SpeedZone
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 Posted: Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:57:02 Post Subject: |
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All I can say at this moment is WOOOOWWWW.   
Checked your worklog and was very impressed. How the he** were you able to put all those components in such a tiny place...I have tower case and sometimes wished to have big tower or one of those big cube cases. All because of all messy wiring and stuff...and also its kinda tight to remove/install components. But what i saw at your project....WOW WOW WOWWWWWWW.
So need to first get some fresh air...then recheck your project again...and only later i'll be able to give you some suggestions (if any) - because from what i saw you already did a GREAT JOB! El Perfecto.
And yes, if you need (and in your case you do) a single slot graphics card...then vapor-x cooler is one of best original coolers, but also yours should be fine as long as you dont plan to do some crazy overclock (in that case you'll need water cooling or dry ice cooling anyway).
Otherwise (not that ThermalTake paid me to say this, but,hahaha), Duorb would really do much better than your original cooler, because if it managed to drop temps by 15-30degrees on idle/load (which i am still not sure whether its just me - because all reviews reported drop by maybe 10-15 degrees celsius or less on 3870)...then it shouldnt do much worse in your case neither - even if case is much tighter and has less airflow. But you should double check if it would fit, cause i saw you were already scratching parts here and there.  Or maybe some other smaller but effective cooler...there are plenty on the market nowadays.
Finally, I would recommend to upgrade Catalysts to at least 8.2 (or 8.3), although some argued that the latest version drops 3DMark06 points a bit (i personally cant confirm or deny that). And about CPU-Z...temps should be listed above the fan speed (GPU Temperature)..at least thats the case with version 0.1.8 that I use (just got a message some 5 mins ago, that 0.1.9 is out already) - so maybe you could try with that one - you know...just to be up-to-date...).
Best wishes and once more Congratulations for Great Job!
Will surely recheck your log again soon...hopefully you wont have any major problems with installing and setting up everything...and then...please post more pics and info,ok?
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