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Ahh damn it. I would jump right on this, but I need to sell my AMD motherboard and processor to pay for it. Damn you 1 day sales !DeadTrees said:
"I need a New PC!" 2011 Thread of reading the OP. Seriously. [Part 2]
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what do you guys think of the Cooler Master Storm Scout?
seems decent. PC is now making a high pitched noise as i said, and while i think it might be the case fan, id say its time to change the whole case considering i now have a relatively high-end PC on a cheap ass generic one. I definetly need better air flow and this thing is becoming just too cluttersome.
Open for recommendations nearing the same price-range. Any particular brand i should be looking at if im looking for cool and silent?
seems decent. PC is now making a high pitched noise as i said, and while i think it might be the case fan, id say its time to change the whole case considering i now have a relatively high-end PC on a cheap ass generic one. I definetly need better air flow and this thing is becoming just too cluttersome.
Open for recommendations nearing the same price-range. Any particular brand i should be looking at if im looking for cool and silent?
Gareth Bale
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Can someone at least help me out on the motherboard? There's so many variations of the one I'm looking at right now:
Asus P8P67 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard B3 REVISION
Does anyone have this? I'm looking at getting an i5 2500k. Does this combo deal look good to anyone:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-014-OP
Asus P8P67 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard B3 REVISION
Does anyone have this? I'm looking at getting an i5 2500k. Does this combo deal look good to anyone:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-014-OP
SalsaShark said:what do you guys think of the Cooler Master Storm Scout?
seems decent. PC is now making a high pitched noise as i said, and while i think it might be the case fan, id say its time to change the whole case considering i now have a relatively high-end PC on a cheap ass generic one. I definetly need better air flow and this thing is becoming just too cluttersome.
Open for recommendations nearing the same price-range. Any particular brand i should be looking at if im looking for cool and silent?
It looks like an Antec 900/1200 but with a handle. I like that it's all black and that the optical/hdd drive bays seem like they're tool-free installation.
chaosblade
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Might have it mistaken for a different case, but I'm not sure if that will hold longer video cards. You would have to mod the case to fit a 6900 series or 580 in there.SalsaShark said:
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Gunmonkey36
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SalsaShark said:what do you guys think of the Cooler Master Storm Scout?
Open for recommendations nearing the same price-range. Any particular brand i should be looking at if im looking for cool and silent?
I find this coolermaster aesthetically unpleasing, but that is just preference. IMO, go with a Lian-Li something like this perhaps:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002KE078Y/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Fair warning though it is a very large case. Stays cool and is fairly quiet.
chaosblade
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Twin Frozr has a better cooler. That's pretty much it.
What if I wanted to do a watercooled setup? Like one for a i5 2500 and watercool a 570?
I think that's what my next pc will be, and if I make one I want the whole thing watercooled so it's not so noisy. I was looking up noise levels and the 4890 is roughly as loud or quieter than most high end cards like the 570 or 580 and I want to hear at least half that.
I think that's what my next pc will be, and if I make one I want the whole thing watercooled so it's not so noisy. I was looking up noise levels and the 4890 is roughly as loud or quieter than most high end cards like the 570 or 580 and I want to hear at least half that.
chaosblade
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It shouldn't really matter what you get in that case, you'll be replacing the cooler with a water block anyway.
chaosblade
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I've actually never messed with water cooling, so I'm not really qualified to offer any suggestions on cooling equipment or cases. I'm sure somebody on GAF has some experience, but it doesn't come up too often here.
Brand preference, basically. 6950 is slightly better. If it's an original 6950 you might be able to unlock it into a 6970, which would be a nice free performance boost.Ryan_ said:
It's a mixed bag really. There are pros and cons for both. IF tesselation becomes widely adopted, the 560 is more future proof since Nvidia has invested heavily in tesselation performance. On the other hand, if textures just continue to get larger and larger, the 2GB of memory in that card may be a big difference. With RAGE coming out with megatextures and BF3 hitting almost 1GB of video RAM usage, it's hard to say for sure. I personally have the 6950 myself, as I don't think tesselation is going to be a big thing for a while.Ryan_ said:
Haha, I am in the same boat as you areCarbonatedFalcon said:
First I wanted to go price/performance but it now all depends on the money I get from the job. If it is what I hope it to be then I will probably buy all the good stuff (still with moderation in mind if that makes sense).Nowadays, unless you have an extremely good set of headphones/speakers, the onboard sound that comes with most motherboards is really quite ample to handle the job. You'd be doing a huge disservice to get a separate sound card but pair it up with logitech speakers, for example.luffeN said:Haha, I am in the same boat as you are
Vigilant Walrus
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I am getting sick of C Drive getting full so fast. It's a 120 GB SSD from Corsair I think.
