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tamzzy said:
for the cooler, thermalright frozen prism 360mm (review: https://gamersnexus.net/coolers/the...-5690-360mm-liquid-cooler-frozen-prism-review )
there's a 240mm version available too
as to where to get it from...google is your friend :)

but to be honest, the 7600 is pretty easy to cool, if you want to save some money currently you can just used the included stock cooler (which is also incidentally why i didn't spec a cooler in the first place)
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Thank you. It was mainly for aesthetics. The NZXT cooler I have probably would work but I’ll have a read of the above
 
tamzzy said:
if your nzxt cooler still works, the AM5 mount is exactly the same as the AM4 mount so you can just use it
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I’ve bought some thermal paste remover and some more thermal paste. Surely I can’t be jinxed and storing it in the garage hasn’t knackered this too! Joke. I noticed that NZXT were selling AM5 mounts which had me confused as to whether mine would still work.
 
It’s been a good cpu. All clean!


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tamzzy said:
The 7800xt is more akin to the 4070 non-super
So, the 4070 super is faster (the equivalent Radeon card is the 7900 GRE)
The Radeon cards have more vram
The Nvidia cards have better software support (rtx and dlss) and cuda and also less power hungry
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Thanks that makes some kind of sense. I was watching a few videos with regards to more or less what you have mentioned. I think at this point any saving is a plus for me
 
tamzzy said:
the price differential between the cards (4070 vs 6800xt, 4070 super vs 7900GRE) isn't massive over the lifetime of the cards as you save on the power bill, and also nvidia cards tend to hold their value better in the used market
radeon's larger vram will always be useful over time for pure rasterisation performance but definitely DLSS is better than the radeon equivalent
tl;dr it's not a clear cut choice

(current owner of a 7900XT, ex owner of a 3080)
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Spot on that’s good information too. I’m adding everything you have mentioned to the basket. Just building up the bravery to press the checkout button without the Mrs kicking off too much haha!
I do appreciate your really helpful in depth knowledge with the parts mentioned. I’ve noticed the 7600 is out of stock now at OCUK!
The AOC monitor I also bought in 2017 but I’m making do with this for now. Same for the Corsair mouse and keyboard but I’m not overly happy with either of them
 
tamzzy said:
@arjgrundy actually change the ssd from the nv3 to the sn580: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/wd-b...cie-gen4-solid-state-drive-sto-wdc-00540.html
just realised that the nv3 is QLC nand-based (the sn580 has TLC nand)
the nv3 is a faster drive on paper but the sn580 has vastly better endurance
(the sn580 probably has better sustained performance compared to the nv3 as QLC slows down to a crawl once the cache is depleted)
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I’ve had a look at these. I had a 250gb Samsung 970 eco m.2 which I was going to use as the OS drive but for the price, is it worth buying new both a storage drive and a new drive for the OS?
 
Still edging towards the AeroCool case. I have cleaned my phanteks case up and looks ok…. Just thinking by the time I add some colourful fans in there, it’s nearly the price of AeroCool
 
tamzzy said:
eh what? if you want to reuse your evolv then just get a 3-pack of thermalright ARGB fans. google: Thermalright TL-C12C-S X3
these are barely £4.50/fan for ARGB fans and are pretty good (and much better than fans that normally come with budget cases)
and yes, i use these fans in my pc too
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You can tell I am keen to stupidly spend more than I need to can’t you. I’ll have a look at those. I’ll show you the case I’ve got. It’s cleaned up well
 
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