distilled water mixed with Glycol works great for water-cooling. Keeps corrosion and algae to a minimal as well as cold resistant
You’ll find instructions on the correct way to mix it on the bottle most of the time, to get the most effective mixture.

[equinox1]

just stretching my wings there Daveburt. plenty more left in the tank.

[Daveburt714]

just stretching my wings there Daveburt. plenty more left in the tank.

I was just messing with ya anyway...
Nice scores on that chilled run!

[64NOMIS]

@ OP, how do you get Fan Control and Smart Profiles in AOD? I have 3.0.2 but those tabs aren't showing.

Try update to Overdrive 3.1 for Smart Profiles.

MB Fan control doesn't work with all boards. Also, disabling Smart Fan Control in BIOS may resolve.

[64NOMIS]

notice aod has a bit of problem with below 0 celsius. pass that along 64nomis will you?

equinox1,

The CPU registers on AMD processors do not report negative values.

AMD OverDrive also displays the motherboard sensor that reads the CPU temp value (in addition to the CPU register value). This can read sub-zero in most cases: ASUS maxes at -55C, DFI maxes at -86C

It depends on the board design / SuperIO chip.

AMD OverDrive 3.1 allows the board vendor to configure OverDrive such that it reads primarily from the Mobo sensor (which can read sub-zero). But if this definition is missing from the BIOS code then OverDrive just reads the default CPU temp input (CPU register or SB-TSI value).

Hope that helps!

Simon & Macci

[FlanK3r]

simon: i have problem with smart profiles . What its wrong?

edit: CPU must be only at default clocks?

[charged3800z24]

Distilled water mixed with Glycol works great for water-cooling. Keeps corrosion and algae to a minimal as well as cold resistant
You’ll find instructions on the correct way to mix it on the bottle most of the time, to get the most effective mixture.

Nice, I might give it try. Thanks guys, Titan7171 and Wez for the info. I will try my chilled water tonight if wife permits.
My other setup will cause the waster to freeze. Also, for the first time, I am getting different clocks in xp 32 vs win7 64bit.
My other chips were the same in both OS's. Maybe my water setup will net better results.

First off, all I can say is WOW, Best AMD chip ever!!
I even like it better than my Opty 185...

Here are my air results using a Xigmatek S-1283 with a Scythe Ulta Kaze 3000 fan. To be fair it was a little cooler here tonight so I did open the window near the computer.

Dave, nice run on air, I will redue my air results when I have more time.
I am looking forward to your gheto water setup.. it performs nicely.

[charged3800z24]

I updated my post on main page (post 8)
Not as impressive as equinox, but close. I needed my ice to bring the temps down.

[trans am]

what is this vid, fid crap? This isn't like my old computer.




biostar TA790GXA3+
965c3 (fuzionv2/gtx480)
4x2gb D9
visiontek 5850

[equinox1]

a little more fun tonight. with a few added features. swapped out my apogee gt for a enzotech sapphire all copper block and kicked the nb to 2800+.
heres a vantage run you wanted 64nomis,no overclock on the video cards though as i forgot to clock em up.
idle temps were -15c about 20secs after stopping prime95,lowest temp seen so far was -22c on the asus lcd poster. again no fan speeds as there are no fans than run off the board.



http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dmv=1606122
not my best vantage run , my 955 did 21649 but the 965 beat the cpu score.

[64NOMIS]

a little more fun tonight. with a few added features. swapped out my apogee gt for a enzotech sapphire all copper block and kicked the nb to 2800+.
heres a vantage run you wanted 64nomis,no overclock on the video cards though as i forgot to clock em up.

Cool. Very cool. Got a better shot of your chiller & bath?

This was exactly what I needed to see this evening...excellent gentleman.

Wouldn't it be nice if we had some shiny new GPU's for 3D?

[crazydiamond]

Wouldn't it be nice if we had some shiny new GPU's for 3D?

if by nice you mean effing awesome than ya it would be

i after class tomorrow night i will finally get to do some tweaking with the c3 cant wait!

[charged3800z24]

Cool. Very cool. Got a better shot of your chiller & bath?

This was exactly what I needed to see this evening...excellent gentleman.

Wouldn't it be nice if we had some shiny new GPU's for 3D?

My vantage runs are pretty lame with my video card setup, I can run one if you want though. I am about 100mhz under equinox overall. Need more cold .

BTH, those 5970's look nice

[LarsMarkelson]

Anyone got a 955 C3 yet? Curious to see what they are capable of.

[FlanK3r]

my chip coming this or next week.

[trans am]

Im able to play games and use everything easily at 4.1GHZ at 31c.
no chilled water yet I'm gonna try some more tonight.

I'll do some p95 blend like the threadstarter requests.
Are any of you getting condensation on your lines?
NYC is a very humid city and I was wondering if you guys are having any moisture building up on your tubes?
I have very thick walls on mine so it shouldn't be a problem.
I think all I need to do is unscrew my radbox and fans and lay the rad down in the sink filled with water and lots of ice.
I chose my apt with overclocking in mind.

[charged3800z24]

Are any of you getting condensation on your lines?
NYC is a very humid city and I was wondering if you guys are having any moisture building up on your tubes?
I have very thick walls on mine so it shouldn't be a problem.
I think all I need to do is unscrew my radbox and fans and lay the rad down in the sink filled with water and lots of ice.
I chose my apt with overclocking in mind.

I have base board heat and it is very dry in here.
I still haven't iced down my setup, which will bring on the moisture to the lines.
I am still debating which way to go for the best chilled water setup. I want something more on the lines of 24/7.

Simon
These chips are awsome. I can boot and run flawless @ 4.2ghz on my water setup.
I can bench 3d @ 4.3ghz and light benches @ 4.4ghz.
I will update my results this weekend if I can get the temps down more. Great thread as always.

[Dewordie]

Hey, Im new here. Im a friend of Charged3800z24 and i just bought a Phenom II 965BE C3. I got 3.8 GHz at stock voltage, bumped up the voltage and was able get 4.0GHz on ambient air! This is an awsome chip!

[trans am]

I have base board heat and it is very dry in here.
I still haven't iced down my setup, which will bring on the moisture to the lines.
I am still debating which way to go for the best chilled water setup. I want something more on the lines of 24/7.

Simon
These chips are awsome. I can boot and run flawless @ 4.2ghz on my water setup.
I can bench 3d @ 4.3ghz and light benches @ 4.4ghz.
I will update my results this weekend if I can get the temps down more. Great thread as always.

Crap! I removed the fans and disengaged the radbox but my lines to the rad wont reach the water.


The only way is remove the tubes from the rad barbs and plug them with something. that means I need to plug 4 spots at the same time. I really dont feel like refilling and bleeding my whole loop tonight.
and it would be better if I had a friend here to help my switch to the extension but I could do it myself.
Ive use sharpie marker caps as plugs before but maybe I could kneed some Scotch seal string into a ball and use that instead.
Do you think I'm going to even get any dramatic gains going to chiller?
I normally wouldn't even mess around with this and go straight to dice container or ln2 but I only have 1 AM3 board and its in my main rig so this mission appealed to me
but at the same time its almost easier for me to remove the board and trace a socket template and start cutting neoprene and screw the container on.
I think that will definitely happen on friday after I make it through this h20 mission alive. Then I can post how well these scale with cold going from h20 ambient to chilled h20 to subzero xtreme.