Check my build please :)

I can't see myself over clocking the system by that much at all (if i even attempt it!) so am guessing the choice between the two coolers won't make that much a difference in the long run considering all the reviews stated the difference is down to a couple of degrees at best :)

The final spec was:

MSI ATI Radeon HD 6950 OC Twin FrozR III Power Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE DIRT3 Game

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM

MSI P67A-GD53 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION **

Corsair Enthusiast Series TX 850W V2 High Performance Power Supply (CMPSU-850TXV2UK)

G.Skill RipJaw 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit

Cooler Master HAF 912 Plus Case - Black

Corsair Hydro H60 CPU Cooler with free Akasa Apache Fan (Socket LGA1366 / 1155 / 1156 / 775 / AM2 / AM3)

Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ)

LiteOn IHAS124-19 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM

Antec Tri-Cool 3-Speed 120mm Fan - Black x 3 (i got the fans to play about with the cooling)

All came in at a tad over £840 which leaves me a little bit left over to maybe look at adding an SSD in the future (i know nothing about SSD's) :)
 
Stoner81 said:
^^ Spot on m8 it's the video I posted above in post 38 ;) I still can't find the damn thread lol but no matter. One video is not definite by any means but it would certainly make me stop and think about buying one that's for sure.

Stoner81.
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It was the one big weekend thread in latest news.
 
Oh by the way over clocking on Sandy Bridge is dead easy ;) most of the time it's a matter of upping the multiplier in your BIOS and then save/exit. Then run Prime95 for 8 hours or so for stress testing :)

Stoner81.
 
Well the build is going well so far i think, have took a few pics will post them later :) Just trying to hook up the H60 cooler... it says it is better to hook the pump up to a 12v continuous supply... help? ha ha :) Does it mean from the PSU using one of them fan to molex adaptors?

Cheers :)
 
Yep, when the PC is switched on a constant voltage is supplied from the PSU connectors, if you try using a motherboard fan header, the BIOS and monitoring software may fluctuate the voltage to speed up or down a fan connected to it.
 
Well the pc is on and running with no beeping woohoo! Only problem so far is the H60 pump is really loud. Do you think it just needs a bit of time to bed in or should it be silent?
 
casper_uk said:
Only problem so far is the H60 pump is really loud.
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Try and quantify 'loud', if possible - as this is very subjective and relative.

If it is 'really' loud then that would suggest it's faulty - even if it's cooling correctly it shouldn't be really noisy (i've returned noisy PSUs).

But, you need to try and describe the levels of noise at it could be that it's running under normal dB.
 
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