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When using this resource, please read FragKrag's opening post. The Tech Support forum regulars have helped create countless of desktop systems without any compensation. The least you can do is provide all of the information required for them to help you properly.
Gumbi
Profile Joined June 2012
Ireland463 Posts
June 16 2013 15:01 GMT
#30881
Yeah, it's definitely an investigative process! I suppose they're all pretty good, and whichever is cheapest should be the one to go for.
Ropid
Profile Joined March 2009
Germany3557 Posts
June 16 2013 15:04 GMT
#30882
I feel it's not that strange. Both coolers have the same number of heat-pipes at similar diameter. The D14 has one 120mm and one 140mm fan, the U14S has a strange 150mm fan at higher RPM.
"My goal is to replace my soul with coffee and become immortal."
Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20323 Posts
June 16 2013 15:27 GMT
#30883
I definately don't feel bad about my silver arrow purchase when i have a 170mm and 120mm exhaust generating airflow around the massive heatsink and i'm gonna add a third fan (either ty-143 jet engine, or ty-150, bigger, still quiet) in the middle
"oh my god my overclock... I got a single WHEA error on the 23rd hour, 9 minutes" -Belial88
Gumbi
Profile Joined June 2012
Ireland463 Posts
June 16 2013 15:29 GMT
#30884
How is it helping you with OCing that 4670k
Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20323 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-16 15:31:19
June 16 2013 15:29 GMT
#30885
On June 17 2013 00:04 Ropid wrote:
I feel it's not that strange. Both coolers have the same number of heat-pipes at similar diameter. The D14 has one 120mm and one 140mm fan, the U14S has a strange 150mm fan at higher RPM.


This monster is the NH-U14S, which uses Noctua's special NF-A15 PWM fan. This is a 150mm fan designed to occupy the same space as a 140mm fan, but uses 120mm fan mounting.


I remember this, i accused them of stealing time lord technology :D

On June 17 2013 00:29 Gumbi wrote:
How is it helping you with OCing that 4670k


Mine? I got a 4770k (:

It's doing nICEly
"oh my god my overclock... I got a single WHEA error on the 23rd hour, 9 minutes" -Belial88
Gumbi
Profile Joined June 2012
Ireland463 Posts
June 16 2013 15:36 GMT
#30886
Very nice! Seems like you have headroom there for a few more MHz?
Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20323 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-16 16:28:32
June 16 2013 15:44 GMT
#30887
Yea i had to get a good feel for the architecture and i had a lot of stability issues due to some weird stuff for a while. TL;DR, Haswell gets VERY hot with certain stress tests and avx instructions heavily used, but it's not reproducable outside of them. I had an oc hit 94c and bluescreen while i couldn't get it over 71c in x264 for example - running full CPU load for hours and taking absolute max temp on hottest core. That same OC maxed at ~54c on hottest core in sc2. With AVX disabled - IBT got about 3-5c hotter than x264, as i would expect it to. Stress tests such as IBT and Prime are pretty much unusable with AVX enabled, but they're close to worthless with AVX disabled (i passed hours of IBT below 1.16v, yet needed 1.195 for stability - because 1.185 would sometimes fail to even get in the operating system and fail under minutes of gaming or a quick video encode)

That caused a pretty massive amount of confusion, because i made assumptions about things, and about what i could do or should be able to do that were wrong, so i wasted a lot of time.

Now that i have a much better idea of what i am doing (my understanding is so many levels ahead, every single day) i'm pretty confident in clocking up, and i should be able to get 4.7 np np. I'l set my temps around stress test absolute max's, and then add the few fans i am going to and enable HT, which should make my max's in regular use (and forcing full CPU load with x264) to be about the same.



The u14s prevents you from using the top PCI-E slot, the silver arrow and nh-d14 (and probably that other one you mentioned) do not, something to consider.

My board for example (the z87x-ud3h) will only do x8/x8 SLI in the first two slots.

I must also point out, how awful most of these reviews are..

I removed every case fan but the front intake, which I ran at 5V to prevent it from affecting acoustics while still providing adequate airflow. For air coolers, I added a Noctua 140mm rear exhaust fan and used the ultra low noise adaptor to ensure it didn't affect acoustics in any meaningful way. This is in line with the usage cases air coolers are designed for, and should be representative of the kind of airflow most users will have from their exhaust fan.


And the tests tuned, so the better performing coolers are at 40c above ambient, for absolute max load temps. That's just not realistic.

