It's hovering between 58-60
My i7 6700k is on the way, got hit with customs, but 160£ not too shabby![]()
What would be a recommended cooler for i7-6700k in a Fractal Design R3? It looks like clearance in this case is ~165 mm so that excludes the ThermalRight Truespirit coolers I was looking at. (well the True 140 BW is 165.1 mm tall but that's too close for comfort I think)
Something that is very easy to install and quiet is preferred over something that does mega cooling since I'm not going to be doing any super overclocking
hello hello
built my first PC all the way in 2012 and now thinking of doing a sizeable upgrade whilst I have the spare cash. I already have a basic build in mind thanks to the OP, but some suggestions and downsizes would be welcome because it's probably overkill for what I'm wanting.
Your Current Specs: i3-3220 @ 3.3GHz/ 8GB / MSI B75MA-P45 / MSI 7850 2GB /XFX 450W Core Edition Bronze 80+ / Zalman Z9 / 500GB SSD
Budget: < £700 preferrably. UK.
Main Use: Rate 1-5. 5 being Highest: Gaming - 4/5, Emulation (PS2/Wii) - 2/3, Video Editing - 0, Streaming games in HD - 0, 3D/Model work (and what program) - 0, General Usage (Word, Web, 1080p playback) - 5.
Monitor Resolution: I've got a Dell U2412M that has outputs for 1920 x 1200.
List SPECIFIC games or applications that you MUST be able to run well: No specific games. 1080p and 60fps is the dream for most modern games and for a couples years to come.
When will you build?: Do you have a deadline? Not particularly. Sooner the better though! I'm not really keen on waiting a few months for new cards to come out, since I'm not that much of an enthusiast.
Will you be overclocking?: I don't have an interest/need.
Here are the parts I have in mind. It was very thoughtless and just stuck with the OP or whatever was high rated.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£163.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus Z170-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£121.63 @ More Computers)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory (£63.70 @ More Computers)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (£275.92 @ Aria PC)
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£80.28 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£70.97 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £776.49
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI B150M MORTAR Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($84.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 390 8GB Double Dissipation Video Card ($274.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master Silencio 352 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($55.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($29.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $865.69
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Prices have changed a little since then, so you can swap one or two out.Hey GAF, I asked for help in this thread a few months back, but I had some financial difficulties so I wasn't actually able to get the money I needed together. Everything's worked out now so I'm looking to build in the next few weeks, but my budget has been reduced so I was hoping for some ideas about what parts I should be looking at.
Budget: < 850, US
Main Use: Gaming, emulation, and general usage
Monitor Resolution: 1080p, but I already have a monitor
Looking to reuse any parts?: No but I already have a monitor, keyboard, and mouse so I'm not factoring those into the budget.
When will you build?: Preferably before the end of May/
Will you be overclocking?: Maybe.
Notes: I definitely want a solid state drive, and I need to be able to use wifi.
Actually I just looked up the build I was reccomended last time and it seems to basically fit my budget.
Does this still make sense as a build, or are their new parts that I should look at?
*Excuse my Moto X's potato camera
Which model? I'm ordering a D15. Or trying to, dang shipping.
Okay what the hell are these? I can't figure it out. Case is the Fractal R5.
Looks like 3 PWMs for fan control and eSATA.
And where do I plug those into?
This is my motherboard:
I already have the 3 fans connected to the motherboard, but I still don't know where to plug the PWMs into. I don't see an area on the fans to put them/they wouldn't reach.
You're supposed to plug those into that connector so that you can control fan speed from the case.
They're both male connections so I can't plug them into the top of the motherboard.
Best they could possibly do is a half height 750ti. They aren't exactly common. Other half height gpus might work but I'd be concerned about PSU requirements.So a friend of mine has this... thing.
Is there really anything he can do to upgrade? I haven't seen it in person, but the case is so small I'm wondering if much will fit inside it.
You said you have 3 fans connected to the mobo. Unplug those and plug them into that external connector.
OH. Okay haha. But how do the fans get power now? I feel super dumb lol.
EDIT: I connected an adapter to the eSata and connected it to the PSU. Is that what I was supposed to do?
They both should be. It requires more power than just one connector can provide.Okay so this is my 'finished' build, being my first one. I know there's probably some things wrong which I hope can be pointed out. This is how it looks:
I'm not 100% sure if both of those connectors should be plugged into the 980ti?
So I built a new rig tonight, 6600k with Corsair H100i v2 liquid cooling. When I opened Speed fan after an hour of so of getting stuff installed, my Cpu temp was floating around in the 60's-70's. I started to get worried, and downloaded corsair Link to try and see if I could tweak something to bring the temp down and while I saw no option to mess with fan speeds, the temp gauge on the Corsair program showed me a by core temp breakdown, and it seems much more reasonable with the temps sitting around 20c a piece.
So which one do I trust? Is Speed fan just adding all the core temps together and making it seem higher than it really is? Any help is appreciated!
http://i.imgur.com/gPULd9I.png
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Downloaded it, and it shows temps consistent with the Corsair Link utility, does this mean I am good? Have not built a PC since about 2005, and have been on Macs for the last 5 years, till I realized I need to get off that train, so I am quite rusty and behind the times...
http://imgur.com/LmDSIAR
I second this. What you've shown outside of the speedfan utility looks to be normal idle temps. If a stress test rises the CPU temp to the average safe temp of your CPU under load then chances are its working accurately.What you should do is load up something like prime95 to put a (100%) load on your CPU and then see what the temps are like.
Okay so this is my 'finished' build, being my first one. I know there's probably some things wrong which I hope can be pointed out. This is how it looks:
I'm not 100% sure if both of those connectors should be plugged into the 980ti?
What you should do is load up something like prime95 to put a (100%) load on your CPU and then see what the temps are like.
Looks about right, but the graphics card should be slotted into the top most slot it can fit in (nearest the CPU).Okay so this is my 'finished' build, being my first one. I know there's probably some things wrong which I hope can be pointed out. This is how it looks:
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I'm not 100% sure if both of those connectors should be plugged into the 980ti?
Looks about right, but the graphics card should be slotted into the top most slot it can fit in (nearest the CPU).
Not particularly no, but my OCD is gnawing away at me. Plus you'd want to give the graphics card more room for better airflow.They're both x16 slots, so it doesn't matter which slot the card is in.
Okay so this is my 'finished' build, being my first one. I know there's probably some things wrong which I hope can be pointed out. This is how it looks:
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Cooler fan is a good point. By default, the fan blows through the cooler, so it actually be blowing the wrong way.Move the video card in the top slot. It gets more air from underneath plus it will benefit from the frontal chasis cooler airflow.
And shouldn't you place the CPU cooler on the other side? So that it blows air through the heatsink towards the rear chasis cooler?
Cooler fan is a good point. By default, the fan blows through the cooler, so it actually be blowing the wrong way.
Move the video card in the top slot. It gets more air from underneath plus it will benefit from the frontal chasis cooler airflow.
And shouldn't you place the CPU cooler on the other side? So that it blows air through the heatsink towards the rear chasis cooler?
Push is slightly more effective than pull.You can put the fan on any side you want. Just make sure that it is exhausting to the rear chassis fan, that's all. Right now you have it in a pulll configuration. If it was on the other side that would be a push configuration.
Push is slightly more effective than pull.