Post your gaming setup!

**Fuzzykins** · 2011-12-30, 04:16 PM

Go for the H80 or H100. I like the H60 for aesthetic or display builds, but cooling performance wise, the H80 edges it out.

**Drunkenvalley** · 2011-12-30, 04:29 PM

Come to think of it, do the convector radiators work well with Sandy Bridge / GTX 500s? Wondering trying to yoink some money from family to get this second rig (which is in a Define R3) set up for watercooling, mostly due to ridiculous fan noise on the graphics card when it's loaded.

**Fuzzykins** · 2011-12-30, 04:33 PM

Originally Posted by Drunkenvalley

Come to think of it, do the convector radiators work well with Sandy Bridge / GTX 500s? Wondering trying to yoink some money from family to get this second rig (which is in a Define R3) set up for watercooling, mostly due to ridiculous fan noise on the graphics card when it's loaded.

Fly to the US and we'll have a good ol' fashion father son relative friend build.

**Drunkenvalley** · 2011-12-30, 04:57 PM

Wait, what just happened.

**Cyanotical** · 2011-12-30, 05:03 PM

Originally Posted by Drunkenvalley

Wait, what just happened.

it took me three posts to realize that fuzzy was back, thats what happened

**Drunkenvalley** · 2011-12-30, 05:06 PM

Oh hi, Cyan. You know about 'em rads?

**Cyanotical** · 2011-12-30, 05:10 PM

Originally Posted by Drunkenvalley

Oh hi, Cyan. You know about 'em rads?

these?

in case you're wondering they are good for about 90 watts, meaning you still need an additional fan driven radiator,

the best use ive seen for passive rads is as an idle cooling method, when the cpu goes idle, or drops below a certain temp, the fans on the main rad shut off, leaving one of these to do the job in silence

**Drunkenvalley** · 2011-12-30, 05:45 PM

Good for 90 watts? Per link in the loop, or for a particular kit?

**Cyanotical** · 2011-12-30, 05:52 PM

Originally Posted by Drunkenvalley

Good for 90 watts? Per link in the loop, or for a particular kit?

well for that one in the image, its an external unit:

as for the Alphacool modular unit I have no idea, they dont post a wattage capacity anywhere on their site, so more then likely, it's junk

there is also the Zalman Reserator, if you can find one, they are getting rare at this point, but my local microcenter has one, mainly because nobody wants to pay $500 for it

**Drunkenvalley** · 2011-12-30, 05:58 PM

Well, they don't post a wattage capacity no, else I would probably not ask.

http://www.aquatuning.no/product_inf...042-svart.html
I don't think it's junk, but the lack of information pesters me.

**Rennadrel** · 2011-12-30, 06:13 PM

Originally Posted by Cyanotical

well for that one in the image, its an external unit:

as for the Alphacool modular unit I have no idea, they dont post a wattage capacity anywhere on their site, so more then likely, it's junk

there is also the Zalman Reserator, if you can find one, they are getting rare at this point, but my local microcenter has one, mainly because nobody wants to pay $500 for it

NCIX Canada is still selling the Reserator, 252 bucks

http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=54...=ZALMAN%20TECH

**Fuzzykins** · 2011-12-30, 06:22 PM

I saw one of those on MDPC...
http://www.million-dollar-pc.com/sys...c-a01-htpc.htm

**DeltrusDisc** · 2011-12-30, 08:18 PM

Them RAM heatsinks. O_O

I am pretty sure this is within size limits, if not, I'm sorry and I'll scale it down myself.

**Asrialol** · 2011-12-30, 08:53 PM

I upgraded my stuffs recently.

Corsair HX650W
Intel Core i5 2500k
HD6950 x2 CF
8GB DDR3 1600Mhz RAM
ASUS P8Z68-v Deluxe or something motherboard.

