Noctua NH-D14 good enough for 4.5ghz from i5 3570?

[bigcyco1]

These are the cheapest ones i know of that are reliable and actually put out what they claim two are 109.99 and the other is 89.99 you can look up reviews of them online by JonnyGURU all he gave good reviews and said they put out what they claim only thing that sucks imo is only the OZC is Fully-Modular the rest are not but those are the best bang for buck SLI reliable PSU's PSU:CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX750 V2 750W ATX12V v2.31/ EPS12V v2.92 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC High Performance Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139021 TX750 V2 this one is actually made by seasonic

PSU:Rosewill HIVE Series HIVE-750 750W Continuous @40°C, 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified, Modular Design, Single +12V Rail, ATX12V v2.31/EPS12V v2.92, SLI Ready, CrossFire Ready, Active-PFC Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182133#top

PSU OCZ ZT Series 750W Fully-Modular 80PLUS Bronze High Performance Power Supply compatible with Intel Sandy Bridge Core i3 i5 i7 and AMD Phenom
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341052#top

 

[dansgas1000]

Thanks. I've changed a few things from my original choices and I think I'm pretty much settled on this list.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£176.78 @ CCL Computers)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£61.37 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (£109.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£41.51 @ Amazon UK)
Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£62.99 @ Scan.co.uk)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 670 2GB Video Card (£299.60 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Cooler Master Storm Enforcer ATX Mid Tower Case (£64.67 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: Corsair 650W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£70.38 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £887.29
(Prices include shipping and discounts when available.)

I've already purchased the cooler. I've selected the asrock mobo because it is well within budget and it will do what I want. I've got 8gb ram as well.

The one concern I have now is will I need to get low profile ram so the cooler has enough room and doesn't infringe on the ram.

Apart from that, what do you think? Will it play the latest and greates games at there top settings? Remember, I will be overclocking to give it that lil bit extra.

I'd rather get a HAF 912 Plus case for £5 more. It has high air flow, hence the name 'HAF' (High Air Flow)

 

[DarkOutlaw]

You should also get a solid state drive if your really looking for overall performance. Save the 1TB drive for file storage.

 

[bendy86]

You should also get a solid state drive if your really looking for overall performance. Save the 1TB drive for file storage.

I've been thinking about a SSD but it takes it way over budget. I would've loved to had one though.

 

[DarkOutlaw]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227725

I shoved two of these in my case with raid 0. For the same price as that TB drive, you might be happier with 2 of these or 1 120gb. You probably will be happier.

 

[bendy86]

But what would the benefits be actually in game and with o/cing over a normal HDD. I know that load times are dramatically reduced but how will it effect things like the FPS in game and things like that?

 

[J_E_D_70]

No impact on FPS but yes, much faster load times.

 

[DarkOutlaw]

I dunno how to explain it...its like..dips in your FPS. I see alot of people with the issue in Diablo III. They will go from there normal FPS and then it will stutter and drop from lets say 100 fps to 60 fps until the hard drive catches up. May people have fixed this issue by putting the files accessed onto a USB flash drive, but realistically if your gonna do that you might as well upgrade your hdd. Other than 'stuttering' I dont really know how to explain it. This is not all games either, but rarely does a game not access your hdd.

 

[DarkOutlaw]

Ok for some reason I cannot edit my posts...

I remember installing Doom 3 onto a flash drive back in the day.

 

[dansgas1000]

Is 7200rpm enough for hard drive speed? I really dont want to pay £100000 on SSD's TBH.

 

[bendy86]

I may eventually upgrade to ssd but will see what happens. It y be worth getting one once I eventually SLI the gtx 670 and the case is open again.

 

[Guest]

The Noctua NH-D14 Wont fit in a mid tower case!!!

 

[bigcyco1]

The Noctua NH-D14 Wont fit in a mid tower case!!!

Who told you that crock of *** it fits fine in three i know of and i bet there more

 

[DarkOutlaw]

The Noctua NH-D14 Wont fit in a mid tower case!!!

Epic fail...I may like my Hyper 212 better than the Noctua, but they both will fit most mid cases. There may be a couple out there it wont, but it would have to be some back water case that hardly anyone has bought.

 

[bendy86]

The Noctua NH-D14 Wont fit in a mid tower case!!!

I've already looked into that and yes, there are a few out there that it won't fit in but the cases I've been interested in are all over 200mm wide which should accommodate the NH-d14. There's is even a review with one of the cases I've been thinking about getting (cooler master storm enforcer) that is quite a thin case compared to some and that says it just fits in.

 

[bendy86]

Well my noctua NH-d14 has arrived today and it's a beast. If this was a human, it would need a crane to get out of bed and would probably have a leg missing due to type 2 diabetes. It's certainly on the overweight size.

So that's the 1st part of my build delivered. I got this 1st as it was on offer for £34.99 delivered, which I thought was a bargain.

The question is now, what do I get next?

 

[DarkOutlaw]

I dunno what do you need? I thought you had everything but the cooler and mobo.

 

[bendy86]

I dunno what do you need? I thought you had everything but the cooler and mobo.

No, they were the 2 parts I still hadn't really made my mind up on yet.

 

[paradoxeternal]

The Noctua NH-D14 Wont fit in a mid tower case!!!

my nh-d14 fits in my Fractal Design Arc Midi just fine, with plenty of room to spare. You obviously don't know your stuff.

 

[Poltregeist]

Just FYI, my 3570K at 3.8GHz with Turbo on stays under 100% CPU utilization in BF3 multiplayer on Ultra. You certainly *can* OC higher but at this time it doesn't buy you anything.

Also, I got mine to 4.4GHz stable with a $35 Evo.

Happy gaming!

The reason why it doesn't make too much of a difference in BF3 is because that game is very GPU focused. You still want a good CPU to run it, but not much of an FPS difference will be made between an AMD FX or an i5. (in that game)

 

[Twinkletoes]

The answer is yes, mine runs it, perfectly

 

[Kefalonia]

Well my noctua NH-d14 has arrived today and it's a beast.

Remember to mount the Noctua NH-D14 pipes horizontally in your case for optimal cooling.

Also the fans need to be installed so that the airflow is down onto the motherboard in preference to away from

it for optimum cooling (as per Noctua's instructions).

Don't put excessive thermal paste between the mounting and processor heads, it will lower cpu heat extraction if you do.

 

[Kefalonia]

2 arrows on the side of both fans show you the direction of fan rotation and heat extraction.