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PC sometimes not powering up

Dark Mantis

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Re: PC sometimes not powering up
« Reply #15 on: December 10, 2010, 10:48:05 pm »
Well in general it seems to be a big improvement. I agree..great case!

As for the hard drive temperature I have always struggled to keep them cool enough :-\ and as far as I know there is no problem with a lower temperature. Dont forget on this case you have a 230mm fan blowing straight across them so they are going to be fairly cool.

Can't help with the temperature sensor bit I'm afraid.
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Re: PC sometimes not powering up
« Reply #16 on: December 11, 2010, 07:28:35 pm »
Ok, I've managed to fix the cables so the PC is more or less finished now. I suppose modular PSUs are indeed the better choice for this case. Here I was thinking that a full-tower must have enough space to fit everything ;D.

I've played a little more with this new CPU. For the moment I've managed to reach 3.9Ghz @ 1.45v and 2.6Ghz CPU-NB @1.25v. I'll start testing it with some games in a moment to see if it's indeed reasonably stable.

It could do 3.99Ghz @ 1.475v but it's not worth it for me to increase the volts so much for 90Mhz. All in all, if someone were to push it, I think it should do 4 - 4.1Ghz which is quite impressive for a unlocked x2.

TMPIN2 rises with CPU temps and reaches similar values under load, fall off afterwards is slower than the CPU. Any ideas?
« Last Edit: December 11, 2010, 07:32:50 pm by bytheway_r »

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Re: PC sometimes not powering up
« Reply #17 on: December 11, 2010, 08:51:33 pm »
TMPIN2 is the northbridge I think and if so I suppose it would take longer to cool down as the cooling elements are not so efficient as on the CPU. (not 100% sure of location)
« Last Edit: December 11, 2010, 08:52:55 pm by Dark Mantis »
Gigabyte X58A-UD7
i7 920
Dominators 1600 x6 12GB
6970 2GB
HX850
256GB SSD, Sam 1TB, WDB320GB
Blu-Ray
HAF 932

Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-B3
i7 3770K
Vengeance 1600 16GB
6950 2GB
HCP1200W
Revo Drive x2, 1.5TB WDB RAID0
16x DLRW
StrikeX S7
Full water cooling
3 x 27" Iiy