Q56_Monster

Is this the spot you're talking about John?  Circled in red.

yep, that's the spot Q. that sucker shows in all three pictures...big as day...lol
the on at an angle was how i seen the very first time..and was like with..it could have been me and my heat sink i don't know...but that ring around the circle. was a stock 920 heat sink.

xxrabid93

John, under your art eraser insulation (assuming that's what it is), did you put any kind of tape anywhere? I am going to start prepping a board for DICE today, and am not sure if i should put tape down, specifically around the socket. Look at this guy's 5th and 6th pictures to see what i mean: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=201916. But then it seems Buckeye at 411 and XS doesn't use tape: http://www.411overkill.com/forum/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=80&t=5552.

Your opinion on the matter?

ah yes..i know the buckeye one well.


i may try that tape around the metal again, because the first time i dont think i did it right. it was a condensation magnet. but i didn't have it fully covered in eraser either..i was testing something to see how well it held up. 

What about s775 where there is no backplate? Just cover the area under the socket?

Nice Rabid! Wait till you see mine.. I made it from a Dell case.. Well, more like the foam packing from the case. I need some acrylic to finish it though.

I heard the same thing about the heatkiller, and not lapping it because its designed for the misshaped i7.

I just lapped them both-problem solved ;)

I don't use my HK anymore... I use my super secret waterblock.  Both are lapped as well.  I may be posting it in the near future... when the field testing results are in.  Still waiting to see some records broken with the field testing model. 

nateman_doo

I don't use my HK anymore... I use my super secret waterblock.  Both are lapped as well.  I may be posting it in the near future... when the field testing results are in.  Still waiting to see some records broken with the field testing model. 

field testing is going well. had to break her down for 30 minutes while i do a bit better job on the back of the board. i seen it frosting up so i shut'her down!. but the only thing that really frosted was the edge of the board and the vary back of the backing plate. i should be back up and running with in the hour.

nope...the dice block.

@Reggie: The driver optimization isn't here yet. Once the drivers get better for them, then the scores should be much better.
 
@John: Pics of said DICE block?

I want to see pics/results Rabid! Sounds fun.

What im doing right now.

reggiesanchez

if by cheating you mean keeping my gpu at a cool 8 degrees then yes I cheat guilty as charged

Exactly, your cheating.

+1 on the outside

Starting to work on insulating my DFI board as i type this...

Remember I said I had 1 crappy 295 that never went above 800/1200?  I know the ram still stunk, but I wonder if this had anything to do with the crappy gpu clocks:




The GPU temps were just fine according to precision, but the ram on the boards wouldn't go past 1200 either and ram timings make ALL the difference in the world!

hey are the AMD processors good for anything on the bot im looking at buying an ati set up but i cant seem to find anything that they are good at :S