Please help...

[DodgeAce49]

Help!! Need to decide how to properly cool the system (water cooling loop is preferred) with enough room to fit some 2 or more fans here and there to provide a bit cooler environment, the parts in this build are;

 

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor (Overclocked to 4.7ghz -ESTIMATED-)

 

MOBO: ASRock 990FX Extreme9 ATX AM3+ Motherboard(Bang for de' Buck)

 

RAM: Kingston HyperX Beast 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (Hittin' the sweet spot)

 

GPU: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card (Custom Bios To Achieve more performance -if necessary-)

 

OS BOOT DRIVE: Samsung 850 Pro Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (dedicated boot drive)

 

STORAGE DRIVE: Seagate Constellation ES.3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (dedicated file storage)

 

CASE: Corsair Air 540 ATX Mid Tower Case (sexy)

 

PSU: Antec 850W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (very sexy)

 

SOUND CARD: Asus Xonar D1 24-bit 192 KHz Sound Card (super sexy)

 

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*Open to suggestions(No I'm not going to switch to intel) and with this motherboard, do i need a wifi card? THANKS GUYS FOR YOUR HELP!! IF ANY PARTS NECESSARY IN MY PC BUILD PLEASE SAY SO!!

P.S. Comment below what you think of the build! THANKS!

[MasonIsPurple]

An H105 would do fine, or are you looking for a custom loop?

 

Also, see if you can squeeze in an SSD. 16GB is a little overkill, you can go to 8GB and use that money for the SSD. 

[TheKDub]

That case indeed is sexy.

 

For cooling I'd suggest the h100i or h105.

 

Yes you would need a WIFI card, I have the http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007GMPZ0A/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me= It has given me no trouble so far.

[Clyne]

Hmm what about the Gigabyte 990FX-UD5.....

[i_build_nanosuits]

you're sinking way to much money on a platform that will bottleneck you gpu regardless of how high you'll overclock that cpu...youd be much better of with a core i5-4460 and a cheap h97 motherboard, this will offer gaming performance the highly overclocked old FX can only dream of...also intel consumes a lot less so you can use the stock cpu cooler

[Guest]

 

Help!! Need to decide how to properly cool the system (water cooling loop is preferred) with enough room to fit some 2 or more fans here and there to provide a bit cooler environment, the parts in this build are;

 

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor (Overclocked to 4.7ghz -ESTIMATED-)

 

MOBO: ASRock 990FX Extreme9 ATX AM3+ Motherboard(Bang for de' Buck)

 

RAM: Kingston HyperX Beast 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (Hittin' the sweet spot)

 

GPU: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card (Custom Bios To Achieve more performance -if necessary-)

 

OS BOOT DRIVE: Samsung 850 Pro Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (dedicated boot drive)

 

STORAGE DRIVE: Seagate Constellation ES.3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (dedicated file storage)

 

CASE: Corsair Air 540 ATX Mid Tower Case (sexy)

 

PSU: Antec 850W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (very sexy)

 

SOUND CARD: Asus Xonar D1 24-bit 192 KHz Sound Card (super sexy)

 

===========================

*Open to suggestions(No I'm not going to switch to intel) and with this motherboard, do i need a wifi card? THANKS GUYS FOR YOUR HELP!! IF ANY PARTS NECESSARY IN MY PC BUILD PLEASE SAY SO!!

P.S. Comment below what you think of the build! THANKS!

 

You are overspending on the psu, SSD and HDD. You don't really need a soundcard these days as boards have good on board sound.

 

Why are you not open to an Intel cpu ? 

[DodgeAce49]

You are overspending on the psu, SSD and HDD. You don't really need a soundcard these days as boards have good on board sound.

 

Why are you not open to an Intel cpu ? 

