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phlanklin
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im building this pc for a friend, and i wanted some input. do i need watercooling for overclocking the pentium? or should i stick with the hyper 212 evo? thanks for the help. 

 

$650 budget btw

 

 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H50 57.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($44.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($79.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($199.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer  ($14.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $671.45
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($109.98 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: MSI 970A-G46 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($74.99 @ Amazon) 

Memory: Kingston Blu 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($79.99 @ Amazon) 


Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($199.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: Antec Three Hundred Two ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ NCIX US) 

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ NCIX US) 

Total: $606.92

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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Looks great to me! :)

 

No you do not need watercooling for the penitum, if you are mostly gaming on the PC the penitum is unbeatable value, but it does fall down in productivity programs

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CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($109.98 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G46 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($74.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Kingston Blu 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($79.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($199.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Antec Three Hundred Two ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ NCIX US) 
Total: $606.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Damn CoolBeans, besides the GPU, you just shit on dude's whole build.

Air 540, MSI Z97 Gaming 7, 4770K, SLI EVGA 980Ti, 16GB Vengeance Pro 2133, HX1050, H105, 840 EVO 500, 850 Pro 512, WD Black 1TB, HyperX 3K 120, SMSNG u28e590d, K70 Blues, M65 RGB.          Son's PC: A10 7850k, MSI A88X gaming, MSI gaming R9 270X, Air 240, H55, 8GB Vengeance pro 2400, CX430, Asus VG278HE, K60 Reds, M65 RGB                                                                                       Daughter's PC: i5-4430, MSI z87 gaming AC, GTX970 gaming 4G, pink air 240, fury 1866 8gb, CX600, SMSNG un55HU8550, CMstorm greens, Deathadder 2013

 

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im building this pc for a friend, and i wanted some input. do i need watercooling for overclocking the pentium? or should i stick with the hyper 212 evo? thanks for the help. 

 

$650 budget btw

 

 

 

Although for only gaming, that pentium will be fine, but when you need skype or teamspeak or anything else running simultaneously, it'll suffer. More cores makes for a better overall experience. That cooler(EVO 212) will suffice as well as some of the more budget friendly AIO watercooling kits(H50).

Air 540, MSI Z97 Gaming 7, 4770K, SLI EVGA 980Ti, 16GB Vengeance Pro 2133, HX1050, H105, 840 EVO 500, 850 Pro 512, WD Black 1TB, HyperX 3K 120, SMSNG u28e590d, K70 Blues, M65 RGB.          Son's PC: A10 7850k, MSI A88X gaming, MSI gaming R9 270X, Air 240, H55, 8GB Vengeance pro 2400, CX430, Asus VG278HE, K60 Reds, M65 RGB                                                                                       Daughter's PC: i5-4430, MSI z87 gaming AC, GTX970 gaming 4G, pink air 240, fury 1866 8gb, CX600, SMSNG un55HU8550, CMstorm greens, Deathadder 2013

 

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Hi phlankin,

It's a very nice build you've made!

I just want to mention that the primary purpose of WD Green hard drive is to be a secondary storage unit. For gaming purposes I would recommend the WD Black HDD - it was designed for maximum performance and has 5 years limited warranty, which is definetly a plus. Here's a link if you want to check it out:

http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=760 

 

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