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*Official Benchmark Thread* - Post it here or it didn't happen :D
Reciever replied to Mr. Fox's topic in Desktop Hardware
I saw it before and was a little curious about it truth be told lol Would you be able to share it's dimensions? Is it loud? If it's around the same noise of the radiator I wouldn't be against it, especially since I have another promotion seemingly lined up. I would also probably remove my homelab and place it with the unraid server. What can I say I wanted to go for gold on the Red Devil, I was able to take custom air pretty far on it but physics will eventually take over and iirc water can remove 6x kinetic energy compared to air. If I do go the chiller route, at that point probably just get the cpu in the loop too. I forgot to hook up the thermal sensor for the water loop, it's connected on the GPU block just need to hook it in. -
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Reciever replied to Mr. Fox's topic in Desktop Hardware
Did just a quick game of ARC Raiders and if Ambient was 16c, GPU load at 400ish watts game load was around 22c, Each 8-pin has its own 800w PSU to keep the noise low, hold overs from Crypto days. Now I need to figure out something for controlling the pumps as for now they run full speed Also set up the bench system with easier access for GPU benchmarking here soon. EVGA GT 1300w beneath it. The tower on the bottom is for HomeLab stuff, 2x 2697A V4's 32 cores and 128GB DDR4 (pre-inflation decom pull) Just need a better cooling solution for the network switch, the silent fans I swapped in arent very good, they tend to go full speed to cool it back down. I'll likely wire something in at some point. And there the 7900 XTX sits with an EK block, liquid metal applied and minus 8 thermal pads for memory. So now that corner of my room has my daily system that I will be pushing for gold on, homelab for configuration stuff, and benching GPU's on the 10850k from @Mr. Fox Since the 5800X3D sips power with a - 25 pbo offset I was actually able to power the system with the 400w psu originally intended just for the water cooling loop. I guess the next question is going to be how to tear it down for maintenance but for now I'll just be happy with getting it working. Gotta say compression fittings and soft tubing is a great combination. -
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Reciever replied to Mr. Fox's topic in Desktop Hardware
Display Stream Compression? Could be, I generally avoid those types of technology if I can so I wouldnt be able to say too much on that topic -
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Reciever replied to Mr. Fox's topic in Desktop Hardware
Biggest bummer if what I read is correct, you have to plug your monitors into the GPU handling the frame generation. Not sure if my 3090ti can do 4k120hz without DSC. So not sure if it's worth the hassle of testing. Definitely an interesting software though probably pick it up. -
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Reciever replied to Mr. Fox's topic in Desktop Hardware
It would be interesting to see this in conjunction with lossless scaling. -
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Reciever replied to Mr. Fox's topic in Desktop Hardware
Just got my 7900 XTX blocked, liquid metal and minus 8 pads for memory and vrm, used the ek thermal pads for everything else. Depending how I feel I may get it installed into the loop tonight. Also set up 3x 800w psu's from the crypto days, one for each 8pin. This is mostly just to keep their fans at a lower rpm. Last time I used just one psu and it started to sound like a jet engine. Also rebuilt the other open air bench finally, what a pain to rebuild. 10850k will run with the 1300w. Everything is beginning to take shape and thank goodness because my room is a disaster lol -
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Reciever replied to Mr. Fox's topic in Desktop Hardware
Well after a dozen mock ups, test fits, cuts, more mock ups and test fits this is the current state of the watercooling project. Was able to mount both pumps and res on to the UT45 like I wanted. Essentially used all the fittings save for maybe 2. I assumed the 90 degree rotary fittings were stand alone, didn't occur to me until a bit ago that they need to be coupled to a standard compression fitting. Luckily I purchased enough for the loop (including the 2 filters) Radiator outlet may be better served by a 45 degree fitting long term but tube isn't kinking so it may be OK. Still haven't been able to get the shelves yet, my aunts been using my car for her side hustle quite often while I've been on vacation so I haven't been able to go anywhere. Ideally when I go the shelf approach the rad/res/pump will all be above the pc and tubing will be fed through the shelf directly to the pc below. Probably going to put in my 3090ti to hold me over while I install the ek block. To protect the diodes from liquid metal, is clear nail polish still the preferred method? I did buy some kapton tape and still have some 33/88 electrical tape. -
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Reciever replied to Mr. Fox's topic in Desktop Hardware