I got a tiny question, though. Usually people recommend a 850W powersupply for Crossfire, specially higher end cards. 650W works fine for the 6950's, though - but I'm a bit worried when it comes to overclocking. Not that I need it, I'm yet to find a game I cant run on the highest with a good FPS, but it's good to know that I can push my hardware in the future.

The HX650W is a pretty great PSU, would any of you think it could handle some CPU overclocking?

**Drunkenvalley** · 2011-12-30, 09:03 PM

To be fair, Deltrus, it's a micro-ATX board, so I'm not really surprised to see it getting away with the convectors.

**Xuvial** · 2011-12-30, 09:04 PM

Originally Posted by Asrialol

I upgraded my stuffs recently.

Corsair HX650W
Intel Core i5 2500k
HD6950 x2 CF
8GB DDR3 1600Mhz RAM
ASUS P8Z68-v Deluxe or something motherboard.

I got a tiny question, though. Usually people recommend a 850W powersupply for Crossfire, specially higher end cards. 650W works fine for the 6950's, though - but I'm a bit worried when it comes to overclocking. Not that I need it, I'm yet to find a game I cant run on the highest with a good FPS, but it's good to know that I can push my hardware in the future.

The HX650W is a pretty great PSU, would any of you think it could handle some CPU overclocking?

It's mainly misinformed/misguided people who think you need 800w+ PSU's everytime someone mentions two cards. If it was some no-name PSU brand I would say 650w would be risky - but this is an HX650 with Corsair's awesome quality and reliability (as usual) so it's more than fine.
Pushing your system to the max (both GPU's and CPU) would still not draw more than 450-470w total. Plenty of headroom for CPU overclocking.
Just keep those 6950's cool :P they can run pretty hot together.

**Rennadrel** · 2011-12-30, 09:05 PM

Originally Posted by DeltrusDisc

Them RAM heatsinks. O_O

I am pretty sure this is within size limits, if not, I'm sorry and I'll scale it down myself.

Someone must be colour blind because that is way too black and white.

**Adappy** · 2011-12-30, 09:06 PM

Originally Posted by Xuvial

It's mainly misinformed/misguided people who think you need 800w+ PSU's everytime someone mentions two cards. 6900 series are incredibly power-efficient cards and HX650 will happily run two 6950's with OC headroom.
Pushing your system to the max (both GPU's and CPU) would still not draw more than 450-470w total from the PSU. Plenty of headroom.

To add to this, according to the wattage meter on my UPS my system (which is basically identical) maxes out at around 475 watts with folding @ home running on the CPU and both GPU's, so a 650W psu would be fine.

**Rennadrel** · 2011-12-30, 09:16 PM

Originally Posted by Fuzzykins

Go for the H80 or H100. I like the H60 for aesthetic or display builds, but cooling performance wise, the H80 edges it out.

Did some research, turns out the only way to get the H100 radiator to mount in my case is by doing some extra drilling and to be honest I am not comfortable hacking apart cases if I want to resell them so I am going to stick with the H80 and am going to mount out the back of the case. Not sure how I should configure intake and exhaust with the other 5 fan slots, though I need a slim fan for the bottom of the case since it sits underneath my PSU.

**Asrialol** · 2011-12-30, 09:19 PM

Originally Posted by Xuvial

It's mainly misinformed/misguided people who think you need 800w+ PSU's everytime someone mentions two cards. If it was some no-name PSU brand I would say 650w would be risky - but this is an HX650 with Corsair's awesome quality and reliability (as usual) so it's more than fine.
Pushing your system to the max (both GPU's and CPU) would still not draw more than 450-470w total. Plenty of headroom for CPU overclocking.
Just keep those 6950's cool :P they can run pretty hot together.

Aye, one of the cards is always 5-15C* hotter than the other due to the reduced airflow. I was going to solve that with a fan on the case wall, but the Hypercooler 212 CPU cooler was so big I couldn't fit the fan ._.
My room is usually cold, though. I tend to have it 18-19C*, which tends to help on the temps.

Never seen them above 60 so far though, but havent actually done any stress-testing or such yet.

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