Hi all - first thread here despite lurking for several years.
Over the last year I have been gradually updating my rig, whilst not being able to afford to update my mobo/cpu/mem.
Previous rig was an E7300 OC'd to 3.6, on a P5QL-Pro with 4gb which ran Vista 64 beautifully for 4 years.
The bits I updated were:
Fractal R4 Design Titanium Case (from a godawful noisy house that I regretted buying instantly)
A SanDisk Ultra 128gb SSD
1TB Samsung HDD (In addition to a very old 500gb HDD)
Radeon HD 6850 (from a 4870? Can't quite remember)
Basically just keeping it viable without ever blowing the bank.
This Christmas I was lucky enough to be gifted the funds to finally update the guts. Which I have duly done! Very exciting shopping spree it was too!
Apart from the above I am now running:
Gigabyte Z87X-UD4H
4670K
8Gb G Skill 2133 (C11 - wasn't my first choice but it was super cheap on offer)
Windows 7
So to my questions.
You may have noticed I missed a cooler on the above list. I am looking to overclock this as hard as I reasonably can. Having dropped VCore to find my base I think I have a reasonable chip. It seems to pass muster at 1.08v. Not the best but it bodes ok.
I have been looking at the Noctua NH-14 but it is right on my price limit. Would it unlock much more than the Hyper Evo 212 which is half price?
Last question - case related. I currently have my fans set up with a pull into the front, an exhaust to the rear and to the top. All fans are Fractal Design 140mms. Is this ok or should I consider chopping it around?
Hope I haven't missed anything. Any advice would be much appreciated
Over the last year I have been gradually updating my rig, whilst not being able to afford to update my mobo/cpu/mem.
Previous rig was an E7300 OC'd to 3.6, on a P5QL-Pro with 4gb which ran Vista 64 beautifully for 4 years.
The bits I updated were:
Fractal R4 Design Titanium Case (from a godawful noisy house that I regretted buying instantly)
A SanDisk Ultra 128gb SSD
1TB Samsung HDD (In addition to a very old 500gb HDD)
Radeon HD 6850 (from a 4870? Can't quite remember)
Basically just keeping it viable without ever blowing the bank.
This Christmas I was lucky enough to be gifted the funds to finally update the guts. Which I have duly done! Very exciting shopping spree it was too!
Apart from the above I am now running:
Gigabyte Z87X-UD4H
4670K
8Gb G Skill 2133 (C11 - wasn't my first choice but it was super cheap on offer)
Windows 7
So to my questions.
You may have noticed I missed a cooler on the above list. I am looking to overclock this as hard as I reasonably can. Having dropped VCore to find my base I think I have a reasonable chip. It seems to pass muster at 1.08v. Not the best but it bodes ok.
I have been looking at the Noctua NH-14 but it is right on my price limit. Would it unlock much more than the Hyper Evo 212 which is half price?
Last question - case related. I currently have my fans set up with a pull into the front, an exhaust to the rear and to the top. All fans are Fractal Design 140mms. Is this ok or should I consider chopping it around?
Hope I haven't missed anything. Any advice would be much appreciated
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