Do you guys say I need a CPU cooler ?

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Onus

Onus

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I would change the CPU and motherboard first. The CPU is a Bulldozer; called "Faildozer" by many, for good reasons. Tom's used one in a SBM build and it was disappointing all around. The later FX-6300 was a big improvement, especially if you're willing to overclock. If you aren't, you are likely to do as well with a hyperthreaded Intel i3 in most titles.
Second, the motherboard you have selected is not a true 900-series board, and has weak VRMs as shown on https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AgN1D79Joo7tdE9xMUFlMEVWeFhuckJEVF9aMmtpUFE&gid=2
Use that spreadsheet to help you choose a board not known for VRM issues. You'll want a true 900-series board to be certain of getting the latest interfaces through native controllers, otherwise they will either be missing, or provided by slower 3rd-party add-ons. Any "960," "980," and ASRock "970DE" boards do not have a 900-series chipset.
If you plan to overclock, you will want an aftermarket CPU cooler. I recommend a 120mm tower cooler OTHER THAN the frequently-parroted Hyper212 EVO; that one isn't bad, but costs more than its comparable (+/- 1-2C) competition (e.g. Enermax and NZXT), making it a bang/buck Loser.
 
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chris987

chris987

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CPU fan and heatsink is included cause a note below says it is reported as false info that will be corrected!(since retail box it will provide them) so you dont need to buy anything extra to ran the cpu. What i say is do not get that mobo! it is rather old and wont properly utilize or overclock the FX cpu. i would buy at least a amd970 chipset based mobo!
 
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cin19

cin19

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1) You don't need the aftermarket cpu cooler, because you may not oc the cpu at all, the MB has only 3+1 VRM, and the maximum operating temperatures of fx6100 will be 70C. You can use either HWMonitor or Core Temp to monitor the temp.
2) I recommend to get this MB Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 ( 4+1) for £44.84 http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0054U7HIO/?tag=pcp0f-21 or other one Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 but it has the RAM speed limit to 1333mhz only.

FX6100 http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Bulldozer/AMD-FX-Series%20FX-6100.html
http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html
http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/
 
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Dark Lord of Tech

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Motherboard has a 8+2 Power phase design.


Total: £487.69

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£76.79 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 Evo 43.1 CFM CPU Cooler (£16.67 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£63.43 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£62.38 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£40.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 270X 2GB Double Dissipation Video Card (£139.99 @ Aria PC)
Case: Zalman Z3 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case (£31.56 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£44.09 @ CCL Computers)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£11.79 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £487.69
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-08 23:05 BST+0100)
 
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