Need to add Memory and chipset to loop

[Solemn]

Hey guys,

So I was hoping for some more advice on watercooling. I have my gfx and cpu water cooled atm, but now my memory(even with memory fans) and chipset(i think this is the correct name) is over heating and causing my pc to restart. So I really want to add them to my loop. So I'm look for as cheap as possible, a block or blocks to cool 4 DDR2 chips and a block for my chipset (Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3LR MoboP45)

[jim0ne]

Cheap as possible will be placing a fan on your vid card blowing @ your chipset and ram.

[Solemn]

Cheap as possible will be placing a fan on your vid card blowing @ your chipset and ram.

Aye but as i said in my post i tried using a fan on my memory and it didnt help, so really looking to add them to my loop.

so looking for cheapish waterblocks

[OggeOJ]

Bear in mind that it will be a pretty restrictive loop, so consider adding another loop.

[NaeKuh]

Memory watercooling is worthless and its a PITFA.

Unless u have corsairs, you cant use any of the easy blocks. Worst case scenario is voiding warrenty to remove heat spreaders to put waterblocks on.. Not recomended as i have pulled quite a few IC's off ram from removing spreaders.

If you use corsairs, the dont give you much benifit over a decient fan unless your in a tight spot with no air going though.
You would need to allign all sticks and if something died, you need to drain your entire loop.

Its a completely different experience then just board cooling.

Unless your working in a very tight spot where u have no air room, just get a Ram FAN.

[mk-ultra]

i highly doubt the memory is overheating with a fan on it, unless you feed it with 2V

[NaeKuh]

i highly doubt the memory is overheating with a fan on it, unless you feed it with 2V

ROFL... one of our supermods Stevil... back on skulltrail was ram limited.

So he threw on a chunk of DICE on top of the ram for a benchmark.

We were all :O at him because of the cost in hardware.
But it was an epic thread.

[Solemn]

honestly im open to all sussgestions here, but firstly im running my memory slightly under clocked, and and i have used the memory fan without any joy.. its still getting so warm my pc is restarting its self and i have the the side panel off, so there is no restricted flow.. everything in my loop is runing nice and cool but the memory and chipset are so hot that when i touch them i cant hold my finger there for longer than a second or so.

its not that i want to add memory to my loop because it looks cool here.. its because its stupidly over heating and to top it off its running slightly under clocked to the speed its suspose to normally run at.

[mk-ultra]

do you have any pic of your PC?
what kind of ram is that, ddr3?
most recent chipsets will have temp monitoring what does it says?


i'd say you're just jumping to conclusion about what are the cause of your problems.

[Mudgey]

My C2D NB chip and ram used to run stupidly hot, I measured 87c one day on the NB.... To be honest I didnt have any fans on the inside of the case so that would probably be why!! However in your case I am not sure what is going on, are you 100% certain the voltages are not set too high?

[MpG]

Unless you're using FB-DIMMS, underclocked DDR2 should NOT be getting that hot unless there's something wrong, especially with a fan aimed at the sticks. You sure it's not being overvolted? Some wonky bios default at work, maybe? I remember my Bloodrage mobo would randomly spike my I/O hub voltage way into the danger zone without me asking it to.

I know we're harping on that, but seriously, it's a big red warning flag.

[mk-ultra]

i see, now first post says which mobo and ram is used

did you tried a clear cmos or default settings of the bios if the problem stilll occur?

[Solemn]

My overclock is std from a package i built from Overclockers. I dont really want to remove it honestly as I paid for it... I wouldnt rather try and find a solution to the heating problem..

it might also be a good idea to keep in mind that my GFX and or CPU use to be over heating until started using water cooling and it was fine. Also, unfortunately the room my PC is kept in can get pretty warm.

anyways, for everyone that need/wanted pictures


Water cooling Project thread


PC Components
CPU: Intel Quad Core Q8400 OverClocked to 3.2
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3LR Intel P45
Ram: Kingston 8g DRR2 1066
Graphics: XFX ATI 5870
PSU: OCZ ModXStream Pro 600w Silent

(old settings I think the ram my be a bit different)

Current Bios Settings (clocked to 3.2)

MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)
Robust Graphics Booster ...............: Auto
CPU Clock Ratio ..........................: 8 x
Fine CPU Clock Ratio.....................:+0.0
CPU Frequency ...........................: 3.20GHz (400x8)


Clock Chip Control 
Standard Clock Control
CPU Host Clock Control..................: [Enabled] 
CPU Host Frequency (Mhz) ............: 400
PCI Express Frequency (Mhz) .........:101

