Build Log - Sir B's Black/White/Gold O11-Dynamic

[The Pook]

8 minutes ago, Sir Beregond said:

I did a little TimeSpy loop testing with voltage locked at 925mv and it was holding 1950 fine, it technically held 1965 fine too but both these frequencies hit power limits when it spiked up to 400W (max on the FE) despite a 360-370W avg. Tried 1980 as well and it would drop a lot to 1965 and after 15 mins crashed the benchmark.

 

Eventually when I am feeling brave, might need to learn how to shunt mod. 

 

If I bench and set my fan curve manually to something high I can hold 1950 ezpz, but regardless if I use my quiet curve or 100% I still occasionally see PWR PerfCap in GPU-Z when gaming. Makes me sad 

 

no soldering or liquid metal: 

Just a moment...

WWW.OVERCLOCK.NET

 

[Sir Beregond]

13 minutes ago, The Pook said:

 

If I bench and set my fan curve manually to something high I can hold 1950 ezpz, but regardless if I use my quiet curve or 100% I still occasionally see PWR PerfCap in GPU-Z when gaming. Makes me sad 

 

no soldering or liquid metal: 

Just a moment...

WWW.OVERCLOCK.NET

 

I noticed once I added the +1100 Memory overclock, my 1950 clock would drop to 1935 on those spikes that hit 400W limit.

 

That said, I upped my TimeSpy score to 20,005 from 18something with just an overclock and no volt limits (and thus lower avg clocks). My average clock on this run was 1949 while previous overclock and no locked voltage was more like 1919.

 

Edited January 2, 2023 by Sir Beregond

[Sir Beregond]

Did another run. This time I dropped to 900mv locked at +210 to the Core and same +1100 Memory. I mostly had a 1965mhz run on this one: Compare Link

 

 

Seems my real limit is the 400W. Really contemplating getting a cheap card and learning how to shunt mod.

Edited January 2, 2023 by Sir Beregond

[Avacado]

8 hours ago, Sir Beregond said:

Really contemplating getting a cheap card and learning how to shunt mod.

Yes.

[Bastiaan_NL]

Nice work with the testing SirB!
Make sure to compare the Graphics score and not the total score, as CPU's mess things up a lot (thanks for the free points )
As for shunt modding, I love that you are thinking about it but make sure to give it some time to sink in. Your card will be modded and lose value if you ever decide to sell it, unless someone really wants a modded card.
There is risk, imo less than a voltmod but still....

Now on the other hand, a modded card will reel in some nice points if you can keep it cold enough

[Sir Beregond]

2 minutes ago, Bastiaan_NL said:

Nice work with the testing SirB!
Make sure to compare the Graphics score and not the total score, as CPU's mess things up a lot (thanks for the free points )
As for shunt modding, I love that you are thinking about it but make sure to give it some time to sink in. Your card will be modded and lose value if you ever decide to sell it, unless someone really wants a modded card.
There is risk, imo less than a voltmod but still....

Now on the other hand, a modded card will reel in some nice points if you can keep it cold enough

Oh I've been tracking the graphics score and that one was my best run with voltage lock. I did another run without it and got marginally higher, so not sure this undervolting is really helping me here aside from maintaining a steadier clock that isn't bouncing around.

 

This is my daily use card in my one and only rig besides my old 4790k / 980 rig. Was thinking maybe I can play around with the 980 again, but not sure that has the same problems this card does. Will have to see if I still have the waterblock for it.

[Sir Beregond]

Hey guys, its finally time. Sort of thinking a birthday gift to myself and finally going to order the O11-Dynamic front panel from PPC's with the 120mm fan mounting option. Finally doing it @Avacado.

 

The other thing I was thinking about was maybe looking at updating the loop a bit. Been contemplating running two pumps in this thing, but admittedly don't really know if I have the room to do so, or if it's worth doing. But mainly I run the current D5 at 100% and I am wanting to maybe do 2 pumps running slower. Thoughts?

 

Lian Li PC-011 Dynamic Custom Modded Replacement Front Panel O11-FRONTPANEL

WWW.PERFORMANCE-PCS.COM

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Did you get that sweet new Lian Li PC-011 Dynamic rig built?  Yeah?  All the air chased out of the loop so it's whisper-quiet?  Started playing your game at 4K res only to realize the system's now overheating...

