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re: PC Discussion - Gaming, Performance and Enthusiasts

Posted on 6/13/19 at 10:07 am to
Posted by LSU Coyote
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Posted on 6/13/19 at 10:07 am to
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also, liquid coolers scare me

y?
Posted by Zach Lee To Amp Hill
New Orleans
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Posted on 6/13/19 at 10:10 am to
tbh, i'm just getting involved in PCs. i've made a fairly hefty investment thus far, so i feel like mine would be the 1 out of 10000 that would leak.
Posted by LSU Coyote
Member since Sep 2007
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Posted on 6/13/19 at 1:24 pm to
But y?
Posted by Hu_Flung_Pu
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Posted on 6/13/19 at 1:32 pm to
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This post was edited on 6/13/19 at 1:42 pm
Posted by Zach Lee To Amp Hill
New Orleans
Member since Mar 2016
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Posted on 6/13/19 at 2:39 pm to
i'm a pessimist
Posted by thunderbird1100
GSU Eagles fan
Member since Oct 2007
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Posted on 6/14/19 at 7:27 am to
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also, liquid coolers scare me



I have a near 6 year old closed loop cooler in my system right now, still working, never leaked. Well beyond it;'s useful life span because I'm pretty sure it's a fairly no name brand 120mm I picked up for maybe $40-$50 back then.
Posted by Zach Lee To Amp Hill
New Orleans
Member since Mar 2016
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Posted on 6/14/19 at 8:15 am to
i ended up just buying the corsair h115i from best buy. it wasn't cheap but install was easy and it seems to work fairly well so i'm pleased.
Posted by Korin
Member since Jan 2014
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Posted on 6/14/19 at 8:29 am to
The regular or pro version?
What's your CPU?
Posted by LSU Coyote
Member since Sep 2007
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Posted on 6/14/19 at 9:41 am to
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it wasn't cheap but install was easy and it seems to work fairly well so i'm pleased.

Price is relative.

I guess its not cheap but its not really water cooling in the custom loop sense. Its proven some air coolers can perform better at times.

I'm not the biggest fan of AiOs. A lot of times you end up with cheap noisy DDC motors which whine. A lot of the time you are better off just going with a Noctua if you aren't going custom loop.
Posted by bluebarracuda
Member since Oct 2011
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Posted on 6/14/19 at 9:52 am to
AIOs are far easier to install then most air coolers, at least from my experience
Posted by Zach Lee To Amp Hill
New Orleans
Member since Mar 2016
4942 posts
Posted on 6/14/19 at 9:53 am to
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The regular or pro version?
What's your CPU?


Pro.
Intel Core I5-8400.
This post was edited on 6/14/19 at 9:54 am
Posted by Korin
Member since Jan 2014
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Posted on 6/14/19 at 9:54 am to
Wait, you bought a $130 AIO for a locked i5?
Posted by Korin
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Posted on 6/14/19 at 9:55 am to
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Noctua

Posted by Zach Lee To Amp Hill
New Orleans
Member since Mar 2016
4942 posts
Posted on 6/14/19 at 9:56 am to
i tried running it without a cooler and it got over 100 degrees celsius.

i'm impatient and it was the only one i could get immediately.
Posted by Korin
Member since Jan 2014
37935 posts
Posted on 6/14/19 at 9:58 am to
The stock cooler is just fine for locked i3 and i5 though. I've had mine for over a year now.
I don't think I'd trust it with a locked i7 though.
Posted by Zach Lee To Amp Hill
New Orleans
Member since Mar 2016
4942 posts
Posted on 6/14/19 at 9:59 am to
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The stock cooler is just fine for locked i3 and i5 though. I've had mine for over a year now.
I don't think I'd trust it with a locked i7 though.


i got it cheaper without the stock cooler. i forgot i tossed the box for the cooler master 212 evo i had and the box had the intel screws in it so i couldn't use it.
This post was edited on 6/14/19 at 10:04 am
Posted by Korin
Member since Jan 2014
37935 posts
Posted on 6/14/19 at 10:03 am to
How much? Because the successor (9400) is only $150 and still comes with the stock cooler ($140 at Microcenter).
Posted by Zach Lee To Amp Hill
New Orleans
Member since Mar 2016
4942 posts
Posted on 6/14/19 at 10:06 am to
more than $150 lol
Posted by Korin
Member since Jan 2014
37935 posts
Posted on 6/14/19 at 10:14 am to
Of course the downside to the 9400 is that it's Coffee Lake Refresh so it might not work on a 310/360/370 board without using a regular Coffee Lake CPU to update the BIOS.
Oh and it doesn't have integrated graphics but no one cares.
Posted by Zach Lee To Amp Hill
New Orleans
Member since Mar 2016
4942 posts
Posted on 6/14/19 at 10:26 am to
yeah i spent all night playing division 2 on ultra and it was just fine so i'm not too worried about it. i probably should've been a hair more discerning about the parts i got tho and not been so impatient.

i ended up with:

Intel Core I5-8400
MSI B360M motherboard
32gb Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666mhz
Corsair i115h liquid cooler
HP 25x 24.3" 144hz, 1ms monitor
HP 24" 60hz monitor
Seagate Barracuda 1TB HDD

seems like it'll be a good rig.
This post was edited on 6/14/19 at 10:34 am
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