A for the effort and time...
It's great to have guys willing to sacrifice their resources for others...
A for the effort and time...
It's great to have guys willing to sacrifice their resources for others...
Project ZEUS II
Asus Rampage II Extreme
Intel I7 920 D0 3930A @ 4.50GHz (21 X 214mhz)
3 x 2GB G.Skill Trident 1600 @ 1716MHz (6-8-6-20-1N)
2 x Asus HD 6870 CrossFire @ 1000/1100MHz
OCZ Vertex 2 60GB | Intel X25-M 120GB | WD Velociraptor 150GB | Seagate FreeAgent XTreme 1.5TB esata
Asus Xonar DX | Logitech Z-5500 | LG W2600HP 26" S-IPS LCD
Watercooling setup:
1st loop -> Radiator: 2 x ThermoChill PA120.3 | Pump: Laing DDC-3.25 with Alphacool HF 38 top | CPU: Swiftech Apogee XT | Chipset: Swiftech MCW-NBMAX | Tubing: Masterkleer 1/2" UV
2nd loop -> Radiator: ThermoChill PA120.3 | Pump: Laing DDC-3.2 with Alphacool HF 38 top | GPU: 2 x EK FC-6870 | Tubing: Masterkleer 1/2" UV
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Patiently awaiting results as well - kudos to you skinnee for all the work you are pouring into this!
One quick question, in addition to all the performance metrics you are going to collect, could you also expose each block to a woman (preferably married) to get their acceptance reaction/scowl factor? (This may help influence my purchase decision...)
Rose colored water with rose smell. We have discussed it before here.
"Honey, I got .375C lower load temps, I just need to buy xxx for a whole 1.0C."
"Thats nice dear it smells pretty and looks like the rose garden you promised me 3 years ago, go ahead, buy more stuff."
$37 a pint, interested?
All stock for now, no need for more, but it's gonna be soon methinks.
Giga Xtreme 58 mobo i7 965 ES D0 step Corsair 1600 6 gig
SLI GTX470 EVGA
EK HF nickle blue top CPU block (free from Eddie)
Koolance 470 waterblocks
One big loop, two 120x3 rads. Pa 120.3 and XSPC RX 120x3. Swiftech 35x pump with V2 restop. GT AP15 fans.
Banchetto Tech Station
120 GB SSD, and a few other drives.
1000W UltraX3 PSU, 900 watt (1500VA UPS
23.999" Acer GD235hz and 24" Acer H243H
Wow this will be great. I'm really looking forward to the results. Thank for doing this research. The type of data on this forum, I feel, is way more reliable than one-off reviews floating on the web.
This thread is the reason I got the backplates so here it is on
Check out my WC worklog: BSG Pegasus - Lian Li PC-A77B
Rev. 1.0 Photos ----- Rev 1.1 Photos ----- Rev 1.4 Photos ----- Rev 2.0 Photos ----- Rev 3.0 Photos -----
Detailed flow comparison across all revisions ----- i7 980X @ 4960Mhz
PC:
i7 980X 4.2GHz @1.31v / Asus Rampage III Black Edition / Corsair Dom GT 3x4GB 2000 CL9 / 2x Palit GTX 580 3GB
Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB / 2x WD 2TB EARS / WD 2.5" 500GB / LG Blu-Ray DVD
Lian Li PC-A77B / Enermax Revolution 85+ 1250W / MS X-6 / SS Ikari / Logitech G27 + X230 / Win 7 x64 Pro
3x Dell AW2310 120Hz 3D + Nvidia 3D Vision Surround
WC:
3x DDC 3.25 + 3x HTS-PMP400 / EK DDC Dual V2 + Single V2 Tops - Single loop / EK Multi-Option / Bitspower fittings
EK Supreme HF v3 / 2x EK GTX 5X0 Acetal + Nickel / Primochill LRT Black 1/2 ID 3/4 OD
2x XSPC RX360 + RX240 / Aquaero 5 Pro + flow & temp sensors / 21x Akasa Apache Black
Check out my WC worklog: BSG Pegasus - Lian Li PC-A77B
Rev. 1.0 Photos ----- Rev 1.1 Photos ----- Rev 1.4 Photos ----- Rev 2.0 Photos ----- Rev 3.0 Photos -----
Detailed flow comparison across all revisions ----- i7 980X @ 4960Mhz
PC:
i7 980X 4.2GHz @1.31v / Asus Rampage III Black Edition / Corsair Dom GT 3x4GB 2000 CL9 / 2x Palit GTX 580 3GB
Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB / 2x WD 2TB EARS / WD 2.5" 500GB / LG Blu-Ray DVD
Lian Li PC-A77B / Enermax Revolution 85+ 1250W / MS X-6 / SS Ikari / Logitech G27 + X230 / Win 7 x64 Pro
3x Dell AW2310 120Hz 3D + Nvidia 3D Vision Surround
WC:
3x DDC 3.25 + 3x HTS-PMP400 / EK DDC Dual V2 + Single V2 Tops - Single loop / EK Multi-Option / Bitspower fittings
EK Supreme HF v3 / 2x EK GTX 5X0 Acetal + Nickel / Primochill LRT Black 1/2 ID 3/4 OD
2x XSPC RX360 + RX240 / Aquaero 5 Pro + flow & temp sensors / 21x Akasa Apache Black
This is a debate I had in dreams between a nameless Hard core XS member and Skinnee:
XS (Authoritative): Ideally Skinnee, you'd want to epoxy 28 type T thermo-couples to the side of each one of the mosfets
Skinnee (mildly amused): $%^%^&you or what? grmbl grmbl
XS (accomodating): ok, I understand, .. how about 14 then ? You could run spreadsheets with temp variations between each of the mosfet with the different blocks, with nice standard deviation curvs.. that would look great!
Skinnee (loosing patience): *(& (^&*
XS (giving up): fine, let's settle for 7 then ? really that's the least you could do for a mildly accurate performance analysis.
Skinnee: (%^&% ^%&*(&
CEO Swiftech
These results can't come soon enough!
Does the EK backplate do anything functional, besides looking awesome?
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Whats wrong gabe ?
Your afraid that skinnee could discover anything wrong about the Swiftech block ?
Im 100% satisfied with my komodo ... i dont see why the GTX one would fail ...
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Check out my WC worklog: BSG Pegasus - Lian Li PC-A77B
Rev. 1.0 Photos ----- Rev 1.1 Photos ----- Rev 1.4 Photos ----- Rev 2.0 Photos ----- Rev 3.0 Photos -----
Detailed flow comparison across all revisions ----- i7 980X @ 4960Mhz
PC:
i7 980X 4.2GHz @1.31v / Asus Rampage III Black Edition / Corsair Dom GT 3x4GB 2000 CL9 / 2x Palit GTX 580 3GB
Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB / 2x WD 2TB EARS / WD 2.5" 500GB / LG Blu-Ray DVD
Lian Li PC-A77B / Enermax Revolution 85+ 1250W / MS X-6 / SS Ikari / Logitech G27 + X230 / Win 7 x64 Pro
3x Dell AW2310 120Hz 3D + Nvidia 3D Vision Surround
WC:
3x DDC 3.25 + 3x HTS-PMP400 / EK DDC Dual V2 + Single V2 Tops - Single loop / EK Multi-Option / Bitspower fittings
EK Supreme HF v3 / 2x EK GTX 5X0 Acetal + Nickel / Primochill LRT Black 1/2 ID 3/4 OD
2x XSPC RX360 + RX240 / Aquaero 5 Pro + flow & temp sensors / 21x Akasa Apache Black
Check out my WC worklog: BSG Pegasus - Lian Li PC-A77B
Rev. 1.0 Photos ----- Rev 1.1 Photos ----- Rev 1.4 Photos ----- Rev 2.0 Photos ----- Rev 3.0 Photos -----
Detailed flow comparison across all revisions ----- i7 980X @ 4960Mhz
PC:
i7 980X 4.2GHz @1.31v / Asus Rampage III Black Edition / Corsair Dom GT 3x4GB 2000 CL9 / 2x Palit GTX 580 3GB
Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB / 2x WD 2TB EARS / WD 2.5" 500GB / LG Blu-Ray DVD
Lian Li PC-A77B / Enermax Revolution 85+ 1250W / MS X-6 / SS Ikari / Logitech G27 + X230 / Win 7 x64 Pro
3x Dell AW2310 120Hz 3D + Nvidia 3D Vision Surround
WC:
3x DDC 3.25 + 3x HTS-PMP400 / EK DDC Dual V2 + Single V2 Tops - Single loop / EK Multi-Option / Bitspower fittings
EK Supreme HF v3 / 2x EK GTX 5X0 Acetal + Nickel / Primochill LRT Black 1/2 ID 3/4 OD
2x XSPC RX360 + RX240 / Aquaero 5 Pro + flow & temp sensors / 21x Akasa Apache Black
results please.......ahhhhhhhhh
Patience
He's only got the BP 100% done (Koolance should be done soon I'd think).
