I'm a newbie that struggled with my 860 but with the 930 - I'm now at 4.2Ghz.
When you OC it would be good to post back some temps? Curious how much cooler that beast is. ; )
There are TONS of review online on that cooler. Just google it. It's great. I'm a convert.
I have GT1450, Sharkoon 1000, Akasa Apache and Nexus Basic 1000 (good Yate Loons). In order of noise....by my naked ear...no special equipment....
I was using push and was quiet pleased but when adding a second fan I had spare (diff brand/lower speed/non-PWM), I notice a nice ~4'C drop. Not...
You may want to elaborate on your priorities...e.g. - Do you plan on a low-mid OC or an all out OC? - Is quiet important to you? - Budget an...
Some pix of my buid...I need to recable but otherwise it's done. - Core i7 930 @ 3.8Ghz daily use & working on 4Ghz+ - Prolimatech Megahalems w...
Went with 650watt Seasonic X series. Main reasons were 1) quiet - the fan does not even spin @ 20% load. 2) quiet - whisper quiet @ 50% load; 3)...
P55 vs x58... P55 doesn't have enough bandwidth to take 2 or more graphics card or 1 graphics card + SATA6/USB3. x58 has enough for 2 graphics...
But most importantly, I now don't go mad on fans after various experimentation... I've reach some of the following conclusions (for myself, my...
I'm a low noise fan so I've bought/used Apache, Gentle Typhoon 1450, Nexus Basic (good Yate Loons) & the Sharkoon Silent Eagles 1000 (non-SE...
Hi Mikek - the advice given so far is all spot on but I think you need to provide more "colour" as to your requirements - by that I mean budget,...
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