Oh thanks for the iput on the sound card and the intel cpu is because I really am aiming to spend the least amount of money on the cpu because this will be a dedicated gaming rig as i do  have another rig setup for video and photo editing (yes it is intel)

[DodgeAce49]

you're sinking way to much money on a platform that will bottleneck you gpu regardless of how high you'll overclock that cpu...youd be much better of with a core i5-4460 and a cheap h97 motherboard, this will offer gaming performance the highly overclocked old FX can only dream of...also intel consumes a lot less so you can use the stock cpu cooler

Thanks for that I just might consider it based on your analysis

[DodgeAce49]

Hmm what about the Gigabyte 990FX-UD5.....

Lol sorry brother I don't like Gigabyte Mobo's I will only ever so buy their graphics cards and flash a custom bios

[DodgeAce49]

That case indeed is sexy.

 

For cooling I'd suggest the h100i or h105.

 

Yes you would need a WIFI card, I have the http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007GMPZ0A/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me= It has given me no trouble so far.

Thanks for acknologing the sexiness of this case ;3 also awesome! thanks for that wifi card bro!

[DodgeAce49]

An H105 would do fine, or are you looking for a custom loop?

 

Also, see if you can squeeze in an SSD. 16GB is a little overkill, you can go to 8GB and use that money for the SSD. 

Awesome cooler dude but i was looking for a custom loop to also cool my gpu thanks!

[DodgeAce49]

Thank you to all of you who have posted so far! I really appreciate it and hope to hear more from you to have more input from all of you and lets keep this discussion going so we can have as many people involved in giving advice as possible so i can hear from all or most of what the community might have to offer! thanks again guys hope to hear from you soon and once i get everything together i will begin uploading pictures as the build progresses!!

[TheKDub]

 

Thanks for acknologing the sexiness of this case ;3 also awesome! thanks for that wifi card bro!

 

Damn 6 posts in a row? You do know you can quote multiple people in one post, just click multiquote for each post you want to quote, then click "Reply to _ quoted post(s)", or just click quote on each post.

 

[DodgeAce49]

Also if you would like to do so, copy the parts list and alter it to your liking and post it back up so I and everyone else can see it! THANKS!

[DodgeAce49]

 

 

 

Damn 6 posts in a row? You do know you can quote multiple people in one post, just click multiquote for each post you want to quote, then click "Reply to _ quoted post(s)", or just click quote on each post.

 

 

LOL MY BAD haha! From now on ill do that so that my posts aren't in a row like so

[Guest]

Oh thanks for the iput on the sound card and the intel cpu is because I really am aiming to spend the least amount of money on the cpu because this will be a dedicated gaming rig as i do  have another rig setup for video and photo editing (yes it is intel)

It still doesn't make sense to go with an fx8350 over an i5 4690K especially as you have the budget for it. 

[DodgeAce49]

It still doesn't make sense to go with an fx8350 over an i5 4690K especially as you have the budget for it. 

i might consider it

[i_build_nanosuits]

i might consider it

even a locked core i5 and a cheap H81 or H97 motherboard is a better pick in regards to gaming and it won't break the bank...especially when you consider that you'd need a more expensive board on AM3+ and an aftermarket CPU cooler.

This would be my suggestion for budget gaming rig mate:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($184.98 @ SuperBiiz)

Motherboard: MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($53.00 @ Newegg)

Total: $237.98

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-28 21:01 EDT-0400

[DodgeAce49]

I honestly am saving a few bucks just to get the same performance and only 5 or so less fps going with AMD over INTEL

[i_build_nanosuits]

I honestly am saving a few bucks just to get the same performance and only 5 or so less fps going with AMD over INTEL

depending on the game it will be much more than that most of the time...also its the minimum fps that takes a hit and this is what you notice the most while gaming.

 

also intel is much more energy efficient, and as mentionned already you are not saving money going amd youll need at least a 85$ mothetboard and a 35$ cpu cooler (at least) which end up costing more than the intel kit i've suggested.

