cm 690 II advanced i5 sabertooth

[pixum20]

coolermaster 690 II advanced white build

i am sick of dust in my antec 900. plus performance has been poor of late.

so just ordered new stuff

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound for CPU and Chipset Coolers

60GB Corsair Force Series F60

Arctic Cooling Freezer 13 PRO CPU Cooler

8GB (2x4GB) Corsair Vengeance DDR3 PC3-12800 (1600)

Asus Sabertooth P67 Rev3

Intel Core i5 2500K Unlocked, 1155, Sdy Bridge, QuadCore, 3.3GHz

Corsair Builder Series 600CX 600W PC Power Supply PSU

Cooler Master CM 690 II Advanced Mid Tower PC Chassis white version

not decided on video card yet! any suggestions welcome

 

[sheroo]

Funny I retired my antec 900 a few years ago for an nVidia CM690 v1. Cable management has come along way since then...

It is recommended that you run a top down cooler for the P67 Sabertooth unless you want to remove the "armour" - this can be done by removing 6 screws from the bottom of the board.

 

[SieB]

Or you can fit a 50mm fan underneath the motherboard there are screw holes on there to do it.

 

[kilobravo]

Ouch

,first of all,you dont want to go cheap on psu.Cx series is for "normal" users with little demands.The corsair tx650 v2 would have been a better choise,but hx or ax would have been preferred.

The arctic cooler is good enough when you live in the arctics

. Cooling a cpu isnt a cheap challenge to.Noctua nh-d14 or thermalright silver arrow is recommended

Rams should be named Mushkin redline,radioactive,Kingston hyper-x(not T1),gskill ripjaws or corsair dominators .They all works with big cpu-coolers.

But short of all,dont be cheap in any departments.

 

[pixum20]

Ouch

,first of all,you dont want to go cheap on psu.Cx series is for "normal" users with little demands.The corsair tx650 v2 would have been a better choise,but hx or ax would have been preferred.

The arctic cooler is good enough when you live in the arctics

. Cooling a cpu isnt a cheap challenge to.Noctua nh-d14 or thermalright silver arrow is recommended

Rams should be named Mushkin redline,radioactive,Kingston hyper-x(not T1),gskill ripjaws or corsair dominators .They all works with big cpu-coolers.

But short of all,dont be cheap in any departments.

thanks for the info. so its worth me swapping the psu for corsair tx650 v2. i did look at this. as for the cpu cooler....how about a corsair h70. I'v never done watercooling before, and plan on doing some tests with old hardware before i attempt on my main rig

 

[sheroo]

thanks for the info. so its worth me swapping the psu for corsair tx650 v2. i did look at this. as for the cpu cooler....how about a corsair h70. I'v never done watercooling before, and plan on doing some tests with old hardware before i attempt on my main rig

I don't think that many people on here would recommend any corsair h series products.

 

[Terrifictez85]

thanks for the info. so its worth me swapping the psu for corsair tx650 v2. i did look at this. as for the cpu cooler....how about a corsair h70. I'v never done watercooling before, and plan on doing some tests with old hardware before i attempt on my main rig

If you're on a budget i'd recommend the Asus Silent Knight II if not i would suggest the Noctua beast or maybe corsair A70

Look at www.overclockers.co.uk

 

[ChrisGT]

If you're on a budget i'd recommend the Asus Silent Knight II if not i would suggest the Noctua beast or maybe corsair A70

Look at www.overclockers.co.uk

A70 = very very loud. If you do this replace both fans. Personally just don't get the A70...

 

[pixum20]

basically i want a gaming rig that will play TES skyrim on high settings. changing to noctua NH-D14. any suggestions on gpu limit £120

 

[pixum20]

been looking at this http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-185-XF&tool=3

 

[SieB]

been looking at this http://www.overclock...X-185-XF&tool=3

I don't think a 5770 will be good enough for Skyrim if you can afford £20/25 go for a 6870 or a 5850 which Aria has for £99 at the moment. You would be better off with the 6870 though, I think Skyrim will be DX11.

 

[pixum20]

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Comp...REE+Shogun+2+++Stalker+Games+?productId=43435

going for this like the two fans

 

[SieB]

http://www.aria.co.u...productId=43435

going for this like the two fans

Good choice, the MSI Twin FrozR II is one of the best and quietest there is and they overclock good as well.

 

[pixum20]

so heres my final spec

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound for CPU and Chipset Coolers

60GB Corsair Force Series F60

Noctua NH-D14 Dual Radiator CPU Cooler

8GB (2x4GB) Corsair Vengeance DDR3 PC3-12800 (1600)

Asus Sabertooth P67 Rev3

Intel Core i5 2500K Unlocked, 1155, Sdy Bridge, QuadCore, 3.3GHz

Corsair Gaming Series GS 800 CMPSU-800G UK 800W Power Supply

Cooler Master CM 690 II Advanced Mid Tower PC Chassis white version

MSI ATI Radeon HD 6870 Twin FrozR II OC 1048MB

what think?

 

[SieB]

All good except the Vengance, they wont fit under the D14.

 

[pixum20]

All good except the Vengance, they wont fit under the D14.

thanks forgot those, was mentioned above

 

[SieB]

will the dominator

Yep, but you have to take the heatspreaders off the top. They are held on by a couple of screws and come off easy, there is a thread on here somewhere about it can't remember where though.

 

[ruthless_villain]

one thing i would like to add, that solid state drive is not the best for the money, for £5 give or take you could get the OCZ agility 3 which is sata 6 gb/s and has 525mb read speeds opposed to 285mb on the force

 

[nothingspecial]

Very much interested in how this build turns out, because I'll probably end up putting together essentially the same rig (unless the Bulldozers blow the Sandy's out of the water) within the next few months.

 

[pixum20]

i went off amd i while back. last amd i had was a sempron many moons ago. thanks for the tip on ssd