Building my PC for gaming, won't be overclocking.

twera · 5 Feb 2013 at 10:34

Hi all

This is the guts of my build, without the ram as I'm getting 16gb from a friend and a MB elsewhere as OCUK dont have the one i want.

Will my temps be okay for gaming etc? I will only overclock when I get water cooling, but the stock intel cooler should be fine?

Is there a cpu cooler on OCUK that's under £30 and will be better than the intel stock cooler?
Oh and disregard the mouse

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Midnight Black £56.99
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-252-SE) £30.00
1 x TP-Link 300Mbps High-Gain Wireless-N USB Adapter (TL-WN822N) £16.19
1 x Gigabyte M6900 3200DPI Gaming Mouse £14.99
1 x Xigmatek XLF-2004 Blackline LED Fan - 200mm £9.98
1 x Arctic Cooling MX-2 Thermal Compound (1g) £0.59
Total : £612.80 (includes shipping : £11.75).

Bacon? · 5 Feb 2013 at 10:36

The Coolermaster 612S maybe? Sorry cant link, at college.

twera · 5 Feb 2013 at 11:00

Thanks but I need to know for sure if it's better, not so much a maybe.

Bacon? · 5 Feb 2013 at 11:02

No its definetley better

a lot better.

twera · 5 Feb 2013 at 11:11

Bacon? said:
No its definetley better a lot better.

Great, do you think it will fit in the prodigy case beside gskill ripjaws?

Idleman · 5 Feb 2013 at 12:02

What mobo are you getting? This is important, because of the layout of some mITX boards, some air coolers can over hang the Gpu slot.

snips86x · 5 Feb 2013 at 12:03

Idleman said:
What mobo are you getting? This is important, because of the layout of some mITX boards, some air coolers can over hang the Gpu slot.

Could always get a Closed loop Cooler?

twera · 5 Feb 2013 at 13:45

As per my message, i've now gone over budget so water cooling will be my next step but not for a few months. My previous water setup won't fit in this build so I'm going almost all stock but i wanted a aftermarket cooler thats better than the intel but under £30 or around. give or take £5.

The mobo is: http://uk.msi.com/product/mb/Z77MA-G45.html

Which I just found on OCUK

Idleman · 5 Feb 2013 at 13:51

twera said:
As per my message, i've now gone over budget so water cooling will be my next step but not for a few months. My previous water setup won't fit in this build so I'm going almost all stock but i wanted a aftermarket cooler thats better than the intel but under £30 or around. give or take £5.

The mobo is: http://uk.msi.com/product/mb/Z77MA-G45.html

Which I just found on OCUK

That`s a mATX board not mITX, so will not fit in the Prodigy.
You want something like this.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z77N-WIFI Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £98.99
Total : £107.69 (includes shipping : £7.25).

twera · 5 Feb 2013 at 19:22

My bad yes that's right. I just bought as I was told it would be okay. Is that still right?

http://www.gskill.com/products.php?index=427

Idleman · 5 Feb 2013 at 19:39

twera said:
My bad yes that's right. I just bought as I was told it would be okay. Is that still right?

http://www.gskill.com/products.php?index=427

If you are going to keep the MSI board, you will have to get a different case. Either that or return it.
The ram is alright.