PC Build

All put together I will put pictures up later. It was fun to do with my brother-in-law that helped me put it together. I am glad I had no DOA parts.

How does she run?

S7 Panzer wrote:How does she run?

2nd

So far good I haven't played any games yet. Downloading thief right now for free thanks to amd for the free games. I am also going to download diablo 3 later tonight. I think that I have to replace the stock fans in the case bc they suck. I also think I need to get a new heat sink. Right now the cpu is at 49 degrees Celsius according to speedfan. Speecy keeps on fluctuating with the temperatures so I don't know.

49 at idle or 49 under load? Either way that is ok . I run at round 32-35C on idle and up to 60C on load. Expect the temp to fluctuate up to 10C as CPUs are constantly under different loads. Now GPUs on the other hand are more stable. I'll let you know what my CPU temps are when I get home those numbers above are what I think I get, I could be wrong.

a good  free program i use to keep track of my Temps and fans speed , power   is 

CPUID    HWMonitor 



best bet if you do run into problem s  with heat ,upgrade fan's and upgrade that CPU cooler when you get the chance.

Ya i got both of those lol. I upgraded the rear fan as it was horrible.I don't know what cpu cooler to get because I don't think I will have room.

I hit about 35C at idle and about 50C while playing Titanfall for my CPU with the GPU at 60C. If you really want to see how hot the CPU will get under max load which is possible during gaming. Then download Prime95 and use that to test it out with speccy on. I wouldn't recommend using Prime95 for an extended period of time but its a great benchmark tester for CPUs.

EDIT: The CPU cooler that you are using might not be great but its still way better then a stock cooler as we have a media computer at my place and we tested it out playing League of Legends it was hitting 93C with the stock cooler.

Good lord 93C? Was the stock cooler a waffle? lol

Regular AMD stock cooler. I think it was a 40mm fan, talk about sh1t.




We used it for a week and replaced it with a low profile cooler. the 93C might have to do with it being a APU and for some reason rather do the number crunching instead of the GPU we have installed.

i got the CM 212 super  its a big but god does it keep my stuff cool and in a mid tower case it works great

yep got the hyper 212 evo as well.

I really want to get the hyper 212 evo but I don't think it will fit in my case

It's pretty large I have an Antec DF-85 and it leaves about 1.5" clearance. My case is pretty massive though, so much smaller may very well cut it close.

So i figured out that I could get the hyper 212 + and it would just barely fit but I actually decided to go with a closed looped water cooler. I picked up the corsair H60 for about 60 bucks.

I have been playing around a lot with my fans and stuff. I put two fans on the side panel one as a intake and one as a exhaust.Like I stated in the previous post that I ordered a corsair h60 and I also ordered two blue led fans. One to replace the front intake as the one that comes with it is garbage. I am still undecided about where I am going to put the other blue led fan.

Installed the corsair h60 today and it's like night and day from the old cooler I had it get to about 41 degrees Celsius and stays like that even when playing my game for several hours.

Yep the only thing that compares to a closed loop water cooler is the Noctua CPU cooling series.