TiM! Posted June 27, 2012 Author Share Posted June 27, 2012 Sweet, just waiting for some money to drop into my account and I'll get my order in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiM! Posted June 28, 2012 Author Share Posted June 28, 2012 Ordered today Got a free copy of dirt showdown with the card and I got a good deal on a Seagate 1TB barracuda at Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cerbrus2 Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Wet and dry > TIM cleaner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiM! Posted June 28, 2012 Author Share Posted June 28, 2012 Hmmmm..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiM! Posted June 29, 2012 Author Share Posted June 29, 2012 (edited) Stuff turned up today so I installed just the HDD Tried other ports on the mobo but it just won't show up under Computer Any ideas? I can hear it spin up Edited June 29, 2012 by TiM! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiM! Posted June 29, 2012 Author Share Posted June 29, 2012 All sorted, cheers cyronn and BB. Cooler and graphics card will probably go in tomorrow now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiM! Posted June 29, 2012 Author Share Posted June 29, 2012 Hmmm, that's interesting... Just opened up the cooler and the parts aren't colour coded for AMD/intel and I've got no manual How on earth am I going to fit this thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RooBoonix Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Good Luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiM! Posted June 29, 2012 Author Share Posted June 29, 2012 I know I've got two types of lock ring plastic attachments and two types of main screws. No idea which is for my intel or AMD. Trail and error might be the only way, in which I bet I mess up the thermal paste Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James666 Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 The intel retention ring is the one with the evenly spaced mounting holes, they are in the same place as the mounting pins are on the stock intel cooler. You'll want to put the blue clips in the retention ring and make sure you put the 4 little brass nuts in the 1155/1156 holes in the plastic backplate. I'm pretty sure that the screws that are in the same bag as the coloured plastic mounting clips are the ones you use to mount the waterblock (they should have a much bigger head than the other screws). The screws in the other bag are for mounting the radiator and fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiM! Posted June 30, 2012 Author Share Posted June 30, 2012 Graphics card is in and all is well. Just got to email scan about my missing copy of dirt showdown Had another look at the cooler today. I've worked out which plastic parts to use but then hit another problem right away. I offered the back plate up to the spikes from my intel cooler and none of them line up. I'm 99% sure that even the 1156 holes won't fit. :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlander Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 It will fit TiM your just missing something lol one of the backplates you got should defo line up with the mobo holes and then its a case of adjusting the circle plate with screws to match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiM! Posted June 30, 2012 Author Share Posted June 30, 2012 It just doesn't seem to want to line up. Last thing I want to do is pull the old cooler, then not be able to fit the new one. Cos then I'll have to poke around on my old laptop until Tuesday before I can get some more thermal paste to refit the old cooler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlander Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 (edited) what do you mean it doesnt line up? what part? picture? Edited June 30, 2012 by H1GHLAND3R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiM! Posted June 30, 2012 Author Share Posted June 30, 2012 (edited) That's going from the 1156 holes. I have a 1155 and I'm told they're the same. Edited June 30, 2012 by TiM! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlander Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 im sure when mine was fitted it was at a slightly angle rather than straight, cant remember Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiM! Posted June 30, 2012 Author Share Posted June 30, 2012 It was probably like this... Looks well dodgy at the back. Not even and the plastic gave way as I tightened the screws. Didn't spin all the way around though thankfully. Looks fine here though. I make a bit of a mess up in trying to install it with the text the right way up. Smudged the paste a bit. Temps are nice though, 38C on minecraft playing with everything pretty much maxxed. Just praying to every god that might ever have existed that it doesn't leak though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlander Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 yep thats how it looked lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiM! Posted June 30, 2012 Author Share Posted June 30, 2012 Starting to realise now that this thing is LOUD. I've got a 120mm front fan and a 140mm top fan I need replacing. I think I can also change the one on the antec? Looking for as silent as possible, can't run this at night or it would bother people Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cerbrus2 Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 grab some Darkrock Silent wings. or the corsair silent range. Much cheaper than noctua. plus they dont look ugly as sin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlander Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 I have both spectre pro's and Noctua NF-F12's, performance wise, no difference at all. Spectre pro's are actually quieter on 12v but i run all my fans at 40% so i dont hear either of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiM! Posted July 1, 2012 Author Share Posted July 1, 2012 I'll read some reviews Need to tidy up around the drives but apart from that it's not looking too bad... GPU cooler is a bit boring but I like the text Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiM! Posted July 3, 2012 Author Share Posted July 3, 2012 (edited) Downloaded my copy of Dirt showdown which took ages, but the joyride part is good fun. Got everything maxxed I think and I'm getting 40-50fps. But on the campaign part with AI cars I struggle to get above 20fps with everything set low. Any ideas? EDIT Tweaked some more of the graphics options and I'm now getting 35-40fps with very little loss in quality Edited July 3, 2012 by TiM! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiM! Posted July 4, 2012 Author Share Posted July 4, 2012 Ok, so I've just overclocked to 4.20GHz on the CPU with the MSI OC genie on the motherboard. Temps have gone up by 10C leaving my idle at 40C now, and WEI saw no improvement on the CPU rating, just on the RAM. Worth keeping it set like this or not? :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlander Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 40c idle is rather high to me, how did you apply the paste? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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