Asmoday

I'm propably going to purchase this baby tomorrow!!...I got a sweet deal on it, and most likely i'll go for it!!

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Roadee

Looks like somebody is taking off the gloves and throwing the vaseline in the fridge!!


The resulting benchmarks will have NO mercy on some of you........looks to be some cold times ahead

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dipstick

Go for it man, you won’t be disappointed! Should be good for AT LEAST 300MHz over your highest OC right now
Let us know how it goes...

drakesteakn

very nice dude, can't wait for some benches!!!!

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Asmoday

Well....we'll see...i propably will be getting it tomorrow before work...hopefully i'll have it up and running sometime soon..

Only downside with this bundle is....the topcase is butt-ugly!! ...but everything is moddable..

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Roadee

Hey bud........maybe you could take a bunch of pics while you are doing this.......if they are good pics maybe we can get an article put together for it?

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Zardon

Glad you went for it over the vapochill man and make sure when you get it to seal the head right with the string seal to stop condensation !

dipstick

lol, its not that bad; maybe a little big but at least its black Have fun putting it together and don't forget to fill the socket and make sure all cpu pins are covered with the silicone stuff.


Btw, I take it you don't like the vapo very much Z?



Edit- Btw, another thing that is really helps against condensation is to run the cpu at 100% at ALL times. Don't let it just idle when not in use. Run a program like Folding@Home and you'll be good

Zardon

Really? I thought the heating element took care of all that.

dipstick

It should but everybody I've talked to has said the same thing. Personally I haven't noticed any condensation even with the heat pad off but you can never be too safe.
No reason to idle with one of these anyways

Asmoday

Well... i got it up and running now....she sits at a evaporator temp of -50C atm and mbm is reporting -28C....don't know if that's about right? You with similar setups(Kakarot) please report back in here and tell me your temps...
I'll do some overclock attempts tomorrow....

btw...i dont think i'll be able to get as high 3dmarkscores as before....earlier i had watercooling on the 9800p now i don't... back on air on the gfx...

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drakesteakn

i guess thats a bummer for that setup. have ti have air agn on the gfx card. but get good cooler on that card and u'll oc just fine.

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dipstick

Good to hear you got it running. But -50c is crazy man,I set mine to hold at -20. How fast does the compressor run?
Also you should be able to use water along with the Mach II...I would

Asmoday

No idea...dont think thats away to change the speed of the compressor, if it is let me know....yeah i would watercool the gfx..but there is simply no room in this crappy Enlight case. It must be the worst case i've ever owned, i can't believe how bad it is.. it only have room for 2hdd's and have only one loud-ass 80mm fan in the back...it has room for another 80mm in the front, but i can't be arsed to put one in...no i'll mod it with an nice 120mm on the side and one on the top of the case when the mood comes on....
Thats the only complain i have about it so far...the chiller is awesome!!! I've been reading on some forums and come to the conclusion that -25, -30c on a max3 is pretty good...(reading from the bios)..but im not sure what reading to trust more...the evaporator temp or the bios temp...

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dipstick

lol, don't even talk about bad cases until you seen a Vapo. I only have room for three 50mm fans in the back If you mod the thing up with a couple 120's you'll be good to go. Btw, it's okay you can't change the compressor speed, it should vary its speed depending on how low you set the hold temp. WOuld be cool if you had a utility to checkup on that though As for the temps, I think the P4 gets the reading from a diode so the mobo reading should be close enough.

Judas

you couldn't take the case off and put another one on?

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Asmoday

Some rather sloppy pic's of the Mach II...
I've modded it with a 120mm fan on the side....i will put another one on the top of the case top later...

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Danhill

Nice rig you got there Cartman

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Asmoday

Thanks....yeah i like it so far

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drakesteakn

lets get some benches going. lets see what it can do!!!!!

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Necrosis

Nice but what's your address so I can send you a black keyboard & monitor!

Judas

DUDE.... nothing can replace that KEYBOARD.... seriously....

Cartman.. NEVER get rid of that keyboard... never sell it... take as good care of it as possible!

the monitor..... not sure though..

BUT don't touch that keyboard.... best damn keyboard in the world.. STILL!

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Necrosis

I've owned two of those keyboards in the past...I'm not talking about functionality but for looks. Honestly I find those keyboards comfortable, but they tend to make it hard to switch back and fourth between standard keyboards. If M$ would make a basic version of that keyboard in black it would sell like hotcakes.

Zardon

Im with Judas it is one of the best keyboards Microsoft have ever made. That and the Bluetooth one. And if im right that looks like Cartman has an illyama monitor. Cant get better.

dipstick

Very nice man, it looks great. The mod you did looks great too.
Not sure about putting it at ear level though..
Enjoy bud!

ViRuS2k

Ewwww how can you guys like that keyboard lol its but ugly i use to have a logitech keyboard and it was ok now that i have moved to the logitech Dinovo media Desktop with Logitech MX900 you just cant get anything better at the monent :P and for the cool factor this keyboard looks awsome though i do like that Mach II lol your right though the top of the case is but ugly

Zardon

yeah kakarot has a point, floor level might work better.

Zardon

well from what I remember you arent dating a keyboard the action on the keys and the whole design is top notch. This is widely known in the industry to be one of the best keyboards you could buy and the sad thing is microsoft dont make the same board anymore they have newer versions with cheaper internal components, such a shame.

btw when you say "but", its actually "butt" with two "t"'s as in ass - roughly translated, its ugly as someones ass.

I somewhat think you are missing the point of cartmans rig, its not meant to be a looker, its an overclocking weapon, and with some mods I think he could have a decent looking system too as well as one that performs great.

Asmoday

Hehe...yeah it propably would...but its so hard seeing the display then...

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EcPercy

thats pretty cool cartman... you mentioned that you had water cooling... what setup do you have there? I was looking at getting the koolance case and having cpu, gpu, northbridge, and harddrive cooling.. how quite would that be? That is what I am looking for... something to quiet down my system....