MicroFly/Qpack MODernize

Wile E · Jul 26, 2009

MKmods said:
First thanks a lot for all the nice posts (That is one happy looking kid, well done Tzi)

I ran into a bit of a setback yesterday when i plugged it all together the mobo was doing crazy things, lights blinking, memory not seen,wouldnt boot, fans starting/stopping etc.. So I had to stop and take a break.

I went through all the stuff today and checked all the parts one by one and it seems to be doing well. I really want to do some more developing on the temps (upper 30s -40s dont make me too happy)

I had to pass on the LAN (really disappointed) as I saw myself taking shortcuts to finish in time and that was just wrong (especially after all this)

I am gonna get some sleep (had like 6 hours in the last 3 days and remember im not 20 anymore)

LOL, I never had kids but if I was forced to watch TeleTubbies I would not have survived...

Upper 30-40's on what Mark? If it's the video cards at idle, stop worrying about it. It's 100% normal. The only way to get it lower is to crank the fan, or add a better cooler.

steelkane · Jul 26, 2009

I agree,, you have too much time into this mod to just rush it, that's when shit breaks.

MKmods · Jul 26, 2009

Wile E said:
Upper 30-40's on what Mark? If it's the video cards at idle, stop worrying about it. It's 100% normal. The only way to get it lower is to crank the fan, or add a better cooler.

Normal?? honestly what is normal about any of my mods?

steelkane said:
I agree,, you have too much time into this mod to just rush it, that's when shit breaks.

Thx sk
Fri afternoon I thought I killed the mobo...Thats when I realized I needed to chill a bit and refocus. I have come up with a few ideas since..
1-Im gonna move the mobo a bit to the left
2-Custom cooling tunnel and fan for the GPUs

BOBDBONE said:
Hey bud,
I popped in to check the progress and it's looking great as usual. I like that red color. It's fun playing with spray cans, you can get all kinds of cool effects too if you feel like experimenting. Which I know you do.
Is it hot as hell down there or what. We are cooking up here in Seattle.
Keep up the good work. Don't stop or these guys will go through withdrawls I think.

Glad you stopped by Bob, modding is my crack...

Cold Storm · Jul 26, 2009

The Movement, and the fan tunnel will help out a lot. You should be good once you do that with teh GPU's.. But, I'm with Wile E... Temps are fine. IMHO

Wile E · Jul 26, 2009

Yeah Mark. Those temps are fine. That is not running hot for those cards at all.

MKmods · Jul 27, 2009

I never said it was too hot....what I said was upper 30s -40 dont make me happy (upper 20- lower 30s do) so thats what I am aiming for.

Contrary to what Google believes I like my stuff to be cooler :laugh:

Also I threw in the 9800GTs (SLI) and power draw is MUCH reduced over the 4870s...
With the 9800s the comp draws less than 200 watts wile surfing (what I do most) with the 4870s its in the upper 300-400watt range.

I am really bummed at the junk coolers on the 9800s though as they run a bit warmer than the 4870s with the nice Vapor-X coolers.
(I noticed the copper heat tubes are pinched almost closed on these too, it seems like the companies are just throwing heat tubes on hardware just for looks :rolleyes:

)

tzitzibp · Jul 27, 2009

May I ask what the ambient temp was while you got the upper 30s -40 readings?

I dont think you will better much better than that!

Maybe, the fan tunnel will help drop them by a couple of degrees during idle, but I am sure it will help keep them from raising a lot during play time...

MKmods · Jul 27, 2009

sorry it took so long to get back to you Tzi (been catching up on sleep :laugh:

)

Lately its been quite warm here (last few weeks) My room temps are 27C-29.4C
(outside its been 36.6 to 39C)

After looking at these coolers there has to be at least 5 or 6C for me to improve...I have plenty of time now. :toast:

I now have a bunch of games loaded on it to play as well :rockout:

DaMulta · Jul 27, 2009

MKmods said:
Here is a shot of it upside down showing the inside.
http://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo142/Partspicts/Picture060-1.jpg
its hard to believe that is spray paint out of a can...

yes it is!!!!

