Help With MID-Range Gaming Rig !!!

[toad_frog09]

Noctua almost kills all the air cooler in terms of cooling, only con is bulkier, but worth being bulky. One more thing it even kills H2O Coolings too.

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The only con with NH-D14,apart from being bulky & costly, is that it is ridiculously noisy, with those two huge (140+120mm)fans. Yea one can remove the extra fan, but if you just got a 5k worth cooler, you'd want everything to be perfect.
If you check out tom's cooling articles, you'd see that Mugen2's lags just a few degrees behind Noctua's giant. Not that D14 is a abysmal cooler, just that almost same performance can be obtained at less cost.
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Infact i'd advise op to go with Thermalright Mux 120. Its a beautiful product with low cost, i think less than half of what you give for NH-D14, and good performance. Oh, also it does not cover up the dimm slots like the rest of the big coolers do.
And i think liquid coolers just sound good. With high costs and average performance, its better to avoid them.

 

[Jaskanwar Singh]

but where is WD VelociRaptor 300GB priced at 7.5k???

here it is for 14.8k!!
Western Digital - Velociraptor WD3000HLFS (300GB): Internal Hard Drives - Best Price Rs.14,800 - Compare India

here is my suggestion -

Component | Make | Price Processor | Intel Core i5 2500k | 11000
Motherboard | ASUS P8P67 PRO | 11500
CPU Cooler | Noctua NH-U12P SE2 | 3500
RAM | G.Skill Ripjaws X F3-12800CL9D-4GBXL | 3200
Graphic Card | Saphhire HD6970 2GB|19000
Sound Card | ASUS Xonar DX | 4200
SSD | Corsair Force 60GB | 7200
HDD | Seagate 1TB 7200.12 * 2 RAID| 5400
PSU | SeaSonic S12D 850 | 7000
Case | Coolermaster HAF 922 | 6500
Monitor | Samsung PX2370 | 13500
Mouse |Razer Death Adder|2100
Keyboard |Razer Arctosa|2000
Mouse Pad |SteelSeries Fnatic|1200
Speakers |Logitech z-506 |5000
| Total |102300

D14 is big overkill!!

 

[d3p]

but where is WD VelociRaptor 300GB priced at 7.5k???

here it is for 14.8k!!
Western Digital - Velociraptor WD3000HLFS (300GB): Internal Hard Drives - Best Price Rs.14,800 - Compare India

@ Jassy: I was having that doubt till last week, but not now.

Check the lnk: Western Digital VelociRaptor 300GB 3.5 SATA Desktop Hard drive (

*www.smcinternational.in/index.php?...tegory_id=42&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=104

I think *compareindia.in.com/specification/...-digital-velociraptor-wd3000hlfs-300gb/186632 goes out of their crazy mind....

 

[Jaskanwar Singh]

OMG! thanks for that d3p5kor.

but my suggestion remains same due to this -
*www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/182?vs=195

 

[d3p]

@Jassy: now, we can suggest Veloci Raptors in Buying Guide i think......They worth that price tag.

 

[Jaskanwar Singh]

^^see that link.

 

[d3p]

i know SSD's are faster with high margin, but I was talking about budgeted PC [below 60k -70k], But lets not forget that they are pricey even currently.

 

[Jaskanwar Singh]

but price is same.
i know capacity is much less but they can be used only for os and games being currently played.
along side a raid setup

 

[coolgame]

@toad_frog09:u seem to have been clearly mistaken.the d14 is one of the most silent coolers around.
check this out
YouTube - Noctua NH-D14 Review

 

[toad_frog09]

Wish i could just paste the link to the decible chart comparing the noise level of various coolers.
But i am lazy. And I am surfing through mobile.
So would you mind if i ask you to visit tomshardware/anandtech/frostytech and have a look at their cooling articles.
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Regarding your watercooling info, i can not argue with you less you read the last few lines of my previous post.
Carefully and slowly.

 

[coolgame]

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i believe in live proof than charts even if god came down and explained me cause u get the liberty to tamper about with charts once u have the fame.not saying the sites are not reliable,but then,u ask anyone and they will recommend the noctua for its silence.i have had many users of the d14 praise it for its silence.just pm me when you get a better bandwidth to surf n i will give you the link.

 

[toad_frog09]

First of, my dear sir, are you begging to start a flamewar or have we decided to just act stupid?? Cause either way i am ready.
Moving, I must say you have keen knowledge of technology. And i admire that, if not envy.

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Excillent.

i believe in live proof than charts even if god came down and explained me

You sir, then have a common sense.

cause u get the liberty to tamper about with charts once u have the fame.

oh now thats why abysmal magzines like Digit went rich overnight and got the Best Tech Magzine Award..by buying it. God. The economy. From now on, i wont believe a circuit's got a million transistors until and unless I count each one of those.

not saying the sites are not reliable,but then,u ask anyone

who, exactly?? If not the websites?
Ahh..i get it...local vendors.

and they will recommend the noctua for its silence.i have had many users of the d14 praise it for its silence.

& I'd recommend the tight red speedos I am wearing right now. Would you not buy it?
Or speaking at much..err...intelligent way, would you not recommend something you have just cause you got it??

just pm me when you get a better bandwidth to surf n i will give you the link.

Give it to me now, I cant wait to see what you've got to show.
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For all those with below average human intelligence, buy what you see fit. I am just here to suggest & share and pollute mother earth.

 

[Aj12]

should i still stick to the coolermaster Hyper 212 plus or Go with The
NH-D14. Or any other aftermarket cooler ??
Suggestions?

 

[Piyush]

should i still stick to the coolermaster Hyper 212 plus or Go with The
NH-D14. Or any other aftermarket cooler ??
Suggestions?

go for 212+
value for money product
and if you wanna do some heavy OCing then go for D14

 

[Aj12]

Its available under optional upgrades. *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/1372550-post36.html

I didnt see that
Any way
My Final Config... for now

Processor - Intel Core i7-2600K

Moterboard - ASUS P8P67 DELUXE (REV 3.0)

Cpu Cooler - Noctua NH D-14

Ram - CORSAIR Vengeance (2 x 4GB) CMZ8GX3M2A1600C8

GPU - MSI N560GTX-TI Twin Frozr II/OC

HARDISK(S)

PRIMARY
(Boot Drive)

SSD - OCZ Vertex 3 VTX3-25SAT3-120GB

SECONDARY
(Storage)

HDD- Western Digital Caviar Black WD2002FAEX 2TB


DVD Writer - ASUS DRW-24B1ST

PSU - SeaSonic X Series X-850

Case - Corsair Graphite 600T

Monitor - Samsung PX2370

Sound Card - ASUS Xonar DX

Speakers - Logitech Z506

Keyboard & - Razer Cyclosa Bundle
Mouse

Operating - Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit
System



Anything incompatibe?? and guys could you give me the approximate cost of the current setup?.My purchase is only in may and so there is time for further modification.. just so u know, keeping that in mind should i wait for Z68?? or just proceed with the purchase??.

Your thoughts on this ?

Intel Z68 Express Chipset Preview: SSD Caching And Quick Sync : Z68 Express Makes Its Debut

 

[Piyush]

your above will easily surpass 100k mark
do you really want to spend 100k?

and no offense but it feels like you are not even reading the above posts

 

[d3p]

All the best & keep the thread updating with the buys.........