RAM / VRM heatsinks installed on the 1080 ti.
I've a feeling some of them won't stay attached for very long, lol. Memory ones should be fine, since there's plenty of surface, VRMs ... not so much. This Akasa thermal tape I used doesn't exactly inspire confidence, but that's all I could find on short notice. Hopefully I won't get any shorts, if they fall.
Gonna leave it be for a while, test temps tomorrow.
I've a feeling some of them won't stay attached for very long, lol. Memory ones should be fine, since there's plenty of surface, VRMs ... not so much. This Akasa thermal tape I used doesn't exactly inspire confidence, but that's all I could find on short notice. Hopefully I won't get any shorts, if they fall.
Gonna leave it be for a while, test temps tomorrow.
I use an Akasa fanless case for my server and it has given me no trouble over the six months or so I've had it.
So, temps are not as good as I had hoped, but still ... acceptable, I guess.
With fans at 1500rpm, where they're just shy of being inaudible, memory / VRM temps go up to 80-85°C, which is 5-10°C lower than without heatsinks. An improvement, but I was hoping for another 5-10°C less. Which is where temps sit in most of the tests / reviews I read with fans set at 1500rpm, when using the thermal plaster that comes with the Accelero. Which leads me to believe that this Akasa thermal tape isn't exactly performing wonders. Nor should've I have expected it to, tbh. Thermal conductivity is rated at a miserable 0.9W/mk. Mildly disappointing.
Idk, I guess I'll monitor things for a while longer.
With fans at 1500rpm, where they're just shy of being inaudible, memory / VRM temps go up to 80-85°C, which is 5-10°C lower than without heatsinks. An improvement, but I was hoping for another 5-10°C less. Which is where temps sit in most of the tests / reviews I read with fans set at 1500rpm, when using the thermal plaster that comes with the Accelero. Which leads me to believe that this Akasa thermal tape isn't exactly performing wonders. Nor should've I have expected it to, tbh. Thermal conductivity is rated at a miserable 0.9W/mk. Mildly disappointing.
Idk, I guess I'll monitor things for a while longer.
After some emotional struggle, I decided to cancel the 9900K pre-order and drop down to a 9600K that'll I'll be receiving tomorrow. Couldn't stay in limbo with the waiting, couldn't stand to pay even more than the price I pre-ordered it for to get a OEM chip in a plain box that's probably been fingered by some nerds in the shop.
By HottestVapes Go To PostAfter some emotional struggle, I decided to cancel the 9900K pre-order and drop down to a 9600K that'll I'll be receiving tomorrow. Couldn't stay in limbo with the waiting, couldn't stand to pay even more than the price I pre-ordered it for to get a OEM chip in a plain box that's probably been fingered by some nerds in the shop.
You made the right move Vapes.
By Zabojnik Go To PostSo, temps are not as good as I had hoped, but still … acceptable, I guess.
With fans at 1500rpm, where they're just shy of being inaudible, memory / VRM temps go up to 80-85°C, which is 5-10°C lower than without heatsinks. An improvement, but I was hoping for another 5-10°C less. Which is where temps sit in most of the tests / reviews I read with fans set at 1500rpm, when using the thermal plaster that comes with the Accelero. Which leads me to believe that this Akasa thermal tape isn't exactly performing wonders. Nor should've I have expected it to, tbh. Thermal conductivity is rated at a miserable 0.9W/mk. Mildly disappointing.
Idk, I guess I'll monitor things for a while longer.
Seems high for all that work.
By HottestVapes Go To PostAfter some emotional struggle, I decided to cancel the 9900K pre-order and drop down to a 9600K that'll I'll be receiving tomorrow. Couldn't stay in limbo with the waiting, couldn't stand to pay even more than the price I pre-ordered it for to get a OEM chip in a plain box that's probably been fingered by some nerds in the shop.
You did the right thing breh.
Especially when even Slaent-Elite Smokey bails on something...
