Just wanting to get some feedback on a system upgrade (sidegrade?)
Long story short, a good friend who's very into computers helped me make some changes when I got a Noctua NH-D15 over the Christmas break. These involved a case swap to a much better airflowing case, new PWM fans, etc etc. He also delidded my CPU when he was assembling everything for me.
This has led to my current predicament. My 6700K is running warmer at idle than it was previously, to the tune of high 30's to low 40's, and jumping to low 60's in games where it used to max out right around 50. I'm not sure if there just wasn't enough liquid metal to make good contact with the heatsink, or if it's just a faulty temperature reading from something getting tweaked when it was delidded. It seems odd that changing from a 240mm AIO would cause such a reduction in performance. Regardless, he's agreed to take the CPU (and mobo) to try and fix it.
In the meantime, I'm going to move to an AM4 platform, and wanted to get some feedback on this list. A lot of the parts will carry over from the current system. I'll be upgrading the CPU as well to Zen2 when it comes out, so I wanted to get a very good base to work from for that. I'll also be adding an RTX 2070 at this time.
CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor ($231.76 @ Amazon Canada)
CPU Cooler: Noctua - NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler (Purchased For $0.00)
Motherboard: ASRock - X470 Taichi ATX AM4 Motherboard ($239.00 @ Canada Computers)
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (Purchased For $0.00)
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (Purchased For $0.00)
Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (Purchased For $0.00)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive (Purchased For $0.00)
Storage: Crucial - MX500 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive (Purchased For $0.00)
Storage: Crucial - MX500 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive (Purchased For $0.00)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB XC ULTRA GAMING Video Card ($739.99 @ Canada Computers)
Case: Fractal Design - Meshify C TG ATX Mid Tower Case (Purchased For $0.00)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($0.00)
Case Fan: Noctua - NF-F12 PWM 54.97 CFM 120mm Fan (Purchased For $0.00)
Case Fan: Noctua - NF-F12 PWM 54.97 CFM 120mm Fan (Purchased For $0.00)
Case Fan: ARCTIC - F12 PWM 53 CFM 120mm Fan (Purchased For $0.00)
Case Fan: ARCTIC - F12 PWM 53 CFM 120mm Fan (Purchased For $0.00)
Case Fan: ARCTIC - F12 PWM 53 CFM 120mm Fan (Purchased For $0.00)
Monitor: BenQ - XL2420G 24.0" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor
Monitor: BenQ - XL2420G 24.0" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor
Other: Thermaltake AC-023-AN1NAN-A1 10-port Fan Hub (PWM) (Purchased For $0.00)
Total: $1210.75
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-23 11:43 EST-0500
Long story short, a good friend who's very into computers helped me make some changes when I got a Noctua NH-D15 over the Christmas break. These involved a case swap to a much better airflowing case, new PWM fans, etc etc. He also delidded my CPU when he was assembling everything for me.
This has led to my current predicament. My 6700K is running warmer at idle than it was previously, to the tune of high 30's to low 40's, and jumping to low 60's in games where it used to max out right around 50. I'm not sure if there just wasn't enough liquid metal to make good contact with the heatsink, or if it's just a faulty temperature reading from something getting tweaked when it was delidded. It seems odd that changing from a 240mm AIO would cause such a reduction in performance. Regardless, he's agreed to take the CPU (and mobo) to try and fix it.
In the meantime, I'm going to move to an AM4 platform, and wanted to get some feedback on this list. A lot of the parts will carry over from the current system. I'll be upgrading the CPU as well to Zen2 when it comes out, so I wanted to get a very good base to work from for that. I'll also be adding an RTX 2070 at this time.
CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor ($231.76 @ Amazon Canada)
CPU Cooler: Noctua - NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler (Purchased For $0.00)
Motherboard: ASRock - X470 Taichi ATX AM4 Motherboard ($239.00 @ Canada Computers)
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (Purchased For $0.00)
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (Purchased For $0.00)
Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (Purchased For $0.00)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive (Purchased For $0.00)
Storage: Crucial - MX500 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive (Purchased For $0.00)
Storage: Crucial - MX500 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive (Purchased For $0.00)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB XC ULTRA GAMING Video Card ($739.99 @ Canada Computers)
Case: Fractal Design - Meshify C TG ATX Mid Tower Case (Purchased For $0.00)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($0.00)
Case Fan: Noctua - NF-F12 PWM 54.97 CFM 120mm Fan (Purchased For $0.00)
Case Fan: Noctua - NF-F12 PWM 54.97 CFM 120mm Fan (Purchased For $0.00)
Case Fan: ARCTIC - F12 PWM 53 CFM 120mm Fan (Purchased For $0.00)
Case Fan: ARCTIC - F12 PWM 53 CFM 120mm Fan (Purchased For $0.00)
Case Fan: ARCTIC - F12 PWM 53 CFM 120mm Fan (Purchased For $0.00)
Monitor: BenQ - XL2420G 24.0" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor
Monitor: BenQ - XL2420G 24.0" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor
Other: Thermaltake AC-023-AN1NAN-A1 10-port Fan Hub (PWM) (Purchased For $0.00)
Total: $1210.75
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-23 11:43 EST-0500
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