While the H115i is really really nice and will actually outperform high end air coolers, unless you're buying it for the aesthetics alone the $80~ high end air coolers will generally perform better or similarly to $100~ AIO's.
Buying Noctua buys you into their warranties and lifetime support where if a new socket comes out or you get a different motherboard they'll send you free brackets. BeQuiet has a really awesome aesthetic and performs similarly.
I've been using my NH-D14 since I bought it new in 2010, one fan made a little noise after 7 years so I went to larger 140mm redux fans all the way around. While it would be awesome to do a custom loop, I can't justify spending money on something when this cooler keeps something that probably draws like 200w below 70c outside of synthetics. I don't see any AIO lasting 8 years with still no chance of it becoming obsolete any time soon short of everything moving to a threadripper profile IHS.
Although, if I had to begin from scratch. I'd love to do a Fractal Meshify and a Fractal AIO to match it.
Noctua gets a glowing recommendation from me. I use their fans in my main tower, my home file server, and a grand total of sixteen rack mounted servers at work. They might be a bit ugly (unless you get the black or gray ones), but they sure as hell earn their reputation when you put them to work.
One of my coworkers builds PCs as a side job, and he uses their budget CPU coolers in basically all of them. No complaints from his clients yet.
My pumps have been quiet on both my v2s, but yeah the fans are loud, I've actually replaced them with much better GTs that blow better and are practically silent.
A ton of the problems with AIOs are due to Asetek's total monopoly on pumps because they hold the patent for putting the pump in the water block.
i love the color scheme of the noctua fans tbh
Hey guys, my old FM2 motherboard went thermonuclear today so I was "forced" to shell out for a new one. I built a ryzen setup for what I think was a reasonable price. Except ram. Jesus fucking christ ram cost as much as the CPU and MOBO.
Anyway, I shoved this R5-2500 into my case with the new mobo, it played nice with my old R9-270x and I'm happy now, plus I have 16gb of ram.
But, I really liked my Hyper 212 Evo cooler on my A10-5700k. Would that fit on this AM4 socket or is it a total loss?
Looks like CM gives away the bracket for free still for AM4
https://store.coolermaster.com/us/amd-am4-upgrade-kit-rr-am4b-h212-s1
I just looked into what the power consumption of a i7 990X which is practically the same cpu that I have but binned a little better and unlocked. The following articles suggest it's like upto 300w at 4.6ghz which is cooled perfectly with a 9 year old $80 cooler.
https://www.vortez.net/articles_pages/intel_core_i7_990x_extreme_edition_processor_review,7.html
I forgot Microshaft added this, now windows is saying it's not legit anymore since I replaced the mobo, cpu, and ram. Updating didn't make it fuck off, putting it into the windows insider thing didn't work, how the fuck do I make it realize it's a legit install?
Huh, looks like I'll find another kit then. Not gonna OC, that's why the 2700x is my CPU of choice right now.
Yeah, I'm currently looking at the Dark Rock 4, some people reported that the stock might be a bit too loud for them during idle. Don't mind paying a bit more just to get a custom cooler even if I don't OC.
Going back to my earlier question, I've seen the ASUS VG248QE on amazon going for just shy of the £200 mark. Is it worth that money for what I'd use it for (specifically to hook up a PC and a console) or am I better off hanging on until the coming Black Friday offers.
24" is imo just the right size for a 1080p monitor and regarding DisplayPort, always go for it. There really isn't any significant price difference and it's the current standard that most hardware using now and is going to in the future.
As you can see here and here, the current price of the VG248QE is imo more than reasonable.
What about installing the OS on a normal SSD drive opposed to an HDD, is there any noticeable difference? I did a google search and it didn't come up with anything useful.
It reduces total boot up time by roughly 50%. It's always (!) recommended to install the OS and other vital software on SSDs. Many pre-built computers come with a 128/256 GB SSD where Windows is located on and, say, a 1TB HDD for other programmes, movies, music, etc.
It's not just boot times, either. Things as simple as right clicking on the desktop is so much faster with an SSD. The overall usability of the computer goes through the roof when you have an SSD.
That's been a thing since XP my dude.
Sometimes MS will renew your license if you call them and tell them you changed hardware. The issue isn't that Windows isn't realizing it's a legit install, it's that your copy of Windows is no longer legit at all. Windows licenses are tied to hardware IDs and you changed that.
If MS denies you, you can pick up resold keys for like $15 from shady Chinese people. Works like a charm.
I'd love it if the rest of my machine fit in, right now my machine looks aggressively technology-y with lots of MSI and Corsair style and adding a Noctua fan wouldn't fit at all. That said, they look pretty dope, I'm just not sure they go with most PCs.
I just buy Noctua's Redux or Chromax fans. Redux is especially nice since they're cheaper, because they're actually rereleases of their older, discontinued products if I remember correctly.
They're still excellent.
Is it viable to transfer my Windows 10 install from my HDD to an SSD without fucking anything up?
Very easy, if your windows install is smaller than the SSD you're going to is.
Try calling their automatic activation line. Alternatively, sign in with the Microsoft account (if) you used one on the other install.
Unless you bought a retail version of Windows, (I.E. you bought an OEM key) you can only install that key on one motherboard. If you change the motherboard, you have to get a new key.
How long are processors usually out of stock? They have some 9700ks in stock and I dunno if I should spend the money on it now to hold onto or just wait. I don't want them to still be out of stock come Late December / January
That's not the question I asked.
I upgraded from 7 when the choice was available and have been riding with that. I never had a product key and it's supposed to be linked to my account. Bastards.
Cool I might just hold off then until after Xmas.
It's really hard to recommend any 8-core Intel CPUs right now.
The 8700K is the best 6c/12t CPU right now, but the 8c/8t 9700K is just a horrible value proposition against the R7 2700X.
You can basically do two things right now. Either wait for the 8700k to get cheaper again (it's ~400€ right now compared to the earlier ~325€) or you can buy the Ryzen for 300€ if you can deal with roughly 3% to 5% lower FPS in 1440P gaming.
If you do 4k gaming isn't doesn't matter anyway because you're going to be limited by the GPU anyway.
Eh, if you're waiting for the supplies of Intel CPUs to replenish and the prices to normalize, you might as well get a 9700k instead of the 8700k, it's a better CPU in almost every use case.
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