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[tetrisGOAT]

Every time someone uses Intel's stock cooler...

..God kills a kitten!

This.
For *insert deity of choice here*'s sake, people, think of the kittens! Why won't someone think of the kittens?!

Also. I just won a camera (wohoo!) so I'll be providing pics on my own modest rig soonwards.

[gooseuk]

Every time someone uses Intel's stock cooler...

..God kills a kitten!

Well as seeing as this processor is a full 1ghz quicker than my old q6600. There is no need to overclock at this time. So why would i need an aftermarket cooler right away ?

I will get one when i need to overclock. Yes stock coolers suck but it does its job untill i need a better one.

[Wries]

Well as seeing as this processor is a full 1ghz quicker than my old q6600. There is no need to overclock at this time. So why would i need an aftermarket cooler right away ?

I will get one when i need to overclock. Yes stock coolers suck but it does its job untill i need a better one.

They still make kittens die, are noisy and keeps the CPU hotter than it needs to be.

But yeah I can see it being somewhat debatable (he's not killing puppies) whether you actually should need it or not. Just that decent air coolers such as CM 212 Plus are so darn cheap and makes such a big difference.

[Xuvial]

You know it's not like Intel chooses to make their stock cooler terrible. They would be happy to include a kickass cooler and slap on another $30-40 on the total price. There's a reason Intel's cooler is the way it is: cheap, extremely easy to install (there are those who don't feel like installing backplates) and it does the job.
A cooler is only needed if you're going to overclock...especially with Sandy Bridge, which already runs ridiculously cool.
People need to stop making Intel sound evil/stupid for their stock cooler design :P

[tetrisGOAT]

You know it's not like Intel chooses to make their stock cooler terrible. They would be happy to include a kickass cooler and slap on another $30-40 on the total price. There's a reason Intel's cooler is the way it is: cheap, extremely easy to install (there are those who don't feel like installing backplates) and it does the job.
A cooler is only needed if you're going to overclock...especially with Sandy Bridge, which already runs ridiculously cool.
People need to stop making Intel sound evil/stupid for their stock cooler design :P

I'm surprised to find myself suddenly agreeing with this.
Although. Their six-core processors do have backplates.

... But I don't have to like their coolers anyway.

[Wingwraith]

Using the stock cooler on a rig you pieced together and assembled is like buying a Honda to fix up with a new engine, turbo, and coilovers, and then leaving the stock tires on it.

[Xuvial]

Using the stock cooler on a rig you pieced together and assembled is like buying a Honda to fix up with a new engine, turbo, and coilovers, and then leaving the stock tires on it.

Ah, but why would you buy a Honda just to take out it's old parts and put in higher-performance parts? Because you're a bike enthusiast who knows that they're doing, and want a high-performance bike that beats the average stuff out there.
People don't always build rigs for performance purposes because not all PC builders are PC enthusiasts. There are many who want to spend as little time/effort/money as possible on building a machine that will simply do the job - which usually means sticking with the stock cooler

[DeltrusDisc]

Ok ok, I'll post my pre-new rig setup.
Before you see the images, the reason I don't have the front of the case on is because getting that fan that's on it on the inside of the case would be nearly impossible and extremely difficult, so I just go without the front of it. Side is off for added movement of air since my computer case sucks and isn't fancy at all.

This thing started out as a Gateway DX4710-09
Intel Dual-core E5200 2.5ghz x2
6 gigs DDR2 RAM
600 GB HDD
Gateway 22" monitor
some of the additions or changes I've made....
Cooler Master Hyper 212 CPU heatsink/cooler
PNY XLR8 9800 GeForce GT 1gig GDDR3
stupid case came with 0 fans installed on it, so I got 2 80mm Antec blue LED fans
Corsair TX 650 Watt
Dell 17" monitor
Razer Death Adder mouse
Logitech G15 keyboard
Plantronics Gamecom headset







My future case will be a HAF X 942, going from the worst to the best imo.

---------- Post added 2011-02-20 at 07:00 AM ----------

oh and yes, my computer has horrible cable management, trust me, there's no way to make it any better than that.

[gooseuk]

Yet again i see some stupid remarks to my stock cooler. Yet again i will say its not going to be overclocked as of yet. And i will say again it wont need doing untill about a year.

Also its extremley cool as it is. 30 degress at the moment hardley hot.

Stock heatsinks and fans do the job untill overclocking is needed. I dont intend to waste a good 50 60 uk pounds on somthing that wont be needed.

[coldstrife]

Dell laptop

Core 2 duo @2.4Ghz
Radeon HD4670m
4GB DDR3 Ram
Full HD 19" LED monitor

[Saithes]

Custom built PC...



Core i7 2600K @ 4.8GHz
Dual GTX 460 SLi 1GB
8GB of DDR3 1600 @ 1950MHz
Corsair 750TX PSU
Xigmatek Aegir Heatsink
Dell U2311H Monitor

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1668154

[tetrisGOAT]

Custom built PC...

TBQH, turn down your BCLK to 100. Increase your multiplier instead.

[Saithes]

TBQH, turn down your BCLK to 100. Increase your multiplier instead.

Nah, It's fine. The BCLK only hinders or causes problems at high frequencies(aka 106+ typically), at least with 104.5 I can get a higher RAM frequency while getting a higher CPU frequency.

My board can go to 106 without any issues but... that's a little high for my tastes Higher binned boards are said to be capable of 107-108.

[hayharut]

Youtube spam.

[LeGnome]

[Xuvial]

Wait...those speakers......IT'S A TRA--*gets exploded by pure sound energy*

[Hobbes]

I'm a minimalist.

[evensis]

Was meaning to put some photos up on my rig a while back, same night i was taking photos i dropped hot chocolate in my pc. My motherboard found it within itself to die, anyway changed the build somewhat due to that :|

Corei7 920 @ 4ghz
Corsair H50 in push pull
Asus Sabretooth X58 TUF (Might be hot chocolate resistant!)
2x 1TB Samsung Spinpoint F1/F3 in RAID 0.
4GB DDR3 OCZ 1600mhz 9-9-9-24 (1 chip was DoA, havent been bothered to replace it yet).
Nvidia Geforce GTX470 @ 712/1424/1806
Corsair TX650 PSU
Logitech G11 Keyboard
Coolermaster Storm Scout case
Microsoft Intellieye 3.0 (Always come back to this mouse no matter what i do)
Logitech G930 Wireless Headset
24 inch Benq G2420HD (PC, 360 and Ps3 connected into it)

Few pics, won't do a full desk shot; compared to all your lovely clean tidy desks, mine looks like a nuke has hit it :]







Next on list for me is a new PSU (modular, TX650 is a great psu, just get a huge jumble of cables) and another GTX470 for SLI.

[Minka]

Manufacturer:
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
Processor:
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz (8 CPUs), ~3.3GHz
Memory:
12288MB RAM
Hard Drive:
1 TB Total
Video Card:
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Phantom
Monitor:
HP w2207
Sound Card:
Lautsprecher (2- Realtek High Definition Audio)
Speakers/Headphones:
Sennheiser PC 101
Keyboard:
Saitek Cyborg Keyboard (HID)
Mouse:
Cyborg R.A.T.7 Mouse (HID)
Mouse Surface:
Roccat King Size MTW
Operating System:
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_gdr.101026-1503)
Motherboard:
Gigabyte X58A-UD3R
Computer Case:
Tempest

[Alan1187]

Every time someone uses Intel's stock cooler...

..God kills a kitten!

Depends, the one that comes with the i5's is apparently quite good. But personally mine is sitting in the closet lol.