C.I.A.2 .................................:[Disabled]


Advanced Clock Control [Press Enter]
CPU Clock Drive...........................: 800mV
PCI Express Clock Drive.................: 800mV
CPU Clock Skew (ps)....................: 0ps 
MCH Clock Skew (ps)...................: 0ps 


DRAM Performance Control
Performance Enhance...................: [STANDARD]
(G)MCH Frequency Latch...............: [Auto]
System Memory Multiplier(SPD) ..............:[Auto] (this has been changed)
Memory Frequency (Mhz) ...........800.: 960 (running at 1000 and something will check when i get home but this is still slower than the memory is suspose to run)
DRAM Timing Selectable (SPD)................: [Manual]

Standard Timing Control
CAS Latency Time........................5.:5
tRCD .........................................5.:5
tRP'...........................................5.:5
tRAS..........................................18.:16


Advanced Timing Control
tRRD...........................................3.:[auto]
tWTR..........................................3.:[auto]
tWR............................................6.:[auto]
tRFC...........................................52.:[auto]
tRTP...........................................3.:[auto]
Command Rate (CMD) ....................0.:[auto]

Driving Strength Profiles
Driving Strength ............................

Channel A - Timing
Static tRead Value.........................8.:[Auto]
tRD Phase0 Adjustment...................1.:[Auto]
tRD Phase1 Adjustment...................0.:[Auto]
tRD Phase2 Adjustment .................0.:[Auto]
tRD Phase3 Adjustment..................0.:[Auto]
Trd2rd(Different Rank)....................8.:[Auto] 
Twr2wr(Different Rank)..................8.:[Auto] 
Twr2rd(Different Rank)..................7.:[Auto] 
Trd2wr(Same/Diff Rank).................7.:[Auto] 
Dimm1 Clock Skew Control...............:[Auto]
Dimm2 Clock Skew Control...............:[Auto]
DDR Write Training....................:[Auto]

Channel A - Driving
Driving Strenght Profile................:[Auto]
Data Driving Pull-Up-Level...............:[Auto]
Cmd Driving Pull-Up-Level...............:[Auto]
Ctrl Driving Pull-Up-Level...............:[Auto]
Clk Driving Pull-Up-Level...............:[Auto]
Data Driving Pull-Down-Level...............:[Auto]
Cmd Driving Pull-Down-Level...............:[Auto]
Ctrl Driving Pull-Down-Level...............:[Auto]
Clk Driving Pull-Down-Level...............:[Auto]

Channel B
Static tRead Value.........................8.:[Auto]
 tRD Phase0 Adjustment..................1.:[Auto]
tRD Phase1 Adjustment..................0.:[Auto]
 tRD Phase2 Adjustment ................0.:[Auto]
 tRD Phase3 Adjustment.................0.:[Auto]
Trd2rd(Different Rank)..................8..:[Auto] 
Twr2wr(Different Rank)..................8.:[Auto]
Twr2rd(Different Rank)..................7.:[Auto] 
Trd2wr(Same/Diff Rank).................9.:[Auto] 
Dimm1 Clock Skew Control...............:[Auto]
Dimm2 Clock Skew Control...............:[Auto]
DDR Write Training....................:[Auto]

Channel B - Driving
Driving Strenght Profile................:[Auto]
Data Driving Pull-Up-Level...............:[Auto]
Cmd Driving Pull-Up-Level...............:[Auto]
Ctrl Driving Pull-Up-Level...............:[Auto]
Clk Driving Pull-Up-Level...............:[Auto]
Data Driving Pull-Down-Level...............:[Auto]
Cmd Driving Pull-Down-Level...............:[Auto]
Ctrl Driving Pull-Down-Level...............:[Auto]
Clk Driving Pull-Down-Level...............:[Auto]

Motherboard Voltage Control

CPU
Load-Line Calibration..................:[Enabled]
CPU Vcore............................1.28750V.:[1.4000V]
CPU Termination.....................1.200V.:[1.220V]
CPU PLL.............................1.550V.:[1.650V]
CPU Reference.......................0.805V.:[Auto]

MCH/ICH
MCH Core...........................1.100V.:[1.160V] 
MCH Reference......................0.760V.:[Auto]
ICH I/O............................1.550V.:[1.570V]
ICH Core...........................1.100V.:[1.200V]

DRAM
DRAM Voltage.......................1.900v.:[2.000V] 

Will update this when I get home to make sure it's accurate.