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| Thread ID: 135095 | 2013-09-24 07:00:00 | New PC - this or that? | ZacDaMan72 (17163) | Press F1 |
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| 1354212 | 2013-09-26 04:25:00 | CPU: Intel Core i5-3470 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($263.34 @ PB Technologies) CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($56.35 @ PB Technologies) For the most part I like the look of your picks, but I'm curious. Why an aftermarket cooler on a non-K Ivy Bridge? If budget is any sort of issue, the extra $50 or $60 is, imo, a waste on a non-overclocked IB. The stock coolers are fine, especially when coupled with a decent-airflow case. I'd even suggest the difference is better spent on improved low-decibel case cooling. |
inphinity (7274) | ||
| 1354213 | 2013-09-26 04:44:00 | Blacks have a reputation for being less reliable That's racist. :p |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1354214 | 2013-09-26 04:48:00 | For the most part I like the look of your picks, but I'm curious. Why an aftermarket cooler on a non-K Ivy Bridge? If budget is any sort of issue, the extra $50 or $60 is, imo, a waste on a non-overclocked IB. The stock coolers are fine, especially when coupled with a decent-airflow case. I'd even suggest the difference is better spent on improved low-decibel case cooling. Because I would clock the CPU to 4Ghz from 3.2ghz using Asrock non-k overclock....and i dont think the stock HSF is good enough for 4ghz 24/7....in summer |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 1354215 | 2013-09-26 05:16:00 | Because I would clock the CPU to 4Ghz from 3.2ghz using Asrock non-k overclock....and i dont think the stock HSF is good enough for 4ghz 24/7....in summer Ah, fair point. Yes, sorry, I'd looked at it on the basis of running factory clocks. |
inphinity (7274) | ||
| 1354216 | 2013-09-26 05:19:00 | I was going to suggest an IB CPU rather than Haswell (which run hotter) and an ASRock board...for a 4Ghz IB out of the box... Only issue is that the 1155 socket motherboards are a dead end, you have no upgrade path. Also that motherboard is out of stock. I had a friend who was trying to get one to go with a 3770k, we couldn't find a board from asrock, asus or gigabyte in stock which would do 8x/8x sli. Ended up having to go with the 4770k and a 1150 board. Sure Ivy is a valid option (haswell is like a 10% performance difference iirc) but finding decent 1155 parts is an issue. |
icow (15313) | ||
| 1354217 | 2013-09-26 08:49:00 | Are those WD Black Drives any better? The blues are about $40 cheaper. That PSU seems a little expensive. Or is it one of those high efficiency models? I got my Corsair CX750 for $140 (though it is at the bottom of the corsair line). It is a 80 plus Platinum. |
ZacDaMan72 (17163) | ||
| 1354218 | 2013-09-26 08:52:00 | You can check out my options here: nz.pcpartpicker.com I don't want to use the stock Intel cooler because it is too loud. |
ZacDaMan72 (17163) | ||
| 1354219 | 2013-09-26 09:46:00 | You can check out my options here: nz.pcpartpicker.com Personally I don't see the point in getting a platinum efficiency psu: www.extremetech.com (unless you are going to be drawing 1200w constantly which your system won't) Get windows 8 it'll save you $50. I feel like spending 2k and not getting a GTX 770 or similar card (680, 7970 etc) is a bit of a waste. If you aren't going to be playing high end games/don't need a high end gpu I'd be cutting my budget back to $1500. Edit: In what ways has your laptop become a bottleneck? |
icow (15313) | ||
| 1354220 | 2013-09-26 20:44:00 | www.pbtech.co.nz and then if you need you can upgrade to 16gb of RAM, and it will be pretty much the same price as the second one | darkoverlord123 (16996) | ||
| 1354221 | 2013-09-26 21:48:00 | finding decent 1155 parts is an issue. +1 I recently built a 2nd itx system because I had most of the parts already left over from other projects, all I needed was a MB, RAM, & OS to go with my i3 3220 etc. It was only a couple months after building the system in my signature and I struggled to find anyone with an 1155 itx board in stock at all, computerlounge and paradigm both had a single model only compared to about 6 previously. I don't want to use the stock Intel cooler because it is too loud. Fair enough but my i7 & my i3 are both using stock cooling and I've never heard the CPU cooler except when stress testing with prime 95 and even then it's not loud at all. the i7 machine is fairly quiet overall with the graphics card occasionally cranking up it's fan and becoming a little loud and the i3 is so quiet you have to look at the power LED to be sure it's running. In both machines the case fans are the loudest part and those are not too loud. Too be fair though, I have a hyper 212 evo on an old phenom box and it might as well be silent. |
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