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QX9650 Watercooled overclocking slugfest!!
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eternal_fantasy

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 2:51 pm    Post subject: QX9650 Watercooled overclocking slugfest!! Reply with quote
well, after receiving my QX9650 and the watercooling bits from Vadim last night, putting everything together, and left it to leak test around 8am this morning (I was understandably a little sleepy by then Laughing ) here is the setup:





I shall post my OCing results in this thread once I've done leak testing.

Game on! Twisted Evil
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eternal_fantasy

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 3:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Now the system is up and hasn't fried!! Hurray!

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Vincent

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 3:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hurray! Hurray! Hurray!
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 4:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nice! Smile

Also looks like ORAC from Blakes 7 in that test harness Very Happy (showing my age Shocked )
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 4:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Im looking forward to see what speeds you will hit when you overclock the q9850 Hurray!
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 4:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Im looking forward to see what speeds you will hit when you overclock the q9850

same here Very Happy
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Eu

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 5:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
me too.... and the first pic had a bottle Sceptical .. care to explain? Mr. Green
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Wolf

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 5:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Eu wrote:
me too.... and the first pic had a bottle Sceptical .. care to explain? Mr. Green


Its a magic bottle, it turns itself into a screwdriver (see pic 4) Razz
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eternal_fantasy

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 5:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
ROFL!! ROFL ROFL

Ahem.. actually its a bottle of Curiosity Cola! http://www.fentimans.com/range.php

Addictive stuff, keeps me up through the wee hours of the morning. Wink
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 6:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
That's cool! But aren't you gonna put that in your new Vadim?
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eternal_fantasy

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 6:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Probably after seeing how far it will go on my test bench, although getting to the CPU block in my Vadim will be difficult with it inside the case... Confused
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 6:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Really nice work so far eternal_fantasy Very Happy cant wait to see the OC results!
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 6:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
eternal_fantasy wrote:
Probably after seeing how far it will go on my test bench, although getting to the CPU block in my Vadim will be difficult with it inside the case... Confused


You're an enthusiast Very Happy! Sneeze at work tasks like that.
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eternal_fantasy

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 7:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
luanswan2002 wrote:
eternal_fantasy wrote:
Probably after seeing how far it will go on my test bench, although getting to the CPU block in my Vadim will be difficult with it inside the case... Confused


You're an enthusiast Very Happy! Sneeze at work tasks like that.


Haha, for me its just like building Lego when you're young.




Just 10 times more fun. Very Happy


100 times more expensive. Sad
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 7:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I cannot get over how large the heatsink is on the chipset is!!!
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