But I have another one... Will I see any performance loss if I Raid them together, to make a 240 GB SSD as my C drive?
And how do I do it. I have never Raid anything in my life.
But I have another one... Will I see any performance loss if I Raid them together, to make a 240 GB SSD as my C drive?
And how do I do it. I have never Raid anything in my life.
Umm I think you're confused about what RAID is. If you RAID 2 HDD's, you don't get any more space. RAID is for data security so if one HDD goes down, the other one won't likely go down at the same time so you don't lose everything on your computer. Basically, the 2 drives become clones of each other. If you want more space, then don't RAID them at all. Also, it's advisable to only keep your OS on your SSD and some programs that don't change much, but then buy another HDD that is just a regular magnetic HDD for storage. You can get pretty cheap 1TB or 2TB 7200RPM drives nowadays that do the job well.Vigilant Walrus said:
Parallax Scroll
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Do any B&M stores (socal) have laptops at competitive prices? I dropped my ASUS UL30V and need to pick up a working replacement ASAP.
Gareth Bale
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knitoe said:
Thanks. Any ideas on a good PSU to go with that comba and a GTX 560 ti?
Gvaz said:
get a nice Noctua heatsink for the cpu and a card with either good custom cooling (Asus DCII, MSI Twin Frozr and alike) or with an aftermarket Accelero Xtreme Plus
compared to water that would be easily half as silent as your current setup as well, much easier to install and way cheaper
chaosblade
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There are multiple types of RAID. RAID1 is what you're referring to. He could use RAID0 and the PC would see the two drives as a single 240GB drive.Ulchie said:
And you shouldn't see much, if any, performance loss with RAID. You should actually see gains.
But I agree, there's not much reason to have any more than Windows and a handful of programs on your SSD. Most of your software and all of your documents and media should be on a HDD.
Fair enough. My bad. I've always liked having separate drives so I could designate each drive as a certain type of content for organization purposes so I've never tried to merge drives like that. The rest of my advice still stands though. This guy shouldn't be using SSD's as his primary storage.chaosblade said:
Alright, I just took advantage of the Fry's deal, making the i5 2500K the first PC part I've ever bought. CPUs need a certain power-source and motherboard in order to work correctly, right? So, should I go with what you guys have listed in the $1000 build in the OP for those parts (as you can tell, I am quite clueless about this type of stuff)?
Also, I think I may go ahead and get this monitor that's on sale that was mentioned earlier, unless someone would advise against it.
I think I might get a cheaper video card than one listed in the $1000 build, as $360 dollars for a video card sounds a little unreasonable, and because GPUs are apparently easy to upgrade...But I still want something that'll last me a while. What do y'all suggest?
Also, I think I may go ahead and get this monitor that's on sale that was mentioned earlier, unless someone would advise against it.
I think I might get a cheaper video card than one listed in the $1000 build, as $360 dollars for a video card sounds a little unreasonable, and because GPUs are apparently easy to upgrade...But I still want something that'll last me a while. What do y'all suggest?
I already have one of these though (im pretty certain it works on intel as well)n0n44m said:
And that's pretty quiet I think and keeps my cpu pretty cold I think...
That Accelero Xtreme Plus is expensive and the size worries me, but some of the people's results on newegg for temperatures is nuts
Gvaz said:
yeah it says on Newegg it fits 775/1155/1156 sockets, but I'd double check yours because they've been sold since 2007 and I wouldn't be surprised if there have been revisions since then (775 and 1156 are different sockets, 1155 is the newer Sandy Brige socket which is physically compatible with 1156, so make sure your cooler has a 1156 backplate)
if the Accelero Xtreme Plus worries you then don't even think about watercooling =] and the price is only half of just a gpu waterblock, let alone the rest of the setup
Re: waterblocks for GPUs, you can't exactly re-use them with different GPUs as they're not all or always universal right? That's one of the things that put me off about doing a full WC because it just gets more expensive with GPU upgrades.
