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aye, thanks for the input. I think that is what I will do then.

Do you have an opinion on the motherboards presented in post #17?
 
Your cooler has been deactivated. :(

And yes on the SSD. I have the 90GB one and it is blazing fast. Just gotta set it up right, of course.

I would go with the Asrock first, then the gigabyte board.
 
wolfeking said:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103057 is the cooler. I don't know why the first link was deactivated.

And thanks.
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I would still rather have the 212+. That one only has 92mm fans compared to the 212+'s 120mm, and it comes with brackets so you can mount any 120mm for an exhaust, like I have set up.

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I would say it would make a difference. And its $15 cheaper. I was gonna go with that cooler until my friend got the 212+ on his i5 and was getting 24c on idle. And that's with one stock fan. Upgrade the fan and get another one blow out, and it will stay really cool.
 
claptonman said:
I would say it would make a difference. And its $15 cheaper. I was gonna go with that cooler until my friend got the 212+ on his i5 and was getting 24c on idle. And that's with one stock fan. Upgrade the fan and get another one blow out, and it will stay really cool.
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I agree with this, I have the Hyper 212 EVO and with one fan I'm getting 28c on the hottest core and 22c on the coolest on idle, and at a 4.0Ghz OC I'm getting around 55-57c with just one fan. So it's a good air cooler for the price, plus it has 120mm fans with support for up to 2 of them.

Also, what fans are those on you Hyper 212+ claptonman?
 
Its not a generally good thing to recommend something based on "everyone else is doing it".

The 212 is good, no one is claiming that it is not. I got pleanty of #s on that. But I am not overclocking to 4GHz anytime soon. I ain't overclocking at all for a permanent basis. The 2500k is just future proofing the system. When it is not still kicking butt, I can overclock it and still be good. That I can not do with a non k.
And when this time comes to be, I am almost certain that there will be better coolers out than the 212. When the 775 was still a kick arse system I don't think the 212 was out.

So I guess what I am saying is, As long as the Hyper 520 is substantially better than the intel crap that comes in the box, then I will use it. If it is not better than the stock, then I will go with the 212.
 
wolfeking said:
Its not a generally good thing to recommend something based on "everyone else is doing it".

The 212 is good, no one is claiming that it is not. I got pleanty of #s on that. But I am not overclocking to 4GHz anytime soon. I ain't overclocking at all for a permanent basis. The 2500k is just future proofing the system. When it is not still kicking butt, I can overclock it and still be good. That I can not do with a non k.
And when this time comes to be, I am almost certain that there will be better coolers out than the 212. When the 775 was still a kick arse system I don't think the 212 was out.

So I guess what I am saying is, As long as the Hyper 520 is substantially better than the intel crap that comes in the box, then I will use it. If it is not better than the stock, then I will go with the 212.
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It's better than the stock fan, by a long shot. I'm not saying it's a bad cooler either, I'm just saying my experience so far with my 212.

Best of luck to you on your build, its a blast, the only part I was nervous about was installing my CPU, after it was installed it was a breeze.

Also, nice avatar, my favorite animal of all time.
 
I have built computers before. A lot of them. The process isn't fun, its tedious, especially when your looking for 1 outcome/look and are running through 100+ zipties a minute trying to cable manage.

I guess what I was trying to say is I would rather spend the extra 10 on this cooler for the looks than just buy a 212. Its nothing special with the 212 it is what everyone uses these days. I am not everyone.
 
wolfeking said:
I have built computers before. A lot of them. The process isn't fun, its tedious, especially when your looking for 1 outcome/look and are running through 100+ zipties a minute trying to cable manage.

I guess what I was trying to say is I would rather spend the extra 10 on this cooler for the looks than just buy a 212. Its nothing special with the 212 it is what everyone uses these days. I am not everyone.
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I didn't know that you built computers before, my mistake.

And I don't blame you, I just went with it for the good cooling.
 
itsaferbie said:
I agree with this, I have the Hyper 212 EVO and with one fan I'm getting 28c on the hottest core and 22c on the coolest on idle, and at a 4.0Ghz OC I'm getting around 55-57c with just one fan. So it's a good air cooler for the price, plus it has 120mm fans with support for up to 2 of them.

Also, what fans are those on you Hyper 212+ claptonman?
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Prolimatech PRO-BV12. Nothing special compared to what you can get, But I got a good deal on them at a store, and they match my color scheme.

Other people make good coolers. Could look at some xigmateks, too. And Noctua make some excellent high-end coolers.
 
how about the V6GT? how well does it cool? (I ain't worried about price on the cooler, I have a look I kinda want to preserve with it, and coolermaster is the case, so a CM cooler would be just loyalty).
 
I know. I am going to look up some reviews on it. It will go along nicely with the whole "I got power and I know it" look I am looking for.
 
http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1352/6/
looks good to me. According to their test the GT was running 76.5*c at 3.8 on a i7-920. I'm not sure how that compares to the 212, but it is the same temp as the NH-D14 but 20* higher than the apogee gtz i7, but I think that s a watercooler. So that would make it pretty good to only be 20* hotter than a full water loop.
 
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