Can anyone improve this PC build???

hydie · 31 Aug 2011 at 16:31

You add a pea sized blob to the cpu and then it spreads itself apparently?

stulid · 31 Aug 2011 at 16:32

hydie said:
You add a pea sized blob to the cpu and then it spreads itself apparently?

Thats right, unless the base of a heatsink looks like this,

You would be better doing a thin line across the heatpipes from left to right in that pic.

fowler002 · 31 Aug 2011 at 18:05

seems you either missed my suggestion or prefer the nvidia, but I'll put it out there again.

what about 2x 6950? more power for not much more £'s.

oh and if you're getting the corsair watercooling 'thingy' may as well save £10 and get the oem version of the i2500k.

hydie · 31 Aug 2011 at 22:11

Hi fowler002,

Sorry i did take your suggestion into account, but I will likely be going to go for SLI 580's in the future hence why im not looking for any older cards.

The problem i see with OEM's is for the extra £10 i get an extra 2 year warranty.. I'm not sure but i think its worth it?

Also, with my Motherboard & Cooler i should be able to get my Processor over 4.5 ghz safely right? and does it void my warranty if i do overclock it?

Thanks!

stulid · 31 Aug 2011 at 22:17

hydie said:
The problem i see with OEM's is for the extra £10 i get an extra 2 year warranty.. I'm not sure but i think its worth it?

Yes+ you get a heatsink and box if you want to sell the chip o in the future

Also, with my Motherboard & Cooler i should be able to get my Processor over 4.5 ghz safely right? and does it void my warranty if i do overclock it?

4.5 will be simple with that, the warranty is voided but they wont be able to tell

Thanks!

hydie · 31 Aug 2011 at 22:22

Thanks mate!

I suppose it will be worthwhile with the extra warranty, although i will probably just buy the Ivy bridge when they get released lol.

fowler002 · 31 Aug 2011 at 23:20

6950 being older than the 580? thats news to me

slower yes, older no(as far as I'm aware the 6950/6970 and the 580/570 came out about the same time.

get one of these unlock shader(flick switch), oc and sit back and enjoy close to gtx580 performance with over £100 in your pocket(or put it towards the extreme7 mb/crucial m4 ssd).
but in the end its upto you.