Recent content by Flay_Gunnar

Hey everyone, just to drop an update on this one, everything somehow worked out, and I managed to get my hands on a 5800X3D. With that, I upgraded the GPU (to an Asus TUF 7800 XT, figured it was better value than the 4070) and the cooler (to a Deepcool AK620). Overall, it seems pretty good so...

Well, some bad luck there, it seems like the 5800X3D is simply not available in India anymore. Pretty much every online store is sold out (except Amazon, which is scalping hard at INR 48k / $585). Are there any other options I could go for, without a full revamp? Also, @Lucky_SLS , do you know...

Yeah, at this point, I'm mostly just thinking of swapping out the CPU and GPU alone, since that would give me the majority of the benefit at around half the cost. It also allows me to use my current components for the most part for another 3-5 years, which is great. For now, the idea is to grab...

Yeah, I did check the Peerless Assassin, and it was ridiculously expensive at the time, so I had disregarded it. Looks like it's available for around the same price as the AK620 now though, and the two are roughly equal in performance, right? To be fair, I don't intend to overclock the GPU at...

@Lucky_SLS Hmm... Would the 4070ti actually be worth it? I mean, sure, if I'm keeping the motherboard and RAM, I would have some headroom in the budget, but I remember hearing that the 4070ti was rather terrible value for money, while also having a rather high TDP. Also, wouldn't the XPG SSD be...

Makes sense, looks like the AK620 is plenty for the 13600K. Sadly, the NH-D15S is ~56% costlier than the AK, like most Noctua products around here. That's some really good advice there, I didn't think of that. The main reason I thought of the 13600KF was because I figured my present chip would...

Here are my current specs: CPU: Ryzen 5 3500 Cooler: Deepcool Gammaxx 400 GPU: MSI GTX 1660S Ventus XS OC RAM: Corsair Vengence DDR4 3200 MHz, 32 GB (8GB x4) Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk Max Storage: 250 GB Kingston Gen3 NVMe SSD for OS, 500 GB SATA SSD for storage Power Supply: Deepcool 850W...

Honestly, I've never actually tried a mechanical keyboard before, so I think it's best if I try them out at a store before getting it. Then again, they're also pretty expensive, so the G213 can be a good backup option. The G502 Hero looks pretty good (although the SE seems to be 4x the cost, so...

I'm planning to upgrade my keyboard and mouse in the next few months, and I wanted some recommendations. Usage is mainly gaming (non-mmo, mainly shooters and RPGs). For the keyboard, I'm not too particular about it being mechanical, although that would be a plus. Main thing I need is...

Alright, I tried the deflectors, and that didn't achieve much. Still, it looks like the temps are mostly within acceptable limits now, so I'll leave it at this. Thanks for all the help, everyone!

So I put this into practice yesterday (moved the fans to the configuration shown in the diagram, blocked off the front fan slot and fixed the CPU cooler), and I'm seeing some major improvement in the CPU temperatures. While the idle temps were fluctuating between 42 and 55, the load temps...

I know that this thread is kinda old, but I just wanted to mention this: The Antec NX200 is a terrible case, and you should definitely avoid it. I made a build quite recently (comparable specs to yours), and the case has major airflow issues. In case you haven't built the system yet, I'd highly...

The CPU cooler was delayed a bit (received a damaged item and had to get it replaced), but I thought up a (possibly) decent airflow diagram, and wanted to run it by you guys. How does this look? It's a slightly more accurate diagram of the case, with the upper front fan moved to the top...

That's a pretty interesting idea, and I'll try putting that into practice. I've tried disabling one of the new fans (so one inlet and one exhaust), but that didn't change the temps much. I'll try moving the new fans to the top of the case. I'll try removing the PCIe slots covers as well - that...

Yeah, the front panel can be removed, and I'll probably need to add some more holes for airflow, even though the appearance would get pretty messed up. Sadly, I just built the entire system around a month ago. I'd rather not buy a new case unless there is absolutely no other option haha.