Hello everyone,
First time poster and visitor of linustechtips,
I have built 2 gaming PC's in the past and am gearing up for my third build. I am struggling however because I would like to give a shot at a mATX gaming rig. After the past two weeks I am torn with the question of whether or not I am setting my self up for doom down the road.
I chose mATX because occasionally I will LAN at my friends houses and would like something more easily transportable but don't want to sacrifice performance.
My fist question is about the case, I need something with great airflow and have been looking at:
-Bitfenix Prodigy M
-Bitfenix Phenom mATX
-Corsair 350d
-Aercool DS (Dead Silent)
I want to ensure that during my sometimes marathon LAN gaming sessions with will not cause my PC to overheat to quickly as I have had a problem with that in the past.
Also I have a question about wether an I5 Haswell 4760k build is good enough or should I just upgrade to an I7.
I know many games don't use hyperthreading right now.
I mainly play WoW, SC2, DOTA, and some FPS's
THank You