 

 

Edited February 1, 2023 by Sir Beregond

[Avacado]

5 minutes ago, Sir Beregond said:

Hey guys, its finally time. Sort of thinking a birthday gift to myself and finally going to order the O11-Dynamic front panel from PPC's with the 120mm fan mounting option. Finally doing it @Avacado.

 

The other thing I was thinking about was maybe looking at updating the loop a bit. Been contemplating running two pumps in this thing, but admittedly don't really know if I have the room to do so, or if it's worth doing. But mainly I run the current D5 at 100% and I am wanting to maybe do 2 pumps running slower. Thoughts?

 

Lian Li PC-011 Dynamic Custom Modded Replacement Front Panel O11-FRONTPANEL

WWW.PERFORMANCE-PCS.COM

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Did you get that sweet new Lian Li PC-011 Dynamic rig built?  Yeah?  All the air chased out of the loop so it's whisper-quiet?  Started playing your game at 4K res only to realize the system's now overheating...

 

 

Ok, so now that you are doing this. BE VERY CAREFUL when you are screwing it in place. It is acrylic and it WILL crack the whole panel if you torque those screws down too tightly. It's stronger than it looks and will support a normal sized rad, though I wouldn't try to mount a Monsta or anything >30mm on it. 

[Sir Beregond]

11 minutes ago, Avacado said:

Ok, so now that you are doing this. BE VERY CAREFUL when you are screwing it in place. It is acrylic and it WILL crack the whole panel if you torque those screws down too tightly. It's stronger than it looks and will support a normal sized rad, though I wouldn't try to mount a Monsta or anything >30mm on it. 

All I will be putting on it is intake fans for fresh air directly over the RAM/motherboard instead of that goofy side intake.

 

That said, I may have to completely rework my tubing to accommodate said fans in a couple spots, don't know yet. Clearance looks iffy with one of the tubing runs. Depends on where exactly they put the fan mounts I suppose.

Edited February 1, 2023 by Sir Beregond

[Avacado]

Just now, Sir Beregond said:

All I will be putting on it is intake fans for fresh air directly over the RAM/motherboard instead of that goofy side intake.

 

That said, I may have to completely rework my tubing to accommodate said fans in a couple spots, don't know yet. Depends on where exactly they put the fan mounts I suppose.

They are 120mm fan mount holes in a traditional 360mm rad style spacing. It was meant to accomodate rads and fans. You should be able to front mount T30's with plenty of room left over for tubing runs. 

[Sir Beregond]

Just now, Avacado said:

They are 120mm fan mount holes in a traditional 360mm rad style spacing. It was meant to accomodate rads and fans. You should be able to front mount T30's with plenty of room left over for tubing runs. 

Right, its just because of where my reservoir and return tubing is from the bottom rad, not sure the clearance. Will have to see.

 

Older picture, some slight changes to rig since (flipped bottom fans and now have the Highflow Next), but tubing relatively the same as this. Notice towards the front. I am rethinking maybe redoing the whole run of tubing in a different orientation. Will have to see.

 

[Avacado]

2 minutes ago, Sir Beregond said:

Right, its just because of where my reservoir and return tubing is from the bottom rad, not sure the clearance. Will have to see.

 

Older picture, some slight changes to rig since (flipped bottom fans and now have the Highflow Next), but tubing relatively the same as this. Notice towards the front. I am rethinking maybe redoing the whole run of tubing in a different orientation. Will have to see.

 

Yea, it's possible you might have to flip the orientation of the bottom rad so the G1/4 ports are near the rear of the case. 

[Sir Beregond]

15 minutes ago, Avacado said:

Yea, it's possible you might have to flip the orientation of the bottom rad so the G1/4 ports are near the rear of the case. 

Was thinking the same thing, which will be fun without a vertical GPU mount. But could maybe redo the direction where the pump outlet is feeding into the bottom rad, then GPU, up to the CPU then top rad, then return through maybe top of reservoir? Decisions decisions.

 

Still want to also maybe look at a dual pump solution but perhaps that would overcomplicate this on since this isn't the XL case.

Edited February 1, 2023 by Sir Beregond