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Motherboard fried

Discussion in 'DIY Motion Simulator Building Q&A / FAQ' started by jem45472, May 30, 2014.

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  1. jem45472

    jem45472 Active Member

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    My Motion Simulator:
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    I had an evga board with a qx6700 at 2.6 oc'd to 3.2 with an antec water cooler. pretty much the same thing as the corsair.
    Running triples on a gtx780.
    Assetto corsa was pushing my cpu to about 90%

    Not sure what happened to board, but did notice a little run and stain on a sticker. Possible leak? So I am going air cooling this time around.
    jem45472, Jun 1, 2014
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  2. cthiggin

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    Could possibly be a leak. I WISH all the "self-contained" liquid coolers would use the 'non-conductive' liquid. When I build with the Swiftec unit, I filled it with the non-conductive fluid and never had
    to worry about a leak - which I never had in several years of use.
    "Me" just likes the extra protection of liquid cooling as I always oc' my builds.

    Tom
    cthiggin, Jun 1, 2014
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  3. yobuddy

    yobuddy Well-Known Member Staff Member Moderator SimAxe Beta Tester SimTools Developer Gold Contributor

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    Just for the sake of conversation,

    I used to be all about water cooling back 10 years ago or so.
    With the bigger 90nm cpu’s, they were hard to keep cool with only air and over clocking.
    Here are some pics of my last water cooling unit:
    P1010206.JPG

    P1010205.JPG

    P1010207.JPG
    But now I feel that with the cpu’s die shrinking to 22nm or smaller, air cooling is much more efficient.
    And at the same time, some of the air coolers that are available now are monsters!

    So in the end, I believe air cooling is now that way most people should go.
    With that said thou, water cooling still has the bragging writes a big fan and cooler just won’t get you.
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    yobuddy, Jun 1, 2014
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  4. value1

    value1 Nerd SimAxe Beta Tester SimTools Developer Gold Contributor

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    My Motion Simulator:
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    LOL, this looks more like a deep fryer or a bread machine :grin
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    value1, Jun 2, 2014
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  5. cthiggin

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    Agreed, the smaller architecture makes it easier to cool period and especially overclocking.
    10 Years ago, you almost needed a refrigerator if you overclocked HIGH - and as with myself, building a massive push/pull hi-end Swiftec.
    IMHO, and for "me", I like the extra precaution of liquid cooling. The units, "today", come in SMALL footprints, self-contained, and good ones about a 100.00 US.......so
    it's very easy to install them and they don't take up your whole case as in the past.

    Tom
    cthiggin, Jun 2, 2014
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  6. BlazinH

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    Hi @cthiggin , I assume you mean your business is figuratively “on fire”! So when I said things “lit up even more here” I was trying to play off that meaning business has been good here but picked up even more a couple of months ago.

    And I have been using the Antec cpu water cooler myself. While it’s a little larger than most air coolers, all the components still fit in my full size case.
    BlazinH, Jun 3, 2014
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  7. cthiggin

    cthiggin Active Member

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    BlazinH,
    OK - Ditto on "meaning"............

    Since I fried a cpu AND mb several years ago, using a mammoth Tunic Cooler (about 80.00 back then) - I swore I would never oc again without liquid...that's what I've been doing and it's never failed
    me yet, even with some extreme oc's. Just like the extra protection.... my Corsiar H-105 is a push/pull config, set into the top of my (gigantic) Thermaltake V core 71..........beautiful outfit..........
    virtually no wiring that is visible.....just love it - and after 2400.00, it is the "screamer" I was looking to build. I used the Asus 4way Optimization that is on my mb and it set everything for me and got
    an oc of 4.8 - AND geeze, is it stable..........just get's better

    Blessings,
    Tom
    cthiggin, Jun 3, 2014
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