Core 2 Clubhouse

[[I.R.A]_FBi]

jsut what i did spread it so thin i amost could see thru it

 

[tkpenalty]

Fine... let it burn in. Is it overclocked?

 

[[I.R.A]_FBi]

roughly the same temps .. how long to burn in

 

[[I.R.A]_FBi]

well at the advice of a certain someone .. ive been considering tog et an antec 900 case .. but to me ( for whom money isa major issue ...) this tuniq 3 case seems like aviable alternative ... any comments ...

 

[[I.R.A]_FBi]

As mentioned earlier in the review, this is the bread and butter of the Tuniq 3 enclosure. This bracket apparatus, or the 3D Core Fan system as Tuniq refers to it, is an innovative and ingenious piece of engineering. This unique bracket system is so stuffed full of features and options that a separate review in itself could be written on it.

The bracket system is designed to accommodate case fans up to 120mm and be arrayed in a variety of positions and angles. The holes that you see in the bracket are the mounting areas for various sized case fans. This allows those that are picky about the airflow in their enclosure to really dial in exactly what they want.

Suffice to say, the 3D Core Fan bracket system addresses the two primary locations within an enclosure that need cooling the most: the videocard and the CPU. For each location, there are multiple ways to orient your fans. Specifically, for cooling the VGA, there are three different configurations possible, and for the CPU, there are four. For each configuration, the Tuniq 3 manual does a very good job depicting the methods in which to set the fans up for use with the 3D Core Fan bracket system.

For example, do you need dual 120mm fans, as shown above? How about one 92mm and one 120mm? No problem, the 3D Core Fan system can handle it all, and much, much more. The bracket system is so adaptable, that the only limitation to the amount and direction of airflow you want in your case, literally, is your imagination.

The heart of this bracket system is in its pure versatility. Besides being able to accommodate just about any fan configuration you can think of, you can also adjust the angle at which those fans operate at. This is unprecedented for a mid-ATX enclosure, as no other ATX based case offers this type of exact control over the airflow within it. Our only cause for concern with the way that Tuniq designed the bracket system is when setting the swinging arm bracket to 0 degrees. By doing so, the screw that allows the arm to hinge freely back and forth partially blocks the screw hole in which to place the thumb screw in to lock the arm down. Technically, you could still force the thumb screw in, but by doing so you will strip the threads of the screw as well as the threads in the screw hole itself.

While we are impressed with the ingenuity shown by the folks at Tuniq, we're surprised to see an obvious flaw in this particular bracket area: at least one quarter of the 120mm fan is behind the bracket itself. This impedes airflow and restricts any kind of positive air movement within the enclosure. Equally disturbing is the increased noise levels as the air travels through the holes in the bracket itself. Indeed, the fan noise did increase slightly while the fan was operating as shown above, versus when the fan was removed from it. Elongated videocard owners are also out of luck (think 8800GTX and the upcoming ATI R600) when using a lower oriented 120mm fan.

 

[tkpenalty]

Yeah the bracket works well, BUT, in where you live, Antec 900 would be a better option.

 

[RickDStik]

MB: abit FI-90HD
CPU: Core 2 Duo E4300
O/C: 3 GHz (333x9)
RAM: 400x2 @ CL5-5-5-15 @ 1.8V
Multi: 9x
Speedstep: OFF
STATUS: Cube gaming ftw
Cooling: Zalman cnps8000

 

[JC316]

MB: Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L
CPU: C2D E4300 Conroe
OC: 3.15 (350x9)
RAM: 700MHZ 5-5-5-15
Speedstep: Off
Status: Fully functional
Cooling: Thermaltake CL-P0370 with extra fan hot glued on.

 

[driver66]

OOOOOOOOOOOo Can I join?

 

[niko084]

I was going some reading that the e4400 clocks better then the e4500.....

Well considering you have the ram and mainboard to take the higher fsb.

