Doing my first build, Want someone to double check parts

[47]

sick ass build for under 1k. wow! i paid like 2200 for mine lol. so mad

@ your problem: there must be a way ! rearrange your shit. provide pic of inside so we can see what do

 

[rocket hamster]

Got it, getting an extending cable Friday.

Price was $1300 after BC HST

Only pic I have right now.

http://i.imgur.com/bZs3W.png

 

[rocket hamster]

Rest of pictures.

http://imgur.com/a/MT1T8#0

Everything is around 30-40 idle

 

[DrUgZ]

grats man! lookin good!

 

[rocket hamster]

Thanks, any cheap CPU coolers you guys can recommend? Didn't get one, I forgot to research them. Wasn't going to OC, but the unlocked was $10 cheaper.

EDIT: Link to reddit post I made with build story http://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/qnk5e/build_complete_first_build_1300_after_taxes_i5/

 

[Glocky]

http://www.hardware-revolution.com/best-cpu-cooler-summer-2011/ It's decent article as it shows the performance at a variety of price points.
Corsair A50 if you're going to do mild OCs or A70 if you're going to OC hardcore. If you're going extreme OC, consider top end as I suspect you'll be hanging onto this PC for awhile?

 

[$alvador]

Zalman 9900 is the best air cooler for the price. All copper construction and doesn't take up oodles of space. Glowing reviews on newegg, you can't fuck with that!

 

[Cock]

Copper isn't all that.

Making the base plate out of copper offers a few advantages over aluminum with the main reason being that copper transfers heat faster than aluminum. However, copper retains heat longer. Aluminum does everything the opposite way. It transfers heat more slowly, but retains it for a much shorter period of time.

So the best design is to have a copper baseplate on the bottom of your aluminum heatsink to transfer the heat away from your CPU quickly. Then the aluminum transfers the heat a little more slowly from the copper to itself. Then, finally, the aluminum releases the heat to the air more quickly than the copper, thus forming the optimum heatsink system.

This is why you don't find 100% copper heatsinks much.

 

[OG buckshot jr]

Yup, I can attest to this. My Air cooler has a nearly-all copper base with an all aluminium fin design, and she works wonders! (54C absolute max on a 2.4Ghz Q6600 G0 running at 3.4Ghz).

Here's the one I have (I know, she's a bit out-dated, but she works wonders and I've had it for about 5 years).
http://www.ocztechnology.com/ocz-vindicator-cpu-cooler-eol.html

 

[excalibur]

Copper isn't all that.



This is why you don't find 100% copper heatsinks much.

i would say the biggest reason u dont see copper much lately is because its price has doubled over the last 2 or 3 years

 

[Cock]

i would say the biggest reason u dont see copper much lately is because its price has doubled over the last 2 or 3 years

And much heavier then aluminum.

 

[excalibur]

that it is lol

 

[$alvador]

Zalman slices the fins thin as razor blades for better thermal transfer. The fins get saturated with heat quickly and pass it off easily. It's also lighter than most competing aluminium heatsinks and takes up less space. There's a reason they barely changed the design since the 9500, it's just that practical

 

[rocket hamster]

Got a second fan today, was going to put the one that came already on the front on the side, but couldn't found out how to, so I have two on the front now. When I get the extra cable (Back-ordered), I'll fix up the cable management and everything and post a final picture./

 

[OG buckshot jr]

Got a second fan today, was going to put the one that came already on the front on the side, but couldn't found out how to, so I have two on the front now.

Fine out how to, or even (my secret here, tee-hee :) ) use twist ties to mount the fan to the other side of the heatsink. You'll more than double your cooling capacity by having them set as a push-pull configuration than having two fans blowing the same direction, from the same side.

~~~CoolAir~~~ ===FAN1===>HEATSINK===FAN2===> ~~~HOTAIR~~~ Trust me on this one :)

 

[rocket hamster]

Probably was going to do that when I get my cooler. I was excited, because my card was staying around 40 while playing saints row, but then I found out I was playing the lowest resolution. I got the fan on the side, when battlefield 3 is done downloading, I'm puttng in the extension cable.

 

[rocket hamster]

Just so I know, since google isn't helping

What is the max temp for the CPU?

Playing bf3 I'm getting 65 with stock cooler.

 

[Cock]

That's pretty standard under full load, but you should still drop it further with a new heatsink/fan

 

[TurboTaco]

I read on an OC forum that the i5-2500k's critical temperature is 72.6C. Since ur hitting 65C ur in the clear, but that is proof of how shitty the stock HSF intel provides are.

Even on my stock Q6600 (yes, different chip and diff architecture I know) my max temps were at best 60C.

Spend $30 buy a new HSF (usually comes with silver thermal paste) and install that biatch

 

[rocket hamster]

Okay, I'll try to get one in the next month or so. Already have 3 fans on the chassis.