MCW 50T (pics)

[Marvin]

hi Friends, just have finished the mcw50t installation. I didnt use the foam suplied by swiftech, neither the usual nuts and bolts.
Just used a DCP plate (Plate used to fix bone fractures) on the back of the board...

[Marvin]

final pic

[Jabo]

D00de! it looks almost exactly like mine!
Did exactly the same but used different thernal insulation
Very neat job bro!
What are your temps ?

[Marvin]

my temps increased a bit. like 5 or 6 C.
but is running at 495, w/o vmod.
i think i put a lot of grease. Sorry the newbbie, but i was afraid of condensation.

[Marvin]

the final pic. Still bleeding and curing the AS5....

[Jabo]

What newbie, where? ou did it like a fully fledged pro m8!
Well done and text book condensation profing (with dielectric grease).

You may want to upgrade yout TEC element to get ~10C ful load temps.
Btw, very nice core clock d00de! I am impressed

[Çhrist0ph]

good idea putting grease on the agp pins/socket. ive heard ppl have lost cards to condensation in the agp socket.

anyways, good job!

[Reflex1]

indeed a lot of greese haha.

nice OC

[kayl]

better safe than sorry.
the last thing you want is to boot and get horrible little characters in bios, (moisture in the slot does this)
well i actually had a leaking water block into slot and a puddle as well, lostt that card)
happened last week actually


what did you use to stick those ram sinks onto the card.
ps if you eva gonna upgrade that tec go the 172w tec 24v one and power it with 12v, most effient use

[Marvin]

i was thinking that kayl, sorry for knowing you lost your card.. .i think i have put to much AS5 too, but when it booted fine and i am running at 490 MHz, I wouldn´t take off and clean. Man that grease is messy. About a bigger pelt, maybe in the fututre, since the extra insulation did (Coat both sides, grease and neoprene) the wb isnt tottaly dry under load.
Here i like a sauna, i would have an extra loop for that.

[htkm1]

Do you intend to Vmod the Gpu Voltage? You might wanna try AS Ceramique to AS5. Read some where here.

[Marvin]

htkm1, for sure i will. That is the best part.

i have heard that too, but i dont have AS ceramique here, so i pt AS5.
thanks

[Arkangyl]

Nice job there m8

Just wondering though, what were you cooling it with before and what OC did you get with that cooling?

[Marvin]

I only have changed the stock cooling of the gpu to a mcw50t, but before was running hot at 415/365.
I forgot to mention, i have coated the back and the front of the pcb with conformal coating.

[=w=]

I apologize for maybe sounding n00bish, but what is conformal coating?

[Marvin]

it is an option for the RTV sealant, help to insulate the card.
http://www.aquastealth.com/index.asp...PROD&ProdID=82

[Stang_Man]

Originally posted by Marvin
hi Friends, just have finished the mcw50t installation. I didnt use the foam suplied by swiftech, neither the usual nuts and bolts.
Just used a DCP plate (Plate used to fix bone fractures) on the back of the board...

omg! i had that exact same plate when i broke my fibula and tibia.. + 2 pins in my ankle cause that broke too!

May 2001:

[gkiing]

that's pure nasty

[=w=]

Where exactly do you apply it on the card/mobo?

[Marvin]

what ? the plate ?
the back of the card. look at the first picture.

[=w=]

No, where do you apply the conformal coating, because I only see the green dielectric grease.

[Marvin]

I have coated the back of the card and around the core.
As i said i have used a lot of dieletric grease,

[=w=]

I think I'll do it when I T.E.C. my x800XT PE.

[gkiing]

You can use clear nail polish if you dont have "conforma coating".

[echow87]

clear nail polish as conformal coating? sweet, i didnt know that, got ton of that crap laying around