Maximus Extreme + Zalman GT1000 tri-loop setup - picture heavy

[dontgvadamn]

Nice setup polar bear. I woulda liked to have gone with a zalman case but they are so dang pricey.

How big of a difference did the nb sb crosslinx and mosfet coolers make over the stock setup. I am debating if I should get the ek stuff for my maximus extreme. And now I know the stock fusion setup isnt too hard to get off I was worried about that if I do switch since its slightly different than the formula board.

[Sources]

Nice diary !
Good work

[polar bear]

Thanks for your input guys, just as I thought this thread had died

Been spending the last week tweaking FSX for performance as well as some annoying out-of-memory issues I struggled with. System now works like a charm. Had to go down to 3825MHz for 24/7 use as FSX chrashed a few times with 4050. Not a big difference performance-wise anyway. Don't think I've had a BSOD or a freeze for about a week now

Well, finally got my MIPS blocks for my strikerII, as well as a replacement PA120.3 after I caused the first one to leak so once again I'll go into building/modding mode this afternoon for some more watercooling hysteria. Check it out in my sig - updates coming soon.

[polar bear]

Nice setup polar bear. I woulda liked to have gone with a zalman case but they are so dang pricey.

How big of a difference did the nb sb crosslinx and mosfet coolers make over the stock setup. I am debating if I should get the ek stuff for my maximus extreme. And now I know the stock fusion setup isnt too hard to get off I was worried about that if I do switch since its slightly different than the formula board.

See below (post #32) re: temperature improvement with new EK blocks. Previously I had the Reserator XT watercooling the CPU (Swiftech Apogee GT) AND chipset (stock Asus fusion solution) in the same loop. As for the GPUs I used the stock HIS solution (reference fan design) prior to the EK blocks.

[At 3.6GHz using everest stress test]
CPU idle 56 to 48 = 14% cooler
CPU load 85 to 68 = 20% cooler
NB idle 41 to 36 = 12% cooler
NB load 47 to 37 = 21% cooler
SB idle 41 to 34 = 17% cooler
SB load 44 to 35 = 20% cooler

[GPU temps using 3DMark06 and reporting hottest core]
idle 60 to 34 = 43% cooler
load 83 to 45 = 46% cooler

[TMC2K]

Nice photos of the removal process for the Fusion Block, etc. I have the same case, same Mobo and will end up with a similar set of blocks but smaller cooling system.

[Crankyhobo]

Not bad, its a bit ugly though don't u think?

[Th3MadScientist]

Well seems my overclocking feast is coming to an end. Dont think this chip is capable of much more than 4050, but it's okay, I'm happy Didnt think I would break the 20k 3DMark06 barrier either so quickly but I did, once I resolved that catalyst AI issue.

One day I might just get a 45nm quad (QX9650 ) let's see been dreaming of this for months but it's got one hell of a price tag.

Tried to step up a little bit further to 466*9=4200 but got a BSOD during vista boot. Dont really wanna go higher than Vcore=1.6 and V_CPU_PLL=1.7 lol.

Well, to conclude, it seems the equipment upgrade has brought an extra 400MHz on the quad.

As for temperatures:

[At 3.6GHz using everest stress test]
CPU idle 56 to 48 = 14% cooler
CPU load 85 to 68 = 20% cooler
NB idle 41 to 36 = 12% cooler
NB load 47 to 37 = 21% cooler
SB idle 41 to 34 = 17% cooler
SB load 44 to 35 = 20% cooler

[GPU temps using 3DMark06 and reporting hottest core]
idle 60 to 34 = 43% cooler
load 83 to 45 = 46% cooler

I have almost the same setup as you and I'm running the XT with the Q6600 and 2 GTX's in one loop and I have the almost the same temperature as you.

[MasterChiefElmo]

Looks good man i saw that case at Fry's one day... omg Fry's is an computer lovers heaven!!!!!!! Fry's FTW!

[HaCKs]

Looks good man i saw that case at Fry's one day... omg Fry's is an computer lovers heaven!!!!!!! Fry's FTW!

I love frys.

Best part: return policy.

"So you don't have a receipt, no box, no manual, and you broke it? Okay here is your money back sir!"