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For my Bday, I got about 80 USD plus a little for tax that I can spend on PC upgrades.I am getting this LED strip:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0046Y7OF0/ref=ox_sc_imb_mini_detail?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

What else should I get?

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some fans and a better cpu cooler?

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Corsair H80i? 

 

tew mewch. needs to be 80 or below, to compensate for tax.

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some fans and a better cpu cooler?

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well that depends what is your current rig?

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tew mewch. needs to be 80 or below, to compensate for tax.

Just get any cheap 120mm AIO or save for another 280

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Like?

 

mah siggy m8

the cooler master 212 evo and for the fans I dont know you would have to ask someone else
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Just get any cheap 120mm AIO or save for another 280

from what I have learned from being on here is that you shouldn't get a cheap watercoolor because you can get an air cooler that will perform better for the same price
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you could get a hard drive or ssd but if i were you I would wait to get more money and get a better gpu

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from what I have learned from being on here is that you shouldn't get a cheap watercoolor because you can get an air cooler that will perform better for the same price

OP could get an Enermax T-40 

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NO ONE SAID THIS YET?!? Those light strips are terrible. Never get them.

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NO ONE SAID THIS YET?!? Those light strips are terrible. Never get them.

so, instead, I should get...

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so, instead, I should get...

somne LED tape from walmart... those nzxt leds look crap.. i could make that strip and controller for less than 15$...

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so, instead, I should get...

 

Really? I editted that to include my recommendation (or so I thought)

 

Sorry bout that.

 

I'd suggest going to Bitfenix's Alchemy light strips. I don't have any, but they're highly recommended, while the NZXT light strips are not. At all.

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