Air Cooled Gallery

[Mungri]

Playing with the I7 980 stock cooler. It looks nice, but is rather useless

Temps at stock volts @ 4 Ghz:

Antec Kuhler H2O 620 - 70 degrees
Intel cooler of performance mode - 81 degrees
Intel cooler on quiet mode - 87 degrees :x

I took out the H2O 620 because it was insufficient @ 4.5 Ghz. Instead I ordered a shiny red Phantecs cooler

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=HS-002-PT

The last one too.

[Jodiuh]

Wow...that's some crazy terrible performance from a HUGE looking cooler. Odd the fan's not encased to channel the flow better. Hope you have better lock w/ the new Phanteks...looks sick!

No Tripod, table, or good lighting, so this is as good as it gets for now. :p

Galaxy GTX 580 vs HD4350!



I cut the bottom grill out for a bit more airflow...same for the rear. Looks a little ghetto, but it's not seen.



Ripped out the filters and took off the doors. Yes, dust gets in now.


Cut out 6 of the drive bays and tucked the cables away.


The whole thing's pretty quiet, not silent...but good enough. Small enough to carry to a LAN easily too!

[Mungri]

There was a metal grill on the stock cooler, but it had to be removed as it collided with the NB cooler. Its not really big, its about the same as a £20 Arctic cooler with 4 heatpipes and a LED fan. It would be a great stock cooler if provided with 2500ks, but its insufficient for any CPU with HT imo.

From reviews I have read, the Phanteks cooler is better than the H2O 920 / Corsair H80 so I should be fine. I'm expecting 85 degrees @ 4.5 Ghz with it for benching, and 50 degrees at 4 Ghz for 24/7 based on comparison reviews to my H2O 620.

I really liked the look of the stock heatsink, but thats all that is decent about it. After removing it, I will leave it attached to its backplate and use it as a desk decoration lol.

Oh, the stock heatsink might have been better if I hadnt used the stock paste too, but i'm running low on MX3. Hopefully the Phankeks cooler will come with a nice big tube of something decent.

[Jodiuh]

Haha!

[Mungri]

Temps at stock volts @ 4 Ghz:

Antec Kuhler H2O 620 - 70 degrees
Intel cooler of performance mode - 81 degrees
Intel cooler on quiet mode - 87 degrees :x

And the Phanteks cooler at 4 Ghz is running at 57 degrees

An onslaught of pictures:





















It was a pita to install, but fits my P182 case perfectly with low profile ram.

[RCG_Bex]

@Bhav - I think you need more CPU cooling power

[Jodiuh]

WHAT IN THE...I don't even...wow...

[AMD_Freak]

@bhavv those cpu coolers are so sexy

[Mungri]

@Bhav - I think you need more CPU cooling power

Me too, my temps still max out at 96 degrees at 4.5 Ghz :x

But I turned off hyper threading and then it stays below 82 degrees

If you want an Intel hex core at 4.5 Ghz or more with HT on, you need a proper high end water cooling setup, even a corsair H80 wouldnt suffice. The dual radiator one might, but it wouldnt fit in my case and I dont want a new case, me <3 my P182.

[ScottALot]

Better than NH-D14/Venomous X/Silver Arrow? Bigger doesn't necessarily mean better :/

[Mungri]

Better than NH-D14/Venomous X/Silver Arrow? Bigger doesn't necessarily mean better :/

This is the review I read:

http://www.vortez.net/articles_pages...review,14.html

According to that review, it is slightly better, but I only wanted it because it was red, and the Noctua and SA coolers are ugly.

[Jodiuh]

Haha. I bought the Venemous X over the Silver Arrow for looks too. :p

[Mungri]

Not sure if you want temperature results too in this thread, but at stock CPU speed an HT disabled, the CPU stays under 48 degrees:



Its at stock speed and HT off because I'm stressing my ram, it seems that 1866 Mhz Cas 7 is possible! But I cant get it stable at higher BCLK :x

[BadmAu5]

just installed psu/OD bays cover and my freshly made clear side panel on my Core 1000 build

[Jodiuh]

That case needs a window.

[ChinStrap]

That case needs a window.

pic 2 looks like a window: http://i746.photobucket.com/albums/x...d/_DSC0533.jpg

[Celcius]

just installed psu/OD bays cover and my freshly made clear side panel on my Core 1000 build

Amazing, I'd give it an easy 10/10

[pcaddict]

That case needs a window.

What is that if not a window... -.-

[Jodiuh]

Lol, I thought it was a reflection. I blame the contrast ratio of my old monitor.

[wot]

Yuhuu first post!
My R3

[RCG_Bex]

I must get a picture of mine up... some Antec jobby from PC World with Kaze 3000's strapped to it = i7 3960x @ 5.1Ghz of pure win!!!

[LedHed]

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Hmmm where to put the SSD...

[M3kk]

[Marvin]

man that is a neat computer.

[AMD_Freak]

@M3kk looks nice is that the orange Phanteks or is just the color off?, I know what cooler ill be getting next