Mugen 2 Installation

[Thislilfishy]

Does anyone have some detailed installation diagrams for the 1366 socket. The ones that come with the unit are difficult to understand. Something lost in translation I think. A video or photo log of installation would be nice. I plan on installing on a P6T Deluxe, and am trying to sort out all the washers and stuff.

Ian

[Oli]

I support this request. Especially the Socket 1366 drawing in the manual is rather difficult to understand.

[Thislilfishy]

Hummm...not much help here. Ah well, it is a budget product. Anyhow the installation went fine except for a few hiccups. Installing on a P6T Deluxe, the diagram shows four washers under the CPU retainer, but there are none...so re-using them is impossible. Second, the shoulder screws that fasten the heatsink to the board are not threaded long enough, and bottom out on the heatsink brackets before actually tightening the heatsink to the CPU. I added washers under the heads of the screws to secure the heatsink a little better. Otherwise, even though the diagram isn't perfectly clear, if you lay all the parts out before installing, it becomes quite clear which screws/washers go where. Also of note, the P6T Deluxe from Asus has tonnes of clearance for this heatsink. You can only place it in one direction if your memory sticks have heatsinks on them (like mine do, see pics) so you are also limited in fan placement. My pics below show my optimal placement. I used Arctic Cooling MX-2 paste but the cooler isn't as good as I had hoped. Overclocking to 4.0Ghz puts me over 95 degrees C within seconds in prime95 (ambient temp 25.5 degrees C) at 1.3 Vcore. I dropped Vcore to 1.15 and set Bclck to 180 with turbo on giving me a stable 3.88 GHz but temps at idle are 45-50 Degrees C and under load are close to 80 Degrees C after about an hour in prime95. I was hoping for better cooling, I added a small 80mm fan to push some more air into the heatsink which helped a little. I might try lapping the cpu and heatsink as well as adding more washers to see if that helps. I don't think so though, as applying pressure to the heatsink has done nothing for temps. I understand that this is a very hot chip to start with, so we may be stuck with water cooling for high end overclocking. Otherwise, it works well enough considering the stock cooler couldn't stand even moderate overclocking. Of note, this case although fairly small has 5 80mm, and 1 120mm fan, not including the two I put on the heatsink and the GPU fan.

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[hiroshige]

Hello Thislilfishy,

thanks for the info and the pictures.

Actually, we are planning to do some video-tutorial on how to mount our coolers. At the moment, we are really busy because of CeBIT, so those things have to wait a bit.

Kind regards,
Stefan - Scythe EU Hamburg

[Thislilfishy]

Originally Posted by hiroshige

Hello Thislilfishy,

thanks for the info and the pictures.

Actually, we are planning to do some video-tutorial on how to mount our coolers. At the moment, we are really busy because of CeBIT, so those things have to wait a bit.

Kind regards,
Stefan - Scythe EU Hamburg

Thank you Stefan, makes sense now...sorry if I sounded a bit peevish. I wish your US site had a forum like this that we could request info from, but I guess that is something for future consideration. The video would be great. Do you have any in case temps or testing results available for the i7 chips? I'm curious if my temps are too high with this cooler, or if perhaps I still haven't seated it properly.

Ian

[hiroshige]

Hello Ian,

as far as I know we have a testing-system running with Mugen 2 and Core i7 for CeBIT at the moment, I will ask our product development.

Cheers,
Stefan - Scythe EU Hamburg

[sumo]

Hello,

Yes we have an Core i7 System. Its based on a overclocked i920 @ 3,6Ghz (1,34V). Our temps with a standard Mugen 2 goas around 56° Full Load with Prime95 Multithread Small FFT. I hope this helps a little bit.

Kind Regards
Chris

[Thislilfishy]

Originally Posted by sumo

Hello,

Yes we have an Core i7 System. Its based on a overclocked i920 @ 3,6Ghz (1,34V). Our temps with a standard Mugen 2 goas around 56° Full Load with Prime95 Multithread Small FFT. I hope this helps a little bit.

Kind Regards
Chris

Do you have any info on this test system? Is this in an enclosed case or on a test bench? Those temps are considerably less then my temps, and any tests I've seen posted.

Ian

[sumo]

Hello Thislilfishy,

The temps are from our "outcase" testsystem (Roomtemp:20°C)

Specs: Biostar Tpower X58, Core i7 920@3,6Ghz (1,34V), GTX285, Corsair Trple Channel 6Gb DDR3-1600.

[Thislilfishy]

That makes sense, my unit is in a very small case, with ambient room temps approx 25-26 degrees. A 20 degree room must be a bit chilly to work in...