Recent content by John Hattam

since my case is limited with regards to airflow and is much more style over performance, im building a low power xeon/gtx 970 pc. so no, no overclocking. its just within the confines of this case i want the airflow and cooling to be as good as it can be i figured the noctua tower would help...

thanks, options are definitely lacking in thsis department, what do you think of the nh-u9b se2? its taller than the 120mm limit i would be comfortable with if it were a top down cooler but since its a tower cooler and fits within the max 130mm clearance at 125 it should be fine... mixed...

did you use the nh c14 in the end what was it like? i am having the same dilemma now for the 901

thanks for all your help youve clearly put a lot of effort into trying to answer my question as fully as possible for me personally having weighed up pros and cons i think i am going to go with an air cooler, i only have 120mm of clearance. thinking a noctua nh c14 with top fan removed and...

one includes slim slot load odd, the other does not

jees i didnt even think of it freezing thanks, think im gonna stick to air

so if i go the h97 way i wont be able to have ecc?

okay so i am building a reasonable budget work/play build was going amd but extra funds are leaning me the intel way will probably get the xeon 1230v3 as it represents good value for money imo just wondering about ecc since i know nothing about it, are there any 'gaming' motherboards that...

okay so i was going to build a slightly over budget 750 quid pc then....i realised i wouldnt be happy unless i got what i wanted which would cost about 1k i7, 970 etc what i want to know is would it be safe to move a corsair 250d with an h100i in it as i would be moving it about every 8...

what is the r9 290 like at £220? it seems like a sharp increase from the £177 280x

the reason i would wait is probably because it would bring down the 280x price XD although by that logic i should get a 7850 or whatever its called...

i find theres always something just around the corner, then you always end up waiting and never get anything built XD

price to performance purely 280 is around 145-150 280x 175-180 is there a noticeable difference in performance above that of the price difference? will be using an fx 8320 with it both models will be msi twin frozr unless the gigabyte windforce is on sale

ok now im worried was gonna go for that cpu with that mobo :0

Thanks a lot for your help i am pretty much going for the build mattmatt suggested, with the msi mobo and a 280, since i can not justify >£150 on a gpu for the amount of gaming i will be doing :) as i said i cant get the parts until january due to finances...but i will be sure to update!