Heat Sink and Coolers

[San_Cingay]

Hi, my name is San and I've recently been saving up money for a PC. Before building the PC, I'm going to buy the parts(of course). So i came to the question of "Does CPU's nowadays come with good coolers?" I've been looking at the Intel i5 6600k processor: http:// I've also been thinking about buying the GTX 970. So does the CPU come with a good heat-sink and a fan, or do i have to buy it separately? If so can i have some recommendations? I am also willing to do some light overclocking.

 

[genthug]

The K version CPUs do not come with stock coolers anymore, as Intel figured that if overclocking is on the docket, there should be a better cooler to go with the CPU than the stock cooler. Cryorig H5/H7, Hyper 212 Evo, Gammaxx 400 are all good budget coolers that will allow a slight overclock.

 

[San_Cingay]

The K version CPUs do not come with stock coolers anymore, as Intel figured that if overclocking is on the docket, there should be a better cooler to go with the CPU than the stock cooler. Cryorig H5/H7, Hyper 212 Evo, Gammaxx 400 are all good budget coolers that will allow a slight overclock.

I know this is off topic on this thread but, which GTX 970 should i buy?

 

[genthug]

I wouldn't, I would grab a 1060 over the 970. Even after prices falling on the 970 the 1060 should be around the price of the 970, with better performance. What country are you from?

 

[San_Cingay]

I wouldn't, I would grab a 1060 over the 970. Even after prices falling on the 970 the 1060 should be around the price of the 970, with better performance. What country are you from?

Thanks for the recommendation, i am from the U.S currently living in Russia(I know, not a good place to end up in). But i am taking short trips to my friends house in New York whenever i need to pick up something that i ordered from Amazon, and also about the GTX 1060, i am willing to play some csgo, gta 5, H1Z1, and maybe some Rust, All on 1080p resolution. Do you think the 1060 can run gta 5 h1z1 and Rust on 60 fps?(I already know csgo will get like +200 frames)

 

[genthug]

Absolutely. The 1060 is currently sitting around the 980-980Ti mark (somewhere in the middle, but leans towards the 980 side of things). Definitely better than a 970, and you don't get that 3.5GB of usable VRam and .5GB of gimped VRam you get in a 970

 

[San_Cingay]

Absolutely. The 1060 is currently sitting around the 980-980Ti mark (somewhere in the middle, but leans towards the 980 side of things). Definitely better than a 970, and you don't get that 3.5GB of usable VRam and .5GB of gimped VRam you get in a 970

Thanks a lot on that, i'll make sure to catch some quick deals on the GTX 1060, and the Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO, and by the way, which version of the GTX 1060 should i buy and the 4 heat pipe Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO is enough right? And by the way, which motherboard do you think would go with these?

Sorry for flooding you with questions by the way, I'm not the best at PC's.

 

[genthug]

Honestly, whichever one is cheapest at the time. There are so few differences in cards this time around due to GPU Boost 3.0 that the only consideration really left is cooling... which on a 120W TDP card... well, the cooling will be sufficient on any that you pick up. So, personally either the prettiest one, or the cheapest one. I would however go for the cheapest 6GB variant of the 1060, not the 3GB variant. http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=GTX+1060&N=100007709%20600358543&isNodeId=1
The only ones I would stay away from would be blower style coolers like the Asus Turbo.
The 212 will be enough, yes.
Motherboards I would recommend an Asus H/Z170 Pro Gaming, Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD3, Asrock Fatal1ty Z170 Gaming K4.