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mojunikey7

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Alright, so last year I put together a machine with the intent of overclocking the heck out of a Phenom II 955 (but ended up buying a 965 instead), for my case I chose a HAF 932, but then I went on deployment and haven't really been able to touch it since then. So now that I am back, I am looking into overclocking pretty much everything in this machine considering it is a bit outdated. I am running all air cooling with the exception of my CPU, which has a Corsair H50 on it (yes I know, once again, outdated) but when I got home yesterday I noticed that 2 of my antec tri-cools are dead. I am looking at replacing all of the cooling and trying to put it into the optimal setup so i can crank everything up. This is what I have so far:

 

Coolermaster HAF 932 : front 200mm intake, side 200mm exhaust (flipping this around for intake). top 2x120mm exhaust, and rear 2x120mm exhaust (push/pull on the H50)

MB: ASUS M4A79T Deluxe with 790FX chipset

CPU: AMD Phenom IIx4 965 black edition (stock speed) Corsair H50 with two Antec Tri-Cools in push/pull

Ram: 8GB G-skill Ripjaw @ 670Mhz with 9-9-9-24 timings

GPU: 2x Sapphire Radeon HD 5770's in true crossfire (both x16)

PSU: Corsair TX650W

 

I am planning on replacing the case fans but this is where I can't seem to make up my mind. I understand that if i want a high CFM im going to get a high dB as well, so i have been trying to find something in the middle ground/ the first fans that I was looking at were Scythe Gentle Typhoons, but I cant find a store that actually has them in stock, and they have been deactivated on newegg. Then I read a review about how great the BitFenix Specter Pro's were, but once again, not sold on newegg and all of the other stores I frequent are out of stock. That's when I went with my second choice of fans, coolermasters.

200mm Megaflow

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103073

120mm Sickleflow

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103060

I was planning on getting three of each, with the 3 200mm being front intake, side intake, and top exhaust, 2 120mms for the H50 Push/Pull, and the third for the bottom intake in front of the PSU

 

After all of this I am wondering if the PSU will have enough juice to still overlcock everything, and if anybody has any suggestions about anything to do with either the cooling or overclocking aspects.

Edited by mojunikey7

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Blue LED is unimportant. That's just what I landed on. I would rather not mix and match though, so I am either going all or nothing on the LEDs. Why avoid sleeve bearing fans? I'm afraid that I don't know much about fan bearings. What would you recommend instead?

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Sleeve bearings typically have much shorter life spans, and my experience has certainly bared that out. These are some that i have recently purchased and like for performance and low dBa

 

http://www.newegg.co...N82E16835553002

http://www.frozencpu...0_1200_RPM.html

http://www.frozencpu...0_1200_RPM.html

 

One of the nice trends in your better 140mm fans is that they will fit standard 120mm mounting holes (the Noctua for example)

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Alright, so two more questions on fan bearings. I have ruled out sleeve bearings after looking into what you were saying about them, now my questions would be on the resiliency of ball bearings and Dynamic fluid bearings. Are either of these worth the premiums? For Dynamic fluid bearings, I have found that I really like the BitFenix Spectre pro series 200mm fans, and on the ball bearing side I am looking at scythe products for my 2 RAD fans and my bottom intake. I have also managed to find a site that has the BitFenix and Scythe fans in stock (except for the gentle typhoons)

 

After a bit of digging I also figured out that I am looking for some high static pressure fans for the radiator, so I am looking at the gentle typhoons (1.65mmH20), I also took a look at the Kingwin Duro Series, but its max static pressure is only 0.93, so I am currently under the (possibly wrong) assumption that it wouldn't make a good RAD fan. I guess fan hub size should be taken into account as well if I don't want to have a dead spot for cooling on the radiator. PLEASE correct me if i am wrong about any of this, I am trying to increase my knowledge about the cooling side of Hardware so I can push some decent clocks out of these parts and do it the right way the first time.

