The official Cheapaz Chips Round 1 HD5770 thread.

[marco.is.not.80]

I'm really looking forward to this comp. I bought two 5770s already and look forward to learning from all the pros that are going to kick my ass. Last year this event was by far the most fun I had. Reminder to self: Make sure you bench with a 4k monitor so there are no screenshot issues.

[ObscureParadox]

I just noticed something now which isn't down in the rules but I feel like it should be, can we limit the competition to 1 card only? Just feel like a quadfire setup in this competition kinda goes against the whole ethos of it

[marco.is.not.80]

Just so you know I didn't mean to suggest I would be using Crossfire (and pretty sure that's not allowed) but rather I purchased an extra one in case I blow the first one up modding it.

[ObscureParadox]

3 hours ago, marco.is.not.80 said:

Just so you know I didn't mean to suggest I would be using Crossfire (and pretty sure that's not allowed) but rather I purchased an extra one in case I blow the first one up modding it.

Oh no no don't worry, I just had that light bulb moment when I looked at the rules and saw it wasn't noted.

[Pirat]

Tessaletion disabled allowed?

[Leeghoofd]

6 hours ago, Pirat said:

Tessaletion disabled allowed?

yes, make sure you provide a FM link where required plz

[Leeghoofd]

Official background for Round 1 

[TheQuentincc]

no restriction about temp ?

[Leeghoofd]

No temp restriction whatsoever, time to go wild

[marco.is.not.80]

20 hours ago, Leeghoofd said:

Official background for Round 1 

LHd, who makes all these background images for the comps?

[Leeghoofd]

credit goes to @DaQuteness

[Leeghoofd]

Just got a heads up from Thermal Grizzly that they will offer some prize money for top 3 in both Cheapaz rounds!!!!

1st spot: $200 USD
2nd spot: $100 USD
3rd spot: $50 USD

 

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[Nwalm]

I have the hardware for both Cheapaz, was waiting for this. But i dont do LN2 so i am out of both. Maybe better luck next time. Nice background yes ;)

[Guest Alex Bese]

1 hour ago, Leeghoofd said:

Just got a heads up from Thermal Grizzly that they will offer some prize money for top 3 in both Cheapaz rounds!!!!

1st spot: $200 USD
2nd spot: $100 USD
3rd spot: $50 USD

 

Transferred via paypal

Is it just for this Cheapaz, or there will be prizes for other comps in the future too?  

[Leeghoofd]

2 minutes ago, Alex Bese said:

Is it just for this Cheapaz, or there will be prizes for other comps in the future too?  

More stuff is in the pipeline, but first things first:  the paperwork needs to be completed before anything will get changed here.

This prize money is offered by the kind people Thermal Grizzly.

[Leeghoofd]

34 minutes ago, Nwalm said:

I have the hardware for both Cheapaz, was waiting for this. But i dont do LN2 so i am out of both. Maybe better luck next time. Nice background yes

Just try to be the best of your cooling category.... if everybody would only bench if they were sure to win it would only be the same 3 people benching and grabbing a prize right.... it's all about having fun & sharing things...

[l0ud_sil3nc3]

Thanks Thermal Grizzly

[marco.is.not.80]

13 hours ago, Leeghoofd said:

credit goes to @DaQuteness

Thanks - the wallpapers are a lot of fun and appreciate your contribution, DaQuteness ?

[Nwalm]

14 hours ago, Leeghoofd said:

Just try to be the best of your cooling category.... if everybody would only bench if they were sure to win it would only be the same 3 people benching and grabbing a prize right.... it's all about having fun & sharing things...

Its not about being sure to win at all, i am pretty sure i would not stand a chance even with a temperature limit. there is some people who know perfectly there craft here,  and i am not one of them ? Its just that with this name i was expecting a Competition made around the idea of accessibility. (And its the first time i had adequat hardware to do more than just participate to one of them). In the end its my fault for not knowing what Cheapaz was about  That being said it would be great to also have some competitions enticing for the whole HWBot community.

 

Anyway, i have posted some score for everything. But there is still an issue i had already pointed out : I cant launch Firestrike with both the latest systeminfo and hardware monitoring activated. So i have posted a firestrike graphic score with Hardware Monitoring desactivated but i dont know what is the regulation here.

 

[edit:]Oh, and while I'm at it. Would it be possible to ad my APU motherboard to the database ? (Gigabyte B450M S2H) it seem i am the only one using this thing here (work great!)

Edited March 2, 2020 by Nwalm

[bigblock990]

1 hour ago, Nwalm said:

Its not about being sure to win at all, i am pretty sure i would not stand a chance even with a temperature limit. there is some people who know perfectly there craft here,  and i am not one of them ? Its just that with this name i was expecting a Competition made around the idea of accessibility. (And its the first time i had adequat hardware to do more than just participate to one of them). In the end its my fault for not knowing what Cheapaz was about  That being said it would be great to also have some competitions enticing for the whole HWBot community.

 

Anyway, i have posted some score for everything. But there is still an issue i had already pointed out : I cant launch Firestrike with both the latest systeminfo and hardware monitoring activated. So i have posted a firestrike graphic score with Hardware Monitoring desactivated but i dont know what is the regulation here.

 

[edit:]Oh, and while I'm at it. Would it be possible to ad my APU motherboard to the database ? (Gigabyte B450M S2H) it seem i am the only one using this thing here (work great!)

Look at the challenger divisions. Those are hardware/temperature/frequency limited depending on the division. Everyone can find one to be competitive in

 

Huge THANKS to Thermal Grizzly for putting up prize money!!

Edited March 2, 2020 by bigblock990

[MaddMutt]

I know I'm limited by my card(s). I have 2 MSI Hawk's and they have a large/tall capacitor above the GPU. It's right above the memory and kills any chance of Dice or Water Cooling I have a set of EKWB Thero's and a Quad set of Watercool GPU-X that will not fit ? . I have just ordered a EKWB generic GPU cooler hoping it will fit in the space. 

Anybody else know of different water blocks that might work ??

[ground]

24 minutes ago, MaddMutt said:

I know I'm limited by my card(s). I have 2 MSI Hawk's and they have a large/tall capacitor above the GPU. It's right above the memory and kills any chance of Dice or Water Cooling I have a set of EKWB Thero's and a Quad set of Watercool GPU-X that will not fit ? . I have just ordered a EKWB generic GPU cooler hoping it will fit in the space. 

Anybody else know of different water blocks that might work ??

Got some spare caps and a soldering iron? Take that cap off an put it on the back  

[Nwalm]

10 hours ago, MaddMutt said:

I know I'm limited by my card(s). I have 2 MSI Hawk's and they have a large/tall capacitor above the GPU. It's right above the memory and kills any chance of Dice or Water Cooling I have a set of EKWB Thero's and a Quad set of Watercool GPU-X that will not fit ? . I have just ordered a EKWB generic GPU cooler hoping it will fit in the space. 

Anybody else know of different water blocks that might work ??

Look at the picture i have posted with my benchs, its a MSI Hawk too. None of my block worked, but this do the job well enough for water cooling

[noizemaker]

tried to fit the tek9 fat and these capicators are in the way..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and like ground already mentioned, removed and added on the backside ?

happy clocking

[ShaggySVK]

Is Systeminfo Monitoring required to have enabled while running 3DM Firestrike? Cannot get past systeminfo scanner stopped working error in every OS if monitoring in 3DM is enabled.