WOW

Cold Storm · Jul 27, 2009

Sounds like you have some fun to come man! Glad to hear you got some sleep man! Glad to hear!

:toast:

DaMulta · Jul 27, 2009

Sleep is for the wicked! How are you supposed to do things like MKmods sleeping?

Cold Storm · Jul 27, 2009

DaMulta said:
Sleep is for the wicked! How are you supposed to do things like MKmods sleeping?

Yeah bro, but you still need at lease some sleep! I went in yesterday for work, with just about 2 hours of sleep... after being up 23 hours to try and fix the issues with the sound card.. we need are beauty sleep!

DaMulta · Jul 27, 2009

Cold Storm said:
Yeah bro, but you still need at lease some sleep! I went in yesterday for work, with just about 2 hours of sleep... after being up 23 hours to try and fix the issues with the sound card.. we need are beauty sleep!

crazy pyro · Jul 27, 2009

I'm damned sure that type of stuff doesn't work, several of the girls had something like that on summer camp last year, they fell asleep over lunch and stuff.

Cold Storm · Jul 27, 2009

my friend went into cavolisions after drinking that.. just opened it right from the fridge right after waking up.. at my place... so me no touch!

DanishDevil · Jul 27, 2009

Cavolisions? Convulsions?

MKmods · Jul 27, 2009

nothing beats good old fashioned sleeping :laugh:

I feel much better and my mind isant so cloudy...

Cold Storm · Jul 27, 2009

DanishDevil said:
Cavolisions? Convulsions?

I knew I was forgetting a u somewhere! lol...

Thanks...

Your right Mk! sleep is the best!!

MKmods · Jul 30, 2009

Well this is different, usually I tear my comps apart and start all over (never giving myself much chance to tinker)
I Noticed a couple things, first the 9800GTs in SLI made COD WAW look MUCH better than it did with the 4870 (I dont know if it was the Physx thing or what)

The 9800GTs in SLI draw about the same power as the comp does with just 1 of the 4870s.
(the 3DMark06 scores are about 1.5K better with SLI (at stock))

I thought I would play with the temps of the 4870 and I took the Vapor-X cooler off and lapped it a bit with 1500, I then added some MX-2 and the temps are 3-4C better.

ambient temp is 81F or 27.2C

Looks like I am gonna be selling these 4870s if anyone wants them...

Now to try out the Battle Axe and AC Accelero coolers on the 9800s...

Cold Storm · Jul 30, 2009

Wow, that's pretty nice MK. Even the fact you have a nice little Xeon. Looking good man, looking good! :toast:

MKmods · Jul 30, 2009

lol, socket 1366 for us poor folks....

Cold Storm · Jul 30, 2009

MKmods said:
lol, socket 1366 for us poor folks....

I don't know if I'd say for the poor folk! But, I sure don't know if I'd be going to it myself.. :roll:

Scrizz · Jul 30, 2009

so u gonna tinker w/the cpu?

m4gicfour · Jul 30, 2009

MKmods said:
Looks like I am gonna be selling these 4870s if anyone wants them...

OH GAWD...

and HOW many times have I promised myself "this is the last upgrade for a while" D'OH!

Interested if you do, though I have a sick feeling looking at my wallet :rolleyes:

Oh yeah, and, uh... as for your GPU wind tunnel idea, that sounds pretty slick.

Now all this thing needs is 300' of EL wire and twenty UV cold cathodes to make it look like a $200 high-school ricer... J/K.
I KNOW you'd never be that tasteless lol. For some reason I got an image in my head of the GPU tunnel made of silver spray-painted cardboard. I guess that's what I'd do ROFL

MKmods · Jul 30, 2009

m4gicfour said:
Oh yeah, and, uh... as for your GPU wind tunnel idea, that sounds pretty slick.

Scrizz said:
so u gonna tinker w/the cpu?

Definately, its running in the mid 30s now.

