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Sealed water seems to become the next standard. I like it. And some of those 8 core and 220W AMD processors cannot live without it.
Sealed water seems to become the next standard. I like it. And some of those 8 core and 220W AMD processors cannot live without it.
Ditto the positive comments on an ASUS motherboard but I think their lower cost cousin ASROCK are good value for money. Check out the I/O options you need as well. Also ditto spending the $ on a reputable name brand PSU. I have personally used Seasonic and Antec and find them good. Modular PSUs cost more but a decent case can tidy up the cabling so I don't think it's a big deal.
Check out your PSU power requirements using
http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp
then maybe add a margin if you plan upgrades particularly the graphics card.
Wow, so many replies, you guys are awesome.
My current PSU is about 4 years old now, I originally had an enermax 1000w PSU that died after a couple of months My current GTX 280 has 1 PCI-e 6 Pin and 1x 8Pin
I am happy to go lower on the SSD, I will only be using it for windows install and 1-2 games I am currently playing, when I finish the game I will be uninstalling it before I install something else.
I already have 3 Tb of external HDD's and 1Tb of internal for other space requirements.
I always heard the MSI components where very good, was this mis-information?
My budget is between £900-1000, I really can't afford any more.
I am open to anything, I chose Intel because that is what I have always had.
I have always been a fan of OCing, I have my current Core2Duo up from 2.66Ghz to 3.2 so I do like to tinker.
I liked the look of the motherboard as well. I will definately be getting a new PSU following your guys advice.
Can you explain a bit more about Noctua Air and Sealed water? I have always just went with regular cooling.
I have a new Heatsink I bought a few months ago for my core2duo when I broke my old one being a bit too rough with it. I was gunna re-use it. It's an Artic Cooling Freezer, how would this fare?
Sorry, I am not sure what you mean be this, can you elaborate?
When I buy a new PC, I tend to stick with it until I upgrade again, so adding more components later is unlikely.
This is the best I can come up with for that kind of money. Of course this does not include a new cooler for the CPU but it does include a PSU which looks OK but you might want to look around for others that you prefer.
CPU - https://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials...roductId=55828
Motherboard - https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Comp...roductId=58377
Graphics card - https://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials...roductId=56400
Ram (dam it's expensive at the moment) - https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Comp...roductId=55956
SSD - https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Stor...roductId=56764
PSU - https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Comp...roductId=53996
Welcome Will01, anytime someone puts "opinion" in a thread title, things explode around here.
You have gotten very good advice especially concerning the PSU and ASUS boards. I wouldn't recommend a lot of install/uninstall on a SSD it will wear it our faster if you do a lot of gaming. The 840EVO Paul listed is a great one, I have one and it's fast.
You could save a bob or two if you went with an ASUS Sabertooth Z87 board, lots of high end features too. Overall an Intel system will be more responsive I think, although the gamers report some games are better with AMD systems and GPUs, I'm an NVidia guy.
The air cooling referred to is one with a fan(s) and a finned radiator with heat pipes in it. The closed loop liquid cooling is really nice and makes the case more roomy. A new case would be nice but would add perhaps another £60-£90 to the build I suspect. I may be way off on that, I didn't check the exchange rate first.
@Will01 Reason why i mentioned Overclocking is those chips are very hard to get stable at a decent overclock
Some went as mild as 4.2 and had major problems or major BSOD's I would do lots of reading on this type of chip before attempting to OC it
Many have claimed it's too many new settings that has to be manipulated as well other then that the chip packs a punch
Will01,
Sealed water cooling has become almost a standard for enthusiasts and a interim platform to jump later into the full water loop cooling. Air cooling as well has gone into very large and multi fan coolers and some can do an amazing job such as the Noctua range. I'll post two idea's but you need to research just what your target case can handle. With water you must have a opening and mounting points for the radiator and fan(s) they can come in 120/140/240/280mm sizes.
Dual 120mm fans total 240mm rad.
Corsair Hydro Series CW-9060009-WW H100i Extreme Liquid/Water CPU Cooler - 2 x 120mm Fan, Multi-socket Support, built-in Corsair Link at TigerDirect.com
Single 120mm fan total 120mm rad.
Corsair Hydro Series CW-9060008-WW H80i Extreme Liquid/Water CPU Cooler - 2 x 120mm Fan, Multi-socket Support, built-in Corsair Link at TigerDirect.com
Single 140mm fan total 140mm rad.
NZXT Kraken X40 RL-KRX40-01 All-In-One CPU Liquid Cooler - 140mm Cooler, Copper, Interactive Digital Fan Control, Hue Controlled Color Changing Lights at TigerDirect.com
Dual 140mm fans total 280mm rad
NZXT Kraken X60 RL-KRX60-01 280mm Ultra Performance Liquid CPU Cooler - Newegg.com
Air Cooling runs an even wider gambit:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...4316&CatId=493
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835608018