you are not aloneOriginally Posted by Brian y.
you just made me realize how freaking lazy I have become with GPU prepping.......:p
have fun with that setup. Looks good
hahah
you are not aloneyou just made me realize how freaking lazy I have become with GPU prepping.......:p
have fun with that setup. Looks good
hahah
Yea, I go a little over board with prep. Ever since I saw my gtx295 freeze into a block of ice with my -30c chiller, I'm a little paranoid, lol!
Mobo: eVGA x58 Classified (759)
CPU: i7-990x
GPU: 2xGTX 580
Cooling: F1 Gemini/Tek-9 Fat LN2 | 12k BTU Chiller HK 3.0/DD Water Block
RAM: 3 x 2gb DDR3 Crucial Ballistix Tracers
HD: OCZ LE SSD 100GB | OCZ Vertex 2 SSD 60GB
PSU: PC Power & Cooling 1200W
OS: Win7 64-Bit | XP Pro
Monitor: Dell 2707 LCD
Don't think it's over board . I don't get much HW, have to buy my own, so I like to be careful with it.
I used to do it something like this :
but it took me good 2 hours for a motherboard, so I started doing it differently, not fullcover eraser, just seal some gaps in sockets, the cpu,
armaflex dont have to be pretty, just no gaps in there, boards nowadays can take a bit of ice, but just dont forget to have some towels or something else to suck the water out of the air and the board as failsafe,
my board prep in this fashion now takes app 20-25min
Last edited by Aerou; 11-23-2010 at 04:12 PM. Reason: I I I
Sometimes a good slap in the face is all you need
Bios my arss.....
I can fix this problem with a hardware mod....Hipro5
"Overclock till death. Overclocking is life." Hipro5
Looks like its gonna be a good run.
What gpu is hidden under all that :o
The gpu is a GTX 580, but it's a horrible specimen...can't eek out any more performance under LN, than I can with my -30c chiller.
Mobo: eVGA x58 Classified (759)
CPU: i7-990x
GPU: 2xGTX 580
Cooling: F1 Gemini/Tek-9 Fat LN2 | 12k BTU Chiller HK 3.0/DD Water Block
RAM: 3 x 2gb DDR3 Crucial Ballistix Tracers
HD: OCZ LE SSD 100GB | OCZ Vertex 2 SSD 60GB
PSU: PC Power & Cooling 1200W
OS: Win7 64-Bit | XP Pro
Monitor: Dell 2707 LCD
Today was short changed as I had a "no post" problem 3 hours into the session, so I had to breakdown and find the source....water in the dimm slots. After that dried up, and I packed everything with PJ, I started again tonight and got personal best's in almost everything. BTW, my 580 stinks...on ice... A few of my personal favs in today's LN2 session.
Mobo: eVGA x58 Classified (759)
CPU: i7-990x
GPU: 2xGTX 580
Cooling: F1 Gemini/Tek-9 Fat LN2 | 12k BTU Chiller HK 3.0/DD Water Block
RAM: 3 x 2gb DDR3 Crucial Ballistix Tracers
HD: OCZ LE SSD 100GB | OCZ Vertex 2 SSD 60GB
PSU: PC Power & Cooling 1200W
OS: Win7 64-Bit | XP Pro
Monitor: Dell 2707 LCD
Nice runs! Sorry to hear about the water issue.
How did that happen when it looks like you had eraser all up in the sockets
I had shop towels stuffed in the empty dimm slots, but nothing in the occupied slots, so condensation eventually took hold. Vaseline took care of that.
Mobo: eVGA x58 Classified (759)
CPU: i7-990x
GPU: 2xGTX 580
Cooling: F1 Gemini/Tek-9 Fat LN2 | 12k BTU Chiller HK 3.0/DD Water Block
RAM: 3 x 2gb DDR3 Crucial Ballistix Tracers
HD: OCZ LE SSD 100GB | OCZ Vertex 2 SSD 60GB
PSU: PC Power & Cooling 1200W
OS: Win7 64-Bit | XP Pro
Monitor: Dell 2707 LCD
Personally i prefer hot glue to stick the sinks to the VRMs. Easy removing and safe holding.
Interesting...thanks for the tip.I'll try that next time
Mobo: eVGA x58 Classified (759)
CPU: i7-990x
GPU: 2xGTX 580
Cooling: F1 Gemini/Tek-9 Fat LN2 | 12k BTU Chiller HK 3.0/DD Water Block
RAM: 3 x 2gb DDR3 Crucial Ballistix Tracers
HD: OCZ LE SSD 100GB | OCZ Vertex 2 SSD 60GB
PSU: PC Power & Cooling 1200W
OS: Win7 64-Bit | XP Pro
Monitor: Dell 2707 LCD
If and when i sink, i use double sided thermal tape and then hot glue gun to generally ensure things stay where they should
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