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Have just gone brick-less with the hdplex 200W AC/DC + dynamo mini (was already using the dynamo) so thought I'd share some of the experience. Build is with an undervolted i5 6500 so CPU side not an issue to keep cool.In the process I changed from an EVGA 1060 to a Gigabyte 1070 (for a good price so couldn't resist). After testing with the 1060 I went with the AC/DC in the front of the case about in the middle. This seemed to help GPU venting and also no special cables needed vs. putting it at the side of the case on top of the GPU. For the 1060 this meant taking the shroud off to fit though and was still making light contact which I think was impacting the cooler. No such issue with the 1070 which fits just nice.In terms of power it holds up pretty well with the 1070. I imagine the newer 200W hdplex plug in would do even better. Can get through firestrike with 70% power limit and +200 OC. Did get resets during games though - in menus in particular - but doing a proper undervolt by adjusting the curve in afterburner seems to have fixed it, I guess it helps reduce spikes? Now at 0.793V 1733MHz, which gives same FS score but avoids resets (to date anyway). Getting about 17400 FS graphics score which I think is close to stock.Main challenge was and is balancing GPU heat and noise, made a lot worse by the 30 to 32oC ambient here. May experiment with a different fan on the GPU but actually it's pretty okay now. Was running with the case horizontal originally but adding the brick obviously didn't help thermals. Tried horizontal but upside down for a while which did seem to help the GPU. Now using vertical to try and keep GPU heat away from the AC/DC as much as possible as the case does get notably hotter - can't quite imagine what the higher wattage builds are like?!Pics to follow...Cheers!
Have just gone brick-less with the hdplex 200W AC/DC + dynamo mini (was already using the dynamo) so thought I'd share some of the experience. Build is with an undervolted i5 6500 so CPU side not an issue to keep cool.
In the process I changed from an EVGA 1060 to a Gigabyte 1070 (for a good price so couldn't resist). After testing with the 1060 I went with the AC/DC in the front of the case about in the middle. This seemed to help GPU venting and also no special cables needed vs. putting it at the side of the case on top of the GPU. For the 1060 this meant taking the shroud off to fit though and was still making light contact which I think was impacting the cooler. No such issue with the 1070 which fits just nice.
In terms of power it holds up pretty well with the 1070. I imagine the newer 200W hdplex plug in would do even better. Can get through firestrike with 70% power limit and +200 OC. Did get resets during games though - in menus in particular - but doing a proper undervolt by adjusting the curve in afterburner seems to have fixed it, I guess it helps reduce spikes? Now at 0.793V 1733MHz, which gives same FS score but avoids resets (to date anyway). Getting about 17400 FS graphics score which I think is close to stock.
Main challenge was and is balancing GPU heat and noise, made a lot worse by the 30 to 32oC ambient here. May experiment with a different fan on the GPU but actually it's pretty okay now. Was running with the case horizontal originally but adding the brick obviously didn't help thermals. Tried horizontal but upside down for a while which did seem to help the GPU. Now using vertical to try and keep GPU heat away from the AC/DC as much as possible as the case does get notably hotter - can't quite imagine what the higher wattage builds are like?!
Pics to follow...
Cheers!
