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FireFox-89
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Hardware configuration: Luna-
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 @ stock | Noctua NH-U9s with 2 Noctua B9 Redux 1600 92mm Fans
MSI B450 Tomahawk Max Revision 1.0 BIOS version 3.F0
Corsair Vengeance LPX 4x8GB DDR4-3000 | Timings 16-18-18-36
Sapphire Radeon RX 590 Nitro+ 8GB
SeaSonic M12II 850w 80+Bronze PSU

Terra-
Intel Core i5-4690K @ 4.20GHz with Vcore of 1.138v | Corsair H100i V2 with 2 Corsair SP120 120mm fans
Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H BIOS version 10b
Crucial Ballistix Sport 2x4GB DDR3-1600 | Timings 9-9-9-24
Sapphire Radeon RX 570 Pulse 4GB -100mV undervolt
OCZ Technology ZS Series 550w 80+Bronze PSU

Anubis-
Intel Core i7-5820K @3.80GHz with Vcore of 1.089v | Cooler Master Hyper 212 with Noctua NF-F12 120mm IPPC 3000 fan
Gigabyte X99-SOC Champion BIOS version F23c
G.Skill Trident Z RGB 2x8GB DDR4-3000 @ 2400 | Timings 15-15-15-36
Sapphire Radeon RX 580 Nitro+ 4GB -25mV undervolt
SeaSonic Prime Platinum 750w 80+Platinum PSU

All machines running F@H v7.6.21
Location: Lincolnshire, UK

Re: Cooling Questions

Post by FireFox-89 »

Yey cooler has arrived, finally Luna is now back up and running with the CPU. I'm only averaging about 20-25,000 PPD with the Core i7-2600K with all cores synced to 3.80GHz but at least the PC can process an additional WU now instead of relying just on the video card. With the new cooler so far the hottest core is in the region of 54c compared to about 65c before so a nice little improvement :D

Noctua NH-U9s with a pair of B9 Redux 1600rpm 92mm fans in a push/pull configuration. The Y-Splitter comes in handy so I can have both fans connected to the CPU fan header.
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Hopefully with summer on its way, this will perform a lot better compared to the Cooler Master Hyper TX3 that was installed before, I want to be able to keep these machines chewing away at the work units.
Do you even fold bro?
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NRT_AntiKytherA
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Re: Cooling Questions

Post by NRT_AntiKytherA »

Looks a decent cooler :)

I get around 80C on my GTX 1080ti as well, it's an MSI Gaming X Trio with their massive cooler which I leave running in 'Gaming' mode since I game with it too. The CPU maxes out around 70C with the stock Wraith cooler from AMD. It would be nice to have a water cool for that but as I'm not overclocking it's not worth the outlay right now and also I got the non-windowed version of the Fractal R6 Define specifically for it's noise dampening so I don't hear the Wraith anyway :)

I use the Ultimate Performance power profile in Windows. It still has power scaling but allows more voltage to the nvme drive tucked under the GPU than Ryzen Balanced seems to. The top and side panels were off purely to get light into the case when taking the image back in 2018:

http://tm-nascar.com/sites/default/file ... 160213.jpg

The case has 3x140mm fans all running at full rpm. two at the front and the one rear you can see in the image
FireFox-89
Posts: 72
Joined: Wed Nov 27, 2019 9:18 pm
Hardware configuration: Luna-
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 @ stock | Noctua NH-U9s with 2 Noctua B9 Redux 1600 92mm Fans
MSI B450 Tomahawk Max Revision 1.0 BIOS version 3.F0
Corsair Vengeance LPX 4x8GB DDR4-3000 | Timings 16-18-18-36
Sapphire Radeon RX 590 Nitro+ 8GB
SeaSonic M12II 850w 80+Bronze PSU

Terra-
Intel Core i5-4690K @ 4.20GHz with Vcore of 1.138v | Corsair H100i V2 with 2 Corsair SP120 120mm fans
Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H BIOS version 10b
Crucial Ballistix Sport 2x4GB DDR3-1600 | Timings 9-9-9-24
Sapphire Radeon RX 570 Pulse 4GB -100mV undervolt
OCZ Technology ZS Series 550w 80+Bronze PSU

