Request: Advice on custom gaming rig

Menarker · 03-27-2014, 06:12 PM

You most certainly have been of excellent help! (+1 Rep Point!)

On another note...
Looked at memory cards now and I'm sticking with Synk's choice. There was one called Corsair's vengence that for double the price has double the RAM (32 instead of 16), but looking at the reviews, I'm seeing quite a few occasional dead RAM sticks and that's something that's kinda turning me off a little. And quite a few of the reviews I'm reading says that 16GB of RAM is already somewhat more than I need and 32 is kinda more for future-proofing. So I'd rather stick with ensuring that my RAM is durable and doesn't need the inconvenience or effort to replace them!

So yeah, putting 16GB worth of RAM from G.SKILL Ripjaws.

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Looked at cooling systems.

I'm questioning whether what sort of cooling system I should get as there seems to be several options; fans, water coolant and a few others I hear.

That said, I looked at Bell's suggestion of NOCTUA and it seems to be supported by this particular article (the "Noctua NH-U14S" that is)
EDIT: I have since noticed that there is a newer version of that one (Noctua NH-D14) that is only a tiniest bit more expensive but also quieter (which is kinda important since I live with other people in house that complain about noise)

EDIT: I then looked into another page and found an article that also included water coolers, with the ThermalTake Water 2.0 (Both normal and Extreme) being pretty noteworthy. The Enermax ETS-T40 fan also got acolades in that article too.

That article was an interesting read, but I looked at the date and the Noctua one was more recent (2013), while the others I scratched out is 2011.

I'm starting to think with all the stuff listed above, that I might need a fairly big case...

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Looking at Monitors since I'm a little pressed for time for the afternoon to look at casing compatibility.

At first glance, the Asus VG248QE seems to have what I would like...

03-27-2014, 06:12 PM	#11
Menarker OMG! WHAT SHOULD I DO NOW? Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 3,802	You most certainly have been of excellent help! (+1 Rep Point!) On another note... Looked at memory cards now and I'm sticking with Synk's choice. There was one called Corsair's vengence that for double the price has double the RAM (32 instead of 16), but looking at the reviews, I'm seeing quite a few occasional dead RAM sticks and that's something that's kinda turning me off a little. And quite a few of the reviews I'm reading says that 16GB of RAM is already somewhat more than I need and 32 is kinda more for future-proofing. So I'd rather stick with ensuring that my RAM is durable and doesn't need the inconvenience or effort to replace them! So yeah, putting 16GB worth of RAM from G.SKILL Ripjaws. ---------- Post added at 02:40 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:03 PM ---------- Looked at cooling systems. I'm questioning whether what sort of cooling system I should get as there seems to be several options; fans, water coolant and a few others I hear. That said, I looked at Bell's suggestion of NOCTUA and it seems to be supported by this particular article (the "Noctua NH-U14S" that is) EDIT: I have since noticed that there is a newer version of that one (Noctua NH-D14) that is only a tiniest bit more expensive but also quieter (which is kinda important since I live with other people in house that complain about noise) EDIT: I then looked into another page and found an article that also included water coolers, with the ThermalTake Water 2.0 (Both normal and Extreme) being pretty noteworthy. The Enermax ETS-T40 fan also got acolades in that article too. That article was an interesting read, but I looked at the date and the Noctua one was more recent (2013), while the others I scratched out is 2011. I'm starting to think with all the stuff listed above, that I might need a fairly big case... ---------- Post added at 04:12 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:40 PM ---------- Looking at Monitors since I'm a little pressed for time for the afternoon to look at casing compatibility. At first glance, the Asus VG248QE seems to have what I would like... __________________ THE BIO OF RENNY TRESSERHORN THE BIOs OF POKEMON UMBRAL! Last edited by Menarker; 03-27-2014 at 05:27 PM.