Noob Intro & Rig Questions

[Theocnoob]

Thats not a 280x... thats a 280... "x-edition".... Probably the most vile of misnomers ever. How they can get away with that is mind boggling.




At least he got a proper motherboard that will get him some real use out of that 8120. He can overclock the **** of out of it now.

H50/55/60's have their purpose, its not intended for overclocking. Im going to be getting one for my HTPC, the damn stock cooler is crap, and the case wont fit anything like a CM212

No kidding? X edition 280? That's vicious mislabelling. I had no idea such a beast existed.

Also, the H60 may have it's purpose, but I'm not paying $60 to get "not even Hyper 212 on a good day" performance (in CDN funds). I'd rather get a quiet replacement like one of Noctua's "lay flat" type coolers. Them thangs is quiet as heck. Less costly than the H60 too. And I dare say a little more classy looking with their horse poo and hay color scheme.

 

[Stickman84]

Those Noctuas seem reasonably enough priced I guess I'll order one of those nice turd coloured ones then. I only got the water cooler because I was sick of the noise of my previous fan. It was deafening.

 

[bob4933]

I'd say the d14. The 15 is "better" but its 50% cost raise for 5% increase in performance.... I don't think is worth it imo.

 

[Theocnoob]

I'd say the d14. The 15 is "better" but its 50% cost raise for 5% increase in performance.... I don't think is worth it imo.

Ya the D14 is a classic. So easy to mount too.

With any cooler, the main noise is fan noise. Control the fans, control the noise. Choosing fans that are quieter from the get-go is a good move too.

 

[Silver_Pharaoh]

Those Noctuas seem reasonably enough priced I guess I'll order one of those nice turd coloured ones then.

I Love it.

Turd or not, I have the D14 and it's wonderful. Quiet and keeps things very cool.

 

[Theocnoob]

I Love it.

Turd or not, I have the D14 and it's wonderful. Quiet and keeps things very cool.

My D14 has served me faithfully since 2010. I won't be using it in my next build but it will continue to serve faithfully in my P67 rig as a backup.

 

[Stickman84]

OK new motherboard is fantastic, loving it so far, was easy enough to swap everything over myself and its working great so far. Temperatures seem alright at the moment so I now have a new question....

Since I am using 2 sticks of 4 gig ddr 3 ram. I'm wondering whether I would benefit more from 2x8 gig 2400 ddr 3 or 4 x 4 gig 2400 ddr 3.

Lol

 

[EarthDog]

Nothing over 2133 Mhz really helps much unless you have multiple GPUs or are using the iGPU. The premium for going 2400 over 2133 (which may only be a couple bucks) isn't worth it.

2x8 or 4x4 won't make a difference. 4x4 would be harder to crank up the speed as its more stress on the memory controller.

 

[Theocnoob]

Nothing over 2133 Mhz really helps much unless you have multiple GPUs or are using the iGPU. The premium for going 2400 over 2133 (which may only be a couple bucks) isn't worth it.

2x8 or 4x4 won't make a difference. 4x4 would be harder to crank up the speed as its more stress on the memory controller.

There's some nice Cas 10 Team Xtreem 2400 on Newegg for like $130/2X8GB. Pretty sweet.