Hi peeps, just after a bit of advice.
Been having crashes (BSOD's, ~nvkldm error within 30s of loading games) and the other week my PC decided not to POST. I left it over night and it seemed happy enough after that but the other day it did it again, and has refused to POST since. I gather this is usually down to CPU/RAM/Mobo or PSU. I don't have spares to trial & error it and as I'm running an e6600 with 2gb ram, I figure it gives me a good enough excuse to upgrade.
I was looking at some of the pre-clocked i7 bundles (I can probably *just* stretch that) but apparently my case isn't big enough to accomodate the Noctua NH-U12P SE1366 or Prolimatech Megahalems CPU coolers. The case is an Akasa Eclipse 62 (which is pretty wide as far as midi's go I thought?) and I'm pretty sure I already have a Scythe Ninja in there already. However, I obviously want to make sure I can actually fit whatever it is I get in there before I buy.
Can't really afford to shell out for a new case as well as a new bundle. I'm not fussed about top of the range kit (again $$), but I've got a 9800 GX2 in there with a 24" monitor so it'd be nice to be able to run games at high res on the occassions I do play them.
Would any of you guys have suggestions as to what I should be looking to get and/or can anyone 100% confirm or deny that the Eclipse 62 can't handle those coolers? (I checked the reviews and apparently the Antec 900 can, which I believe is thinner than the Eclipse?).
Thanks in advance.
Been having crashes (BSOD's, ~nvkldm error within 30s of loading games) and the other week my PC decided not to POST. I left it over night and it seemed happy enough after that but the other day it did it again, and has refused to POST since. I gather this is usually down to CPU/RAM/Mobo or PSU. I don't have spares to trial & error it and as I'm running an e6600 with 2gb ram, I figure it gives me a good enough excuse to upgrade.
I was looking at some of the pre-clocked i7 bundles (I can probably *just* stretch that) but apparently my case isn't big enough to accomodate the Noctua NH-U12P SE1366 or Prolimatech Megahalems CPU coolers. The case is an Akasa Eclipse 62 (which is pretty wide as far as midi's go I thought?) and I'm pretty sure I already have a Scythe Ninja in there already. However, I obviously want to make sure I can actually fit whatever it is I get in there before I buy.
Can't really afford to shell out for a new case as well as a new bundle. I'm not fussed about top of the range kit (again $$), but I've got a 9800 GX2 in there with a 24" monitor so it'd be nice to be able to run games at high res on the occassions I do play them.
Would any of you guys have suggestions as to what I should be looking to get and/or can anyone 100% confirm or deny that the Eclipse 62 can't handle those coolers? (I checked the reviews and apparently the Antec 900 can, which I believe is thinner than the Eclipse?).
Thanks in advance.
