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Watercooling Bank Holiday Upgrade - new hardware and extended loop

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by Fat Tony, 6 May 2012.

  1. Fat Tony

    Fat Tony Minimodder

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    Busy day today - 7am this morning

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    5pm this afternoon

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  2. Edsterr

    Edsterr What's a Dremel?

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    What are the specs?
     
  3. Pookeyhead

    Pookeyhead It's big, and it's clever.

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    How has adding the chipset and VRMs affected temps?
     
  4. echo three

    echo three What's a Dremel?

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    Very nice addition.
     
  5. Madness_3d

    Madness_3d Bit-Tech/Asus OC Winner

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    Everyone loves a 2011 upgrade :D
     
  6. Fat Tony

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    3930, Rampage Extreme, 16Gb RAM - all the rest is the same as the siggy

    Well, the old set up was entirely different - but temps weren't an issue to be fair.

    Unsure what temps this new set up will now run at, one of the sticks of RAM is/was faulty and so I had issues re-installing OS - exchanged it with SCAN this morning - will be working on it over the weekend.

    Aiming on 5Ghz - but we'll see
     
  7. Pookeyhead

    Pookeyhead It's big, and it's clever.

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    Hmmm... isn't that top GPU in a 8x slot?
     
  8. Guest-16

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    Don't you have a long (ROG branded) SLI cable in the box for slots 1-3?

    Looks super lovely, but I can't work out the loop. What's at the bottom (pump?) and in the front (res)?
     
  9. .//TuNdRa

    .//TuNdRa Resident Bulldozer Guru

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    Looks like a 120 in the bottom and a pump-res combo in the front, Bindi.
     
  10. Fat Tony

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    Correct

    Hmm, I know, but my EK link block is only 2 slots wide.

    They are PCIE3 slots though - and doesn't PCIE3 = 2x PCIE2 - i.e. a PCIE3 x 8 is really a PCIE2 x 16 ... desperate sound of straw clutching ...

    I do, but as above, EK link block is the limiter

    Bottom = 120 rad ... middle RHS = XSPC dual bay res/ pump
     
  11. N17 dizzi

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    570s are not PCIE3 compatible :(

    When you get 680s or 7970s tho :thumb:
     
  12. Fat Tony

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    2 x 670's in SLi is a distinct possibility

    Neverthless, I know that 570's are not PCIE3 - but the lanes are

    So, a PCIE3 x 8 lane is also a PCIE2 x16 ... I think ... maybe ... please tell me it is or else I'll be going out to buy a triple SLi link block
     
  13. Pookeyhead

    Pookeyhead It's big, and it's clever.

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    It may be a PCIE 3.0 slot, but it's still running at PCI-E 2.0 if there's a PCI-E 2.0 card in it I think.
     
  14. N17 dizzi

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    Triple SLI link block it is then, those 570s wont be able to use the potential 8GT/s bandwidth of the pcie3 lanes, only 5(4)GT/s
     
  15. Guest-16

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    Yes. Both need to be compatible for it to run at the new spec.
     
  16. Fat Tony

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    Not quite what I meant

    Isn't a PCIE3 x8 slot the same as a PCIE2 x16 ?
     
  17. mikeyman198

    mikeyman198 Lets pretend this is hilarious.

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    If you have SB-E or Ivy Bridge and a PCIe 3.0 card, then yes it is.
     
  18. Guest-16

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    Yes it is, but it runs at Gen2 x8, because you have GTX 570s in there.

    Pook and I are pointing out you need a Gen 3 graphics card and CPU to make it work at Gen-3 speeds, and on SB-E not all Gen-3 graphics cards are compatible iirc, so run at Gen-2 anyway.
     
  19. .//TuNdRa

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    Baiscally; PCi-E 3.0 is faster timings, the double-speed comes from a shift to a different encryption system and a shorter set of timings, so roughly double the information is sent in the same timeframe, hence the lane doubling, a PCI-E 2.0 card can't run at that speed, so it's only running at 2.0 speed, and it's still only recieving 8 lanes, so you're only getting the 8X bandwidth, not the 2.0 16X equivilent bandwidth you'd get from having a PCI-E 3.0 card in that socket.

    At least; that's my understanding of how the PCI-E bus works. I'm likely wrong there.

    TL;DR: PCI-E2.0 cards, like your 570s, aren't capable of running at 3.0 speeds, this forces the CPU to provide them with only 2.0 speeds over the eight lanes. It can't magically turn it into 16 lanes by converting it from 3.0 to 2.0 (Although that could be an awesome idea, Bindi; Pass that on to Asus R&D).
     
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  20. Fat Tony

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    Ah right - ok
     

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