What's your case? Most (all?) of the 680/780i designs I've seen made pretty extensive use of heatpipe coolers. If your case uses an inverted mount, like a number of Lian Li cases do, those heat pipes don't work worth a damn. They supposedly have a wick inside to allow for inverted operation, but on my 680i (before I replaced it with a wonderful P35), I had stability problems that were heat related until I went water (and some after, but that's 680i for you). I strongly believe it was due to heat caused by ineffective heatpipes when in my inverted-design Lian Li case.
Greg > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hunter, Gary > Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 12:20 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [H] Water-cooling > > I agree 100% and I was trying to get that across in my note. The X38 is > head and shoulders better than the 780i. It's just that I had a burning > desire to play with SLI. > > I think the crashes are certainly heat related as they will only happen > whilst I have been playing games for a while. > > I am considering swapping out the 9600GT for a 9800GT2 but the NB temp > is still very concerning, the StrikerII motherboard is the big issue > here. It's a piece of crap. > > So with all that said. I would like to get the 780 running stable just > because I'm not going to let it get the better of me. (I still have the > X38 so will probably switch it back eventually) > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hayes Elkins > Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 9:07 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [H] Water-cooling > > > No offense, but I would call going from an x38 to a 780i a downgrade, > not an upgrade, unless you must have SLI - and even then I'm not sure > of > the value/performance ratio of two 9600GTs vs a single 9800GTX. > > Water cooling should not be required in a non-overclocked system these > days, even an SLI rig. You have much deeper problems than heat if you > are experiencing crashes like that. I wouldn't suspect power either. > > > > Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:37:33 -0600 > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [H] Water-cooling > > > > Hi, > > > > Since swapping out my Asus Maximus Formula (X38) for an Asus Striker > II > > Formula (780i) my system temperature has jumped a whopping 10 degrees > > and crashes frequently. I know the Maximus is a far superior board > and > > chipset but I wanted to play with SLI so I had to go nForce even just > > temporarily until I give up with the whole SLI thing :-( > > > > So I was thinking if I really want this to work I should go for a > liquid > > cooling solution. I am currently looking at the Zalman Reserator XT > and > > will certainly use it to cool both my CPU and Northbridge. I was > > wondering could I also plug the GFX card inline or would it reduce > the > > effectiveness too much (2 x G9600 GT SSC)? Some WWW sites say it > would > > be OK but I trust this list more than random WWW sites. If anyone > else > > has gone this way yet do you have an practical advice? > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Gary Hunter > > Consulting Engineer - Core Services > > Travelport GDS > > T: (+1) 303 - 397 - 5035 > > M:(+1) 720 - 231 - 0965 > > E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > SITA: HDQOK1G > > Galileo Product Development Center > > 6901 S Havana St > > Centennial, CO 80112 > > > > > > > > If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail message, please > notify the sender > > and delete all copies immediately. The sender believes this message > and any attachments > > were sent free of any virus, worm, Trojan horse, and other forms of > malicious code. > > This message and its attachments could have been infected during > transmission. The > > recipient opens any attachments at the recipient's own risk, and in > so > doing, the > > recipient accepts full responsibility for such actions and agrees to > take protective > > and remedial action relating to any malicious code. Travelport is not > liable for any > > loss or damage arising from this message or its attachments. > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Express yourself wherever you are. Mobilize! > http://www.gowindowslive.com/Mobile/Landing/Messenger/Default.aspx?Loca > l > e=en-US?ocid=TAG_APRIL > If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail message, please > notify the sender > and delete all copies immediately. The sender believes this message and > any attachments > were sent free of any virus, worm, Trojan horse, and other forms of > malicious code. > This message and its attachments could have been infected during > transmission. The > recipient opens any attachments at the recipient's own risk, and in so > doing, the > recipient accepts full responsibility for such actions and agrees to > take protective > and remedial action relating to any malicious code. Travelport is not > liable for any > loss or damage arising from this message or its attachments. > >