IIRC, he saw over 100C on his VRM probes on the run that tripped his PSU's OCP. Guess the VRMs weren't getting cooled well enough and saw runaway drops in efficiency (leading to runaway increases in power consumed at the wall and power dissipated at the VRMs). So yeah, definitely has some viable data off the VRM temp setup he has going right now
And even at stock, there were major differences in GPU temp and VRM temp between the Koolance and the BP, so it looks like the test setup is done and now it's just to data collection
My first/current build:
Components/OS:
Case: Corsair Obsidian Series, 800D
CPU: Intel Core i7 920, D0
Motherboard: EVGA X58 Classified 3x SLi, E760
RAM: Corsair Dominator-GT, CMG6GX3M3A2000C7
PSU: Enermax Revolution85+ 1050w
GPU: EVGA GTX 480 SuperClocked
PhysX: MSi 9800 GT OC2
Network: VisionTek Killer 2100
Storage: Intel X25-M 80GB (Boot), WD Caviar Black 1TB x2, Seagate Barracuda 1.5TB
OS: Microsoft, Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Cooling:
CPU Block: Watercool HeatKiller Rev. 3.0 Cu, Watercool 1366 backplate
Chipset Block: EK-FB EVGA X58 Classified, black acetal+nickel
GPU block: Bitspower Black Freezer, BP-VGNGTX480-MBK
Radiator: Hardware Labs Black Ice SR-1 360mm
Pump: Laing DDC 3.25
Reservoir: XSPC acrylic dual 5.25" bay for single DDC
Tubing: PrimoChill PrimoFlex PRO LRT 1/2" ID 3/4" OD, non-UV white
Fittings/Fasteners: Bitspower 1/2" ID barbs and rotary angles, matte black. Nylon click clamps, black
PhysX GPU Cooler: Arctic Cooling Accelero S1 Rev. 2
Ram Cooling: Corsair extended fins, CMXTRFINKITRED
Fans: 120mm - Noctua NF-P12 w/ U.L.N.A. x4. 140mm - Noctua NF-P14 w/ U.L.N.A. x2
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver-5
Other: Distilled Water, coiled 14g 6" 99.99% silver
I'm not sure how many of the blocks could handle those test settings, if any
Fortunately his finalized test settings for the review are lower...reviewers of blocks need three main things from their GPU/CPU/board/whatever: heat, repeatability, and stability. He's got all covered right now
Yup, BP block thermals are complete and Koolance block is 2/3rds complete but should be done tonight. Danger Den block is next since it was the second block to arrive. I should have the BP install video done tonight as well, I want the Koolance video rendering tonight but that might be high expectations of myself.
The voltage testing on the card was insane, VRM temps were well beyond 100C and watt consumption of the card just kept climbing. I can't wait to see the non-reference designs come out, as the power delivery has a lot of room for improvement. But what came out of all that white knuckle experiementation was as much heat as I could generate, remain stable and my own comfort level that the card would survive the torture of testing 8+ blocks.
But yes, we've now reached the 'grind' portion... Mount Video, Test, Test, unmount/remount, Test, Test, unmount/remount, Test, Test, Mount Video, rinse/repeat. I'm going to get a few more blocks done this weekend and might just provide a sneak peak at some performance data.
Thanks for your hard work on bringing us these numbers
Is it only the Aqua block that has a backplate?
My money is on the EK (I have always used them and already purchased one for my new GTX470)......... I also have my doubts about the XSPC VRM cooling.
Can't wait to see the finished charts
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If i remember well, only the aqua have a backplate as standard with the block but Ek have one in option. Best choice for me would be the ek backplate and aqua gtx 470 block with the stainless black painted and the copper nickel plated. That would be very nice.
Originally Posted by DDtung
Skinnee fast! fast! I need juice here. JK ... can do the EK block first ... the rest later.
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