Build Log - Corsair Obsidian 900D

[Chaosphere]

http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Info/SiSoftware-Sandra.shtml

For both tests I ran this 3 times and took the hottest reading.

Can give you my benchmark scores, if you want

[TeaLeaf]

I ran the same benchmark suite I did before, and the hottest core was 62 degrees.

Yup, 62 down from 98. That is a 36 degree difference!!!!!


Now, of course I didn't control room temperature at all, and I didn't pay attention to the temperature at idle either time, but even if we assume the room is COOLER now, it would only add a few degrees on, so you're looking at a 25+ degree difference for what was pretty simple (if a bit scary!). Can't wait to overclock this thing now. I now have lots of headroom to play around with!

Fantastic, glad it worked out so well for you too!   That sort of difference is similar to what is generally reported around the web for delids and Liquid Pro.

Awesome job! :thumbsup:

[Chaosphere]

Cheers TL!

Just a question, have you OC'd your chip at all?

[TeaLeaf]

At the moment no, simply because I haven't had time.    At the moment though I also haven't felt the need to overclock, everything is running smoothly at stock @ 2560x1600.   When I get more time, or I notice an fps drop then I'll probably be more inclined to start cranking things up.    At the moment though it's nice and quiet and dead fast

[tugs]

Apologies for waking a dead thread (Dead Thread Walking?), but... holy smokes TL. That is a thing of beauty.

And your danglies are indeed awesome.

j.

[TeaLeaf]

Sorry for the thread necromancy, but today I had my first ever use of the Quick Connect Shut-Off Couplings that I had built into my water-cooled system.

http://koolance.com/help-quick-disconnect-shutoff-couplings




I removed my reservoir to get better access to some cables I needed to swap.  The reservoir has TWO of these (one IN and one OUT) at the bottom of the reservoir.  There was ZERO spillage when I disconnected.  There was a very small amount of liquid in one of the quick connects, but you could have soaked it up with a single sheet of toilet paper and still had absorption left for your daily ablutions.

I'm very, very impressed with these and highly recommend them for water-cooled systems.   They've encouraged me to do a system drain and refill in the near future.

[Chaosphere]

Funny you revive this thread TL, at the same time I have been looking into water blocks for my GPU.......

My wallet is in the corner crying.

[TeaLeaf]

I've been very happy with the XSPC blocks I have and the perspex provides some brilliant lighting effects within the case.

[TeaLeaf]

Did the dirty deed this evening and ordered the first few bits for my new PC.  I'll post up some piccies in due course as the bits'n'bobs arrive and get un-boxed and plumbed in.

Case: Corsair Obsidian 900D    
CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K
Mobo: Asus Z87 MAXIMUS VI FORMULA
PSU: Corsair AX1200i

As a follow up, I'd like to report the demise of my Corsair AX1200i PSU which I purchased in August 2013.  My system turned itself off on Friday afternoon, and would not boot up thereafter, so I guessed it was a blown PSU as no lights were coming on inside the case and the pump was not kicking into life.  Jumping quickly onto my laptop I got another Corsair AX1200i ordered and that arrived on Sunday - I installed it in the system this afternoon.   The system booted up no problem with the new PSU, so I am hoping that this was a single failure and not something that is a series of issues.  Given that the PSU has run a water-cooled SLI system for so long, I'm not too surprised that it eventually went.

Now the interesting bit happens.  I've submitted a ticket to Corsair for the 6 year old failed PSU and will wait to see if they offer a replacement or a voucher etc.  Given that the current version has a 10 year warranty, I'm kinda hopeful!

[Chaosphere]

Yeah I'm surprised to see such a high end PSU 'only' last 6 years. I've two old midrange Corsairs that have been going 5 and 9 years respectively!

[TeaLeaf]

......and RMA approved.   I'll try to ship it back to them this week and they'll be sending me a brand new one (which will be surplus).

I sense a trip to Ebay in my near future.

[Mikep1212]

Glad you managed to get a replacement.

Would have been interesting to strip the old one down and see what failed! :crazy:

[TeaLeaf]

System update: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SSD - replaced

This the original SSD from the system build in 2013.   It has served as my boot drive over the past 7+ years and gets daily and moderately heavy use.  Last week Samsung Magician reported the SSD had moved into the Yellow range, so I took the opportunity to swap it out for a new SSD as the last thing you want is a boot drive failure.

I've swapped out other SSD's before, but never for an SSD health advisory, so that's a first for me. So for anyone else using a Samsung 840 Pro, keep an eye on your health status if it is getting as old as mine!

On a positive note, the Samsung data migration tool worked flawlessly :thumbsup:

[albert]

I noticed they rolled out an update as well. I'm still at Good for all my drives but the C drive is at 27TB Written, the highest of them all in tems of use. Any idea what your total written data was before you replaced the drive?

[TeaLeaf]

I noticed they rolled out an update as well. I'm still at Good for all my drives but the C drive is at 27TB Written, the highest of them all in tems of use. Any idea what your total written data was before you replaced the drive?

I can't remember the exact number, but it was significantly higher than that.  Iirc it was nearer the 90TB mark? (I could be misremembering the number, but I seem to recall it being very significantly higher than 27TB).   I should have written it down, but I was more interested in just swapping it out than noting the total written, sorry! :blush: