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AroArijan
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I'm planning to buy a pc in a few weeks and I was wondering if i really need a case fan.

I will get a fan case in a year or 2 but do I need it now?
My setup:

Intel Core i7 7700 3.6 GHz

Arctic Freezer 33 eSports one -COOLER

ASROCK Z270M Pro4

G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16gb ( F4-3000C15D-16GVGB )- RAM

Western Digital Blue 250GB M.2-2280 SSD ( WDS250G2B0B )

Gigabyte RTX 2070 Super Gaming OC 8GB

Antec DF500 -case

Antec High Current Gamer GOLD 650W 80+ Gold fully modular- PSU

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42 minutes ago, AroArijan said:

I'm planning to buy a pc in a few weeks and I was wondering if i really need a case fan.

I will get a fan case in a year or 2 but do I need it now?
My setup:

Intel Core i7 7700 3.6 GHz

Arctic Freezer 33 eSports one -COOLER

ASROCK Z270 Killer SLI

G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16gb ( F4-3000C15D-16GVGB )- RAM

Western Digital Blue 250GB M.2-2280 SSD ( WDS250G2B0B )

MSI GeForce RTX 2070 Super Ventus OC

Antec DF500 -case

Antec High Current Gamer GOLD 650W 80+ Gold fully modular- PSU

Yes it's (almost) necessary. Because hot air can't escape and no cool air is being brought in. So that's gonna impact performance. Why not buying fans now?

Main PC:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | RAM:Corsair LPX 3200 mhz (16Gb) 

Mobo:ASUS Strix B550-F Wifi | GPU: MSI RTX 2070 Gaming Z

Case: Sharkoon Nightshark RGB| Storage: 500 GB 970 EVO Plus 1 TB WD blue 500 GB Samsung HDD

Monitor: iiyama G-Master G2470HSU-B1 165Hz

Powersupply: Be Quiet straight Power 10 500 watt

 

 

Main Laptop

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | RAM: Team group 16 GB 2666 mhz

GPU: RTX 2060 (MXM swappable)

Monitor: 1080p 120Hz

Storage: 2x 1 TB Samsung 970 EVO NVMe (no raid)

 

 

Second Laptop

CPU: Intel Core I5 1235u,  RAM: Samsung 8 GB 3200 mhz

GPU: IrisXe 80 eu

Storage: 512 GB WD Digital SN530 NVMe

 

Phone:

Xiaomi MI 11

 

Work Phone:

Galaxy A50

 

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Why would you buy Kaby Lake?

 

and you will need case fan, though not buy one since the NR600's 3 stock fans is enough.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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12 hours ago, Jurrunio said:

Why would you buy Kaby Lake?

 

and you will need case fan, though not buy one since the NR600's 3 stock fans is enough.

Im using pcpartpicker and I can't choose coffe lake, only kaby lake. what processor do you suggest?

And what case fan should I get?

 

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Ofc not the case comes with 3 intake fans

CPU: Ryzen 5800X3D | Motherboard: Gigabyte B550 Elite V2 | RAM: G.Skill Aegis 2x16gb 3200 @3600mhz | PSU: EVGA SuperNova 750 G3 | Monitor: LG 27GL850-B , Samsung C27HG70 | 
GPU: Red Devil RX 7900XT | Sound: Odac + Fiio E09K | Case: Fractal Design R6 TG Blackout |Storage: MP510 960gb and 860 Evo 500gb | Cooling: CPU: Noctua NH-D15 with one fan

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Asus Dual GTX 1060 3GB. Used maximum 4 months total. Looks like new. Card never opened. Give me a price. 

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I'm confused, does the case come with 3 stock fans or do I need to buy them?

Also is there and bottleneck in my pc setup that I should change?

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6 hours ago, AroArijan said:

Im using pcpartpicker and I can't choose coffe lake, only kaby lake. what processor do you suggest?

And what case fan should I get?

 

You have to remove both the motherboard and CPU to get other CPU options, otherwise you'll only get Skylake and Kaby Lake.