By Adam Go To PostSeems high for all that work.It is, but I don't see that I have a lot of choice, if I want to retain the warranty and future resaleability. Core temps are great at around 65°, a 15-20°C drop at maybe 1/5th of the noise compared to the stock cooler. It's either plaster or some other thermal paste + glue mixture, which would bring the conductivity up from 1W/mk to 7-8W/mk and hopefully see temps drop by a good margin ... or I'd have to look into making a custom cooling plate.
By Zabojnik Go To PostIt is, but I don't see that I have a lot of choice, if I want to retain the warranty and future resaleability. Core temps are great at around 65°, a 15-20°C drop at maybe 1/5th of the noise compared to the stock cooler. It's either plaster or some other thermal paste + glue mixture, which would bring the conductivity up from 1W/mk to 7-8W/mk and hopefully see temps drop by a good margin … or I'd have to look into making a custom cooling plate.Or mount two 120mm fans to the heatsink to blast more air through to them, but you’re already running them cooler than they do with the FE blower cooler so I think you’re sound as is.
By HottestVapes Go To PostOr mount two 120mm fans to the heatsink to blast more air through to them, but you’re already running them cooler than they do with the FE blower cooler so I think you’re sound as is.I'm gonna bring the intake fans up another 200-300rpm, tweak the GPU fans curve a bit, see where that lands me. I think I'll be fine, yeah.
By Zabojnik Go To PostIt is, but I don't see that I have a lot of choice, if I want to retain the warranty and future resaleability. Core temps are great at around 65°, a 15-20°C drop at maybe 1/5th of the noise compared to the stock cooler. It's either plaster or some other thermal paste + glue mixture, which would bring the conductivity up from 1W/mk to 7-8W/mk and hopefully see temps drop by a good margin … or I'd have to look into making a custom cooling plate.
Well, you know what to do next.
Custom loop time :3?
By Adam Go To PostWell, you know what to do next.
Custom loop time :3?
Zabo is too frugal for that. Got a mate with a custom loop running a 2080Ti and 9900K. Cracked 15K on Time Spy earlier today. Madman.
By Adam Go To PostWell, you know what to do next.
Custom loop time :3?
Corsair has a new, redesigned, platinum aio h100i line out. Ditched astek and are now with coolit.
https://www.eteknix.com/corsair-h100i-rgb-platinum-review/
https://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/cases_cooling/corsair_h100i_rgb_platinum_and_h115i_rgb_platinum_review/5
Sounds good. And it comes with 2x ML Pros, which are what I use throughout my case. Great (albeit pricey) fans. May be time go go home!
https://www.eteknix.com/corsair-h100i-rgb-platinum-review/
https://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/cases_cooling/corsair_h100i_rgb_platinum_and_h115i_rgb_platinum_review/5
Sounds good. And it comes with 2x ML Pros, which are what I use throughout my case. Great (albeit pricey) fans. May be time go go home!
By Smokey Go To PostCorsair has a new, redesigned, platinum aio h100i line out. Ditched astek and are now with coolit.
https://www.eteknix.com/corsair-h100i-rgb-platinum-review/
https://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/cases_cooling/corsair_h100i_rgb_platinum_and_h115i_rgb_platinum_review/5
Sounds good. And it comes with 2x ML Pros, which are what I use throughout my case. Great (albeit pricey) fans. May be time go go home!
Funnily enough, I'd just watched a video about it
By HottestVapes Go To PostZabo is too frugal for that. Got a mate with a custom loop running a 2080Ti and 9900K. Cracked 15K on Time Spy earlier today. Madman.
Wow @ Zabo.
You gonna try to break that with your 9600k?
By Zabojnik Go To Post
😞
By Adam Go To PostWow @ Zabo.
You gonna try to break that with your 9600k?
😞
Got nae chance. His GPU score is over a thousand clear of mine, and he’s managed 5.2Ghz on all 8 cores on the 9900K.
