Its true that there is a chance that the radiator wouldn't fit. I mean it will probably fit but a percentage will get blocked by the case.
But As I already changed the sidepanel by grinding out more space for bigger coolers (my crossfire setup got really hot),
I will probably do the same for the backside. I'll find a way. I'm not afraid to get creative with the case. And if I fail I will just buy a new one. Don't think i will though.
Where in the case would you put a double length rad?
Actually I see it would fit on the door, but I think it wouldnt fit with the graphics cards there. Is there 2x 120mm fan mounts at the top of the case?
its not a double length rad, its just slightly larger than a standard fan. i got slightly larger space above my case fan, but its just not open. I can easily rind it open.
the double length is the 100 series.
And no i dont have mounts at the top.
after doing more research it should totaly fit, the radiatorraster part that gets slightly bigger doesnt need to be exposed at all. it should easely fit, even in my mid-case.
Ok I just found an inside view.. I couldnt see the fan mounts from the top view of the case. Now the only question is how much distance from the top fo the case to the ram.
There is sufficient space between the top-casefanpoint and the very top. should be enough for the radiator to fit I think.
errrr. no.
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/HIS/HD_7970_X_Turbo/26.html
there are plenty of 300+w cards out there. eg 2x 8pin pcie on this particular 7970
as for the airflow; my system temperature (somewhere on the motherboard) is just a few degrees above room temperature. letting the h80i exhaust shouldnt really be a problem - If it turns out it is, making a hole for topcoolers to inject cold air from above sounds like the best way indeed. I'm curious.
should be interesting. keep me posted :)
I set it up a couple of hours ago. I went crazy for a while. It even throtteled harder that my former air cooling.
After calming down and thinking cleary i found that the nordbridge heatsink was left without cooling. The temp sensor wasnt really super-alarming (about 52 degrees) so it took me a while to realise it.
I modified the sideplate so I could still fit a second (upper) fan into it (the h80's fan-radiator-fan got in the way with stock-placement). Which apperantly really fixed the whole thing. An injection of cool air smacked right on the entire chipset.
Im already at 4,6 Ghz and I dont even see a sign of throtteling :) . Which is above my expectations, considering the GA-990FXA-D3 isn't really an enthousiast overclocking motherboard (it even had to ADD 8350 support!).
I'm basicly waiting around now, 4,6 seems pretty stable. I'm almost running out of patience; I'm too excited to see what my better per-core performance will bring me in games :)
very nice man! Gratz on the nice overclock. Sorry for the late reply. I was out for the weekend. It sounds really nice though.
feralshad0w hit the nail on the head.... if your power supply is not failing, then your not over powering it.
the numbers you pulld seem a bit high.
its fine, imo you dont need a new cooler, very small temp drop for the performance.
Well I had my share of suprises, I'll tell you that.
As it turns out, the psu wasnt the problem at all. However the motherboard had one hell of a fatal flaw. You're about to withness some "hueg fail".
(Its the backside of the mobo.) So, Wait - what spot exactly is (about to be) burned in?
Its the mosfets of the powerphases. So, Wait - Where the hell is my heatsink?
It turns out gigbyte doesnt really care to heatsink their 4+1 phase design. Why they unlocked this motherboard for overclocking is beyond me. But I should have known. Its my fault really. the 4+1 phase design of the cheap mobo should have warned me about this.
Also an interesting fact is there are NO temperature sensors that will warn you there is a volcano on your motherboard. It doesn't throttle or stop anything. It happily melts itself while you stress the cpu.
However. I was not going to back down & cry in a corner. I spotted the problem in time. Nothing serious got damaged (yet). I also wasnt going to buy a new mobo to "Solve the problem". I had something else in mind.
So I went to work.
I found that blue heatsink lying around somewhere on another motherboard lying around. Ofc it didnt fit. Didn't thought it was going to be that easy aswell. I made it fit.
And ofcourse a heatsink without a fan Is like a beer without foam. It ain't right.
Now the next thing I did isn't pretty. That little fan cramped up back there wasnt going to make it on its own. There is little or no space left in my case, and especially on that spot. So I had to improvise. I'm not a casemodder, correct. But I am all about putting out fires. I added two fans on the exterior of the case.
I added an intakefan smacked right on the same level of the mosfets.
At the side, I also had to add a fan which cools the chipset/NorthBridge. It also had to be put on the exterior because of the radiator of the watercooling taking that place.
I hope this solves it. The temperatures look very amazing. The cooling focus on the powerphases hasn't damaged the airflow, yet improved it. The CPU phases still get warm though. But at least they dont get burning hot. I am considering to order myself a more professional heatsink (one that fits and is extremely high) to get this over with completely.
I don't see how the FX-8350 will anywhere remotely pull 300w from the wall with liquid cooling. The most you will see with liquid cooling from the FX-8350 is 220w at 1.54v 5.0GHz. Mine only draws 195-200w with 1.488v at 4803 MHz with an H100.
Nice. I'm at 1.475 @ 4.66Ghz. Don't think I will be going higher with this board :|
Yeah I noticed you mentioned your board has 4+1 power phase, that's pretty dicey with new CPUs seeing as how 4+1 power phase was cutting edge back in the days of the Pentium 4.
Im a bit late to the thread but..... IME, skimping on a PSU is asking for trouble. I learned the hard way by trying to squeak by with cheaper units and its just ended up with me spending more than needed by replacing PSUs due to either them imploding or just plain not having enough juice.
80+ silver is the minimum Ill ever buy in the future and an over wattage rating of at least 30%.
The biggest thing to considder with any circuit that has capacitors is life expectancy rating. The sad fact is caps fail before anything else. Just something else to considder.
Instead of a heatsink.. maybe you should get that new motherboard... There are some affordable ones out there with good powerphase designs... Maybe the asrock extreme3?
Not for overclocking. The M5A99FX Evo is what I'd get.
I think I'm going to hold out till steamroller and roll back the clocks. If amd releases a new chipset with steamroller I would kill myself if I bought a new mobo already.
