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BTW you might wanna wait 3-4 months before you build. AMD's new Zen/RyZen CPU architecture will be hitting consumer markets in the next couple months and the early showcases (admittedly, by AMD themselves) look very promising; basically outperforming Intel 6700k CPUs at equivalent clockspeeds. If AMD is able to keep their pricing down, as usually they do, we could see 6 and/or 8-core AMD CPUs for similar prices as Intel's 4 and 6-core offerings.
If nothing else they will be introducing competition back to the market and so, even if you're not interested in building an AMD rig, it should at least push the prices down on Intel's CPUs. I'd at least wait til the early review samples are sent out and we get some real-world benchmarks (I always like to look at a number of reviwers, namely: Anandtech, OC3D, LinusTechTips, HardwareCanucks, and Arstechnica) | ||
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i just completed my new build last week. it was way overdue. I went with i5 as i heard the way hyperthreading works in the i7 that it can actually cause the core to wait for the hyperthreading to finish its cycle, and besides most games still not utilizing 8 threads. we have a few parts in common. case, ssd. heard great things about the new G3 PSUs so had to go with that. fine with 500gb storage for now, i got a 4 TB diskstation sitting beside me. one of the few drawbacks of building your own is that you need to factor in all the software into the cost. this is the best i could do given everything costs double in Canada. yes, i use an antistatic mat as the air gets so dry here.
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Just due to our weak Canadian dollar, i suppose some other factors too. OK not quite double but it's up there... And when we want an exact model etc we gotta pay shipping. You get that for free. Don't even get me started on doing RMA returns to the states.
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Grimjaw, how did you do your airflow / fan direction setup?
Is it: > Case > Radiator > Fan > or < Case < Radiator < Fan <
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But he had a monitor ready to go already? Smelling some bullshit in this news article...or at least we're not getting all the facts.
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< Case < Radiator < Fan the fans are mounted to push air thru the rad and out of the case. i know they recommend doing intake on rads for "fresh air" but so far its working great here's how i understand it: intake: 2x 140 fan (front), and PSU fan (bottom) exhaust: 280 rad (top), 120 rad (back) edit - forgot about the interesting 40mm intake on the rear IO shield. Something ASUS makes optional on some mobo, so i got that Noctua 40mm just to fill the hole.
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You wanna aim for a positive pressure environment inside your case so dust isn't getting perpetually drawn in through the little crevices on the case. I'd try dual intake front, dual intake rad. and a single exhaust on the rear
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