A stock front intake at 5v, and a single rear exhaust with ultra low noise adapter is just NOT something i would consider using if i felt the need to buy an nh-d14 or a u14s. They show the u14s winning by 4c here - i think that's flat out wrong, and it's ridiculous to have absolute max load temps in a test at 60c. With actual case airflow and an actual overclock (90c after 15 minutes of small fft) i think a lot of the results they have, and a lot of results other people post, would be a lot different. I mean for the love of god, the h80i does not beat the nh-d14 by 6 degrees. Linus's tests, for example, show the silver arrow with a pair of NF-A15's beating the h80i in single-fan (nf-f12) by 21.5c - and he has solid benches. He actually knows what the hell he is doing to some extent, i feel, a lot more than some of the things anandtech posts.

edit: They show the NH-D14 as 1.4c better than the 212 evo, and the h80i 6c better than the nh-d14. Ridiculous.
"oh my god my overclock... I got a single WHEA error on the 23rd hour, 9 minutes" -Belial88
Ropid
Profile Joined March 2009
Germany3557 Posts
June 16 2013 16:05 GMT
#30888
The top slot is usually a tiny x1 slot on ATX boards, the first graphics card slot technically being the second slot. It should only be problematic on mATX boards where there's only four slots overall, and the main graphics card slot is put on the first position.

It could be still interesting for the future regarding that 150 mm wide cooler. mATX is interesting because there's a lot of neat compact cases to choose from so a future PC might go that route and the cooler perhaps won't fit anymore.
"My goal is to replace my soul with coffee and become immortal."
{ToT}ColmA
Profile Joined November 2007
Japan3260 Posts
June 16 2013 16:07 GMT
#30889
i just tried to oc again for the last hour or so, just running p95 with 4,4ghz on ....1,380vc and seems stable (so far) 73c on hottest core everything else 2-8 degree below.

when i had it on auto (the vcore) it went to 1.5vc and i had some wooping 90degree -_- kinda bogus how high my vc needs to be to get a "stable" 4,4ghz.

didnt really change any other settings in bios as i am not sure about ptt etc, i am running this on a ga z77x d3h (which in hintside) seems pretty bad with all the issues it has (read that gigabyte tw is utter shit and doesnt care to fix a lot of bugs and there are bios out from someone who fixed a lot of stuff they dont feel the need to fix -_-

temps should be fine i guess, did go to 1200rpm on the macho to get those so it should be fine i guess..still kinda sad that this oc is like that, would ve expected smoother vc, i cant get 4,5ghz to work no matter what lol (1.45vc still bluescreen)
The only virgins in kpop left are the fans
Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20323 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-16 16:13:14
June 16 2013 16:11 GMT
#30890
i just tried to oc again for the last hour or so, just running p95 with 4,4ghz on ....1,380vc and seems stable (so far) 73c on hottest core


You're doing it WRONG somehow. I don't even know where to begin, sorry. Sounds like a pretty big mess.

And please, don't go over 1.35-1.4vcore under any circumstances. I would, but i know what i'm doing. What Gflops does Intelburntest show when you run tests?



On June 17 2013 01:05 Ropid wrote:
The top slot is usually a tiny x1 slot on ATX boards, the first graphics card slot technically being the second slot. It should only be problematic on mATX boards where there's only four slots overall, and the main graphics card slot is put on the first position.

It could be still interesting for the future regarding that 150 mm wide cooler. mATX is interesting because there's a lot of neat compact cases to choose from so a future PC might go that route and the cooler perhaps won't fit anymore.


Good to hear, thanks
"oh my god my overclock... I got a single WHEA error on the 23rd hour, 9 minutes" -Belial88
{ToT}ColmA
Profile Joined November 2007
Japan3260 Posts
June 16 2013 16:17 GMT
#30891
could be me, but i ve read like 4 different guides to oc with this specific mb, and to even get it stable i ve to use such high vc so tell me, how is it possible to get a lower vc and not bluescreen
The only virgins in kpop left are the fans
Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20323 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-16 16:24:28
June 16 2013 16:23 GMT
#30892
Your temperatures are extremely low for the volts you are using. Too low to be possible, meaning there's something wrong somewhere 1.35v should put you to 90c on an i5 with a macho.

And what OC guide told you it was ok to go to 1.5vcore? That was very silly of you. If it was bloomfield, sandy or haswell you could have a seriously degraded, damaged or dead CPU on your hands very quickly.

What Gflops does Intelburntest show when you run tests?


