Suggested cooling options for my rig?

[Dannyb0yUK]

I've just decided to give up on 'next-gen' consoles for the time being and improve my PC build instead.

I'll be running:

Inwin Maelstrom Full Tower case
Asus M5A99X Evo R2.0
Cooler Master Silent Pro Gold 600W
FX-8350 with Hyper 212 Evo
8GB Corsair Vengeance
2x Sapphire 7850 2GB OC Crossfired
Kingston SSDNow 120GB boot drive
3 x SATA Hard Drives
1x DVD-RW, 1x BD drive

I'm just wondering what people would suggest are my best cooling options in the long term? Everything running at stock for now but would like room for overclocking when I finally get around to learning how I've also never run a twin GPU setup before and am a bit paranoid about how to maintain goods temps down there. Budget not huge atm, just paid for the mobo, 3tb hd and extra GPU lol. Could stretch to £100 right now I guess, but can always wait till I have more spare cash again.

Thanks in advance

 

[tiny voices]

Do you already have that PSU? If so replace it. If not, change it. Antec, Corsair, Seaosnic, XFX only.

Do you own all of this build already, it is pretty poorly optimized. Much better performance could be had for the same money.

 

[Dannyb0yUK]

Already own one GPU, the PSU, CPU, memory and HDD/Optical drives. Mobo and 2nd GPU arriving tomorrow but can be returned for refunds easily, as it's Amazon.

Any suggestions? Poorly optimised why? (not arguing, need to learn lol) What's the issue with the PSU btw? Happy to accept all criticism and advice!

 

[tiny voices]

2 7850's is not a great idea. One better card is ALWAYS better than 2 lesser cards. You will get micro stuttering.

The PSU is not great quality. Simply not smart to risk you whole computer to something low end.

 

[Dannyb0yUK]

Strange, the PSU had numerous positive reviews back when I purchased it. What makes you say it is of poor quality?

What would be your suggested alternatives for the same money?

 

[tiny voices]

Coolermaster made junk PSUs for a long time. The faked 80+ certification stickers and lied about specs.

Antec, XFX, Corsair, Seasonic would all be much better.

 

[Dannyb0yUK]

Coolermaster made junk PSUs for a long time. The faked 80+ certification stickers and lied about specs.

Antec, XFX, Corsair, Seasonic would all be much better.

While that may be the case for most Coolermaster PSUs, I think you'll actually find that's not the case with the Silent Pro Gold series.

When I was asking about alternative suggestions for the same money, I was talking more about GPU/mobo options... Currently running a Asus M5A78L-M/USB3.

 

[Dannyb0yUK]

Okay, let's say I sell my current 7850 and instead purchase an MSI GTX 770, what would be my best bet in terms of a motherboard upgrade? My current Asus board only has SATA-II ports and my SSD would rather have SATA-III!

 

[tiny voices]

Yes a single 770 would be WAY better than 2 7850s.