Air vs Water cooling?

KingKnight

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Air vs water cooling for the following build:
*ARC 647 Gaming Case
*Intel Core I5 4670k
*NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 4gb
*750 Watt - Corsair CX750

Water cooling seems like a lot of work, i would prefer air cooling, but if water cooling is really worth it for this built ill be ok, i juste need a guide on how to handle water cooling
 

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Are you talking about closed-loop coolers or custom water cooling loops? Because unless you're looking to achieve a really high overclock or going to throw your GPU(s) into the loop as well, you don't need a custom loop.

Chances are that you'll be just fine with a good air cooler.
 

KingKnight

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My budget for the desktops would be around $1000-$1200, I will use it for gaming mostly, I liked ibuypower because you could choose what you want in your desktop and they'll ship it to you all build in and they're also having a november sale which gives me a chunk of money off, and what do you mean that you don't know what you're getting?

 
Liquid cooling although it can be pretty expensive.

iBuyPower is a rip off and you'd be better off building your own PC.

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Right, so this below leaves you with a much better build and known QUALITY components.
If you want to drop some cash of then go for the GTX760 or a cheaper cooler.

The motherboard is A LOT better than the Z87A G41 crap that iBuyPower offers.
This obviously includes Windows too.
The RAM is FASTER and better than the price iBuyPower options for.

Sooo see what I mean? Even paying someone 50$ to build it would make this a lot more worth it.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1Y1ta
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1Y1ta/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1Y1ta/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($99.99 @ TigerDirect)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($149.99 @ NCIX US)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($68.00 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($65.47 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card ($314.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($48.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS95 DVD/CD Writer ($15.99 @ Microcenter)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - OEM (32-bit) ($99.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1133.38
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-05 20:32 EST-0500)
 

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Hmm, where can I get a system like that built? And also I was researching lately and found Ironside, are you familiar with that company? It's not very popular but I've read some positive things about them and nothing negative.
 
Never heard of them.
Do you have a local computer repair shop? Sure they would do it for a small fee?

Otherwise its time to learn.
We can post you some guides and are here to help you through the process.

Hell I would even skype with you to help out. :D
 

KingKnight

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In actually am ok with building and I'm kinda pumped to do it, its just that my dad is paying for everything and he's afraid if i build it ill mess up and make the money go to waste :/ so I'm trying to convince him now
 
Not at that budget. You would need to add another graphics card. BUT if you get a card with more RAM, then it will be better.

Either one of these 2.


Same budget :

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1YnK7
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1YnK7/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1YnK7/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.98 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($99.99 @ TigerDirect)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($159.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($68.00 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($64.59 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card ($299.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($48.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS95 DVD/CD Writer ($15.99 @ Microcenter)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - OEM (32-bit) ($99.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1102.49
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-06 16:15 EST-0500)


Higher budget, this needs a larger PSU :

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1YnPN
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1YnPN/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1YnPN/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.98 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($99.99 @ TigerDirect)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($159.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($68.00 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($64.59 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($299.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($299.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Enthusiast 750W 80 PLUS Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS95 DVD/CD Writer ($15.99 @ Microcenter)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - OEM (32-bit) ($99.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1423.48
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-06 16:18 EST-0500)