Official Water Cooling Thread of the Stock Maximus SE ROG NB Club:

[ElEctric_EyE]

I originally posted herehttp://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=165833) because I was looking for help starting out with the right BIOS (wasn't having much luck with 0401), but I have limited patience and went out to test on my own from all that I remembered from countless nights reading in these forums... so I will start posting here now with more tests...

[TheSamurai]

hey electric, check out this thread!!! it's nice and looooooong!

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=160945

[ElEctric_EyE]

[QUOTE=TheSamurai;2560705]hey electric, check out this thread!!! it's nice and looooooong!

hmmm, Freudian slip on that long thingy dude.

[TheSamurai]

hahaha, screw you!

[iadstudio]

pics should be manditory in this thread. Cool stuff, though. I though about getting this mobo once I found out the 680i isn't playing nice with Yorkfield, but I'm going to hold out for a few months and see what happens.

so, with 7/16 tubing, what does this nb block do to flow?

[cuke2u]

Hi all, just popped over from the main maximus formula thread to share some of my findings with ya all.
At present I am water cooling my complete system, that is CPU, NB and two gfx cards. With a stock motherboard, ie no re-seating the NB/SB with AS5, my idle temps are; MB 45c, NB 48c, SB 49. It will prime all day with an OC of 356 x 9, however I can't go any higher as my CPU temps will hit over 80c at 400 x9. I know why this is so as I'm probably trying to cool to much with my two fan swiftech rad.

However, on my kitchen table I have a prep'd replacement, reseated and gooped nb/sb, motherboard ready to go in. I'm hoping to see quite an improvement in my motherboard nb/sb temps once I've done so, but at the moment I'm waiting upon a delivery of the correct tubing, ordered the wrong size, damm this mm to inches confuses me lol.
Once I've kitted it all up I'll be able to post my findings, if you're interested, by the end of the week, I hope...
Cheers
Chris

[jonny_ftm]

It will prime all day with an OC of 356 x 9, however I can't go any higher as my CPU temps will hit over 80c at 400 x9. I know why this is so as I'm probably trying to cool to much with my two fan swiftech rad.

Look at my signature. I also begun with with the same Swiftech kit you have. The MCR-220 couldn't deal with my Q6600 B3 heat dissipation, even at 3.2GHz. It was too hot and I had my fans at 12v to deal with it

I added a PA120.3 (adding a MCR-320 QP on your loop will breake your flow, especially if you're planning to add the NB and SB to the loop, as the MCR-320 is more restrictive than the PA120.3) and I could get my B3 to the same OC in my signature, with all the 5 fans at 5v. I now got a Q6600 G0 that needs much less vcore than my B3, and it is even better now

Here, you can find the PA120.3 in stock, the best radiator for LPDC ever made.
http://www.xtreme-cooling.ch/catalog...oducts_id=1611
As you're mounting the circuit, better install it while your PC is open. But of course, you know you'll suerely have to mod your case to fit a triple rad

[Talonman]

Thanks for the posts guy's...

I look foward to your follow up data.

[TheSamurai]

talonman, did you see the link to my post in the other thread??? i dropped 14*C by reseating with mx-2 and adding watercooling to the NB... and that was with a .04 voltage increase from the previous NBv setting. i'm in the middle of redoing some stuff iwth the system but i'll get you an update if anything changes. let me know if you need more info.

[TheSamurai]

derek, try running OCCT Beta with the slider all the way to the ram side and see what your NB temps are.

[Talonman]

talonman, did you see the link to my post in the other thread??? i dropped 14*C by reseating with mx-2 and adding watercooling to the NB... and that was with a .04 voltage increase from the previous NBv setting. i'm in the middle of redoing some stuff iwth the system but i'll get you an update if anything changes. let me know if you need more info.

I am afraid I did. You guys are successfully making me feel like a lazy SOB!!

14*C drop is hard to ignore withought buying another thing...

I have sitting right in front of me:
(1) Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - OEM.
(1) Arctic Silver CMQ-22G The high-density, ceramic-based thermal compound - Retail.
(1) Arctic Silver Adhesive.
(1) Arctic Silver ACN-60ML (2-PC-SET) Thermal material Remover & Surface Purifier - OEM.

It's just that taking the old off, and making sure I do the install better than they did. It makes us first time builders, and first time water cooling dudes a bit squeamish. Well, it does me.

I have to confess, your post is making me buckle quite a bit...

[Talonman]

I am running an e6400 @ 3.6GHz @ 1.475 vCore and the rest of the voltages are all up to the highest green setting, I also have my 2900XT in the loop, D5-vario @5 and the PA120.3.

Running Orthos, and the 2900XT clocks @ 3D 858/900 core/mem.

Idle:
CPU cores @ 36C
NB @ 39C
SB @ 39C
GPU @ 54C

Load: (not sure how to load the GPU)
CPU cores @ 53C
NB @ 40C
SB @ 39C
GPU @ 54C

Thanks for the post!


So far:
ROG Member ----- NB volts -- NB Loaded --------------- CPU ------------------
Renegade5399 ---- 1.65v ------ 34°C ------------ Intel Core2Duo E6850 G0 @ 4GHz
bill d ------------- 1.30v ------ 34°C ----------------------------- Q6600 Stock
ragge86 ---------- 1.65v ------ 36°C ---------------------------- Q6600 @ 3.8GHz
BulldogPO -------- 1.65v ------ 40°C -24/7 QMC crunching clocks - Q6600 @ 3.8GHz
DerekFSE ---- Green setting --- 40°C -------- Running Orthos ----- e6400 @ 3.6GHz
weescott --------- 1.74v ------ 43°C --------(Q9550 444x8.5) 1.49v 62c under load
j0nnyr0773n ------ 1.54v ------ 44°C ------------------------- Q6600 GO @ 3.6GHz
Clump ------------ 1.62v ------ 46°C (After 1HR or Prime 95) ----- Q6600 @ 3.6GHz
raju -------------- 1.65v ------ 49°C (Prime95 Torture Temp) ----- Q6600 @ 3.6GHz
Note: After Raju remounted, max temp went down to 39°C
Note: NB temps over 47°C are prone to failures during longer Prime torture test runs.