I kinda want my next build in about five years to be a show piece. When I eventually replace my FT05 case after having it a decade, anyway. Will still most likely be air cooled, but will have a side panel and tasteful lighting inside. Maybe I can do a theme or something like some QuakeCon PC's.
Anyway, this is still so far out that I will probably forget all about it when it comes time to do this.
Anyway, this is still so far out that I will probably forget all about it when it comes time to do this.
By Kibner Go To PostI kinda want my next build in about five years to be a show piece. When I eventually replace my FT05 case after having it a decade, anyway. Will still most likely be air cooled, but will have a side panel and tasteful lighting inside. Maybe I can do a theme or something like some QuakeCon PC's.
Anyway, this is still so far out that I will probably forget all about it when it comes time to do this.
NCase M1, TG side panel. Triple slot GPU and a Noctua U9S for the CPU. That’s your ticket
By HottestVapes Go To PostNCase M1, TG side panel. Triple slot GPU and a Noctua U9S for the CPU. That’s your ticketHrmm... is that four 120mm system fans and a single 120mm cpu fan it can fit in there? That should be enough to have it running cool and quiet. Again, this is still several years out so things will probably change by then.
By Kibner Go To PostHrmm… is that four 120mm system fans and a single 120mm cpu fan it can fit in there? That should be enough to have it running cool and quiet. Again, this is still several years out so things will probably change by then.
Depends on configuration, can fit two 120mm fans under the GPU and two on the side, plus a 92mm at the back but if you go for a tower style cooler you can only fit one 120mm on the side. With the TG side panel, just two under the GPU but you can use the back 92mm fan mount as an intake for an NH-D9L/U9S which works quite well.
It's soo thICC
Looking forward to dual tower / stacked fan GPU coolers in the style of Noctua DH15 or Be Quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4.
Hopefully they'll include a GPU cane to combat dat sag.
Hopefully they'll include a GPU cane to combat dat sag.
9600K has arrived. Gonna get some pics of the installation later/tomorrow and throw a build log up to shame Smokey and his poor cable management
By DominicanPower Go To PostWhat's a decent 1080p 144hz monitor?What is your budget? Do you have an Nvidia or AMD gpu? Do you have a preference for TN, VA, or IPS panels? What size (in inches)?
Are you going to be mainly gaming on it or are you also doing content creation where color accuracy is important?
Been out of the 9900k information loop since I decided to not get the CPU. Noticed there's quite a bit of talk going on about VRMs and coincidentally this video from Hardware Unboxed showed up on my list
By Kibner Go To PostWhat is your budget? Do you have an Nvidia or AMD gpu? Do you have a preference for TN, VA, or IPS panels? What size (in inches)?Nvidia(1060). Just for gaming.
Are you going to be mainly gaming on it or are you also doing content creation where color accuracy is important?
By Smokey Go To PostBeen out of the 9900k information loop since I decided to not get the CPU. Noticed there's quite a bit of talk going on about VRMs and coincidentally this video from Hardware Unboxed showed up on my list
Maximus XI Hero getting exposed, damn
By Smokey Go To PostBeen out of the 9900k information loop since I decided to not get the CPU. Noticed there's quite a bit of talk going on about VRMs and coincidentally this video from Hardware Unboxed showed up on my list
Buildzoid has changed covered it now foo.
Fun fact: My Asus B350 ITX board has a better VRM than that Maximus XI, as does my new ASRock Z390 ITX board. Both cost less than £200.
ITX STAY WINNING
At the risk of boring you all to muerte with the continued coverage of my 1080ti custom cooling story ... While I'm begrudgingly okay with the current memory / vrm temps, I'm thinking about making a custom cooling plate, see if I can get temps to drop by another 5-10°C. Not like I have much else to look forward to in the next 1-2 years as far as PC modding goes, so I might as well fuck around with it and learn something.
I think the most practical and possibly effective way to go about it would be to buy a ~300x150x10mm low-profile aluminium heatsink ...
