Gone for a Corsair Carbine 200r case. Will it need any additional fans to keep the card cool? I don't plan on overclocking, just gonna keep it standard for the moment. Also, is it worth getting a different cpu cooler if I'm gonna keep it standard? Thanks.
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I would try it with the 2 stock fans first and see what the temps are like. You can always add some more fans if needed later on.
If you don't plan on overclocking then you can keep the stock cooler. I don't know how noisy they are, as I haven't used a stock one for ages.
Ordered a Raijintek cooler. Thought I might well install it when I start my build at the weekend rather than kick myself for not doing if I want to overclock. Looking forward to the build. Managed to get Samsung 840 EVO 120GB as well. Should hopefully be nice and fast as a system.
Build went brilliantly. All up and running without any hitches. Cabling is a bit messy as loads of cables as it's a non modular psu but not too bad. Plugged ssd into SATA 0 and hdd into SATA 1. Hdd is recognised in bios and on Windows 8 in device manager but doesn't show in My Computer. Any ideas?
Your hdd wont show in My Computer until you format it and assign it a drive letter. Just go into disk management.
I would go with a Intel CPU over AMD any day.
Pretty ridiculous statement. Compare products at similar prices and AMD have options that are as good or better than Intel.
- At £56 the X4 750K is as good as the G3258.
- At £78 the FX-6300 is as good as the i3-4130.
- At £108 the FX-8320 should destroy any i3-43xx.
For budgets higher than £108 you have to go Intel. And to be fair, most of the time the Intel option is more "reliable".
Even toms (who love Intel) conclude that on a budget, AMD is the way to go. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-review-overclock,3106-2.html
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Yes, but options are determined by budget so what he said still stands. In certain price ranges Intel wins out, but they're not always the best answer.
Back on topic given the OP already bought the system:
XMP can change a few settings so could have that effect. If everything still works fine then no worries!
Alternately you can set up the correct speeds & timings etc yourself, which is what you'll want to do if you want to try getting the best OC you can on your chip. If you're happy with performance as-is though then just leave the XMP on and enjoy your new machine!
Back on topic given the OP already bought the system:
XMP can change a few settings so could have that effect. If everything still works fine then no worries!
Alternately you can set up the correct speeds & timings etc yourself, which is what you'll want to do if you want to try getting the best OC you can on your chip. If you're happy with performance as-is though then just leave the XMP on and enjoy your new machine!