The Member's Systems Discussion Thread

[Turb0Yoda]

@Azz
If you want to replace everything, you can wait for the Haswell refresh(dubbed Haswell-E/Devil's Canyon). No idea on when this year though....

 

[Onus]

I'd stick with air, because of the additional motherboard cooling it provides. If you go water, add an Antec Spot Cool to cool your VRMs.
I slam the Hyper 212 EVO because it's a bang/buck Loser, and I try not to recommend losers. Any 120mm tower cooler can handle moderate overclocking, and you will always be able to find cheaper versions than CM that offer similar performance (+/- 1C depending on the fan(s) used).

 

[nukemaster]

How much does the 212's go for in your area. I picked up at least a few for 15$(The plus not EVO) Canadian each. Seemed like a good deal to me.

 

[stickg1]

That's not bad. I don't like the looks of them. I typically spend the extra $10 for something a little more stylish or with a better fan. Prolimatech, phanteks, Xigmatech, they all have similar options in the $25-$50 range.

 

[azzazel_99]

The 2500k is going into another build for the wife with probably my old 8800gts 512mb. I like air cooling because you can see the fans spinning or not. I like water cooling because it cools better usually. Im torn. Obviously I want the coolest I can get.

 

[azzazel_99]

This of course means I will need more ram also. Thinking probably 16gb over the 8gb I now have

 

[azzazel_99]

The h100i vs h110 is it just a bigger radiator.

 

[stickg1]

Yeah thicker rad. I'd just get a sweet air cooler man. Check out some Prolimatech, Phanteks, and Noctua stuff out.

 

[azzazel_99]

The noctua nh-d14 looks great and cools on par with a h100i but the fans are uuuuugly

 

[stickg1]

Yeah, Noctua fans are rough looking. Check out the Phanteks and Prolimatechs that come fanless so you can pick whatever matches or performs the best.

Panther: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835242010
I had this one it's a total stud. It cooled my 3570K within a handful of degrees of my full blown water loop. Changed the fans though.

Megahalems: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835242008
This thing is legandary, choose your own fans. I believe it's available in an array of colors as well.

Phanteks 120mm tower:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835709018

Dual 140mm fan tower:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835709001

Both of those available in multiple colors!!

High end air cooling is sweet!

 

[azzazel_99]

The 140mm phantek is pretty sweet. Looks basically identical to the noctua but without the ugly ass noctua fans.

 

[stickg1]

The 140mm phantek is pretty sweet. Looks basically identical to the noctua but without the ugly ass noctua fans.

Exactly!

If the size doesn't bother you, snatch one of those up.

 

[Turb0Yoda]

The 140mm phantek is pretty sweet. Looks basically identical to the noctua but without the ugly ass noctua fans.

Why can't a $5 can of spray paint fix this. 😛

 

[stickg1]

Spray painting fan blades is generally a bad idea unless you really know what you're doing. Too easy to get a heavy coat on one blade vs another and throw off the stability especially at higher RPMs. I see a lot of people dying their blade spindal recently and having great success. But hard to take a dark color like that anywhere but black.

 

[Turb0Yoda]

Spray painting fan blades is generally a bad idea unless you really know what you're doing. Too easy to get a heavy coat on one blade vs another and throw off the stability especially at higher RPMs. I see a lot of people dying their blade spindle recently and having great success. But hard to take a dark color like that anywhere but black.

dying. You mean taking most of it apart and putting it a a dye? Or something else?

 

[azzazel_99]

Can I expect to have any issues with the phantek 140mm clearing ram or anything? Also if I decided to get a 540d corsair cude case in wondering if I would have clearance issuesbwith the side panel

 

[tiny voices]

MDBA, there is no chance of getting a 2013 mustang GT with 11k miles for 23k. You could get an auto v6 for that money or an auto gt base with more miles, but if you want a 6-speed GT with any options at all, it would be more than 23k.

I would definitely go with the Noctua NH-D14 or the Phanteks as well. As long as your RAM is low profile you should have no issues at all.

 

[azzazel_99]

I run gskill ripjaw ram....what ya think?

 

[jeremyp79]

The ripjaw x series arent low profile. Might be better to just snag an h100i or h110.

 

[tiny voices]

You can remove the heat spreaders. I have done it on multiple sets of RAM.

 

[azzazel_99]

I dont wanna bother with that though

 

[tiny voices]

Heat spreaders are completely pointless for DDR3 RAM and don't actually do anything. I would definitely remove the heatsinks and get an air cooler over getting a liquid cooler.

 

[azzazel_99]

Ugh I like the idea of air cooling but if im gonna have ram clearance issues then I dont wanna go that route. Im afraid of the h100i or h110 due to pumo failure

 

[tiny voices]

I personally do not like closed loop coolers at all. Much more expensive for not much or no more performance. And if you replace the fans with quieter ones, it only gets more expensive.

 

[jeremyp79]

Build a custom loop, thats my next step.