 

I'd say 9600k + Z390 or Ryzen 5 3600 + MSI ATX B450 or B450 mATX Mortar/Mortar Titanium/Gaming Plus/Bazooka Plus and MAX variants, whichever's cheaper.

 

If you're low on budget, just get 4 120mm Arctic F12. Cheapest fan that doesn't suck. btw I'm wrong with the stock fans, CM only provides two 120mm fans out of 6 the case can hold properly. If you have more budget, you can get a full set (6) of Corsair ML120, be quiet Slient Wings 3 or Noctua NF-A12x25.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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ANY fans are better than none, especially with a powerful system such as that. If you don't want to buy rgb fans or anything, the stock fans should be perfectly fine. You should try to somewhat balance intake and outtake fans. Also, why did you choose a 7700? Your money would be much better spent on a Ryzen 5 3600 because you're getting almost the same (if not better in some cases) performance for a WAY lower cost. And AFAIK, Zen 2 supports much faster ram than kaby lake CPUs. If you're an intel person, The i5 9400f is a good choice if you don't need integrated graphics (does anyone these days?).

CPU: Ryzen 5 5600x  | GPU: GTX 1070 FE | RAM: TridentZ 16GB 3200MHz | Motherboard: Gigabyte B450 Aorus M | PSU: EVGA 650 B3 | STORAGE: Boot drive: Crucial MX500 1TB, Secondary drive: WD Blue 1TB hdd | CASE: Phanteks P350x | OS: Windows 10 | Monitor: Main: ASUS VP249QGR 144Hz, Secondary: Dell E2014h 1600x900

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6 hours ago, AroArijan said:

I'm confused, does the case come with 3 stock fans or do I need to buy them?

Also is there and bottleneck in my pc setup that I should change?

Case comes with 3 preinstalled fans. You are fine with those. More so as you are going to use tower cooler for CPU. That means that you can be without having exhaust fan. If you have issues with temps, then you can move fan from front or buy another for rear.

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49 minutes ago, TrainFan2019 said:

ANY fans are better than none, especially with a powerful system such as that. If you don't want to buy rgb fans or anything, the stock fans should be perfectly fine. You should try to somewhat balance intake and outtake fans. Also, why did you choose a 7700k? Your money would be much better spent on a Ryzen 5 3600 because you're getting almost the same (if not better in some cases) performance for a WAY lower cost. And AFAIK, Zen 2 supports much faster ram than kaby lake CPUs. If you're an intel person, The i5 9400f is a good choice if you don't need integrated graphics (does anyone these days?).

You are right, I will choose the Ryzen 5 3600, what motherboard do you suggest?

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CPU: Ryzen 5 5600x  | GPU: GTX 1070 FE | RAM: TridentZ 16GB 3200MHz | Motherboard: Gigabyte B450 Aorus M | PSU: EVGA 650 B3 | STORAGE: Boot drive: Crucial MX500 1TB, Secondary drive: WD Blue 1TB hdd | CASE: Phanteks P350x | OS: Windows 10 | Monitor: Main: ASUS VP249QGR 144Hz, Secondary: Dell E2014h 1600x900

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I have chosen the MSI B450 Tomahawk max.

Because its a MAX board I might not have to update BIOS and if I do it’s easy via the bios flashback future on this board (via USB)

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On 8/12/2019 at 4:06 PM, AroArijan said:

I have chosen the MSI B450 Tomahawk max.

Because its a MAX board I might not have to update BIOS and if I do it’s easy via the bios flashback future on this board (via USB)

Good Choice

CPU: Ryzen 5 5600x  | GPU: GTX 1070 FE | RAM: TridentZ 16GB 3200MHz | Motherboard: Gigabyte B450 Aorus M | PSU: EVGA 650 B3 | STORAGE: Boot drive: Crucial MX500 1TB, Secondary drive: WD Blue 1TB hdd | CASE: Phanteks P350x | OS: Windows 10 | Monitor: Main: ASUS VP249QGR 144Hz, Secondary: Dell E2014h 1600x900

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