Was thinking of a little upgrade

knowlesy · 10 Oct 2011 at 13:44

so I was thinking of a little upgrade to overclock my PC as I'm currently on a stock cooler and only have 3 fans and on-board sound, now I know an ssd would do a great job but prices are way to extreme for me currently so can anyone faulter this >?

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shadow_boxer · 10 Oct 2011 at 13:48

If you really want a closed loop water cooling unit consider the Antec Kuhler 620, performs better than the H60 and almost matches that the H70. As for a sound card, unless you have a decent headset/high quality speakers you won't notice much of a difference if anything.

64GB SSD and Antec Kulher 620 would be my choice.

cmndr_andi · 10 Oct 2011 at 13:50

Hi there,

I would suggest using the thermalright silver arrow cooler over the h60. it may be big, but it is an excellent cooler and really quiet, here is a review where it gets compared against the corsair H70.

The sound card is a good choice.

As for the thermal paste - I would either stick with the Thermalright Chill factor that is included with the silver arrow cooler (actually pretty good stuff), or invest in a tube of MX-4. Also, if you don't have some already - this kit is great.

knowlesy · 10 Oct 2011 at 14:31

shadow_boxer said:
If you really want a closed loop water cooling unit consider the Antec Kuhler 620, performs better than the H60 and almost matches that the H70. As for a sound card, unless you have a decent headset/high quality speakers you won't notice much of a difference if anything.

64GB SSD and Antec Kulher 620 would be my choice.

do you have any reviews ? Ill have a quick google but I was hoping for some specific reviews saying it beat it "like a boss" so to speak.

cmndr_andi said:
Hi there,

I would suggest using the thermalright silver arrow cooler over the h60. it may be big, but it is an excellent cooler and really quiet, here is a review where it gets compared against the corsair H70.

The sound card is a good choice.

As for the thermal paste - I would either stick with the Thermalright Chill factor that is included with the silver arrow cooler (actually pretty good stuff), or invest in a tube of MX-4. Also, if you don't have some already - this kit is great.

....:| HOW BIG I don't even know if that'd fit in the case

cmndr_andi · 10 Oct 2011 at 14:34

knowlesy said:
....:| HOW BIG I don't even know if that'd fit in the case

Pretty big (it's one of the reasons its so awesome), though it does fit in most midi tower cases with a 120mm rear exhaust fan and no side panel fan installed.

May I ask what case you have and should be able to tell you if it fits?

Plec · 10 Oct 2011 at 14:39

+1 for all andi's suggestions - but keep in mind that not all SAs are equal - they can be larger than the specified spec. Mine for example was 6mm taller...

I have pics - i'll search them out.

knowlesy · 10 Oct 2011 at 14:39

cmndr_andi said:
Pretty big (it's one of the reasons its so awesome), though it does fit in most midi tower cases with a 120mm rear exhaust fan and no side panel fan installed.

May I ask what case you have and should be able to tell you if it fits?

cooler master centurion 590 :rolleyes:

I cant see this fitting

Plec · 10 Oct 2011 at 14:43

knowlesy said:
cooler master centurion 590 I cant see this fitting

It may be possible - that's the same width as my lian li. You'l need to find some detailed case specs or measure the distance from the top of the cpu to the side of the case.

Pics:

cmndr_andi · 10 Oct 2011 at 14:46

knowlesy said:
cooler master centurion 590 I cant see this fitting

Looks like it does actually (post#1149).

knowlesy · 10 Oct 2011 at 19:21

seen that the Zalman CNPS10X extreme has done some real good in the past but I cant find any i7 reviews.... and Im liking the antec 620 after this review here but im just worried about the size of the silver arrow as I think it will lower overall airflow in the case as my main issue is my 4870 which gets fairly warm....

edit:

now its looking like

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