 

[GSG-9]

MB: Foxconn G9657MA-8EKRS2H
CPU: Core 2 Duo E6300 300Mhz FSB
O/C: 2.7 GHz (390x7)
RAM: 2048mb G.Skill (3-3-3-13) (2T)
Multi: 7x
Video: XFX 7800GT XFX Edition (500/1065)
HD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB Drive's in Raid 0
STATUS: Gaming/3D rendering
Cooling: Dual AeroTech 140mm fans

 

[[I.R.A]_FBi]

 

[tkpenalty]

*Kicks thread back to life*

 

[Fizban]

Hmm, I'll join...assuming the laptop variants count.

 

[CrAsHnBuRnXp]

Core 2 Quad user here. Specs are to the side with all my other info such as posts and what not.

 

[N-Gen]

T7200 2GHz Owner..and proud lol. Need I say more?

 

[grunt_408]

E6750 Count me in

 

[tkpenalty]

Okay, guys time to kick this thread, HARD!

Please discuss about overclocking here guys! So far my CPU does 3.22Ghz on the intel stock cooler without any problems whatsoever, stock vcore

Motherboard can do 490FSB however... thats 3430@7x multi

Except those temperatures are rather crap, now that I'm using the stock intel cooler instead of the CNPS7700CU... Getting a HR-01 in a few days

 

[grunt_408]

E6750 @3.24 405 FSBx8

 

[Deleted member 24505]

How high have you pushed your 6750 craig? mines fine at 3.6ghz with 1.41vcore.Idleing with media centre running at 31/31c.Max mine does 4ghz at 1.5625vcore.It posts at 520fsb but no windows.

 

[tkpenalty]

E6750 @3.24 405 FSBx8

Cant you push it farther than that? I mean my E6300, does better than that! (Okay, 2MB vs 4MB L2... maybe something does really matter with the cache. You have a good motherboard + Best air cooler... push it!

EDIT: Wait, I see whats holding you back bigtime... your RAM, I'd advise you to get a kit that can at least do DDR1066, even cheap generic kits. Go to the MIT and set the RAM ratio so that the speed of the RAM is around less than 800; the lowest ratio. Don't worry about pushing the RAM, its not really necessary if you want a higher clockspeed anyway.

How high have you pushed your 6750 craig? mines fine at 3.6ghz with 1.41vcore.Idleing with media centre running at 31/31c.Max mine does 4ghz at 1.5625vcore.It posts at 520fsb but no windows.

You must have no heating in your room to be able to get those temperatures...

Oh yeah by the way guys, please DO NOT use the motherboard's single reading for the CPU, instead use core temp. The single reading is by no means accurate compared to the actual reading (which is mostly 10*C~5*C off)

EDIT: Why the hell are my voltage sensors furbared on my motherboard?

and my core temps seem a bit high... 45/45... whilst on the other system the temps were around 31/32... (E4600), consider that this E6300 is underclocked as well, and the fact that the E4600 has a inferior cooler. I guess I should maybe test the E6300 in the other motherboard and see what happens, I'm worried I might have a dud board.

What is the stock vcore for the E4600 anyway?

 

[Deleted member 24505]

the heating is on,its at 33/33c now,im watching avp2 requiem on wmp.dont forget it is a little cold in the uk at this time of the year.

 

[tkpenalty]

Okay, whos in australia atm and has a C2D with a stock cooler mounted onto it? May you guys please give me your hand, and post your Core temp temperatures at idle and load? Try to clock your CPU at around 2Ghz if possible lol.

The motherboard reading seems REALLY god damn cool (32*C), as usual gigabyte has anti-worry onboard monitors... with my DFI it was a different story though ... I guess I'm over reacting a bit.

 

[[I.R.A]_FBi]

yoow, this weekend i did a bit of dabbling and now i can get to 3.2 @ lowest voltage my mobo offers.

 

[tkpenalty]

Crap, i think my board might be vdrooping...

At 1.4v, my system randomly locks up now :\... Any idea as to why this occurs? I got up to 490x9FSB as usual, however it doesnt seem to be stable at all anymore... DFI Blood iron users, do you guys also have the same issue?