Cooling units... I'm building a new computer out of my old area 51 case by alien ware. hopefully it will all fit if not I'll buy a new case... I'm puting in a evga Nforce 680i mother board with a core 2 extream quad core qx6700 with 4 gigs of corsair xms2 800 htz ram 2 evga geforce 8800 gtx 768mbs (i know vista doesn't sapport 2 yet) a bfg Physx card a 1000 watt bfg power supply... Running vista ultimate, any good ideas on a fast hard drive? I have a 500 gig back updrive keeping my old DVD drive and Cd buring Drive I rarely burn cds let alone dvds so no point in upgrading that... keeping my sound blaster live audigy 2 sound card. I was wondering what kinda cooling unit you think I would need for this kinda set up. The case already has 5 fans but I'll need a new cpu fan atleast. I was thinking liquide cooling but not sure if they make one for the chipset yet... This is my first almost full build so any other ideas for me?
It depends are you going to overclock at all(even though you really dont need to), and if so, hardcore or just normal overclocking? Liquid is for those who overclock to the max. Personally i say this, stick with fan cooling, dont bother overclocking, why waste the life of your parts when those dont need to be overclocked. If anything, change out some fans for some better ones, then overclocking minimally.
When you're shopping around for a heatsink, you'll want to look out for a few things.
Size.. some units wont fit on your specific motherboard. Things can get in the way and prevent you from installing the unit, so make sure it will fit or that you can return it if it doesn't. Just because it's compatible with your socket doesn't mean it will fit on your motherboard.
Make sure it's compatible with your socket.
Heatsinks made out of copper are better then the ones made out of aluminum, but Alu heatsinks are cheaper. There are a bunch that are made of both, Cu and Alu.
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