EPTWould it be better to get 2x2gb RAM for the dual channel, or get 1x4gb for the slightly faster access?
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Chairman Ray
United States11903 Posts
Would it be better to get 2x2gb RAM for the dual channel, or get 1x4gb for the slightly faster access? | ||
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nineninja9
United States194 Posts
I personally have a Hyper 212+ but buying it at newegg would be foolish. | ||
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FragKrag
United States11567 Posts
On July 08 2010 15:18 Chairman Ray wrote: I'm using an i5 Would it be better to get 2x2gb RAM for the dual channel, or get 1x4gb for the slightly faster access? Well as far as RAM goes, 2x2GB will have lower latencies and higher speeds along with dual channel. 1x4GB allows you more upgradability should you ever decide to get the extra stick of 4gb (or even 2gb) | ||
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Roggles
United States38 Posts
Generally speaking, how necessary is a cooler/heatsink? I didn't use one last time, would it be that beneficial to this system? And also, is the rest of the system (excluding cooler) good to go otherwise? | ||
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FragKrag
United States11567 Posts
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mahnini
United States6862 Posts
On July 08 2010 15:34 Roggles wrote: @nineninja9: Yeah, that looks good. I forgot about combo deals actually, thanks for saving me/him like $40 haha. Generally speaking, how necessary is a cooler/heatsink? I didn't use one last time, would it be that beneficial to this system? And also, is the rest of the system (excluding cooler) good to go otherwise? only useful if you're overclocking. cpus should come with a stock hsf, it should be sufficient. | ||
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Roggles
United States38 Posts
Thanks for the help everyone! ^_^ | ||
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FragKrag
United States11567 Posts
You don't use your CPU heatsink on your GPU :> Don't worry though. The 5850 runs very very cool. | ||
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Roggles
United States38 Posts
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FragKrag
United States11567 Posts
Even then, the CM 690 has plenty of airflow so you should be ok either way. | ||
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Roggles
United States38 Posts
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semantics
10040 Posts
On July 08 2010 15:29 FragKrag wrote: Well as far as RAM goes, 2x2GB will have lower latencies and higher speeds along with dual channel. 1x4GB allows you more upgradability should you ever decide to get the extra stick of 4gb (or even 2gb) 1x4gb is usually more costly also there is a small bonus to overclocking, just a small bonus. On July 08 2010 15:47 FragKrag wrote: The GPU comes with its own heatsink as well. You don't use your CPU heatsink on your GPU :> Don't worry though. The 5850 runs very very cool. i would like to see someone try :D time to look up some threads on tech fourms http://www.techarp.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=246&pgno=7 :D cant find anyone using a more modern cpu cooler | ||
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nineninja9
United States194 Posts
On July 08 2010 15:56 Roggles wrote: Mmm good to know. Thanks for the suggestion on the case by the way! I have that particular case so it's generally the first mid-tower I recommend. That being said, there are plenty of other good cases at around that price. | ||
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FragKrag
United States11567 Posts
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Wangsta
United States776 Posts
basically I want it to be absolutely as dead quiet as possible, meaning ideally I wouldn't be able to hear anything in a silent room with the computer 1 inch from my ear. this is the number one priority and it is much more important than performance, as long as the build can still play 1080p videos and multitask decently well with a bunch of trivial stuff open (i.e. torrents, web browsers, music, video, etc.). It doesn't need to be able to play any games well, but if it is possible to do so without affecting how quiet the system is I'd want to add it. Right now, I am thinking about - AMD 955 with no overclocking and a quieter aftermarket fan - i dont really know if gpu, memory, etc will affect noise so maybe i should go for something more high end? not sure - only SSD for storage, since it should be quieter than hard disks? - some kind of very large case which has enough space for me to put noise isolating stuffing inside to reduce noise any other ideas/suggestions? thanks in advance | ||
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FragKrag
United States11567 Posts
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129062 Is the case you probably want since it is great for sound dampening. Comes preequiped with noise dampeners. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835185090 These fans are very quiet http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835426023 Stick that fan on this heatsink instead of the fan that comes with it. Memory won't affect noise, so it should be fine. GPU, go with a passive cooler if you don't need to game on it. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131300 This 5750 makes no noise because it has no fan! http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102898 Sapphire Vapor-X is known for being quiet, but it does have a fan so I dunno. As far as HDDs go, I have Samsung F3 1TB drives, and I normally never ever hear them. Going SSD for storage will break your budget no matter how high your budget is. | ||
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mahnini
United States6862 Posts
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nerium
Philippines512 Posts
On July 08 2010 16:35 mahnini wrote: get this heatsink imo :D that's a sick looking heatsink, what cooler is that? | ||
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FragKrag
United States11567 Posts
Looks like a Scythe design though. lol heatpipes coming from the chipset and heatsinks for the phases. | ||
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mahnini
United States6862 Posts
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