You:
I cant support that business model, fraid I've spent my last $ with Amazon.
Me:
I totally get it. Myself I try and support my local PC Shops because I remember when I used to work at one and it was a pretty cool experience. Sometimes it’s hard though. Online pricing is so hard to beat and is part of what is taking the little PC shops out of business. Sucks man. No more personal relationships with your local tech. Not everyone can work on a PC. It's our old fogies I feel bad for. Pisses me off to see them get taken advantage of.
You:
The issue I have with my vid card is not heat, its the noise of the fans. My wife sleeps much better than I do, better if I can get it quieter than a table saw.
Me:
No doubt their bud. Keep the wife happy so she keeps you happy “if ya know what I mean” MooHaHa. :th_love031:
You:
Here is an example of what I'm looking at
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Combo...=Combo.3517620
Me:
Pretty good mobo. MSI is good to go. Nice features too and at a very decent price.
You:
I'm looking for that perfect price/performance point. As far as a case, really the very cheapest ugliest no frills case that will fit the hardware and give me ample cooling. I see some really purdy cases out there for upwards of $100. I want one that is plain jane and closer to $30-$40, like this one
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...-012-_-Product .
Me:
That’s the real trick… Finding the best bang for your buck on a budget. Not an easy thing to do sometimes. Takes a bit of research that can get real time consuming. If you can I would rethink the case thing. Im with ya on the part that it doesn’t have to look all purdy, but I would try and get something that you can use over the years for upgrading component’s. That being said, the one you picked out looks pretty good.
You:
I see the cooler you mentioned, it looks like it's for CPU only. I'm not seeing any overheating going on, just trying to quiet it down and if the CPU fan is making any noise it's drowned out by the GPU fans that sound like a pair of commercial grade hair dryers. Maybe something like this would keep the temps in check with less noise.
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...6372-_-Product
Me:
Shit man if your CPU isn’t getting to hot on a full load then sticking with air is just fine. Plus you can get some nice heatsink/fan combos at good prices all day long. As far as what you picked out to cool the vid card I don’t know anything about those. What I do notice though is all I see getting cooled is the GPU what about the RAM, MOSFET and VRM. So that part give me pause. Great idea though if it works good. About time to. So, it looks like you’re on your way to getting some frag time in without having to worry about overheating. What are you going to be using for HDD’s?