 

Gentle Typhoon (out of stock and seemingly impossible to find)

http://www.frozencpu.com/products/10323/fan-674/Scythe_Gentle_Typhoon_120mm_x_25mm_Fan_-_1850_RPM_D1225C12B5AP-15_Hot_Item_.html

 

BitFenix Spectre Pro

http://www.frozencpu.com/products/14444/fan-934/BitFenix_Spectre_Pro_200mm_Fan_-_Blue_LED_BFF-LPRO-20025B-RP.html

 

EDIT: here is the kingwin duro that I referenced (never mind, red1776 referenced it first!):

http://www.frozencpu.com/products/15005/fan-956/Kingwin_Duro_Bearing_Silent_Series_120mm_Fan_w_Isolator-Mounts_-_Blue_LED_DB123.html?tl=g36#blank

Edited by mojunikey7

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ALright, so I figured out the cooling side, landing on Aerocools for my radiator and bottom intake fans, and BitFenix Spectre Pro's for my 200mm intake and exhaust, now on to the overclocking side of this endeavor.

 

For reference, here are the two I just ordered (3 of each)

Aerocool Shark Blue Edition (120mm)

http://www.frozencpu.com/products/11638/fan-746/Aerocool_Shark_Blue_Edition_120mm_x_25mm_High_Air_Pressure_Fan_w_Blue_LEDs.html

BitFenix Spectre Pro LED (200mm)

http://www.frozencpu.com/products/14444/fan-934/BitFenix_Spectre_Pro_200mm_Fan_-_Blue_LED_BFF-LPRO-20025B-RP.html

 

Fans should be here sometime this week, and as soon as they are installed I am going to start cranking up the clocks on everything.

Two questions:

Anybody have any advice before I get started?

Is the Ram worth overclocking?

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ALright, so I figured out the cooling side, landing on Aerocools for my radiator and bottom intake fans, and BitFenix Spectre Pro's for my 200mm intake and exhaust, now on to the overclocking side of this endeavor.

 

For reference, here are the two I just ordered (3 of each)

Aerocool Shark Blue Edition (120mm)

http://www.frozencpu.com/products/11638/fan-746/Aerocool_Shark_Blue_Edition_120mm_x_25mm_High_Air_Pressure_Fan_w_Blue_LEDs.html

BitFenix Spectre Pro LED (200mm)

http://www.frozencpu.com/products/14444/fan-934/BitFenix_Spectre_Pro_200mm_Fan_-_Blue_LED_BFF-LPRO-20025B-RP.html

 

Fans should be here sometime this week, and as soon as they are installed I am going to start cranking up the clocks on everything.

Two questions:

Anybody have any advice before I get started?

Is the Ram worth overclocking?

Well since you've ordered it I guess there really is no point for me to say this, but what the heck..

Noctua fans are the most silent fans I've dealt with and I can say for certain that the high prices really justifies what you get (for me at least. I really like a PC without much noise)

They also have 3 different kinds of fans (120mm) for different scenarios. In your case, you'd want a case with immense CFM and low noise. Thus you could've looked into these: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835608009

 

Also, I'm not sure about the Spectre Pro fans (but I hear they're a stealthy unit), but the MegaFlow is relatively silent for a 200mm fans. I've only compared them with two fans though but it produce less noise then my old 19cm fans and my current 20cm fans from Corsair Carbide 500R.

 

I don't mean criticize you or any other means, just telling you my experience :cheers:

 

Oops didn't see your last two questions :blush:

You may need to oc the RAM at some point in you overclock so give it a try. It may not affect performance very much but you'd sometime need to over/underclock the RAMs to gain stability at some point.

Just make sure you configure the ram correctly for first run. RAMs on AMD rigs can sometime be picky with voltages and such. Otherwise you're ready to go :thumbsup:

Edited by vandreadstriker

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I did actually see the noctuas, the main problem with them being looks. I'm not too much of a looks ***** but if I can't find 120s that match my 200s I'll go crazy. I ruled out the megaflops because of the bearing type, but megaflows and sickle flows were the first fans I looked at. I guess I really wish noctua had a better color scheme. Beige and brown in an all black and blue case? Made me sad.

 

I guess I have to research stability problems caused by not ocing RAM a little more, thank you!

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