Hi all,
This is my first post here. I've been away from the gaming scene for a good 8 years so I went and pretty much purchased a full build without doing proper research.
Anyways I built it yesterday and downloaded amd overdrive, my cores seem to hang close to 60c while in game and this is without my desk fan blowing into my open case which isn't ideal Now I realize spending £8 on cooling for a 220w CPU wasn't the smartest move. So until I decide what cooling/upgrades I need I am clocking it at 4.0ghz and using my custom desk fan cooling system
Here is what I got:
8GB (2x4GB) Corsair DDR3 Vengeance
Asus M5A97 R2.0, AMD 970, S AM3+, D
630W be quiet! Pure Power L8 Hybrid
AMD FX 9370 Black Edition
Arctic Cooling Alpine 64 Pro Rev 2
240GB Crucial M500 2.5" 6GB/s Inter
3GB XFX Radeon R9 280, 5GHz GDDR5,
This is what I have decided to buy in terms of cooling, please let me know if this will suffice at stock speed (4.4ghz)
2x http://www.scan.co.uk/products/120mm-noctua-nf-f12-pwm-focused-flow-pwm-cooling-fan-quiet
1x http://www.scan.co.uk/products/noct...r-x6-heat-pipe-quiet-cpu-cooler-with-2-x-fans
And I also wanted to ask if it is advisable to spend some money on a better motherboard like this one:
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/asus...r3-sata-iii-6gb-s-raid-sata-pcie-20-(x16)-atx
Thanks all
This is my first post here. I've been away from the gaming scene for a good 8 years so I went and pretty much purchased a full build without doing proper research.
Anyways I built it yesterday and downloaded amd overdrive, my cores seem to hang close to 60c while in game and this is without my desk fan blowing into my open case which isn't ideal Now I realize spending £8 on cooling for a 220w CPU wasn't the smartest move. So until I decide what cooling/upgrades I need I am clocking it at 4.0ghz and using my custom desk fan cooling system
Here is what I got:
8GB (2x4GB) Corsair DDR3 Vengeance
Asus M5A97 R2.0, AMD 970, S AM3+, D
630W be quiet! Pure Power L8 Hybrid
AMD FX 9370 Black Edition
Arctic Cooling Alpine 64 Pro Rev 2
240GB Crucial M500 2.5" 6GB/s Inter
3GB XFX Radeon R9 280, 5GHz GDDR5,
This is what I have decided to buy in terms of cooling, please let me know if this will suffice at stock speed (4.4ghz)
2x http://www.scan.co.uk/products/120mm-noctua-nf-f12-pwm-focused-flow-pwm-cooling-fan-quiet
1x http://www.scan.co.uk/products/noct...r-x6-heat-pipe-quiet-cpu-cooler-with-2-x-fans
And I also wanted to ask if it is advisable to spend some money on a better motherboard like this one:
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/asus...r3-sata-iii-6gb-s-raid-sata-pcie-20-(x16)-atx
Thanks all