[Jedda]

Its worth doing on any of these recent boards with N/B and S/B joined by a heat pipe.
Ensuring that each end is flat to its chip, at the same time, can be done with a piece of glass.

[Talonman]

Feel free to post all the best remount links that involve using the stock ROG cooling, or good removal instructions.

Dammit!! I'm jumping in....

[TheSamurai]

I am afraid I did. You guys are successfully making me feel like a lazy SOB!!

14*C drop is hard to ignore withought buying another thing...

I have sitting right in front of me:
(1) Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - OEM.
(1) Arctic Silver CMQ-22G The high-density, ceramic-based thermal compound - Retail.
(1) Arctic Silver Adhesive.
(1) Arctic Silver ACN-60ML (2-PC-SET) Thermal material Remover & Surface Purifier - OEM.

It's just that taking the old off, and making sure I do the install better than they did. It makes us first time builders, and first time water cooling dudes a bit squeamish. Well, it does me.

I have to confess, your post is making me buckle quite a bit...

i'm a noob too with watercooling and whatnot... it was definately worth it. i went with Artic Silver MX-2 because it was high on the test list. i can't remember where the list was on here but i think it might have been in the WC'ing section. i'll get you the info for your thread once i get everything set up (raid and whatnot). just remember, the block should come off relatively easy... if not then add more heat with the hair dryer. i used a screw driver inbetween the two and very very lightly twisted it till it came off. if it didn't budge, i added more heat and repeated. that stuff is like concrete. it's aweful!!!!!

[Talonman]

Thanks for the tips, and do keep me updated on your info.
When you get that NB loaded up we need to get you on the chart!!
I know that will be another thread, but I am about to attempt RAID0 too so I will be looking at that info closely too, that is if I can ever figure out what exactly I need to have on my boot flash drive.
I was trying to get the BOOTMAX project off the ground:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...hlight=bootmax
I am still kinda a lost there... I need somone to take that thread over that knows what the frick their doing. That is not me right now.
And then there is the Matrix RAID, mabey that is our best bet?
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=120184

Back on topic..

Out of the AS products I have listed above, what would be the best to use for the remounting?

I don't have the MX2...

Mabey mixing my AS adhesive, with standerd AS5 or AS ceramic would be best?

So if I stick with the stock ROG cooling, what backplates do I need?

CPU, NB has one already correct, and does our SB actually need one, or are the pins good enouigh?

If I go for the backplate thing, do I need spacers also, to prevent it from shorting out my mobo?

I wish some company would offer the performance starter kit... So many parts you have to hunt down to do it right.

I wish D-tek would have given me one.

I need links to exactly what I should order. Hopefully all from 1 spot.

Petra or NewEgg would be fine.

[cuke2u]

Look at my signature. I also begun with with the same Swiftech kit you have. The MCR-220 couldn't deal with my Q6600 B3 heat dissipation, even at 3.2GHz. It was too hot and I had my fans at 12v to deal with it

I added a PA120.3 (adding a MCR-320 QP on your loop will breake your flow, especially if you're planning to add the NB and SB to the loop, as the MCR-320 is more restrictive than the PA120.3) and I could get my B3 to the same OC in my signature, with all the 5 fans at 5v. I now got a Q6600 G0 that needs much less vcore than my B3, and it is even better now

Here, you can find the PA120.3 in stock, the best radiator for LPDC ever made.
http://www.xtreme-cooling.ch/catalog...oducts_id=1611
As you're mounting the circuit, better install it while your PC is open. But of course, you know you'll suerely have to mod your case to fit a triple rad

Hi, thanks for the good advice, it's already on my next shopping list early in the new year. However I will sling it on top of the case where the swiftech is at the moment
ChrisC

EDIT: Decided to go for it in the end, seemed to make more sense to do now then have to dis-assemble it all again...

[Malik]

Asus Maximus Formula SE vs Malik



After 40 sec. heating by hair dryer:



Fit on SWIFTECH MCW30:



Installation in case:




That is good



Final view:



Conclusion:

There is no problem to remove asus cooling - of course when you use for example a hair dryer Swiftech mcw30 fit ok.

Big thanks for Pete

[ElEctric_EyE]

Dude, thank you so much for that! I am not there yet, but eventually I will...

[ElEctric_EyE]

Malik, what kind of tubing, ,and fittings are you using, I like it!

[TheSamurai]

compression fittings... i think frozen cpu has them.

[Talonman]

Thanks for the post Malik!!

looks like you went all out buddy!!

Sweet.

I think I am going to stick with the stock ROG cooling, but was glad to see your success on the removal.

[TheSamurai]

Malik, i'd like to see your temps at fully load with something like the OCCT Beta on 1024 RAM.

[ElEctric_EyE]

yes , we need to agree on a standard test? You guys are done with prime already?

[Malik]

Malik, what kind of tubing, ,and fittings are you using, I like it!

I'm using 8/10 tubing, and fittings - like this LINK

Thanks for the post Malik!!

looks like you went all out buddy!!

Sweet.

Thanks Dude