[doyll]

What MC said.
If it's hot enough to melt or deform a line you have far more to worry about the the line.

Case air temps should only be 3-10c above room and top area of fin pack a couple degrees warmer then that.

 

[maddangerous]

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Originally Posted by MicroCat

Wouldn't worry about the fishing line melting if it's attached at the top of the fin pack. If it does melt, there's more dangerous thermal problems to deal with, like the room on fire or the case has sustained a meteor strike.

There are titanium/carbon fiber composite fishing lines available. They're relatively cheap. Unless you purchase them in classical guitar string form, then they are pricey. However, with any elastic line, it will stretch so you will need to pre-stretch it. I suggest taking up classical guitar, buying a set of pricey Pyramid carbon strings and playing the hell out of it for 3-6 months. Then use the broken-in, but not broken B string as the tower support line. Not the fastest mod, but what price supporting the arts? ;-)

Or...could get a case that mounts the motherboard in the correct (horizontal) orientation and not deal with sagging cooler mounts or blisters on your fingers.

Yeah you know.. all those meteor showers we've been having. Might want to take my rig in from the patio outside

lolol I could insulate one of my electric guitar strings and use that

As for new case... didn't really find one that looked good. I haven't spent too much time on it though. I'm not sure I'd be able to get one anyhow.
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Originally Posted by doyll

What MC said.
If it's hot enough to melt or deform a line you have far more to worry about the the line.

Case air temps should only be 3-10c above room and top area of fin pack a couple degrees warmer then that.

Might have to think about that then.

Also, got everything plugged in (went to a different receptacle, waiting for the electrician) here is what temps look like:

 

[MicroCat]

Those temps look awfully good. Too good. You're either not OCin' enough or you mounted the cooler too well. Or you haven't run the full IBT meteor test. ;-)

 

[maddangerous]

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Originally Posted by MicroCat

Those temps look awfully good. Too good. You're either not OCin' enough or you mounted the cooler too well. Or you haven't run the full IBT meteor test. ;-)

Ahh yes hang on... 66 degrees F, so... ~19 C is my ambient temp.

Also, no IBT yet, and locked @ 4GHz for now. Auto voltage.

So those temps are fine? I know it is nice and chilly really but just making sure, before my temps were a little higher. I am in a new apartment and lower in altitude, though not by much.

 

[MicroCat]

They're fine. But, need to make that DC sweat with some IBT/Real Bench to say for sure.

 

[maddangerous]

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Originally Posted by MicroCat

They're fine. But, need to make that DC sweat with some IBT/Real Bench to say for sure.

Yeah load temps are what matter.. any suggestions for settings? I've never used either one.

 

[MicroCat]

IBT in standard mode - automatic thread count. 3-5 iterations to get a base assessment.

Real Bench - just run the standard test once - it can get very hot in a single pass. Since you're not overclocking (which is a punishable offense on OC, btw) no need to push for stability. If it's not stable at stock clocks...well...there's other issues. ;-)

 

[maddangerous]

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Originally Posted by MicroCat

IBT in standard mode - automatic thread count. 3-5 iterations to get a base assessment.

Real Bench - just run the standard test once - it can get very hot in a single pass. Since you're not overclocking (which is a punishable offense on OC, btw) no need to push for stability. If it's not stable at stock clocks...well...there's other issues. ;-)

Slow down there, not overclocking YET

I'll get there

Alright, I'll be back.

 

[MicroCat]

Ok...we'll wait...

 

[maddangerous]

Results are in!

Quicker than I thought really.

I cleared min/max before realbench. I didn't before IBT because I'm pretty sure chrome wouldn't make this get too hot.

IBT:


Realbench:

 

[doyll]

Nice temps, but as MC said we need to see heavy load temps.

What is the most intensive work your computer will be doing? Do you encode any videos?

 

[maddangerous]

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Originally Posted by doyll

Nice temps, but as MC said we need to see heavy load temps.

What is the most intensive work your computer will be doing? Do you encode any videos?

Mostly games, but with time I will be encoding video and eventually compiling programs and such.

 

[MicroCat]

Not too bad. Assume the 4790k hasn't been delidded. You still have a little thermal headroom for the (alleged) overclock. ;-) You have the voltage panel collapsed, so can't see what scary high auto volts the board was applying, so you may have more headroom or lower temps available.

Next up, getting a indoor/outdoor thermometer to test the intake temp vs ambient temp - you might be able to claw, nip, snip to getting another 5 degrees lower cooler intake temps.

 

[maddangerous]

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Originally Posted by MicroCat

Not too bad. Assume the 4790k hasn't been delidded. You still have a little thermal headroom for the (alleged) overclock. ;-) You have the voltage panel collapsed, so can't see what scary high auto volts the board was applying, so you may have more headroom or lower temps available.

Next up, getting a indoor/outdoor thermometer to test the intake temp vs ambient temp - you might be able to claw, nip, snip to getting another 5 degrees lower cooler intake temps.

No delid, I only have the mobo voltage panel collapsed, but the CPU one is not. I take it you need the mobo one then? It is still open from realbench, I could upload it.

Edit: already have the thermometer lol

Edit 2:

IBT voltage:


Realbench voltage:

 

[doyll]

Those are good temps. I encode using Handbrake. It will use 100% CPU and is what I use to max load my own systems.

 

[maddangerous]

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Originally Posted by doyll

Those are good temps. I encode using Handbrake. It will use 100% CPU and is what I use to max load my own systems.

Sweet. I'll try to get that going in a little bit here, have to run off and play some games with my cousin. Do you have any suggested settings to use with it? I could re-encode a movie or something.

 

[maddangerous]

I'm currently gathering some data for this. I'm also looking at different case fans, but not too closely yet, but leaning towards some 120mm Phanteks fans.

Basically, I'm going and playing some games for at least an hour while monitoring temps. I haven't done anything with handbrake before, so I'm holding off on that.

 

[doyll]

Handbrake is easy to use. Most that can happen is things start getting hotter than wanted and you cancel the encode. Well, actually the worst is you can't cancel with the mouse and do a manual reboot. Not a big deal in my book .

 

[maddangerous]

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Originally Posted by doyll

Handbrake is easy to use. Most that can happen is things start getting hotter than wanted and you cancel the encode. Well, actually the worst is you can't cancel with the mouse and do a manual reboot. Not a big deal in my book .

Will look into that more, It'll be tough as I do not have a DVD drive so I can't transcode anything really, I might see if i know anyone with a USB drive I could borrow for a few days.

Anyhow, here is some progress I made with gathering temp data:

Spoiler: Fan curve

Intake


Keep in mind, the CPU cooler has 2 fans on it, not one, as should any dual tower cooler.

CPU cooler


Exhaust


There are 3 more fans in my case, on the right side (PSU side) that are at a constant 800 rpm, though I doubt they really make any difference, given the case layout.

For these temps, I took at least an hour of in game. Some were 1.5 hours. Ambient temp was 68F/20C

Spoiler: Load temps in game

Black Ops 2: Nazi Zombies


The Evil Within


Civilization 5: A Brave New World


Civilization: Beyond Earth

 

[doyll]

Looking good.

What is CPU load when getting these maximum temps?

If gaming is the hardest you work your system then you are fine.