I will be playing with different coolers (gonna test out my modded AC Freezer first) I have an height issue here so using a tall cooler wont do.

the best cooling I had was on my first SFF build

so this one should follow along those lines

System Name	The ClusterF**k
Processor	980X @ 4Ghz
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 BIOS F12
Cooling	MCR-320, DDC-1 pump w/Bitspower res top (1/2" fittings), Koolance CPU-360
Memory	3x2GB Mushkin Redlines 1600Mhz 6-8-6-24 1T
Video Card(s)	Evga GTX 580
Storage	Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB, 2xSeagate 320GB RAID0; 2xSeagate 3TB; 2xSamsung 2TB; Samsung 1.5TB
Display(s)	HP LP2475w 24" 1920x1200 IPS
Case	Technofront Bench Station
Audio Device(s)	Auzentech X-Fi Forte into Onkyo SR606 and Polk TSi200's + RM6750
Power Supply	ENERMAX Galaxy EVO EGX1250EWT 1250W
Software	Win7 Ultimate N x64, OSX 10.8.4

System Name	Stealth 2 Duo Turbine
Processor	Intel e6850 @ 3.8ghz
Motherboard	Asus Striker Extreme
Cooling	CoolerMaster V8 Modded With 2 white LED's & 100CFM fan
Memory	OCZ DDR2 1066_ SLI Black-4GB
Video Card(s)	2xMSI 8800GT"s SLI
Storage	<<HDD For OS>> 2x150GB_Western Digital Raptor_Raid 0. <<HDD For Storage>> 3 x 1TB
Display(s)	ACER B273HU 27" LCD 2048x1152
Case	Apex SuperCase_Custom 7 month Build
Audio Device(s)	Striker Extreme Add-In Card HD-Audio
Power Supply	EnerMax INFINITI 720watt
Software	SE7VEN ULTIMATE 64bit
Benchmark Scores	3DMark01=NTTA, 3Dmark06=NTTA 3Dmark_Vantage=NTTA, Core Temp v0.99.5=28C

System Name	Crossflow III
Processor	AMD 965 (4.04Ghz)
Motherboard	Asus Crosshair III
Cooling	Air
Memory	4 gigs Mushkin 7-7-7-20@1T
Video Card(s)	single 9800GT
Storage	Raptor 150's in Raid0
Display(s)	LG Flatron 24"
Case	Custom
Audio Device(s)	AuzenTech X-Raider W/OP637
Power Supply	Custom modded Corsair 750HX
Software	Win 7 64/Solaris Utility
Benchmark Scores	3DMark06--21963 so far

System Name	Haro
Processor	AMD 1700x
Motherboard	AsRork x370 Taichi
Cooling	EK Custom Loop - CPU only
Memory	32gb G-Skill Trident Z
Video Card(s)	EVGA 1080 Superclock 2
Storage	Too Many
Display(s)	Viewsonic VX2450WM-LED 24" & LG 32 IPS
Case	Cooler Master Cosmos II
Power Supply	Cooler Master V1000
Mouse	SteelSeries Rival 500
Software	Win10 Pro
Benchmark Scores	i5 750 4.62ghz pi runs // Evga FTW p55

System Name	The ClusterF**k
Processor	980X @ 4Ghz
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 BIOS F12
Cooling	MCR-320, DDC-1 pump w/Bitspower res top (1/2" fittings), Koolance CPU-360
Memory	3x2GB Mushkin Redlines 1600Mhz 6-8-6-24 1T
Video Card(s)	Evga GTX 580
Storage	Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB, 2xSeagate 320GB RAID0; 2xSeagate 3TB; 2xSamsung 2TB; Samsung 1.5TB
Display(s)	HP LP2475w 24" 1920x1200 IPS
Case	Technofront Bench Station
Audio Device(s)	Auzentech X-Fi Forte into Onkyo SR606 and Polk TSi200's + RM6750
Power Supply	ENERMAX Galaxy EVO EGX1250EWT 1250W
Software	Win7 Ultimate N x64, OSX 10.8.4

System Name	StarCruiser Dark Knight v.2
Processor	Intel® Core™ i5-3570K
Motherboard	P8Z77-V LX
Cooling	1x custom W/C loop/ inflow:6x120 /outflow:4x120, 2x200
Memory	Viper 3 Black Mamba (4x4GB)
Video Card(s)	Powercolor LCS 5870
Storage	1X 128GB OCZ, 2 x 1.500 Gb Seagate
Display(s)	Samsung 24" LC24F396
Case	custom MDF case (I BUILT IT) check sig.....NOW
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Tagan 900 watt
Software	Win 7 RC / Open office / Games