... and cut out a square or two where the GPU and capacitors are located. Not all the vrm components that need cooling are exactly on the same level / plane as the ram chips. I should be able to get away with using slightly thicker thermal pads on the mosfets (red square), which sit maybe 1mm lower than the memory chips and most of the other components. Chokes (blue square) sit much lower / are considerably higher, so I think the best thing to do would be to cut a small piece of aluminium (or copper, if I decide to go with that), about 3mm thick, and glue it to the underside of the heatsink with thermal plaster or whatever, which would then allow me to use your stock heat pads to make contact.
Drilling screw holes in the right spots might be a problem, unless I'm incredibly lucky and the holes' positions align perfectly with the 'valleys' on the heatsink. Small chance, I reckon. I guess I could always cut and file down the metal where needed.
Also, I might do the same for the backside of the card, attach another heatsink there, which is the solution the Accelero IV (I have the III) uses. Apparently it's not a very good solution, but it should help some and it would make the card look much cooler. :D
Feel free to contribute, if you have any better ideas. :)
I think the most practical and possibly effective way to go about it would be to buy a ~300x150x10mm low-profile aluminium heatsink ...
... and cut out a square or two where the GPU and capacitors are located. Not all the vrm components that need cooling are exactly on the same level / plane as the ram chips. I should be able to get away with using slightly thicker thermal pads on the mosfets (red square), which sit maybe 1mm lower than the memory chips and most of the other components. Chokes (blue square) sit much lower / are considerably higher, so I think the best thing to do would be to cut a small piece of aluminium (or copper, if I decide to go with that), about 3mm thick, and glue it to the underside of the heatsink with thermal plaster or whatever, which would then allow me to use your stock heat pads to make contact.
Drilling screw holes in the right spots might be a problem, unless I'm incredibly lucky and the holes' positions align perfectly with the 'valleys' on the heatsink. Small chance, I reckon. I guess I could always cut and file down the metal where needed.
Also, I might do the same for the backside of the card, attach another heatsink there, which is the solution the Accelero IV (I have the III) uses. Apparently it's not a very good solution, but it should help some and it would make the card look much cooler. :D
Feel free to contribute, if you have any better ideas. :)
I'm looking to build a media box.
The Raspberry Pi isn't quick enough, doesn't have gigabit ethernet or USB3.
Any advice? Not looking to spend a ton. Been considering a refurb mac mini
The Raspberry Pi isn't quick enough, doesn't have gigabit ethernet or USB3.
Any advice? Not looking to spend a ton. Been considering a refurb mac mini
By Zabojnik Go To PostNvidia Shield, the end.I'll need to check how good it is at downloading extremely legal torrents. It can run as a Plex server, so that's fine.
Been a ball ache switching over to the 9600K so far. Should’ve been a simple swap, but nah, had to over complicate it.
Thus far, successful removed the heatspreaders off my RAM and got them installed along with the CPU and motherboard. Need to figure out my cabling next and mount the AIO on the CPU then put the GPU back in place.
Also miscalculated the clearance between the mobo and bottom of the case. I’d bought a slim fan for underneath it for some extra airflow however that didn’t go to plan.
Thus far, successful removed the heatspreaders off my RAM and got them installed along with the CPU and motherboard. Need to figure out my cabling next and mount the AIO on the CPU then put the GPU back in place.
Also miscalculated the clearance between the mobo and bottom of the case. I’d bought a slim fan for underneath it for some extra airflow however that didn’t go to plan.
So this happened
was playing a game and it completely shut down. powered back up and saw this. went back into a game and same thing happened, this time it wouldn't boot even after multiple hard resets. i had to flip the power switch on the psu, let it sit for a minute, and try again, and it came back up. returned everything to stock on my cpu and gpu. played a couple of games and no shutdown...but that was the first time i've seen that happen. I'm using a 1300w psu so it's not like it's being stressed by my current configuration.
