PC Build slides: AMD 1090T, Corsair H70, Gigabyte 890GX, Gskill Ripjaws, Radeon 4870

[8VMikeMaxtD]

Also, how is the H70 running these days?

Still all good?

[8VMikeMaxtD]

Nice. You actually have some room for H70 the with a top mounted PSU.

BTW, that is a HUGE case. Nice for airflow.

[vwxy20z]

We have the same mobo cool.

[JustD3fy]

@vwxy20z its shit. should have gone with the ud4

[dylf14]

have any problems with Gskill ram and AMD cpu?

[antyspider]

god pc

[DiDolRuChagi]

Would you recommend the H70 over a Zalman 9500? I have a Phenom II x2 555 unlocked at x4 B55 @ 3.8GHz with a ASUS M4A77D mobo, evga gtx 260.

[mrbyam64]

@DiDolRuChagi Definately, I'd considered a Zalman but when I read reviews, the H70 pulls ahead when it comes to load temps and overclocking.

[kwebber1234]

between the Gigabyte 890GX AMD and the Asus M4A87TD EVO wat shoud i get? im leanin far on the asus's side.

[mrbyam64]

@kwebber1234 First of all, what are your specs and what do you plan to use the pc for? The asus is cheaper but you lose out on crossfire with prices about to go down with the launch of the new cards. Plus one look at those heat sinks makes me think you'll have heat and some power issues. What are you pairing it with?

[kwebber1234]

@mrbyam64 xfx hd radeon 6850

amd processor athlon 2 x2 260 3.20 ghz

corsair h70

corsair xms3 2 gb ram dual channel

ultra x4 psu

[mrbyam64]

@kwebber1234 Out of curiosity, why are you going for that processor? As a general rule you processor should cost the same as your VGA. Your bottleneck will be that processor. For an extra $22-30 you can get an AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition which you can unlock to 4 cores etc and have a great performance boost while putting that h70 to good use. The rest is ok with that motherboard.

[kwebber1234]

@mrbyam64 o shit! thnx for the advice dude! plus on top of that when i save up about 200 bucks more im gonna bo get myself a water cooling kit. FULL. THANKS for the tip.

[wardy92]

@mrbyam64 lol get an intel

[rosidus]

@kwebber1234 rather get the ASUS or the MSI 890FXA -GD70...

[Tiltentei]

Easy to overclock that cpu. Got mine to 4 ghz. I also have same cooler, but i have replaced the corsair fans, so now i have a much more silent cooler. Getting under roomtemperature on idle, when gaming 30-35, and on full load im getting max 43 after 20 houres in prime. Got my cpu running at 1.45v

Nice hardarw but that case was ugly as.... paint it perhaps?

[gamerboy249]

hey man, what temps are u getting on ur corsair h70 ?

[mrbyam64]

@gamerboy249 When I first installed in it I was getting 30c, then it broke in. Not it throttles down and i've seen it idling at 17c. Never goes beyond 30c at load.

[gamerboy249]

@mrbyam64 thats nice, im plannin to get one h70 soon, as my q6600 is running like 80C when i play mass effect 2.. God knows what will happen if i run prime 95..

BTW, can you tell me the size of your h70 rad because my mid-tower case has very small space to install the rad.. I have 13cm of free space at the back of my case where the 120mm exhaust fans are to be installed..

[eaglenv]

@mrbyam64 ....... your "core temps" never go above 30.

[kabaheesi]

you have inspired me to build my own home theater pc, been considering building one for a long time

[mrbyam64]

@kabaheesi thanks :) just look at your budget and do your research