Air or Water?

[leunaM]

Greetings!

 

My future build

 

Fractal Design R5

Asus Z97-a 

i5-4690k

Radeon 280x

Kingston Hyper X Fury 8 GB (x2 4GB)

Be Quiet Dark Rock Pro 3 OR Corsair H80i

1 Noctua Fan (for rear exhaust)

SeaSonic 500w Power Supply

 

 

As stated in the build, I am undecided whether to Liquid Cool or Air Cool this build.

Please leave feedback, constructive criticism & help in the comments!

 

 

 

 

[jurian123]

If you have the money and space; Noctua NH-D15 ! Best air cooler beats H80i all day everyday. 

[Castdeath97]

How about you get a i5 4460 and a r9 290? More GPU performance for little to no loss in CPU performance in games.

[leunaM]

Thanks for the quick replies guys!

 

The NH-D15 seems like a viable choice, I will consider it further!

 

Castdeath97, it seems an r9 290 will exceed the recommended wattage for my power supply (as it being 500 Watts) and the i5 4460 does not fill my needs as I would like to achieve a slight overclock on the CPU.

 

  

[19_blackie_73]

 

Greetings!

 

My future build

 

Fractal Design R5

Asus Z97-a 

i5-4690k

Radeon 280x

Kingston Hyper X Fury 8 GB (x2 4GB)

Be Quiet Dark Rock Pro 3 OR Corsair H80i

1 Noctua Fan (for rear exhaust)

SeaSonic 500w Power Supply

 

 

As stated in the build, I am undecided whether to Liquid Cool or Air Cool this build.

Please leave feedback, constructive criticism & help in the comments!

 

a dark rock pro 3 will allow you a heavily overclock and it's damn quiet, you won't here this thing

I'd stick to air as i don't like any fluids in my pc

[leunaM]

Interesting! I have read that, in terms of raw cooling performance, the NHD-15 beats the Dark Rock Pro 3 (slightly). Do you think the difference in performance will greatly affect total CPU performance?

[JebKerman]

Interesting! I have read that, in terms of raw cooling performance, the NHD-15 beats the Dark Rock Pro 3 (slightly). Do you think the difference in performance will greatly affect total CPU performance?

 

If looks is more important than a couple of degrees and/or decibels, get the BQ! DRP3. the difference is likely to be so minor aesthetics become the deciding factor.

[19_blackie_73]

 

 

 

If looks is more important than a couple of degrees and/or decibels, get the BQ! DRP3. the difference is likely to be so minor aesthetics become the deciding factor.

 

that's right (i'm a fan of quiet things)

[EndlessOyster]

If you have the money and space; Noctua NH-D15 ! Best air cooler beats H80i all day everyday. 

I got the D15 if you can fit the monster in your case it is just amazing ive got a i7 5820k and im struggling to even get close to getting this hot.