Give this info, and also, are you using LLC?
"oh my god my overclock... I got a single WHEA error on the 23rd hour, 9 minutes" -Belial88
{ToT}ColmA
Profile Joined November 2007
Japan3260 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-16 16:38:12
June 16 2013 16:30 GMT
#30893
u r reading it wrong, i never put it myself on 1.5, no guide says that. i had it on auto to look how much vc the auto setting would set via cpu-z, had it on 4,4ghz and it went to 1.5vc. manually i set it to 1.3661 (well it put it to 1.370 in bios) and cpu z shows 1.380vc. i put it that way cuz cpu temp shows vid 1.3661 under load so i just used that to try, if i go 0.05v lower p95 crashes constantly after test 2/3 and i get whea errors.

i dont test with intelburntest so dont know what it would say, i just use p95.

brb, gonna reboot and ckeck the settings and write them down T_T

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settings

no memory oc

cpu vcore 1.370
vtt auto
cpu pll 1.650 (default is 1.800) recommended throu a guide
imc auto
vcore llc auto
vcore voltage response auto
The only virgins in kpop left are the fans
Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20323 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-16 16:47:19
June 16 2013 16:36 GMT
#30894
Yea I'm telling you to run tests with IBT to see what it gives you, because it's a stability test and crude benchmark. A lot of people run bad overclocks that give worse performance than stock and if you just throw up settings and go into prime, you wouldn't otherwise know. I talked to one of them this morning (or yesterday?)
"oh my god my overclock... I got a single WHEA error on the 23rd hour, 9 minutes" -Belial88
Gumbi
Profile Joined June 2012
Ireland463 Posts
June 16 2013 16:37 GMT
#30895
It sounds like sensors are reading the voltages wrong. 1.4 or higher vcore causes A LOT of heat.
Ropid
Profile Joined March 2009
Germany3557 Posts
June 16 2013 16:46 GMT
#30896
On June 17 2013 01:30 {ToT}ColmA wrote:
u r reading it wrong, i never put it myself on 1.5, no guide says that. i had it on auto to look how much vc the auto setting would set via cpu-z, had it on 4,4ghz and it went to 1.5vc. manually i set it to 1.3661 (well it put it to 1.370 in bios) and cpu z shows 1.380vc. i put it that way cuz cpu temp shows vid 1.3661 under load so i just used that to try, if i go 0.05v lower p95 crashes constantly after test 2/3 and i get whea errors.

i dont test with intelburntest so dont know what it would say, i just use p95.

brb, gonna reboot and ckeck the settings and write them down T_T

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settings

no memory oc

cpu vcore 1.370
vtt auto
cpu pll 1.650 (default is 1.800) recommended throu a guide
imc auto
vcore llc auto
vcore voltage response auto

I'll send you a PM with screenshots of how I've set up my BIOS (same board and CPU).
"My goal is to replace my soul with coffee and become immortal."
Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20323 Posts
June 16 2013 16:46 GMT
#30897
Set your LLC to turbo (or, second highest setting) and cut vcore a bit.
"oh my god my overclock... I got a single WHEA error on the 23rd hour, 9 minutes" -Belial88
{ToT}ColmA
Profile Joined November 2007
Japan3260 Posts
June 16 2013 16:49 GMT
#30898
just installed intelburntest and did a test (i guess) didnt chance anything just run test cuz i dont know the prog/ settings u should use.

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The only virgins in kpop left are the fans
Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20323 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-16 16:58:16
June 16 2013 16:56 GMT
#30899
Ok nothing crazy wrong, i have ~130gflops at 4.5 with 2000mhz cas10 RAM (on haswell) but that's with longer runs, which gives you a notably higher gflops number.

LLC on second highest level should let you get stable on a lot lower set vcore. When people say a vcore setting, they usually mean with some LLC (it's common to run top 1-3 most intense llc setting) and it changes the number you have to type into bios for vcore quite a bit
"oh my god my overclock... I got a single WHEA error on the 23rd hour, 9 minutes" -Belial88
{ToT}ColmA
Profile Joined November 2007
Japan3260 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-16 17:01:45
June 16 2013 17:00 GMT
#30900
ok, gonna wait for the pm / screenshots and look at it but from what i understand copying settings from others is stupid cuz no cpu / board is exactly the same and in my case it seems its just not a good cpu. people with that cpu / board need like really low vc to run stock settings, mine is able to do so on 1.2vc -_- but i dont know, maybe its the board with crazy readings cuz last time i looked into bios it told me my cpu is -59degree -_-

this new pc sure makes me spam a lot in these forums...never posted this much on tl..
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