Sapphire HD 4870
8gb ram
AMD Phenom2 x4 3000
Get this;
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16835103065
and never hear your CPU fan again. I got this along with my 995 for Catalcysm and my god does it work wonders. If you wanna spend another 15ish bucks on another fan for the other side by all means do it. I dont hear a single fan in my computer even tho they are all turned onto max settings ( via my case, not BIOS tho ) and by reviews and what I've heard, if this CPU heatsync can fit inside your case ( Its a little large ) by all means go for it as the thing is a god
A hero of war, yeah that's what I'll be. And when I come home, they'll be damn proud of me
Here's my month old setup
Case: Cooler Master CM690 II Advanced
MOBO: ASUS P8P67 Pro
CPU: Intel i5 2500k @ 4.4 GHz
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212+
RAM: 8GB (2x4GB) G.Skill Ripjaws X series DDR3 1333 MHz
GPU: 2x EVGA GTX 460 1GB @ 875/1750/1975MHz
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB 7200 RPM
ODD: ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD Burner
Other: Rosewill 74-in-1 Card Reader
PSU: Corsair HX 850W
Monitor: ASUS VH236H 23" 2ms (connected via HDMI Cable) 1920x1080
Keyboard: Basic keyboard that came with my old HP prebuilt system (which is now my mom's) I've disabled the windows keys (with a Dremel tool) so I can hit the left control key with my palm without accidentally hitting the windows key.
Mouse: 4-5 year old Logitech MX 518
Headset: Logitech USB headset, can't find the model number... it's at least 3 years old.
I'm no expert at cable management, and while it looks messy...most of the wires aren't in the airflow of any fans. The red fan on the bottom (Enermax Magma 120mm) doesn't really do anything to lower temperatures, probably gonna unplug it since it makes a little noise (not much, only noticeable when the TV's not on). Also, I have to use two mouse pads because the wooden frame the computer is sitting in (which I built myself) isn't completely level with the desk surface. (I didn't notice how dirty the blue EDS one was till I took that picture though)
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Terrible, horrible, very bad picture.
Specs in sig. (I'm not showing my tower because it's embarrassing. T.T)
Razer Naga, Razer Lycosa, Turtle Beach DX11 Headset, Razer Kabuto Mousepad.
I like Razer. A lot. <3
24' 1920 x 1080 Monitor.
Also, that's not a beer can, it's Brisk. I couldn't live without it. (:
My setup and im proud of it xD (sadly i dont have a good camera to make a picture but i will try too ninja my gf's camera!)
Keyboard
Logitech G19
Mouse
Razer Lacheris
Headset
Logitech G930
Monitor
LG W2753VC
Case
Cooler Master Storm Sniper Black edition
Cooling
Zalman Reserator XT (with some self made stuff)
Intel Core i7 920
Windows 7 64 bit
CPU
Intel® Core i7-970
Motherboard Brand : Asus
Motherboard Model : Rampage III Extreme Motherboard
Hardisk: Western Digital WD VelociRaptor 600 GB
Solidstate Disk: OCZ 240GB Agility2 Series
GPU Type : EVGA GeForce GTX 480 SuperClocked Plus
GPU Clocks : Core 797 MHz / RAM 3977 MHz
RAM : Kingston HyperX DDR3-1600 Tri-Kit
RAM : CL 8 8-8-24
Slot 1 : 6144 MB
Slot 1 Manufacturer : Kingston
Slot 2 : 6144 MB
Slot 2 Manufacturer : Kingston
Speakers: Logitech Z-5500 THX 505 Watt (RMS/Sinus)/1.010 Watt (P.M.P.O.)
Soundcard: Creative Sound Blaster X-FI Titanium HD
- Vanilla was legitimately bad; we just didn't know any better at the time - SirCowDog
Processor: Intel i5 2500K @ 5.2GHz
Motherboard: ASUS P8P67 Pro
Memory: 8GB Corsair 1600MHz
Hard Drive: 2 80GB SSD's in RAID-0 and 2 1TB drives for storage.
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560-Ti SLI
PSU: Corsair AX850
Monitor: Samsung 23" LED
Sound Card: Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic
Speakers/Headphones: SteelSeries 5Hv2 for games, ATH-A700 for movies/music
Keyboard: Logitech G15
Mouse: Logitech G700
Mouse Surface: SteelSeries 5L
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
Computer Case: Cooler Master CM-690
It's really overkill for WoW but whenever I play Crysis I can still bring the system back down to its knees.
Air cooling, but it doesn't really run that cool... it gets up to like 75 degrees Celsius while in a game, and 85+ when in a stress testing application like Prime95 or OCCT. It is also 19 degrees Celsius in my house so that helps keep it a bit cooler. During the summer months I probably will have to ease back a bit or it will overheat after the house starts to warm up.
The max temperature for this particular CPU is 98 degrees Celcius so I am pretty far off from that limit, but I do think it runs pretty hot so I probably will invest in a nice water cooling set up.
My god. This had to cost a small fortune! AND I WANT IT!!
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Nice, I personally am about to make a new computer for myself, but not very comfortable with liquid cooling (and even though I am 21, my parents are like hell no are you putting liquid in your computer) because ya know... electric fires can happen. I'll stick with comfy air. :P
Though some of the water-cooling setups in this thread.. like the guy I think on page 6, Nickel, his is such an acid trip, who wouldn't want that?
It's not the lastest, but it does the business.
http://img822.imageshack.us/i/429b.jpg
http://img15.imageshack.us/i/430na.jpg
http://img535.imageshack.us/i/431q.jpg
That's in 4960x1600, unfortunatly its too much to play the game with, so I just drop it back to the middle monitor :P
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Well you know there are some solutions out there that are basically water cooling but without all the negative risks. They come pre-assembled and you never have to change the fluid in them or open them up.
The most popular ones I see are the Corsair "H" series. They have the H50 and the H70. They aren't as good as a full blown custom water cooling setup but if they leak (which they never do anyway) the company that made it is responsible and not you (unless you went and modified it or something). I have only seen one horror story of these units leaking and Corsair replaced the guys whole computer.
Corsair H50
Corsair H70
Also if you didn't know most modern water cooling solutions use a non-conductive distilled liquid so even if it does leak it shouldn't do any damage.
The only thing about those is they don't quite get to where high end air does, cooling wise. They are usually quieter and leave more space around the RAM in case you have tall ram sinks. The other factor would be cost, they typically run a bit more than a good air cooler. So if you want the space for tall ram sinks or some other reason similar to that, then they work ok. But good high end air will do the job better.
I'm more a fan of the Noctua D14 myself. Huge heatsink, but is very quiet depending on the fans(like any heatsink).
Intel Core i7 5820K @ 4.2GHz | Asus X99 Deluxe Motherboard | 16GB Crucial DDR4 2133 | MSI GTX 980 4G GAMING | Corsair HX750 Gold | 500GB Samsung 840 EVO
It really depends on what fans you put on them. Some fans can be as quiet as 20dB and some can be 60dB.
Yeah that is one of the best if not the best air coolers out there, but for me it is past the point of reason. Once it gets that big and that heavy, it also costs around like $80... so at that point just add about $40 and you can get a nice entry level water cooling kit that will out perform it without that giant slab of aluminum and copper hanging off your motherboard.