Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler - Corsair H55 Water Cooling

Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | PC Support | Corsair H55 Water Cooling

DVA11250
Captain, B757-200
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Posted onPost created on February 14 2013 02:21 ET by Joel Salminen

I was having a lot of framerate troubles with FSX with my new i7 3770k system. Turns out the processor was overheating and the turbo booster function of the processor was actually lowering the clock speed to 1200 mhz. I was using the stock i7 cooler, which isn't sufficient to keep the proc cool. I replaced the stock cooler with a Corsair H55 and this cooling system rocks! I cranked all sliders right in FSX and I was easily maintaining 20 - 30 fps in VC; in 2D cockpit the FPS was in excess of 70. While maintaining these awesome frame rates, the processor cores stayed well below 50 degrees C. Before the water cooler I was running at about 100 degrees, which is right at the max temp for the i7.

Joel Salminen

Captain, B757-200

DVA10591
Captain, B737-800
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Posted onPost created on February 14 2013 08:41 ET by Jeff Welsh

Just curious what video card your running on that system? I too am running a liquid cooler (H60) but overclocking my 2700k to 4.8Ghz. Corsair has a very cool product (no pun intended).

Jeff Welsh

Captain, B737-800

DVA10705
First Officer, B747-400
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Posted onPost created on February 14 2013 10:13 ET by Bill Gardiner

There is no max temp, it's what you're comfortable with. First, get the Intel cpu warranty for overclockers. For 20 bucks you can't go wrong. And if you do you're covered. But to answer your question? Wow, 50c is pretty good and most of us would love to have that chip. Good for you!!

Bill Gardiner

First Officer, B747-400

Posted onPost created on February 14 2013 11:47 ET by Bill Gardiner

I have the corsair h100 and would totally recommend it to anyone.

Bill Gardiner

First Officer, B747-400

Posted onPost created on February 14 2013 13:52 ET by Joel Salminen

My graphics card is an EVGA GTX 650 TI. It stays fairly cool around 47 degrees under load. Another tidbit of information is that my room temperature is about 67-68 degrees. It's a bit cool, but considering I live in a cold climate and it's winter, it doesn't bother me.

Also, I don't overclock any system components. I used to do that, but as you know that becomes a hobby by itself.

@Bill - there is a maximum operating temperature for any electronic device or component which is when it becomes a fire hazard. You can certainly push the envelope from the manufacturer's design specification, but you are risking a meltdown. From my personal experience I would recommend not being anywhere near 100 degrees C. That seems to be when Turbo Boost goes in the opposite direction and slows down your CPU to reduce temp.

Joel Salminen

Captain, B757-200

DVA10665
Captain, MD-11
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Posted onPost created on February 14 2013 15:23 ET by Daniel Healy

i made the mistake of getting an 15 3570K and i have it on air with the hyper 212 i have it clocked at 4.3ghz and getting between 10 and 20fps with payware scenery and payware a/c REX and GSX so im quite happy with it

Daniel Healy (DVA10665)

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Posted onPost created on February 15 2013 10:57 ET by Robert Armstrong

Daniel Healy wrote:

i made the mistake of getting an 15 3570K and i have it on air with the hyper 212 i have it clocked at 4.3ghz and getting between 10 and 20fps with payware scenery and payware a/c REX and GSX so im quite happy with it

With that setup you should be getting waaay more frames

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Senior Captain, B767-300

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Posted onPost created on February 15 2013 11:17 ET by Alan Barber

http://hothardware.com/News/Gigabyte-Motherboard-Helps-Set-World-CPU-Clockspeed-Record-for-Ivy-Bridge/ mmmmmm.........

Have got the H100 cooler and had my I3770 to 4.8ghz with no effort, was heading to a stable 5.0ghz before mobo problems reared their ugly head. Temps maxing out at 70ish during initial stress tests.

Daniel - that does seem a bit on the low side FPS wise, at the end of the day you are happy, but if you want to investigate further just ask.

Alan Barber

Senior Captain, B767-300

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Posted onPost created on February 15 2013 19:09 ET by Peter Bagrationoff

3770K @ 4.5 Ghz here on an H80 at the lowest fan RPM setting so its almost silent. I get around 28 FPS VC with sliders at 75% in the PMDG NGX and max temps are 58c

Peter Bagrationoff (DVA8158)

Posted onPost created on February 15 2013 21:03 ET by Daniel Healy

Robert Armstrong wrote:

Daniel Healy wrote:

i made the mistake of getting an 15 3570K and i have it on air with the hyper 212 i have it clocked at 4.3ghz and getting between 10 and 20fps with payware scenery and payware a/c REX and GSX so im quite happy with it

With that setup you should be getting waaay more frames

Rob yeah I know I remember you saying that I needed to tweak to get more fps and I eventually went and kostas tweaks and I think they did help but this was around the time I got a heap of new addons i may not be helping myself by using his settings which could be bringing me down I'll need to look into it further it seems but I always say is at least it doesn't crash when I see another plane on vatsim

Daniel Healy (DVA10665)

Posted onPost created on February 16 2013 01:53 ET by Robert Armstrong

Kosta is good, Ventubo is better! http://www.venetubo.com/fsx.html

Posted onPost created on February 16 2013 07:45 ET by Bill Gardiner

Bill Gardiner wrote:

There is no max temp, it's what you're comfortable with.

That did sound kind of flippant. What I meant was that the MB usually has the facility to shut down the system if the temps get too hot--usually in the 100C range--and up until that point it is what you're comfortable with. Personally, I wouldn't go over 80C for even short periods and over 70C for an extended period. I have an H100 and run a 2700k at 4.8 Ghz with temp in the low 70's using Prime95 and 50ish running FSX. Corsair has a new cooler, the H100i, but I've heard mixed reviews. It seems to work fine but there are issues with noise and rattling fans so I'm pretty sure this is something they can work out pretty quick.

Bill Gardiner

First Officer, B747-400

Posted onPost created on February 16 2013 11:12 ET by Daniel Healy

Robert Armstrong wrote:

Kosta is good, Ventubo is better! http://www.venetubo.com/fsx.html

yes i forgot to mention i used that first before Kostas and maybe its just me but i did not see much difference and seemed a slight increase with Kostas but im not sure

Daniel Healy (DVA10665)

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