Cooler Help

Cog · 4 Sep 2006 at 14:20

Hello. I've been doing some research on a new rig for about 3 months now. I'm going to be using it for gaming and music production. I've been researching for 3 months as I want to make sure I'm spending my £1000 to the best that I can.

The spec below is finally what I've decided to buy!

But seeing as I'm going to be using this computer for long periods of time, I was just wondering if I'll need a cooler? Just as a side note, I won't be doing any overclocking, not sure if this helps you...

Here is my spec:

HD-078-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-078-SE)
£59.95 £59.95

HD-087-WD Western Digital Raptor 74GB WD740ADFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-087-WD)
£98.95 £98.95

MO-019-OK OcUK Value Hanns-G HC194D 19" LCD Monitor - Silver/Black (MO-019-OK)
£104.99 £104.99

KB-054-MS Microsoft Comfort Curve 2000 Keyboard (KB-054-MS)
£11.99 £11.99

KB-026-MS Microsoft Basic Optical Mouse - Retail (KB-026-MS)
£9.99 £9.99

MB-011-IN Intel DP965LT 965 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard - Retail (MB-011-IN)
£69.99 £69.99

CP-126-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-126-IN)
£116.99 £116.99

MY-034-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC5300 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB5300DC) (MY-034-GL)
£119.99 £119.99

CD-035-NE NEC ND3550 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-035-NE)
£19.95 £19.95

CA-040-AN Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU (CA-040-AN)
£66.99 £66.99

OS-001-MS Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition inc. SP2 - OEM - 1Pk (N09-01528) (OS-001-MS)
£52.99 £52.99

GX-044-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-044-CO)
£125.99 £125.99

Subtotal £837.80
VAT £146.62
Total £984.42

This is what it lists for the Antec Sonata II case I'm going to buy:

- 1 x rear 120mm Tricool fan (standard) with 3-speed control to balance quiet with cooling
- 1 x front 120mm case fan (optional) 25mm thick
- 1 x 92mm fan (optional) in the air duct to cool the CPU
- 1 x 80mm fan (optional) for graphics cards

Would this case be OK or would you recommend getting some kind of cooler?

Thank you so much for your help!

Many kind regards,
-Alex.

hyper_piper45 · 4 Sep 2006 at 15:00

If you plan to do any overclocking, (which i highly suggest with a e6300) there are a few thing you want to change.

Firsty i would get the gigabyte ds3 mobo.

Also if you want higher clocks you will need some faster ram, i would go with the 2gb geil ultra. See here for mre info.

A decent heatsink would be on my list aswell, scythe ninja or artic freezer 7 pro.

I would also scrap getting a raptor. They are not that much fast and costafortuna!

You also dont have a separate sound card which i would have thought would be important for music production.

EDIT: i didn't read you didnt want to overclock. So ignore most of my advice

Chris Beard · 4 Sep 2006 at 15:14

If you're not overclocking the stock coolers will be fine. The only reason to change them is if the noise annoys you...

Cog · 4 Sep 2006 at 16:08

hyper_piper45 said:
If you plan to do any overclocking, (which i highly suggest with a e6300) there are a few thing you want to change.

Firsty i would get the gigabyte ds3 mobo.

Also if you want higher clocks you will need some faster ram, i would go with the 2gb geil ultra. See here for mre info.

A decent heatsink would be on my list aswell, scythe ninja or artic freezer 7 pro.

I would also scrap getting a raptor. They are not that much fast and costafortuna!

You also dont have a separate sound card which i would have thought would be important for music production.

EDIT: i didn't read you didnt want to overclock. So ignore most of my advice

Hey thanks for both of your replies!

With regards to the Raptor, when I enquired a few months ago people suggested that I get a Raptor for Operating System and Music Software such as Cubase SX, and use the Seagate for games etc... So this is why I chose the Raptor.

Would you suggest another Hard Drive which is more suitable than the Raptor?

And I'm going to be buying a seperate Sound Card later when I have a bit more cash!

Kind regards,
-Alex.

SiriusB · 4 Sep 2006 at 16:12

Cog said:
Hey thanks for both of your replies!

With regards to the Raptor, when I enquired a few months ago people suggested that I get a Raptor for Operating System and Music Software such as Cubase SX, and use the Seagate for games etc... So this is why I chose the Raptor.

Would you suggest another Hard Drive which is more suitable than the Raptor?

And I'm going to be buying a seperate Sound Card later when I have a bit more cash!

Kind regards,
-Alex.

Scrap the Raptor and get another Seagate and you will have enough money left over for an X-Fi Extreme Music

A few months ago the Raptor was the daddy, now it is just an expensive alternative to a Seagate 7200.10. Granted it is faster than the Seagate but not by much, and you also have to spend A LOT of money and forfeit A LOT of space for the luxury of that extra speed.

SiriusB