Anubis-
Intel Core i7-5820K @3.80GHz with Vcore of 1.089v | Cooler Master Hyper 212 with Noctua NF-F12 120mm IPPC 3000 fan
Gigabyte X99-SOC Champion BIOS version F23c
G.Skill Trident Z RGB 2x8GB DDR4-3000 @ 2400 | Timings 15-15-15-36
Sapphire Radeon RX 580 Nitro+ 4GB -25mV undervolt
SeaSonic Prime Platinum 750w 80+Platinum PSU

All machines running F@H v7.6.21
Location: Lincolnshire, UK

Re: Cooling Questions

Post by FireFox-89 »

NRT_AntiKytherA wrote:Looks a decent cooler :)

I get around 80C on my GTX 1080ti as well, it's an MSI Gaming X Trio with their massive cooler which I leave running in 'Gaming' mode since I game with it too. The CPU maxes out around 70C with the stock Wraith cooler from AMD. It would be nice to have a water cool for that but as I'm not overclocking it's not worth the outlay right now and also I got the non-windowed version of the Fractal R6 Define specifically for it's noise dampening so I don't hear the Wraith anyway :)

I use the Ultimate Performance power profile in Windows. It still has power scaling but allows more voltage to the nvme drive tucked under the GPU than Ryzen Balanced seems to. The top and side panels were off purely to get light into the case when taking the image back in 2018:

http://tm-nascar.com/sites/default/file ... 160213.jpg

The case has 3x140mm fans all running at full rpm. two at the front and the one rear you can see in the image
Nice, that looks pretty sweet and love the colour combination you did with the RAM, also 80c on the GPU seems a little high considering the cooler. Do they normally run at those temps?
Do you even fold bro?
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MeeLee
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Re: Cooling Questions

Post by MeeLee »

FireFox-89 wrote:Yey cooler has arrived, finally Luna is now back up and running with the CPU. I'm only averaging about 20-25,000 PPD with the Core i7-2600K with all cores synced to 3.80GHz but at least the PC can process an additional WU now instead of relying just on the video card. With the new cooler so far the hottest core is in the region of 54c compared to about 65c before so a nice little improvement :D

Noctua NH-U9s with a pair of B9 Redux 1600rpm 92mm fans in a push/pull configuration. The Y-Splitter comes in handy so I can have both fans connected to the CPU fan header.
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Hopefully with summer on its way, this will perform a lot better compared to the Cooler Master Hyper TX3 that was installed before, I want to be able to keep these machines chewing away at the work units.
I would take the left fan off, create a cardboard & duct tape tunnel design that connects your case fan to the CPU, directly ejecting the CPU heat out of the case.
That way the case fan will pull the heat from the CPU directly out of the case.
The heat inside the case will pass through the CPU, it should only affect CPU temperatures in a minor way, but case temps will be lower.

As far as the CPU, my 3900x runs at 3,8Ghz, and currently hits 75,8C. It does have a 120mm water cooling solution, and running in eco mode at ~90W.
NRT_AntiKytherA
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Joined: Sun May 10, 2020 11:50 pm

Re: Cooling Questions

Post by NRT_AntiKytherA »

80c on the GPU seems a little high considering the cooler.
Yeah I thought so too, however it may actually be a false reading as the fan is not at maximum speed while folding and it does go faster when I play a high end game. It's running at 1898MHz in Gaming Mode which is overclocked from NVIDIA's specification by the MSI Gaming App, also handy for turning off the RGB light strips on it.

The thermal limit for the card is 90C, it will begin thermal throttling at 85C so if it were 80C you'd think the fans would be at full speed already. The RAM was purely coincidental, they did not have 2 more white modules in stock when I received the second pair (the supplier asked and I said it didn't matter to me what colour they were) so I got two of each colour. They are of course identical specification underneath those spreaders.

