Help/advice choosing CPU cooler

[CatalystGamez]

It's a choice between the following.

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/thermaltake-cpu-cooler-clp002al14blb

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/cooler-master-cpu-cooler-rr212e20pkr2

the former, it's color matches with the rest of the build, however the latter, it's got great reviews, more trustworthy and its got a better performance (although I do know that it's lounder, thats fine with me)

So please can you suggest which I should choose?
Thanks

My current setup
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1241 V3 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£239.22 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.98 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£86.94 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury White 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£33.48 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£68.34 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: GALAX GeForce GTX 980 4GB HOF Video Card (£465.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Case: NZXT Phantom (White/Red) ATX Full Tower Case (£98.51 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£63.31 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Pioneer BDR-S09XLT Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer (£59.81 @ CCL Computers)
Mouse: Logitech G502 Wired Optical Mouse (£50.99 @ Amazon UK)
Headphones: Corsair H2100 7.1 Channel Headset (£79.99 @ Amazon UK)
External Storage: Seagate Expansion 3TB External Hard Drive (£79.99)
Other: HP HD 4310 Full HD Webcam (£34.99)
Other: EDIFIER M3200 2.1 PC Speakers (£54.99)
Total: £1441.13
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-10 15:26 GMT+0000

 

[Archaic59]

It's a very good build. Couple things:
- Cooler Master is a better CPU cooler than Thermaltake.
- The Supernova NEX is a lower quality power supply. Change it to Supernova G2 for best quality.
- You can use Z97 board but H97 will work and may save a few bucks. The Xeon does not overclock.

 

[guanyu210379]

1. Get E3-1231V3 rather than E3-1241V3, it is cheaper and makes no real difference. If you really like E3-1241V3, it is better to get directly i7 4790.

2. For such Xeon, unless you need SLI or unless the price of Z97 mobos is really good, it is better to get either H97 or B85 mobo to save some bucks.

3. Get better quality PSU, look for Tier 1 or Tier 2 on
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html

4. GTX980 is not exactly excellent in term of price/performance, GTX970 and GTX980Ti are better in price over performance value.

5. Adding an SSD, at least 250GB, is really recommended. I would prefer to drop the external storage for now and get an SSD instead.

6. Go for 2x8GB RAM, if you can still afford it.

 

[CatalystGamez]

It's a very good build. Couple things:
- Cooler Master is a better CPU cooler than Thermaltake.
- The Supernova NEX is a lower quality power supply. Change it to Supernova G2 for best quality.
- You can use Z97 board but H97 will work and may save a few bucks. The Xeon does not overclock.

Thanks you a bunch.
And about the Xeon, thats the whole reason I'm getting it, because it's better than the standard i7, but thats because you can overclock the hell out of the i7.
So yea... the Xeon is fine, plus, I dont want to overclock, I might get it wrong xD

Anyway, thanks

 

[CatalystGamez]

1. Get E3-1231V3 rather than E3-1241V3, it is cheaper and makes no real difference. If you really like E3-1241V3, it is better to get directly i7 4790.

2. For such Xeon, unless you need SLI or unless the price of Z97 mobos is really good, it is better to get either H97 or B85 mobo to save some bucks.

3. Get better quality PSU, look for Tier 1 or Tier 2 on
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html

4. GTX980 is not exactly excellent in term of price/performance, GTX970 and GTX980Ti are better in price over performance value.

5. Adding an SSD, at least 250GB, is really recommended. I would prefer to drop the external storage for now and get an SSD instead.

6. Go for 2x8GB RAM, if you can still afford it.

Thanks,
1) Okay, I've changed it
2) Done, it saves a bit, which it nice
3) I'm not very smart, so if you have the time, could you? I don't want to spend more than £100, and it needs to be more than 500W
4) Okay, I'll get the 980ti
5) Sure, I will, but it's really expensive
6) I don't need 16 GB, 8GB 1ill be plenty, and I dont want to spend extra money, so I'm happy with my current RAM

Thanks!

 

[guanyu210379]

For a single GTX980Ti, you will need a good PSU around 600W. If plan to OC it, I would recommend getting extra room like a 750W.
You will want to OC any Maxwell GPUs, those GPUs can be OCed very good and the temp is not going sky high.
If you are on budget and wanna get a good PSU but nothing really fancy, try to take a look at this:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/XFX-Bronze-Semi-Modular-Power-Supply/dp/B008O50WGA/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1447227003&sr=8-2&keywords=750w+xfx
If you want to get a gold one, it costs about £20 more but still under £100:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/XFX-ProSeries-Black-Modular-Supply/dp/B00B88Z314/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1447227003&sr=8-1&keywords=750w+xfx

A 250GB SSD is not very expensive anymore:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-2-5-Inch-Solid-State-Drive/dp/B00P736UEU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1447227175&sr=8-1&keywords=evo+850+250gb
Trust me, SSD is not a must but really make a huge difference for your system. Your system will feel more responsive, everything you click open up faster, booting time decreases tremendously, loading time in games reduces greatly, etc. (only valid for games, programs and OS, which are on the SSD).

 

[madmatt30]

The themis is better than both the frio & 212 & is cheaper.

It also comes in either plain black or red & white fan variants (red & white may look nice with your case)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00E5YTGIY/?tag=pcp0f-21