I mentioned it a while back that i needed to get a new PSU and this pretty much confirms that.
was playing a game and it completely shut down. powered back up and saw this. went back into a game and same thing happened, this time it wouldn't boot even after multiple hard resets. i had to flip the power switch on the psu, let it sit for a minute, and try again, and it came back up. returned everything to stock on my cpu and gpu. played a couple of games and no shutdown...but that was the first time i've seen that happen. I'm using a 1300w psu so it's not like it's being stressed by my current configuration.
I mentioned it a while back that i needed to get a new PSU and this pretty much confirms that.
Feel your pain Smokey, after sweating over my PC yesterday, I had everything tidied up and back together when after booting up I notice the CPU fan isn’t spinning 💀
Figured out why the fan isn’t spinning, a stray wire has managed to poke through the finger guard and block it. Surprisingly at idle, the radiator manages to keep the CPU below 50c for over 10 minutes
By Smokey Go To PostIt was really odd. But I'm back up and using it now, albeit at stock settings for everything.Had the same thing Smokey.
It still works perfectly, I just put it on Fast Boot.
But it could be the battery in the CPU.
By HottestVapes Go To PostFigured out why the fan isn’t spinning, a stray wire has managed to poke through the finger guard and block it. Surprisingly at idle, the radiator manages to keep the CPU below 50c for over 10 minutesI ran my core 2 duo back in the day with no fan on the heatsink. It was the Thermaltake ultra 120, iirc. In an antec p180 case. Ran cooler playing games than the stock heatsink and fan. Lmao
No pics, Vapes?
🤔
Hm, may need a new case.
Looking at R6, Thermaltake A500, and Corsair 500D Se.
Prefer quiet, and decent thermals.
R6 = upgrade to my current R5, good build quality, but no RGB, cheapest
A500 = looks sleek, no reviews out, no RGB.
500D = RGB (I have other Corsair RGB stuff now... curse Smokey), but limited HDD space
🤔 Thoughts?
🤔
Hm, may need a new case.
Looking at R6, Thermaltake A500, and Corsair 500D Se.
Prefer quiet, and decent thermals.
R6 = upgrade to my current R5, good build quality, but no RGB, cheapest
A500 = looks sleek, no reviews out, no RGB.
500D = RGB (I have other Corsair RGB stuff now... curse Smokey), but limited HDD space
🤔 Thoughts?
By Adam Go To PostNo pics, Vapes?
🤔
Hm, may need a new case.
Looking at R6, Thermaltake A500, and Corsair 500D Se.
Prefer quiet, and decent thermals.
R6 = upgrade to my current R5, good build quality, but no RGB, cheapest
A500 = looks sleek, no reviews out, no RGB.
500D = RGB (I have other Corsair RGB stuff now… curse Smokey), but limited HDD space
🤔 Thoughts?
I’ll get some pics up soon, still debating re-routing the 24pin, which would mean a complete disassembly to get right so I’m weighing up if it’s worth the hassle or not.
Also want to neatly jury-rig a fan over the motherboard to give the VRM and m.2 some airflow. Will need to come up with a custom bracket for that though.
As for your case woes, would you not consider one of BeQuiet’s cases? They seem to live up their name, look alright too. Not sure what the airflow is like in them though.
"Get any modern windowless case, hang it under your desk, forget about it. The way it was meant to be." - Zabo
By Zabojnik Go To Post"Get any modern windowless case, hang it under your desk, forget about it. The way it was meant to be." - Zabo
Don’t do any of this. Take pride in your PC, make that shit look good and display it on your desk. RGB optional.
By NinjaFridge Go To PostHow can RGB be only optional if you want to 'make that shit look good'?
All black everything is a timeless look for hardware, but just having clean cabling makes a big difference.
By HottestVapes Go To PostAll black everything is a timeless look for hardware, but just having clean cabling makes a big difference.
Their build quality can be suss, lots of plastic too.
By Adam Go To PostTheir build quality can be suss, lots of plastic too.That in regards to BeQuiet? If so, fair enough as I haven’t looked into them that closely.
Dying 2080Ti’s are fake news. I’m shocked.