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[The_Jelly]

U should get decent temps with the H70... I have my cpu stable now at 4020mhz and ram at 1667mhz my voltages are 1.3v and 1.64v respectivley... What's ur ram running at andre? your 930 will easy hit 4ghz with the H70... Its gona be fun! When u thinking of getting it?

[andrekruger]

that is my point, without a sweat, i was actually trying to OC the cpu, and it bumped up my ram to 1744Mhz (on 1.6V), and it happily humming along, i am sure i can reach 1900Mhz. it is currently at 1600Mhz, i want some decent cooling before i try anything.

From what i read, the H70 is ideal for full load cooling, so it should be prefect for overclocks like what you guys have.

[andrekruger]

oh yeah, the 6870 is freaking awesome, temps is between 45 and 54C, and i am now able to play Crysis Warhead at max with no lag whatsoever, as well as Starcraft 2 at max (55fps), it it isnt anywhere near as hot as my old 9800GT

[The_Jelly]

That's a hectic overclock on your ram! Doubt mine will do that...ya I read a few reviews when I was choosing my cooler they were very postive bout the H70 in push pull config... Will complete your rig! Andre just a question what made u get 2 sticks of ram on a tripple channel board?

[andrekruger]

that is easy, a lack of money...LOL

but fear not, i am going triple channel soon (ETA 2 weeks), as it was my orignal plan to start with triple channel, but somehow i felt short in the purchasing, but it is just around the corner (going to 6Gb obviously)

as for the RAM, i am not sure why is it si doing what it is doing, but i aint complaining....

that said, once i have my H70, and bumping it up to your speeds, i am very interested to see where this ram is capable og going.

[Smilodon111]

dude - that H70 is gonna look awesome in ur system - hands down.

[andrekruger]

thanks smiley man...

i was actually thinking (yeah, i know...), actually wondering....

my case has a 200mm fan at the top, which has space for 2 x 120mm fans, maybe i should do a push/pull setup with the H70, but with the fans pointing to the top of the case, instead of pointing to the back of the case?

what do you think?

[The_Jelly]

Also very keen to see ur results... post a tread up in the oc section when u ready so we can join in ur progress...
as for the cooler i rate get the H70 then when you have it jus see where it looks and works better..... the easiest and most cost effective way would be to jus stick it on the back that way u keep your 200mm fan which will have more airflow than one 120mm fan... from a cooling perspective id take the back fan off and keep the 200mm... but as i said get the cooler and play with the mounting....

what do u guys think i should do? save and buy a second 5850? or sell my 5850 and save up for a new card? i would love to xfire but 5850's aint cheap...
and im gona get another hdd probably for xmas... so ill get another 640gb and maybe dabble in raid 0...

[Smilodon111]

The_Jelly - why not grab a SSD instead?

[zimmer-frame]

Ok might as well post terribad pictures of my rig. Sorry, taken by a Blackberry Curve in a dark room that never sees daylight (the daystar burns)

The rig as ordered from LandmarkPC:
2 x EVGA GTX460 SuperClocked External Exhaust 1GB nVidia GeForce GTX 460 GPU
1 x Corsair TX850 850w
1 x Samsung 22x Sata Black Super-Multi DVDROM
1 x Corsair H70 Hydro Series CPU Water Cooling
1 x Intel i7 950 3.06GHz Quad Core CPU with Arctic Cooling MX-3 Thermal Paste
1 x Kingston Hyper-X 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
1 x Seagate Momentus XT 320GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache 2.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s with NCQ Solid State Hybrid Drive
1 x MSI X58A-GD65 USB 3 and SATA 3 Intel X58 Chipset
1 x Coolermaster RC-P100-KKN2 USP-100 Black with Black Mesh Front Panel

Other stuff:
2 x 22" Fujitsu Wide Full HD LCD's
1 x Roccat Compact Gaming Keyboard
1 x Mouse...Generic

[Smilodon111]

wow - nice pc zimmer-frame! love the 460's brings back memories lol

seems everybody loves coolermaster cases! haha like almost everyone has a coolermaster

[andrekruger]

hey Jelly ans Smileyman, i know i should post it here, but just a quick response to you on the OC. i did a quick 3dmark06 last night...

