That's what I've heard... the C-14 is a nice cooler for its price, but it's size might be an issue for my case, not to mention it might cause airflow problems throughout the case since it'll be blocking out the airflow to the top exhausts.Originally Posted by sladewilson
Noctua C-14 , -6 C cooler make sure it can fit inside your caseOriginally Posted by zk1MPLS
^ Ain't the BF3 Beta on Origin, though?
Anyway, just built a rig for Battlefield 3 last week... used the money that I would've used to buy a 11" 2011 MacBook Air.Haven't built a desktop since the Pentium 4 days (just used laptops)... man, things have improved!
Specs:
Quick question, I've been looking at CPU cooling options lately, and I've come down to 2 choices: the Noctua C-14 (air-cooled heatsink) or the Corsair H80 (pre-built watercooled). Any experience/idea which one is better? I'm leaning on getting the H80 since the damn Elite 430 might be too small for the C-14 or other air coolers. Plus, I'm planning to mod my case soon, replacing the acrylic side window panel to mesh to either install a 200mm fan or 2 x 120mm fan as an intake. This case somewhat has cooling issues as it is. And don't get me started on the wires...
- Processor: Intel Core i7 2600K - Stock clocks for now... will eventually OC
- Motherboard: GIGABYTE P67A-UD3P-B3 - has Dolby Home Theater so I can use my Astro Mixamp 5.8 on the PC
- GPU:Inno3D GTX 560 Ti + Gelid Icy Vision Rev 2 cooler - can't afford a 570 or 580 for now
- RAM:8GB Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz CL9
- HDD:1TB WD Caviar Black
- Chassis:CoolerMaster Elite 430 Black - case could be much better... wrong choice. Should've went with the CM Storm Enforcer.
- PSU:CoolerMaster GX750 750W - should've went with a modular one... what a mess.
- ODD:Liteon DVD-RW - don't think i'd be using BD... have a PS3 for that, anyways.
. But you do get what you pay for -not much.
Any ideas, NT? Thanks in advance.
That's what I've heard... the C-14 is a nice cooler for its price, but it's size might be an issue for my case, not to mention it might cause airflow problems throughout the case since it'll be blocking out the airflow to the top exhausts.Originally Posted by sladewilson
Noctua C-14 , -6 C cooler make sure it can fit inside your caseOriginally Posted by zk1MPLS
^ Ain't the BF3 Beta on Origin, though?
Anyway, just built a rig for Battlefield 3 last week... used the money that I would've used to buy a 11" 2011 MacBook Air.Haven't built a desktop since the Pentium 4 days (just used laptops)... man, things have improved!
Specs:
Quick question, I've been looking at CPU cooling options lately, and I've come down to 2 choices: the Noctua C-14 (air-cooled heatsink) or the Corsair H80 (pre-built watercooled). Any experience/idea which one is better? I'm leaning on getting the H80 since the damn Elite 430 might be too small for the C-14 or other air coolers. Plus, I'm planning to mod my case soon, replacing the acrylic side window panel to mesh to either install a 200mm fan or 2 x 120mm fan as an intake. This case somewhat has cooling issues as it is. And don't get me started on the wires...
- Processor: Intel Core i7 2600K - Stock clocks for now... will eventually OC
- Motherboard: GIGABYTE P67A-UD3P-B3 - has Dolby Home Theater so I can use my Astro Mixamp 5.8 on the PC
- GPU:Inno3D GTX 560 Ti + Gelid Icy Vision Rev 2 cooler - can't afford a 570 or 580 for now
- RAM:8GB Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz CL9
- HDD:1TB WD Caviar Black
- Chassis:CoolerMaster Elite 430 Black - case could be much better... wrong choice. Should've went with the CM Storm Enforcer.
- PSU:CoolerMaster GX750 750W - should've went with a modular one... what a mess.
- ODD:Liteon DVD-RW - don't think i'd be using BD... have a PS3 for that, anyways.
. But you do get what you pay for -not much.
Any ideas, NT? Thanks in advance.
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What is the best free pc anti-spyware/virus program???
Microsoft Security Essentials.
mac
the slow people go in another thread, you're in the wrong one kid.
blue switches aren't that good for gaming, great for typing tho. can you get the stealth black widow? i believe that one uses brown switches.
or at least get the steelseries 6Gv2 or 7G, those use black switches which is the "gaming" switch. CM has a mech keyboard that comes in red, black, brown and i think blue switches. which is basically a filco without the branding. try to get that if possible it's called CM Storm Quick Rapid Fire. it's tenkeyless tho.
Oh. I don't think I can get the Stealth Black Widow locally... well I can, but it'll cost significantly more than it retails in the US.
Yup, we have the 6Gv2 here. Retails around $120. Will look into that. The store I'm dropping by on Saturday sells 'em as well.
The CM Storm Quick Rapid Fire is nowhere to be found in the market so far... and I need that numpad for daily use.
Thanks for the input. Really appreciate it.
blue switches aren't that good for gaming, great for typing tho. can you get the stealth black widow? i believe that one uses brown switches.
or at least get the steelseries 6Gv2 or 7G, those use black switches which is the "gaming" switch. CM has a mech keyboard that comes in red, black, brown and i think blue switches. which is basically a filco without the branding. try to get that if possible it's called CM Storm Quick Rapid Fire. it's tenkeyless tho.
Oh. I don't think I can get the Stealth Black Widow locally... well I can, but it'll cost significantly more than it retails in the US.
Yup, we have the 6Gv2 here. Retails around $120. Will look into that. The store I'm dropping by on Saturday sells 'em as well.
The CM Storm Quick Rapid Fire is nowhere to be found in the market so far... and I need that numpad for daily use.
Thanks for the input. Really appreciate it.