EDIT - It was indeed most likely a false reading, GPU-Z has the reading much lower at 75C and the fans at 72%. I'm inclined to believe that more than hwmonitor which still shows 80C :?
Given it's overclocked I reckon the temp isn't too bad but I will keep an eye during July/August and throw some extra fans in the case if necessary.
FireFox-89
Posts: 72
Joined: Wed Nov 27, 2019 9:18 pm
Hardware configuration: Luna-
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 @ stock | Noctua NH-U9s with 2 Noctua B9 Redux 1600 92mm Fans
MSI B450 Tomahawk Max Revision 1.0 BIOS version 3.F0
Corsair Vengeance LPX 4x8GB DDR4-3000 | Timings 16-18-18-36
Sapphire Radeon RX 590 Nitro+ 8GB
SeaSonic M12II 850w 80+Bronze PSU

Terra-
Intel Core i5-4690K @ 4.20GHz with Vcore of 1.138v | Corsair H100i V2 with 2 Corsair SP120 120mm fans
Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H BIOS version 10b
Crucial Ballistix Sport 2x4GB DDR3-1600 | Timings 9-9-9-24
Sapphire Radeon RX 570 Pulse 4GB -100mV undervolt
OCZ Technology ZS Series 550w 80+Bronze PSU

Anubis-
Intel Core i7-5820K @3.80GHz with Vcore of 1.089v | Cooler Master Hyper 212 with Noctua NF-F12 120mm IPPC 3000 fan
Gigabyte X99-SOC Champion BIOS version F23c
G.Skill Trident Z RGB 2x8GB DDR4-3000 @ 2400 | Timings 15-15-15-36
Sapphire Radeon RX 580 Nitro+ 4GB -25mV undervolt
SeaSonic Prime Platinum 750w 80+Platinum PSU

All machines running F@H v7.6.21
Location: Lincolnshire, UK

Re: Cooling Questions

Post by FireFox-89 »

NRT_AntiKytherA wrote:
80c on the GPU seems a little high considering the cooler.
Yeah I thought so too, however it may actually be a false reading as the fan is not at maximum speed while folding and it does go faster when I play a high end game. It's running at 1898MHz in Gaming Mode which is overclocked from NVIDIA's specification by the MSI Gaming App, also handy for turning off the RGB light strips on it.

The thermal limit for the card is 90C, it will begin thermal throttling at 85C so if it were 80C you'd think the fans would be at full speed already. The RAM was purely coincidental, they did not have 2 more white modules in stock when I received the second pair (the supplier asked and I said it didn't matter to me what colour they were) so I got two of each colour. They are of course identical specification underneath those spreaders.

EDIT - It was indeed most likely a false reading, GPU-Z has the reading much lower at 75C and the fans at 72%. I'm inclined to believe that more than hwmonitor which still shows 80C :?
Given it's overclocked I reckon the temp isn't too bad but I will keep an eye during July/August and throw some extra fans in the case if necessary.
Ahh nice, I was tempted in OC'ing my Radeon's but I think it'll introduce too many issues especially when having driver related issues still, right now I've undervolted all of my cards and so far they seem stable.
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Foliant
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Location: Bavaria

Re: Cooling Questions

Post by Foliant »

Let me introduce the "Frankenstein" to you.
I had an old CPU-Cooler and a overheating GTX 560 Ti (GF110) running at 101°C.
Now i have a cooler system (75°C) with less noise. And a unique look was also included.

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I wasnt shy to do what was needed. :eo

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Regards,
Patrick
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FireFox-89
Posts: 72
Joined: Wed Nov 27, 2019 9:18 pm
Hardware configuration: Luna-
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 @ stock | Noctua NH-U9s with 2 Noctua B9 Redux 1600 92mm Fans
MSI B450 Tomahawk Max Revision 1.0 BIOS version 3.F0
Corsair Vengeance LPX 4x8GB DDR4-3000 | Timings 16-18-18-36
Sapphire Radeon RX 590 Nitro+ 8GB
SeaSonic M12II 850w 80+Bronze PSU

Terra-
Intel Core i5-4690K @ 4.20GHz with Vcore of 1.138v | Corsair H100i V2 with 2 Corsair SP120 120mm fans
Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H BIOS version 10b
Crucial Ballistix Sport 2x4GB DDR3-1600 | Timings 9-9-9-24
Sapphire Radeon RX 570 Pulse 4GB -100mV undervolt
OCZ Technology ZS Series 550w 80+Bronze PSU

Anubis-
Intel Core i7-5820K @3.80GHz with Vcore of 1.089v | Cooler Master Hyper 212 with Noctua NF-F12 120mm IPPC 3000 fan
Gigabyte X99-SOC Champion BIOS version F23c
G.Skill Trident Z RGB 2x8GB DDR4-3000 @ 2400 | Timings 15-15-15-36
Sapphire Radeon RX 580 Nitro+ 4GB -25mV undervolt
SeaSonic Prime Platinum 750w 80+Platinum PSU

