13/f/taiwan wrote:
bevo is the man
There are better coolers at a slight increase in cost ~$50-60 will buy an awesome one. Thermalright, Xigmatek, Noctua are all better quality.
/not being a cunt
/not being a cunt
Okay, that makes sense at least. The thought behind the $30 f7p was that it would reduce a lot of the noise that comes with a stock cooler, not that it would take the temps down that much. I got one for exactly that reason and stuck it on my AMD 965 x4. It was one of the best purchases I've made for that PC. I can actually leave my PC on overnight without hearing WHIRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.ebug9 wrote:
There are better coolers at a slight increase in cost ~$50-60 will buy an awesome one. Thermalright, Xigmatek, Noctua are all better quality.
/not being a cunt
Nah if you're going for a cooler for an i7 you need to splash out a bit.
8 threads makes a lot of heat, yo.
8 threads makes a lot of heat, yo.
Never said I had anything against them... I just never used or had one so I got no clue about the models, functions etc.Finray wrote:
Lol what have you got against Gigabyte now ffs, they make some of the best affordable motherboards on theFloppY_ wrote:
I just skipped the mobo entirely because it was gigabyte didn't even read the 1156 part, butFinray wrote:
Buying Win7?
Also lol, you've included a S1156 mobo for a S1366 CPU..
Personally I prefer ASUS boards... I'm not saying they are better or anything...
Your thoughts, insights, and musings on this matter intrigue me
Okay, so with all of the above in mind, take 2.
Why 3TB of storage, not 2TB and SSD? Also HX650W PSU over the TX750W anyday. And I have never even heard of that CPU cooler, safest bet get something tried and tested.
Oh and missing the sound card, which is one of the demands.
Oh and missing the sound card, which is one of the demands.
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3930K | H100i | RIVF | 16GB DDR3 | GTX 480 | AX750 | 800D | 512GB SSD | 3TB HDD | Xonar DX | W8
I don't know about you, but I can't fit all of my regularly accessed files onto 64GB. The 1TB also takes advantage of the SATA6GB/s mobo, and is yet another TB of space. She'll find a way to use all of it, trust me. My mom is a photographer... she has about 20TB in externals atm.GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
Why 3TB of storage, not 2TB and SSD? Also HX650W PSU over the TX750W anyday. And I have never eaven heard of that CPU cooler, safest bet something tried and tested.
TBH for the cooler I just looked for one that fit and seemed to be in the correct price range.. there was a version with 2 fans that the 2 reviewers seemed to like on newegg, one said he OC'd to 4.4ghz without issues. I figure since she's most likely not going to OC, a single fan would be plenty.
ed: Re: soundcard - I'm beyond clueless there. Kimmm, why do you want a soundcard?
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Are you seriously recommending it based on newegg reviews? You wouldn't believe what they have written there...
And sound card because good sound => motherboard's integrated POS will not qualify.
And sound card because good sound => motherboard's integrated POS will not qualify.
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3930K | H100i | RIVF | 16GB DDR3 | GTX 480 | AX750 | 800D | 512GB SSD | 3TB HDD | Xonar DX | W8
My revised list with sound card and Win7 HP
Not TX, HX.
3930K | H100i | RIVF | 16GB DDR3 | GTX 480 | AX750 | 800D | 512GB SSD | 3TB HDD | Xonar DX | W8
Is modular really needed?
What's the difference?
Better build quality and modular.Finray wrote:
What's the difference?
3930K | H100i | RIVF | 16GB DDR3 | GTX 480 | AX750 | 800D | 512GB SSD | 3TB HDD | Xonar DX | W8
If you use a win7/case combo and drop the i7 and mobo to 95w, you'd be able to throw in that SSD as well. Which from where I'm sitting, seems worth it.ebug9 wrote:
Is modular really needed?
For someone who will rarely change up their PC innards, modular is a waste, TBH.
So why has no one said anything about the GTX 460 768 MB model's memory being only 192-bit compared to the 256-bit of the 1 GB model?
on the contrary sir..Ilocano wrote:
For someone who will rarely change up their PC innards, modular is a waste, TBH.
By going modular you ensure you ALLWAYS have only the wires you need and no fidly messy shit with adapters etc.
I got a HX650 and as far as I am concerned I am never going back to non-modular
Your thoughts, insights, and musings on this matter intrigue me
But if you hardly ever open it again, it wouldn't matter.FloppY_ wrote:
on the contrary sir..Ilocano wrote:
For someone who will rarely change up their PC innards, modular is a waste, TBH.
By going modular you ensure you ALLWAYS have only the wires you need and no fidly messy shit with adapters etc.
I got a HX650 and as far as I am concerned I am never going back to non-modular
1GB non-superclocked (EVGA ones) were out of stock on Newegg when I checked. It's $229 in stock now.NooBesT wrote:
So why has no one said anything about the GTX 460 768 MB model's memory being only 192-bit compared to the 256-bit of the 1 GB model?
trying to look at this simple style
http://i.imgur.com/G7T3z.png
sound card yes, music nice
modular what?
will i be able to add another internal drive later?
i see it's 64 bit... why is that? just curious. looks meaty.
http://i.imgur.com/G7T3z.png
sound card yes, music nice
modular what?
will i be able to add another internal drive later?
i see it's 64 bit... why is that? just curious. looks meaty.
Modular power supplies allow you plug and unplug the power cables (helps a ton with wire management). They're also slightly more expensive.Kimmmmmmmmmmmm wrote:
trying to look at this simple style
http://i.imgur.com/G7T3z.png
sound card yes, music nice
modular what?
will i be able to add another internal drive later?
i see it's 64 bit... why is that? just curious. looks meaty.
There's plenty of room for new drives 10 in total (x8 3Gb/s, x2 6Gb/s)
64-bit is required if you have more than 4GB of RAM which you will if you choose 3x2GB sticks.
If you hardly ever open your PC then you will basically destory it...Ilocano wrote:
But if you hardly ever open it again, it wouldn't matter.FloppY_ wrote:
on the contrary sir..Ilocano wrote:
For someone who will rarely change up their PC innards, modular is a waste, TBH.
By going modular you ensure you ALLWAYS have only the wires you need and no fidly messy shit with adapters etc.
I got a HX650 and as far as I am concerned I am never going back to non-modular
You have to clean it from dust once in a while..
And if you have a fuckton of wires hanging all over the place airflow will be lowered significantly the messier it is...
Your thoughts, insights, and musings on this matter intrigue me
i have a corsair 550w in my old peecee that i installed last summer and it does just fine. each section of cords is all wrapped up its nice
The CM hyper 212+ is pretty decent, $30 and cools decently. Got price bumped on newegg though, try tigerdirect.com or go to fry's.