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ff7yta / Thermalright SI-97A / Arctic Cooling MX-1 / AMD Athlon XP 2200+ @ 2262MHz 40% OC / 1.85v / Normal fan / 45C / 60C / Not air conditioned / Orthos


This post has been edited by ff7yta: Jan 4 2009, 11:38 PM

Bah... Its been a while since i ever did any benchmark or stress testing on my pc.
Maybe more than 1.5 years already. Since stable clock has been found...

No new rig to play with some more...


New results is simillar to the previous one:

ff7yta / Thermalright SI-97A / Arctic Cooling MX-1 / AMD Athlon XP 2200+ @ 2262MHz 40% OC / 1.85v / Normal fan / 45C / 60C / Not air conditioned / Orthos



This post has been edited by ff7yta: Jan 4 2009, 11:39 PM

ff7yta / Cooler Master TX3 / Tuniq TX2 / Athlon64 3200+@2.45GHZ (22.5% OC) / 1.45V / NMB-U 90mm Fan / 38c / 45c / Non-Airconditioned / Folding@home



The NMB-U fan that im using is a auto speed variated based on its own temp sensor. Idle @ 2000 rpm, load at 4200 rpm.
AMD's Cool n Quiet feature disabled. If enabled, idle drops to 33c; but its not very fair isnt it?

This post has been edited by ff7yta: Jul 23 2009, 12:54 AM

Thermaltake FRIO (My review here)

ff7yta/ Thermaltake FRIO/ Tuniq TX2/ Athlon II X4 630 @3.5GHZ (25.32% OC) / 1.5V/ Two Stock Fans (Power Logic)/ 30c/ 50c/ Non-Airconditioned/ OCCT





This post has been edited by ff7yta: Sep 17 2010, 05:15 PM

The time has come for me to conduct another round of cleaning on my 3 years old AMD gaming rig. It has been more then 6 months since my CPU heatsink (Thermaltake FRIO) was cleaned.

This is my rig.





Need to unscrew four nuts on the back plate to remove the HSF.



More then 6 months of usage







Oxidation after 3 years



This post has been edited by ff7yta: Aug 4 2013, 02:38 PM

The most important part comes down to using a cleaning agent that does the job. I will be using an industrial grade Alkaline Coil Cleaner made for air conditioners; compressor, cooling coil, condenser and evaporator cleaning. Mixed in a ratio of 1:4 it is extremely potent, not to mention causing rashes on my skin upon contact.



Yes, that is me. Picture taken by my fiancee




I find the solution bubbles extremely amusing and looks like a whirlpool. Though I would share this as well
I repeated a wash (3 minutes), soak (5 minutes) and rinse of the HSF a total of 3 times.





This post has been edited by ff7yta: Aug 4 2013, 02:37 PM

I will not be using rubber gromets anymore. They are hard to remove and become weaker over time, afraid that one day the fan just drops off while I am fragging my opponents. I will also be swapping the fan with a brand new Scythe Gentle Typhoon.





Does anyone know how to open thermaltake fans? I thought I wanted to add some lubrication before storing but it seems that they permanently sealed the access point.



Trashcan needs no introduction. Take that box!







Using my old MX4. I have no idea how many times I've used it and there is still a lot more.





Load temp is 60C before cleaning and 48C after cleaning.





This post has been edited by ff7yta: Aug 10 2013, 03:13 PM

The are minimal to zero difference in most of today's thermal paste. It really comes down to which brand you prefer.

The temperature had always been around 50C when it was new. Cleaning renewed its performance

This post has been edited by ff7yta: Aug 10 2013, 03:14 PM

During bench marking, it is understood as a standard to always load the object to 100% for at least 20 minutes.

OC-ed to from 2.8 GHz to 3.5 GHz at 1.45v.

Ask yourself, why do we spend money on cooling if we dont plan to overclock the processor? Stock heatsink for stock speeds, save money.

This post has been edited by ff7yta: Aug 13 2013, 09:25 AM