Asus crosshair v formula club

[os2wiz]

Originally Posted by skellattarr

yes i tried that many times the left side of the header works but the right side is dead. i wish i could figure out why.

It could be defective hardware.

[skellattarr]

Originally Posted by os2wiz

It could be defective hardware.

thats what i think but i don't want to send in the mobo i rather just live with it

[skellattarr]

Originally Posted by os2wiz

I would suggest the Rosewill Black hawk Ultra gaming case at New egg. It goes on sale just about every 5-6 weeks. Then you can get it for $130 bucks or so. It is an awesome super tower with great airflow and 3 230mm fans. 2 on top of the case and one on the side. It has 4 140mm fans in front of the drive cage and a rear 140 mm fan. It is a full tower ,really a suprtower.

i just got the Rosewill Black hawk Ultra gaming case today could not wait for it to go on sale i paid 189.99 for it. worked on my system all day just got it up and going. this is a huge case but very nice. im so tired im going to sleep good tonight

[os2wiz]

Originally Posted by skellattarr

i just got the Rosewill Black hawk Ultra gaming case today could not wait for it to go on sale i paid 189.99 for it. worked on my system all day just got it up and going. this is a huge case but very nice. im so tired im going to sleep good tonight

For the price there is nothing close to it in quality. If you want the ultimate in cases you have to pay close to$400 and that is an amount I can not ever justify to myself.

[skellattarr]

Originally Posted by os2wiz

For the price there is nothing close to it in quality. If you want the ultimate in cases you have to pay close to$400 and that is an amount I can not ever justify to myself.

do you have a fan mounted behind the mobo socket if so which direction do you have it blowing and does it even make a difference?

[Mathragh]

Originally Posted by skellattarr

do you have a fan mounted behind the mobo socket if so which direction do you have it blowing and does it even make a difference?

I was also thinking of doing this, with an old laptop blower-style fan i have lying around. Could post some results if you guys want.

Edit: didnt inspect your case's layout: I suppose my results wont matter!

[os2wiz]

Originally Posted by skellattarr

do you have a fan mounted behind the mobo socket if so which direction do you have it blowing and does it even make a difference?

Good question. I put a Noctua 120mm fan there about 2 months ago. First I had it on exhaust. I didn't notice much improvement so I reversed it to intake air and blow it around CPU. It helped a little. I then bought one of those Antec spot fans that screws into a motherboard screw hole and has a flexible neck so that you can direct the flow in any direction you chose. I have the flow directed at the rear collection of vrms behind the CPU. The temperature for the vrms dropped about 6 degrees Celsius. Practically speaking it hasn't helped my over clock. My CPU is a batch 1236 and probably came from the edge of the wafer so it has poor voltage characteristics, The VID is 1.325 volts, but once you go above 4.55 GHZ the voltage requirements are on a sharply rising hyperbolic curve. The temps even with H100 cooling on the cores hit 67 Celsius if I hit around 4.75 GHZ over clock under full load with OCCT or IBT AVX. I am going for a H320 Swiftech water cooler with copper-brass radiator 360mm when it is released in another 5 to 6 weeks. That should lower my temps about 5 to 6 degrees Celsius.

[skellattarr]

Originally Posted by os2wiz

Good question. I put a Noctua 120mm fan there about 2 months ago. First I had it on exhaust. I didn't notice much improvement so I reversed it to intake air and blow it around CPU. It helped a little. I then bought one of those Antec spot fans that screws into a motherboard screw hole and has a flexible neck so that you can direct the flow in any direction you chose. I have the flow directed at the rear collection of vrms behind the CPU. The temperature for the vrms dropped about 6 degrees Celsius. Practically speaking it hasn't helped my over clock. My CPU is a batch 1236 and probably came from the edge of the wafer so it has poor voltage characteristics, The VID is 1.325 volts, but once you go above 4.55 GHZ the voltage requirements are on a sharply rising hyperbolic curve. The temps even with H100 cooling on the cores hit 67 Celsius if I hit around 4.75 GHZ over clock under full load with OCCT or IBT AVX. I am going for a H320 Swiftech water cooler with copper-brass radiator 360mm when it is released in another 5 to 6 weeks. That should lower my temps about 5 to 6 degrees Celsius.

it sounds like putting a fan there doesn't make that much of a diference so I'm not even going to bother putting one there. having it blow in would cause dust build up in a sensitive area.

[skellattarr]

well i decided to do some more cable management on my cables when i was done i hooked the system back up and started it and got no video. i worked on it for two hours just to find one of the pci-e power lines came off the psu. lol if i would of only seen that in the first place it would have saved me a lot of time

[os2wiz]

Originally Posted by skellattarr

well i decided to do some more cable management on my cables when i was done i hooked the system back up and started it and got no video. i worked on it for two hours just to find one of the pci-e power lines came off the psu. lol if i would of only seen that in the first place it would have saved me a lot of time

Things like that happen to me all the time. Now when I have any major work in my PC like motherboard change or changing water cooling, I dig into my pocket and pay a guy I know who does it professionally. I am getting a little too old to spend hours on a project.

[skellattarr]

we should start a rosewill blackhawk ultra case club thread

[GamerGuy]

I've swapped out my CHVF from a Tt Commander MS-II to a Corsair Obsidian 650D, it's so much roomier than the MS-II. The supplied 2x 200mm (front and top) and rear 120mm fans are pretty quiet. I have swapped the stock 120mm rear fan with a Silverstone blue LED fan for a little.....bling? The pic has a NZXT fan that I was trying out before getting the Silverstone fan. I am considering a H60 AIO WC system for this setup....

[skellattarr]

Originally Posted by GamerGuy

I've swapped out my CHVF from a Tt Commander MS-II to a Corsair Obsidian 650D, it's so much roomier than the MS-II. The supplied 2x 200mm (front and top) and rear 120mm fans are pretty quiet. I have swapped the stock 120mm rear fan with a Silverstone blue LED fan for a little.....bling? The pic has a NZXT fan that I was trying out before getting the Silverstone fan. I am considering a H60 AIO WC system for this setup....
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ps381655f3.jpg

nice set up. when you get your water cooler put in show us some pics

[skellattarr]

here is a pic of the outside of my case

[os2wiz]

Originally Posted by GamerGuy

I've swapped out my CHVF from a Tt Commander MS-II to a Corsair Obsidian 650D, it's so much roomier than the MS-II. The supplied 2x 200mm (front and top) and rear 120mm fans are pretty quiet. I have swapped the stock 120mm rear fan with a Silverstone blue LED fan for a little.....bling? The pic has a NZXT fan that I was trying out before getting the Silverstone fan. I am considering a H60 AIO WC system for this setup....
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ps381655f3.jpg

If you plan to overclock a Vishera CPU , specifically an FX-8350 the H60 will be woefully inadequate. I had one in my system and had to swap it out for an H100 that is still inadequate if you want a 5 GHZ over clock.

[skellattarr]

yep a custom water loop will be better

[Super XP]

Originally Posted by skellattarr

thats what i think but i don't want to send in the mobo i rather just live with it

Warranty sucks, but I would consider it. You should have a 3 year on that Crosshair V Formula. The only issue I have with sending my board out if I had an issue with it is 1) ripping all my hardware apart and 2) paying expensive S&H costs to send to ASUS unless you have a authorized ASUS dealer in your area.

Originally Posted by skellattarr

here is a pic of the outside of my case
http://img.techpowerup.org/130424/P5300017.jpg
http://img.techpowerup.org/130424/P5300019.jpg

WOW is that your Crosshair V? That looks tiny in a massive case lol, NICE...