All machines running F@H v7.6.21
Location: Lincolnshire, UK

Re: Cooling Questions

Post by FireFox-89 »

Foliant wrote:Let me introduce the "Frankenstein" to you.
I had an old CPU-Cooler and a overheating GTX 560 Ti (GF110) running at 101°C.
Now i have a cooler system (75°C) with less noise. And a unique look was also included.
Haha that is pretty cool, also I know Fermi or Thermi are known to run quite warm but jesus that is pretty warm. My GTX 460, 570's and 580 don't run as hot as that.
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NRT_AntiKytherA
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Re: Cooling Questions

Post by NRT_AntiKytherA »

That made me think of a Plymouth 'cuda with a huge blower sticking out the hood, if it works without putting too much pressure on the motherboard or card then great :D
BobWilliams757
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Hardware configuration: ASRock X370M PRO4
Ryzen 2400G APU
16 GB DDR4-3200
MSI GTX 1660 Super Gaming X

Re: Cooling Questions

Post by BobWilliams757 »

Foliant wrote:Let me introduce the "Frankenstein" to you.
I had an old CPU-Cooler and a overheating GTX 560 Ti (GF110) running at 101°C.
Now i have a cooler system (75°C) with less noise. And a unique look was also included.

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I wasnt shy to do what was needed. :eo

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Regards,
Patrick
When you really think about it, having a case that isolated the GPU and allowed airflow similar to your setup would keep the GPU heat from soaking into the MB and/or in the area of the CPU. And though some GPU's have decent cooler setups, one like you made would flow though the case fairly well without a lot of turbulent air.
Fold them if you get them!
Paragon
Posts: 139
Joined: Fri Oct 21, 2011 3:24 am
Hardware configuration: Rig1 (Dedicated SMP): AMD Phenom II X6 1100T, Gigabyte GA-880GMA-USB3 board, 8 GB Kingston 1333 DDR3 Ram, Seasonic S12 II 380 Watt PSU, Noctua CPU Cooler

Rig2 (Part-Time GPU): Intel Q6600, Gigabyte 965P-S3 Board, EVGA 460 GTX Graphics, 8 GB Kingston 800 DDR2 Ram, Seasonic Gold X-650 PSU, Artic Cooling Freezer 7 CPU Cooler
Location: United States

Re: Cooling Questions

Post by Paragon »

That is awesome! Probably my favorite cooling solution I've ever seen :)

For my quad GPU Fermi rig, I used blower style cards to dump the heat out of the case.

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The back of the cards still get pretty warm

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FireFox-89
Posts: 72
Joined: Wed Nov 27, 2019 9:18 pm
Hardware configuration: Luna-
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 @ stock | Noctua NH-U9s with 2 Noctua B9 Redux 1600 92mm Fans
MSI B450 Tomahawk Max Revision 1.0 BIOS version 3.F0
Corsair Vengeance LPX 4x8GB DDR4-3000 | Timings 16-18-18-36
Sapphire Radeon RX 590 Nitro+ 8GB
SeaSonic M12II 850w 80+Bronze PSU

Terra-
Intel Core i5-4690K @ 4.20GHz with Vcore of 1.138v | Corsair H100i V2 with 2 Corsair SP120 120mm fans
Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H BIOS version 10b
Crucial Ballistix Sport 2x4GB DDR3-1600 | Timings 9-9-9-24
Sapphire Radeon RX 570 Pulse 4GB -100mV undervolt
OCZ Technology ZS Series 550w 80+Bronze PSU

Anubis-
Intel Core i7-5820K @3.80GHz with Vcore of 1.089v | Cooler Master Hyper 212 with Noctua NF-F12 120mm IPPC 3000 fan
Gigabyte X99-SOC Champion BIOS version F23c
G.Skill Trident Z RGB 2x8GB DDR4-3000 @ 2400 | Timings 15-15-15-36
Sapphire Radeon RX 580 Nitro+ 4GB -25mV undervolt
SeaSonic Prime Platinum 750w 80+Platinum PSU

All machines running F@H v7.6.21
Location: Lincolnshire, UK

Re: Cooling Questions

Post by FireFox-89 »

That is pretty cool (cool as in the other meaning haha, Thermi).
Do you even fold bro?
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