PC-HAngover
[H]ard|Gawd
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Hello friends!
It's been several years (read: 2006), since I've dipped my toes in water but I've got the itch to do it again. Here are the specs on my current rig:
i7-3770k
Asrock Extreme 6 Z77 mobo
32gb G.Skill ARES DDR3 1866 (4x8)
Sapphire 290 (non-x)
I've got the cpu cooled by a Corsair H50 that I got on clearance like 3 years ago and it does a 'meh' job. I can only seem to get 4.4Ghz out of it without win8 dumping. I'm almost positive heat is holding me back because it spikes to 78-82C before quitting on me.
The 290 is reference cooled for now but I'm working on Accelero 3 to do some decent air cooling on it, so for now it's bone stock.
I JUST got a case to replace my old Lian Li that doesn't fit the huge accelero 3 for pretty cheap - Corsair 200R... and now I begin to think about w/c even though it's going to be a very tight fit.
It looks like I can fit a 280mm radiator at the top of the case pretty easily, and worst case, possibly another 120mm rad at the back. I'm just curious at your thoughts about how much radiator I'll need. Doing some quick calculations it looks like I'll have about ~490 TDP with the single card and an oc on my 3770k.
Here is what I'm possibly looking at.
Kit option:
http://www.performance-pcs.com/cata...cts_id=34959:f5fc621395e29379f97061215b24c253
Stand-alone build:
Rad:
http://www.performance-pcs.com/cata...oduct_info&cPath=59_457_458&products_id=34830
Pump/Res:
http://www.performance-pcs.com/cata...e=product_info&cPath=59_367&products_id=36962
or
http://www.performance-pcs.com/cata...e=product_info&cPath=59_367&products_id=35143
or
http://www.performance-pcs.com/cata...e=product_info&cPath=59_367&products_id=34679
I'm still looking into CPU blocks and I'll probably go with the Koolance 290 block over the EK as I've heard terrible things about support from EK.
Any thoughts on this? Is it not worth it in my current case? Please give me a reason not to spend money!? lol
It's been several years (read: 2006), since I've dipped my toes in water but I've got the itch to do it again. Here are the specs on my current rig:
i7-3770k
Asrock Extreme 6 Z77 mobo
32gb G.Skill ARES DDR3 1866 (4x8)
Sapphire 290 (non-x)
I've got the cpu cooled by a Corsair H50 that I got on clearance like 3 years ago and it does a 'meh' job. I can only seem to get 4.4Ghz out of it without win8 dumping. I'm almost positive heat is holding me back because it spikes to 78-82C before quitting on me.
The 290 is reference cooled for now but I'm working on Accelero 3 to do some decent air cooling on it, so for now it's bone stock.
I JUST got a case to replace my old Lian Li that doesn't fit the huge accelero 3 for pretty cheap - Corsair 200R... and now I begin to think about w/c even though it's going to be a very tight fit.
It looks like I can fit a 280mm radiator at the top of the case pretty easily, and worst case, possibly another 120mm rad at the back. I'm just curious at your thoughts about how much radiator I'll need. Doing some quick calculations it looks like I'll have about ~490 TDP with the single card and an oc on my 3770k.
Here is what I'm possibly looking at.
Kit option:
http://www.performance-pcs.com/cata...cts_id=34959:f5fc621395e29379f97061215b24c253
Stand-alone build:
Rad:
http://www.performance-pcs.com/cata...oduct_info&cPath=59_457_458&products_id=34830
Pump/Res:
http://www.performance-pcs.com/cata...e=product_info&cPath=59_367&products_id=36962
or
http://www.performance-pcs.com/cata...e=product_info&cPath=59_367&products_id=35143
or
http://www.performance-pcs.com/cata...e=product_info&cPath=59_367&products_id=34679
I'm still looking into CPU blocks and I'll probably go with the Koolance 290 block over the EK as I've heard terrible things about support from EK.
Any thoughts on this? Is it not worth it in my current case? Please give me a reason not to spend money!? lol