System Name	Work in progress
Processor	AMD 955---4Ghz
Motherboard	MSi GD70
Cooling	OcZ Phase/water
Memory	Crucial2GB kit (1GBx2), Ballistix 240-pin DIMM, DDR3 PC3-16000
Video Card(s)	CrossfireX 2 X HD 4890 1GB OCed to 1000Mhz
Storage	SSD 64GB
Display(s)	Envision 24'' 1920x1200
Case	Using the desk ATM
Audio Device(s)	Sucky onboard for now :(
Power Supply	1000W TruePower Quattro

Processor	Intel Core i5 3570K
Motherboard	MSI H61m-P31/w8
Cooling	Stock
Memory	2*8GB DDR3
Video Card(s)	XFX HD7850
Case	Coolermaster Elite 330
Audio Device(s)	Realtek HD audio
Power Supply	Corsair RM650
Software	Windows 10

System Name	Big Devil
Processor	Intel Core i5-2500K
Motherboard	ECS P67H2-A2
Cooling	XSPC Rasa \| Black Ice GT Stealth 240 \| XSPC X2O 750 \| 2x ACF12PWM \| PrimoChill White 7/16"
Memory	2x4GB Corsair Vengeance LP Arctic White 1600MHz CL9
Video Card(s)	EVGA GTX 780 ACX SC
Storage	Intel 520 Series 180GB + WD 1TB Blue
Display(s)	HP ZR30W 30" 2650x1600 IPS
Case	Corsair 600T SE
Audio Device(s)	Xonar Essence STX \| Sennheisser PC350 "Hero" Modded \| Corsair SP2500
Power Supply	ABS SL 1050W (Enermax Revolution Rebadge)
Software	Windows 8.1 x64 Pro w/ Media Center
Benchmark Scores	Ducky Year of the Snake w/ Cherry MX Browns & Year of the Tiger PBT Keycaps \| Razer Deathadder Black

System Name	:)
Processor	Intel 13700k
Motherboard	Gigabyte z790 UD AC
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15
Memory	64GB GSKILL DDR5
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte RTX 4090 Gaming OC
Storage	960GB Optane 905P U.2 SSD + 4TB PCIe4 U.2 SSD
Display(s)	Alienware AW3423DW 175Hz QD-OLED + Nixeus 27" IPS 1440p 144Hz
Case	Fractal Design Torrent
Audio Device(s)	MOTU M4 - JBL 305P MKII w/2x JL Audio 10 Sealed --- X-Fi Titanium HD - Presonus Eris E5 - JBL 4412
Power Supply	Silverstone 1000W
Mouse	Roccat Kain 122 AIMO
Keyboard	KBD67 Lite / Mammoth75
VR HMD	Reverb G2 V2
Software	Win 11 Pro

Processor	Ryzen 7 5800X3D
Motherboard	MSI MAG X570S Tomahawk Max WiFi
Cooling	EK Supremacy EVO Elite + EK D5 + EK 420 Rad, TT Toughfan 140x3, TT Toughfan 120x2, Arctic slim 120
Memory	32GB GSkill DDR4-3600 (F4-3600C16-8GVKC)
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte Radeon RX 7900XTX Gaming OC
Storage	WDBlack SN850X 4TB, Samsung 950Pro 512GB, Samsung 850EVO 500GB, 6TB WDRed, 36TB NAS, 8TB Lancache
Display(s)	Benq XL2730Z (1440P 144Hz, TN, Freesync) & 2x ASUS VE248
Case	Corsair Obsidian 750D
Audio Device(s)	Topping D50S + THX AAA 789, TH-X00 w/ V-Moda Boompro; 7Hz Timeless
Power Supply	Corsair HX1000i
Mouse	Sharkoon Fireglider optical
Keyboard	Corsair K95 RGB
Software	Windows 11 Pro

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