[Doubletap1911]

I like to think of my system as beastly!

I've been trying to push my OC from the "automatic" 4.4Ghz - I'm up to 4.7 which is stable in Windows and games, but a bit iffy on extended Prime95 runs.

Now with 50% more beastliness:

 

[Doubletap1911]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Robilar

What cpu are you running? It looks like you could fit an AIO water kit in there. It would certainly take up less room than that Thermaltake monstrosity.

That's the Silverstone case?

It's the mATX FT03

I've thought about putting an AIO cooler in there, but I'm not sure they are more effective than a good HSF and I don't see a lot of benefit.

I'm running a 2600k at 4.7GHz - the voltage is pretty high (1.44 vcore) but I don't have thermal issues, just stability issues if I go much higher.

I plan on going to a 3930k / Rampage IV Gene in the next couple months and will reconsider the cooler at that point.

edit:

It took 1.47 to get to 4.8Ghz

I turned up the fans on the HSF to max (they were about 75% before) and in games, two of the cores get up to 74C.

I think I'll probably drop back to 4.7 and then see how low I can go on voltage.

 

[Doubletap1911]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Robilar

Nah... 2 - 780's are a bit better than a 690

The 690 would not work well in an FT03 - you need a video card that blows air out of the case. Also, I had two 680s in there for the last year and they are great, but the 780s are so much better for 5760x1080 @ 144hz

I also noticed a big difference going from 4.4ghz to 5.0 ghz in BF3. I'm not quite stable yet at 5.0 so I'm going to keep messing with it - it looks like it will take 1.50 - 1.51 vcore to do it and I'm not sure how I feel about that. Most likely, I'll keep the system at 4.4 and then just use the ASUS software to load a 5.0 profile when I play certain games so I won't be running that much voltage all the time.

 

[Doubletap1911]

This isn't particularly small or pretty, but it's fast and quiet and that's what I care about.

Thermaltake V21 - 200mm Noctua intake, 140mm Noctua exhaust
7700k @ 4.8Ghz (1.31v) Noctua DH-15s + 2x 140mm fans
1080 Ti @ 1885Mhz - Arctic Accelero Xtreme III + Noctua NF A-12 fans (1350rpm)
16GB @ 3733Mhz
Seasonic 600W Titanium PSU (fanless)

This system is nearly inaudible when idle and is able to run with the fans at 50-60% in most situations but the fans will go to 100% if the CPU hits 75C

The Arctic cooler is great, but I found that after less than a year, the fans produced unacceptably audible bearing noise. I pulled the shroud off and used a pair of the new Noctua Sterrox fans - they are super quiet and push a lot of air. Under load, the card never goes above the low 60s