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Fans come down to sound, RPM, and Air flow.

There are LOUD but extremely efficient, Loud but shitty, Etc etc.

Delta is the MOST AIRFLOW but sound like jet engines. For a machine not being overclocked you just need a normal fan really.

The more airflow the better but it won't kill you either to just have a 120mm fan with normal RPMS that runs quiet.
 
All this crap further solidifies why I just get a decent spec'd laptop and say "Fuck it, I'll upgrade the whole system in 3-4 years".
 
ok Great so what is the Rpm ratings average for a good and solid "quiet fan". For instance, between 900-2000RPM, in other words how do I tell whether a fan will give me good airflow but be a quiet fan as well? I'm not talking silent for quite here, just an average one.


*Edit I'm sorry for all these random dumb questions, but I really dont or didnt know anything about this stuff, so I'm glad I have a great community here that knows there shit, and can help me learn, without just going out and getting whatever, as trial and error.
 
I have the coolmaster 212 CPU cooler they linked works awsome, most coolmaster cases do come with just ordinary 120mm fans (think mine came with 3) you can get some coolmaster fans with glow for about 10-$15(120mm) i think. I have six on my set up but you done need that many just makes it look better as long as you have good intake and exhaust it will keep it cool
 
Google the fan you find, read the reviews. I can't tell you more than what others in your position have done too :)
 
Thats great, thank you all for your help in helping me setup my new computer. I'm super excited and cant wait to get this baby built and running. This really is a great community with tons of helpful educated people. I'm looking forward to becoming apart of it in the near future.

Please anyway who still wishes to add there thoughts to my latest updated setup feel free to do so. I want all the advice I can get before I kick this thing off, which will be soon.Keep in mind the case listed is not the one I will be getting. Cheers mates

*Edit Found the actually case, heres the revised link
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1kAuc
 
Good choice there for going with the GTX 660, IMO. Great card, once you get this bad boy together, you're gonna love it.
 
You have no tower in your finale update. I would go with the I5 3570K like i said before since your getting a Z77 based Chipset motherbored but the 3470 is still good
 
You have no tower in your finale update
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I also have no power supply selected. I have already bought both the tower and powersupply
I would go with the I5 3570K like i said before since your getting a Z77 based Chipset motherbored but the 3470 is still good
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What is the benefit to going with this motherboard over the one i have selected?

once you get this bad boy together, you're gonna love it.
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I hope so, thats why I what alots of advice before i got out and spend the money on it.
 
Just saw the thread, Y NOBODY CALL ME FOR THIS?! >.<

For the CPU I'd go for a K processor, like the Intel 2500k; it might be a bit older than the 3000 series but if you can find it used you'll be off pretty good. I run it at ~4.6-4.9GHz.
And for overclocking (if you don't want to do it yourself) I'd go for an Asus ROG Gene motherboard, cheap yet packed with features like auto-overclocking which pushes your system easily to 4.6GHz.
For the SSD I would have gone for Plextor PX-128M5S, kinda the bang-for-the-buck SSD @ 128GB.
And the HDD? A Seagate ST1000DM003 would have been a lot better, for $5 extra you'd get 1TB. Did I say that Seagate's current HDD's are the best ones around? They currently use 1TB platters which allows read/write speeds of up to 150-190MB/s (atleast in my system); still have to see something better. :p
You really only need 8GB of RAM gaming, everythin above that is for when you're going to do extra stuff like editing videos or stuff like that (professional stuff if you know what I mean).


For $50 extra (the cash you'd kinda be saving with buying a 2500K) you could buy a Radeon 7950.

Games are utilizing the GPU more and more and not the CPU. If you need more CPU power you can just overclock it, it's safe and easy (a lot of people spread out nonsense though).
Because of this a used 2500K would be great, I'm using one right now and my biggest bottleneck is my GTX 560 Ti (which performs pretty much like a Radeon 7850 like I've heard, sometimes better and sometimes worse; depending on the game).

Heck you could even get better performance for a lower price if you ask me.

Used RAM for instance is a great idea, companies that make RAM offer lifetime warranty now so if you get a broken pair you could just get a new pair for free.
HDD's are another story, Seagate offers 1-3 years if I'm not mistaken; Western Digital a lot longer (if you want to go for performance -> Seagate, Reliability -> WD).
I still have to see a used motherboard break too, in short most electronics don't break that easily.


If anyone needs help with stuff like this, just send me a PM and I'll help you out.

PS: I should start a custom computer company. :eek:
 
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Also an i5 is MORE than enough for EVERY game out there. i7's just allow for more cycles per overclock.
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You hardly will have a performance gain with an i7 over an i5, almost all games don't use multi threading (Intel's Hyperthreading Technology).
Hyperthreading will only prove to be useful with more professional software, like video editing or Photoshop.
That's the only difference between an i5 and i7 desktop processors.

Also, more cycles per overclock? I don't really comprehend. =(
 
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