Gvaz, what GPU do you have again? There's always the Thermalright Shaman (if its compatible with your GPU)
edit - nm, the Shaman is bigger
Gvaz, what GPU do you have again? There's always the Thermalright Shaman (if its compatible with your GPU)
edit - nm, the Shaman is bigger
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no not the full-cover ones ... those are made for a single card so all you can do is sell them (or just keep them because they look so awesome <3 ) so expect to pay an extra 80 for every graphic card you buy (they are made of massive chunks of copper so they're quite pricey)
there are universal blocks as well, which perform pretty good but don't cool any of the VRMs. IMHO therefore only interesting for simple cards (GTX560ish) that don't need too much power, for high end cards you'll really want watercooled VRM components as well
again, water is a lot of fun but expensive and needs a lot of tweaking and maintenance, so I wouldn't recommend it to anyone who has to ask about it basically. It's just something for the real hardware enthusiasts
I had a silent air cooled (Mugen 2, Accelero Xtreme Plus) rig before and that also cooled very well and only cost a fraction of my current setup =]
Well I was asking because I wanted a pc setup that didn't sound like a wind tunnel half hte time. My case has an 80 fan on top, a 120 in back, a 120 on the cpu, and a 80 or whatever on my 4890. When I upgrade I was figuring I'd get rid of all that and just have the whole thing or half of it watercooled. I was hoping for less than 30 decibels total, you know, like quiet as a laptop.
AwesomeSauce
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Personally I think its more of a sidegrade. If you want to upgrade at least considet a gtx 460 and up.Lkr said:
Gvaz said:
that would just cost a load of money
get a Fractal Design R3 case, maybe an extra fan or two (in the same RPM range as the default ones)
your current CPU cooler or ideally something more up-to-date with a PWM fan so it can be speed controlled by your motherboard (CM212?)
good GPU cooler like we talked about
Optionally a fancontroller, so you can run casefans at 100% (audible but not noisy) during gaming when there is hot air from the gpu, and at 50% (silent) during normal use
bet that would be way more silent then your current setup
BakugekiNZ
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Whats the best bang-for-buck 24" monitor in the USA right now?
I'm moving there next month, and will sadly be leaving my ViewSonic VX2433wm behind - considering I was just using my laptops 15" screen before, it was a huge upgrade!
I'm moving there next month, and will sadly be leaving my ViewSonic VX2433wm behind - considering I was just using my laptops 15" screen before, it was a huge upgrade!
Gvaz said:I already have one of these though (im pretty certain it works on intel as well)
And that's pretty quiet I think and keeps my cpu pretty cold I think...
That Accelero Xtreme Plus is expensive and the size worries me, but some of the people's results on newegg for temperatures is nuts
I can second that, I had that cooler on a PC two years ago. It was great, quiet and kept the CPU very cool. It's very compact too, which is great for smaller cases, which is where I had it.
Tallshortman
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Ryan_ said:
Stock 6950 is slightly more powerful but they're both essentially equal unless pricing is significantly different where you're ordering from.
Coldsnap said:
yeah side vent is probably best place
put it intake for fresh air if you have a stock cooler that releases hot air out the back
or put it outtake for the hot air if you have an aftermarket cooler that release hot air in the case
you can also put a fan in the bottom and a second in the front ... I don't like bottom fans myself as they mainly suck up lots of dust, second in the front could help as well though
n0n44m said:
Cool thanks. Starting next month my project is going to be getting my fan cooling perfect in my computer. My main problem is my GPU because nothing is overclocked in my rig so my CPU run really really cold. Right now I have the two R3 stock 1350rpm fans; one front and one back, a scythe 500rpm fan on the bottom, and a scythe 700rpm fan on my cpu. I'm just trying to figure out my best plan of attack. I sorta want to replace the stock fans with a 700 rpm scythe and buy some more scythes for side and top vents.
ChoklitReign
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What's your budget? If you don't mind AMD, a 6770 or 5770 is better.Lkr said:
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