Primary Device AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series
Width 1280
Height 1024
Anti-Aliasing None
Anti-Aliasing Quality 0
Texture Filtering Optimal
Anisotropic Level 1
VS Profile 3_0
PS Profile 3_0
Force full precision No
Disable HW shadow mapping No
Disable post-processing No
Force software vertex shader No
Color mipmaps No
Force software FP filtering No
Repeat tests Off
Fixed framerate Off
Comment
3DMark Score 22477 3DMarks
SM2.0 Score 9 K
HDR/SM3.0 Score 11 K
CPU Score 6 K
Game Score N/A
GT1 - Return To Proxycon 74.801 FPS
GT2 - Firefly Forest 75.259 FPS
CPU1 - Red Valley 2.122 FPS
CPU2 - Red Valley 2.926 FPS
HDR1 - Canyon Flight 110.384 FPS
HDR2 - Deep Freeze 99.688 FPS
Fill Rate - Single-Texturing 0.000 N/A
Fill Rate - Multi-Texturing 0.000 N/A
Pixel Shader 0.000 N/A
Vertex Shader - Simple 0.000 N/A
Vertex Shader - Complex 0.000 N/A
Shader Particles (SM3.0) 0.000 N/A
Perlin Noise (SM3.0) 0.000 N/A
8 Triangles 0.000 N/A
32 Triangles 0.000 N/A
128 Triangles 0.000 N/A
512 Triangles 0.000 N/A
2048 Triangles 0.000 N/A
32768 Triangles 0.000 N/A
Central Processing Unit Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 930 @ 2.80GHz
Internal Clock 3612 MHz
External Clock 172 MHz
Display Device AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series
Total Local Video Memory 1020 MB
Driver Version 8.782.0.0
VGA Memory Clock 0 Hz
VGA Core Clock 0 Hz
Total Physical Memory 3568 MB
Operating System Info Windows 7 Enterprise

[zimmer-frame]

Well I'm a old dude (hence being a zimmer) with a family to feed and bond to pay, so I had limited budget. Also, we live in SA where it gets hot, so I really wanted the H70 water cooling.

Looked at parts, found something I liked, then read the reviews on it. Would have loved a SSD and maybe one of the HAF style cases but it's just too expensive. This is what I could assemble on a budget and works like a dream!

Had some issues with SLI tearing but solved them, and managed to overclock it without hassles to 4ghz... BFBC2 has never been so beautiful!

[The_Jelly]

andre can u maybe try a 3dmark vantage i havent used o6 in a long time....

and zimmer really awesome setup man!! glad u could post some pics!
what are ur temps with the h70 at idle and on load at 4ghz?
and how is that hybrid drive?

smiley i never thought of that an ssd is sounding really good! any suggestions on a decent one?

[Smilodon111]

Well I'm a old dude (hence being a zimmer)

thats awesome wish i had a gamer dad...but really nice setup there.the 460's are killer in multi gpu scaling so you gots some future proofing for a while

The_Jelly you wont believe the difference a SSD makes man - even the low end models.if you strapped to cash id say grap a kingston SSDnow - amazing price / performance & great warranty.if you got a little more to play with grab a G.Skill falcon or even a OCZ Revodrive (i think its called)....HDD's are by far the biggest bottleneck out there & SSD's change that.everything from boot to Anti virus scanning is boosted to less than half the time taken on a regular HDD.

guys - i made a thread under benchmarking called '3D mark 11' - if anyone got it yet bench it & post your scores there...but get ready for a dissapointment as its crazy demanding lol.

[andrekruger]

Hey jelly, gonna run Vantage tonight, but my internet is down again, so i couldnt post it.....sigh

and smileyman, where is that OC thread of yours?

i really want to see what numbers you guys are getting.

[hamin_aus]

I'm gonna be putting a SSD, more RAM and Win7 x64 in my PC this weekend hopefully.

Will post pics of Vader then

[andrekruger]

i just downloaded 3DMark 11, i will run it tonight, and hopefully my internet works, will post it then.

[Smilodon111]

Hey jelly, gonna run Vantage tonight, but my internet is down again, so i couldnt post it.....sigh

and smileyman, where is that OC thread of yours?

hey buddy - its under the sub forum in cooling & overclocking called benchmarking....i reckon ur score is gonna be higher than mine cuz ur card is better @ tessalation than mine lol

[andrekruger]

he he he, smiley, i am not so sure, apparently the tesselation seems to be a weak point for the 6870, but after tonight we can compare notes.

thaks for the thread info, i am looking forward to seeing what we folks have

[The_Jelly]

not sure hey i think your card will pu up a good fight smiley.... thanks for the ssd info... when i get closer to buying ill make a thread and u guys can help me buy....

cant wait for ur post andre! i just posted

[zimmer-frame]

and zimmer really awesome setup man!! glad u could post some pics!
what are ur temps with the h70 at idle and on load at 4ghz?
and how is that hybrid drive?

That is the temps idle and under full load from Prime 95.. I ran it yesterday and the ambient temp in Cape Town was bloody hot
so I am actually very impressed with the performance of the H70. Definitely worth the extra bit of cash.

What is a good freeware HDD testing program. I need something to really test the hybrid drive. So far it seems faster than a normal drive,
though I will try upgrade to a proper SSD as soon as budget allows.

[Smilodon111]

not sure hey i think your card will pu up a good fight smiley.... thanks for the ssd info... when i get closer to buying ill make a thread and u guys can help me buy....

cant wait for ur post andre! i just posted

no prob man - SSD for the win

[andrekruger]

Zimmer, thanks for that man, i have now made up my mind about the H70, i am getting one.

watch this space smile/jelly, will add the post later on, internet is down AGAIN!!!!

[Smilodon111]

Zimmer, thanks for that man, i have now made up my mind about the H70, i am getting one.

watch this space smile/jelly, will add the post later on, internet is down AGAIN!!!!

cant wait that H70 will look sick in your pc man!