Opinions on a Prometeia Mach II GT

[C-Rad]

Hey guys!

I'm currently sick of air cooling and I have someone offering me a phase change unit (the Prometeia Mach II GT) and I wanted to run it past people here and see what you all think?

Any advice would be great!

[kitfit1]

It really depends on what you plan on running it on and if it has been modded at all ?
If it's completely "stock", then anything much past a dual core it will struggle with if you are going to clock it.
I have one, but it has a "chilly1" evap a larger condenser and has been charged with r507. But even that struggles to get an 920 much past 4.5ghz.

[C-Rad]

I see...

Thanks for that info, I have a 930 (basically revision of the 920) but will be upgrading to the new hexa-core (i7 970) when it is released...

I will find out if the unit has been modded at all but in the mean time, have you got any other suggestions? I have currently got my i7 930 OC'd to 4.01Ghz on air cooling but it hits 100 degrees while rendering which isn't so great

[Mescalamba]

What air cooler do you have, that you hit such brutal temps?

[C-Rad]

I have the Thermalrite HR-01X... It's about the best air cooler on the market and I have a Noctua fan strapped to it... http://xtreview.com/images/thermalright%20HR-01%20X.jpg

[closeracing]

I bought a used mach I on ebay and have tried to mod it to handle a phenom II,
chilly1 evap, bigger condensor, 110cfm fans and r404. Right now am @ 4.6ghz
and it will run 3d mark 06 but if I run prime at this speed things heat up quickly and the system crashes. It will run prime at around 4.5ghz but the temps rise to -24 or so and I am nowhere near the heatload of an I7.
I am currently having a unit built . It costs about the same as what I have in this mach I and is supposed to handle 300w at around -35c.
I suggest you talk to sdumper, He is very knowledgable and he will tell you straight up what you can expect out of your mach II

[C-Rad]

Thanks for the info mate, I will ask sdumper and see what he thinks