Skulltrail air cooling project

PangingJr · Sep 19, 2008, 11:00 AM

with quite a high overclocking for the Quad on air those CPU's core temps are looking very nice.

GigaWatt · Sep 20, 2008, 06:14 PM

would have been much simpler if you just took some old fridge, taken the motor with the freon tank and the cooling pipes, soldered (or molded, whatever), the cooling pipes to the one BIG heatsink, wrapped the motor with the freon tank in some kind of sound isolation device (it could be anything, the empty case from the fidge would have done nicely

), and you can have the same temps, probably even lower, at the same clock speed.

whell, you did a SCARY solution nevertheless, just the sight of the case gives me the shivers

, not to mention owning it would be REEEAAAALYYYYY SCARY

. hmmmm... i wounder how many (hundred

) VST instruments i could play on that thing at the same time, hahahahahah

caveman-jim · Sep 23, 2008, 12:15 AM

sammorris · Oct 10, 2008, 07:38 PM

That system is godlike. I'm very impressed. The engineering of it aside, the temps you pulled off with those 9775s is mindblowing. How does it fare under IntelBurnTest?

**Mousey** · Oct 10, 2008, 10:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zardon

yeah cinebench was tested in the reviews of both skulltrail and the V8 Mousey.

I don't mean Cinebench, i mean like real world performance if you get what i mean

Zardon · Oct 11, 2008, 09:14 AM

I have been asked a few times if the system is painfully loud. I used a measuring device with the case door on close to the vents and it was measuring 18db. If I put the 3 GTXs to full fan it increases to 35db.

sammorris · Oct 11, 2008, 10:59 AM

Have you the chance to run that system in Warhead and STALKER Clear Sky with all the eye candy, AA, the works? I'm curious..

Zardon · Oct 11, 2008, 12:44 PM

Yeah I beat Crysis Warhead and have had a good few testing sessions with STALKER Clear Sky.

What would you like to know ?

BlueMak · Oct 11, 2008, 02:33 PM

Cleaning that system is going to be a bitch. lol

Well done Zardon, I am impressed.

Zardon · Oct 11, 2008, 04:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlueMak

Cleaning that system is going to be a bitch. lol

Well done Zardon, I am impressed.

Yeah, but thankfully the front 3x140mm fans on the lian li chassis have a dust filter system. One of the nicest ive seen actually. You open the door. grab a little section at the top and pull up. and the whole front filter system comes out in one piece so you can clean it and slide it back in.

**kris23** · Oct 11, 2008, 04:10 PM

what if that was put into mineral oil? lol

dagski · Oct 12, 2008, 02:44 AM

very impressive numbers for air cooling, good job!

with those fans, you can put some skirts on your casing & u have yourself a hovercraft.

sammorris · Oct 13, 2008, 09:51 AM

Rough frame rates at absolute max for both games, and if there are any particular sections that perform worse than others, how the system got on in those areas.

Zardon · Oct 13, 2008, 01:31 PM

2560x1600 at enthusiast in crysis warhead, average around 45fps.

STALKER clear sky doesnt really support for 3 way SLI yet as such but its playable at 2560x1600 as well. havent really got around to benchmarking it on the skulltrail system as its in pieces again.

Sep 20, 2008, 06:14 PM	#32
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Oct 10, 2008, 07:38 PM	#34
sammorris HardwareHeaven Lover Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Brentwood or York, UK Posts: 178 Rep Power: 26 System Specs	Re: Skulltrail air cooling project That system is godlike. I'm very impressed. The engineering of it aside, the temps you pulled off with those 9775s is mindblowing. How does it fare under IntelBurnTest? __________________ Speakers: Logitech Z-2300 & Philips MC-70 [homebrew surround via ATEN CS1782 KVAM] for HTPC. Logitech Z-5500 for gaming PC. I/O: Razer Diamondback Magma, MS Intellimouse Optical, MS Sidewinder X6, Saitek Eclipse II, Pertelian X2040 USB Display DVD: As little as Possible (LG GH20NS15) Networking: Netgear GS105, GS605, GS608, WRN2000, Linksys WRT54GL [Tomato], DrayTek Vigor 120, yards of CAT6

Oct 11, 2008, 09:14 AM	Thread Starter #36
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	Re: Skulltrail air cooling project I have been asked a few times if the system is painfully loud. I used a measuring device with the case door on close to the vents and it was measuring 18db. If I put the 3 GTXs to full fan it increases to 35db.

Oct 11, 2008, 10:59 AM	#37
sammorris HardwareHeaven Lover Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Brentwood or York, UK Posts: 178 Rep Power: 26 System Specs	Re: Skulltrail air cooling project Have you the chance to run that system in Warhead and STALKER Clear Sky with all the eye candy, AA, the works? I'm curious.. __________________ Speakers: Logitech Z-2300 & Philips MC-70 [homebrew surround via ATEN CS1782 KVAM] for HTPC. Logitech Z-5500 for gaming PC. I/O: Razer Diamondback Magma, MS Intellimouse Optical, MS Sidewinder X6, Saitek Eclipse II, Pertelian X2040 USB Display DVD: As little as Possible (LG GH20NS15) Networking: Netgear GS105, GS605, GS608, WRN2000, Linksys WRT54GL [Tomato], DrayTek Vigor 120, yards of CAT6

Sep 19, 2008, 11:00 AM	#31
PangingJr Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,989 Rep Power: 71	with quite a high overclocking for the Quad on air those CPU's core temps are looking very nice.

Oct 11, 2008, 12:44 PM	Thread Starter #38
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	Re: Skulltrail air cooling project Yeah I beat Crysis Warhead and have had a good few testing sessions with STALKER Clear Sky. What would you like to know ?

Oct 11, 2008, 02:33 PM	#39
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Oct 12, 2008, 02:44 AM	#42
dagski HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: :Cebu: Posts: 1,606 Rep Power: 61 System Specs	Re: Skulltrail air cooling project very impressive numbers for air cooling, good job! with those fans, you can put some skirts on your casing & u have yourself a hovercraft. __________________ Recursive traversal of loopback mount points.

Oct 13, 2008, 09:51 AM	#43
sammorris HardwareHeaven Lover Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Brentwood or York, UK Posts: 178 Rep Power: 26 System Specs	Re: Skulltrail air cooling project Rough frame rates at absolute max for both games, and if there are any particular sections that perform worse than others, how the system got on in those areas. __________________ Speakers: Logitech Z-2300 & Philips MC-70 [homebrew surround via ATEN CS1782 KVAM] for HTPC. Logitech Z-5500 for gaming PC. I/O: Razer Diamondback Magma, MS Intellimouse Optical, MS Sidewinder X6, Saitek Eclipse II, Pertelian X2040 USB Display DVD: As little as Possible (LG GH20NS15) Networking: Netgear GS105, GS605, GS608, WRN2000, Linksys WRT54GL [Tomato], DrayTek Vigor 120, yards of CAT6

Oct 13, 2008, 01:31 PM	Thread Starter #44
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	Re: Skulltrail air cooling project 2560x1600 at enthusiast in crysis warhead, average around 45fps. STALKER clear sky doesnt really support for 3 way SLI yet as such but its playable at 2560x1600 as well. havent really got around to benchmarking it on the skulltrail system as its in pieces again.