[Guest]

i might consider it

This is your current Basket:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor  ($169.98 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: ASRock 990FX Extreme9 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($154.79 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX Beast 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($172.24 @ TigerDirect) 

Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($118.98 @ OutletPC) 

Storage: Seagate Constellation ES.3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($89.99 @ NCIX US) 

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE 3X Video Card  ($349.99 @ Amazon) 

Case: Corsair Air 540 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($129.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: Antec 850W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($199.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Sound Card: Asus Xonar D1 24-bit 192 KHz Sound Card  ($82.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $1468.94

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-29 09:14 EDT-0400

 

 

 

i5 4690K spec with similar parts:

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($229.96 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97-Gaming 9 AC ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($251.98 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX Beast 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($172.24 @ TigerDirect) 

Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($109.97 @ SuperBiiz) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.98 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE 3X Video Card  ($349.99 @ Amazon) 

Case: Corsair Air 540 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($129.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($114.99 @ NCIX US) 

Total: $1414.10

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-29 09:22 EDT-0400

 

 

The MSI board has built in wifi.

 

The Antec psu is very good, but as the 540 case has a separate chamber you won't see it anyway.

 

The EVGA is one of the best psu's for the price/performance.

 

The Crucial SSD is very good and is a better choice over the pricey Samsung 850.

 

The Motherboard has good onboard sound, so I dropped the Soundcard.

 

 

You could swap the board for a cheaper one and go with a separate wifi card.

[DodgeAce49]

 

This is your current Basket:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor  ($169.98 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: ASRock 990FX Extreme9 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($154.79 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX Beast 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($172.24 @ TigerDirect) 

Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($118.98 @ OutletPC) 

Storage: Seagate Constellation ES.3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($89.99 @ NCIX US) 

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE 3X Video Card  ($349.99 @ Amazon) 

Case: Corsair Air 540 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($129.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: Antec 850W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($199.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Sound Card: Asus Xonar D1 24-bit 192 KHz Sound Card  ($82.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $1468.94

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-29 09:14 EDT-0400

 

 

 

i5 4690K spec with similar parts:

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($229.96 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97-Gaming 9 AC ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($251.98 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX Beast 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($172.24 @ TigerDirect) 

Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($109.97 @ SuperBiiz) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.98 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE 3X Video Card  ($349.99 @ Amazon) 

Case: Corsair Air 540 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($129.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($114.99 @ NCIX US) 

Total: $1414.10

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-29 09:22 EDT-0400

 

 

The MSI board has built in wifi.

 

The Antec psu is very good, but as the 540 case has a separate chamber you won't see it anyway.

 

The EVGA is one of the best psu's for the price/performance.

 

The Crucial SSD is very good and is a better choice over the pricey Samsung 850.

 

The Motherboard has good onboard sound, so I dropped the Soundcard.

 

 

You could swap the board for a cheaper one and go with a separate wifi card.

 

This is impressive but, what then would be the best option for custom loop cooling to both cpu, gpu, and if possible the ram?

[Guest]

This is impressive but, what then would be the best option for custom loop cooling to both cpu, gpu, and if possible the ram?

You might be best asking in the water cooling section. I don't have any knowledge on custom loops myself as I have only ever used Air coolers.

 

If you are watercooling the gpu though, it might be an idea to get an EVGA card as they don't void your warranty (As far as I know) if you remove the cooler. I don't know if Gigabyte or other companies have the same policy. 

[DodgeAce49]

You might be best asking in the water cooling section. I don't have any knowledge on custom loops myself as I have only ever used Air coolers.

 

If you are watercooling the gpu though, it might be an idea to get an EVGA card as they don't void your warranty (As far as I know) if you remove the cooler. I don't know if Gigabyte or other companies have the same policy. 

Thanks

[i_build_nanosuits]

This is impressive but, what then would be the best option for custom loop cooling to both cpu, gpu, and if possible the ram?

why would you wan't to custom loop cool a 3 years old AMD FX 8 core CPU for gaming? do you really can possibly think this is a good idea?

The intel i5 at stock speed under the stock intel heastink will destroy that thing in anything all day long WTH.