Cameron MacGregor

I do realize that its not going to 'get very hot' however Its a gaming machine I'm building here! If you don't have anything relevant to contribute, please don't bother!

Hello, I'm in the process of building a brand new desktop for myself. I was recently gifted a Zalman T11 as my friend upgraded her case. Im going down the Skylake route with a Core i5-6500. Im looking at AIO cooling solutions and I was wandering if anyone knows what AIO solutions would fit into the T11! I have come up with a list of potential solutions which I think may work, and a list of ones which I know wont. (N.b. I DO NOT intend to make ANY modifications to the case what so ever!) Potential Raikintek Triton 140mm (Here) Ruled Out Corsair H100i (REASON: Radiator is too big, required modification) I am open to sensible suggestions! Many Thanks, Cameron

Hello everyone! I am fairly new here, however for the last few months I've been saving up to build myself a new gaming pc as I have been running 2 laptops since giving my old desktop, (An AMD Phenom II build) to my gran a few years ago. I replaced that system with a Mid 2012 MacBook Pro (Non Retina) with 8GB of RAM and an Intel Core I7 3850M. Not exactly a powerhouse but it has done the job so far. I also got a HP Pavilion G6 with an AMD A10 APU and Radeon 7660G graphics, not the best for gaming but it has coped, with the sacrifice of in-game quality. I thought I may as well build myself a new gaming PC ass I've never had a true, dedicated machine for such the purpose, so here is what I am proposing. (Please Note: I live in the UK, all my prices are in £ Sterling and I am using scan.co.uk to base my prices off. I shall also include a link to the saved basket where all the parts are saved!) 2015 Gaming Rig Codename: ORION Processor: AMD FX8350 Black Edition Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3, AMD 990FX, SAM3+ Memory: 16GB Corsair DDR3 Vengeance Performance, PC3-14900 (1866), Non-ECC Unbuffered (2x8GB) Power Supply: Corsair RM1000 Graphics Card: XFX Radeon R9 280X (3GB) SSD: OCZ ARC 100 (480GB) HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200 RPM (2TB) CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i (May the the GT depening on availability!) Case: Corsair Graphite 760T TOTAL COST: £1115.96 (As of 10/04/2015) A few questions I know people are going to ask: Q) Why are you not using a custom loop if you want to water-cool? A) I don't have the knowledge or time to build a custom loop, maybe in a few years time! Q) Why such an old processor? A) Yes! The FX8350 is a few years old now, but I've always had AMD desktop's. I am no fanboy but it is the cheapest bang-for-the-buck for me at the moment! Q) Why not go down the Intel route? A) Cause I don't want to? What do you guys think. Im open to sensible suggestion on better parts as long as they fit within the price range that is outlined! Cameron!