Well turns out there is a wrinkle on part of the server :/ Gigabyte did not enable bifurcation on the motherboard, it can be enabled with a BIOS mod just really didnt want to do that sort of thing. The Sage has it enabled by default and works on my Precision Towers so I fully expected it to be commonplace on this one. I'll look at the guide in a bit and toss a coin for looking for the hardware programmer I have somewhere. tl;dr the 4xNVME PCIE adapter is only showing 1 drive from the 4. Otherwise Unraid just booted right up, reallocated the array of drives and the cache on its own, didnt even have to point anything anywhere. See's the 80 threads available to it now with no issues. Just been cleaning up what ever I was doing at the time, server is nice and cool, and more importantly more than quiet enough to be placed in the second floor living room (hybrid office kind of setup). Overtime I do plan to replace the older 4/6TB drives there are still present in the array, they are getting looooong in the tooth so if I do anything with this system that will likely be the first step. drives on the right are 12TB each but 2 of them are being used for parity, so it doesnt add much to the "useable" pool of storage. Onto the next project for now :) Decided to go with the server build first to get my confidence back, its been some time since I built something outside of my wheel house. Damn near thought I had some crap karma for a minute there because the server wouldnt post when I tested the motherboard. Turns out, its not guaranteed that it will default to a GPU for video out since they have a chipset video output via the VGA port on the I/O. Once that was squared, then realized, sadly, one of the sticks of RAM was bad :( Anyone got 2933Mhz/3200Mhz 32GB DDR4 ECC laying around? Damned things are stupid expensive now :( -
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Reciever replied to Mr. Fox's topic in Desktop Hardware
Project #1 almost done, just needs to be setup in unraid again then hopefully don't touch for 6 months lol. -
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Reciever replied to Mr. Fox's topic in Desktop Hardware
Every time I see more reports of cables giving up the ghost, happy to see my 7900 XTX still chugging along even after I pushed 850w into it. Though while I may think of my card as something akin to a muscle car, 4090/5090 are still going to dust it like some exotic supercar. Rest of the watercooling stuff showed up today, tomorrow I run to Home Depot for some wireframe shelves and distilled water. Once that is done I have to move a bunch of stuff around which will probably take the better part of a day alone, then get to flushing the loop if I have enough time. Trying to not get too excited, dont want a repeat of the Sage motherboard. -
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Reciever replied to Mr. Fox's topic in Desktop Hardware
Got about half of the watercooling gear today, for all the hate that EK gets the WB certainly feels premium, fairly heavy too lol, also got the 1080mm rad as well so I can take my time routing cables and such -
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Reciever replied to Mr. Fox's topic in Desktop Hardware
I'm in the same boat, it may be covered by warranty but, it's still an OC profile. A warranty and what it covers doesn't change what is listed on Intel ARC. Just finished brushing, rinsing, air drying (pc duster) x2 my Pa120se (AM4), NH-D15 (10850k) and Red Devil 7900 XTX. The cost of running open air and a/c unit, dust lol. I did buy another open air frame, should be here in the afternoon. Probably going to have to switch to one of those multi-tier wire frame shelves. Running out of space on my old' wood chest. Started outfitting the server box with drives and SDD's. Also replaced the E5-2650's with E5-2697A's in my last dell tower. I really underestimated the homework for older GPU's and modding vbios, casually going about it for a bit each night before I go to sleep. The time consuming part is going to be backing up all the vbios but maybe I can just do that as I go, we'll see. -
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Reciever replied to Mr. Fox's topic in Desktop Hardware
So after sleeping on it, just decided to wait it out and buy 2x NH-U14S DX-3647's for the server. More than likely wont have them in time to appreciate them which was the point of irritation. The U12 was the same price with more expensive shipping compared to the U14, so U14 it is. Do you guys follow the practice of soaking liquid metal into waterblocks? This will be the first time watercooling since X58. Until all the parts come in, I'll be benchmarking GPU's for our team starting tomorrow. Might make some prep tonight but just enjoying a little lazing about. -
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Reciever replied to Mr. Fox's topic in Desktop Hardware
Chances are I may have taken up your offer, always prefer to do business with you and Fox for sure. I can also say I did make the purchases, probably the largest I have had in some time, around 1700. Now of course I just find out that the server heatsinks I bought wont fit LGA 3647. Also figure out that nearly no heatsinks worthy of note exist for LGA 3647. Looks like I'll stick with the Dynatrons I have just to get the ball rolling but it's looking like I will be building a second loop perhaps around the beginning of the next month for the server. EDIT: Turns out the Dynatrons I have also dont work since Intel did the whole square vs narrow ILM. -
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Reciever replied to Mr. Fox's topic in Desktop Hardware
Yeah I was thinking one on the res after the rad and the second one as input back into the rad Sorry sleep aids kicking in, hard to think critically