New computer build.

[Pranaman]

Alright, i'm in a conundrum.

Should I spend around 400-500 extra dollars for a water cooling system for a Core i7 and a BFG Nvidia GTX 280 H2O OC?

Or just stick with the Core i7, a standard GTX 275 or something of the like, get really good air cooling and lightly overclock? Then get an SSD.

In a graphics card is clock speed or memory size more important? I'm looking at the difference in these two GTX 275s

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130476

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130479

[Wickfield]

Glue a huge black dildo to the side of your case -- It'll improve your processor performance and cut down heat like liquid cooling would.

[lilyeti]

Alright, i'm in a condom.



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[Wickfield]

Alright, i'm in a conundrum.

Should I spend around 400-500 extra dollars for a water cooling system for a Core i7 and a BFG Nvidia GTX 280 H2O OC?

Or just stick with the Core i7, a standard GTX 275 or something of the like, get really good air cooling and lightly overclock? Then get an SSD.

In a graphics card is clock speed or memory size more important? I'm looking at the difference in these two GTX 275s

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130476

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130479

go for the first graphics card. More memory = better (though I don't know why, on a technical basis)

Also, air cooling is still good, though liquid cooling is quieter. I don't know anything about the heat on the i7's so you should ask people who already own one.

[Viluin]

go for the first graphics card. More memory = better (though I don't know why, on a technical basis)

Also, air cooling is still good, though liquid cooling is quieter. I don't know anything about the heat on the i7's so you should ask people who already own one.

Good water cooling is just as loud as air cooling. Quiet water cooling has average performance, it's often not much better (possibly even worse) than good air cooling.

Just stick with air cooling. Try to get this (http://www.thermalright.com/new_a_page/product_page/cpu/u120ex-1366rt/product_cpu_cooler_1366rt.html) and some Arctic Silver 5 paste, it's the best heatsink available. Expensive, but still way cheaper than water cooling.

[Pranaman]

Glue a huge black dildo to the side of your case -- It'll improve your processor performance and cut down heat like liquid cooling would.

Really? that's pretty fuckin sweet. For some reason newegg.com doesn't carry them.

Good water cooling is just as loud as air cooling. Quiet water cooling has average performance, it's often not much better (possibly even worse) than good air cooling.

Just stick with air cooling. Try to get this (http://www.thermalright.com/new_a_page/product_page/cpu/u120ex-1366rt/product_cpu_cooler_1366rt.html) and some Arctic Silver 5 paste, it's the best heatsink available. Expensive, but still way cheaper than water cooling.

right on thanks. some people are all about water cooling and it's misleading, this being my first build. I'll go with that or the like.

[LiqwidTrix]

Without getting into the reasons building an i7 right now is a huge waste of money, since there are SOME applications worth having an i7 for (gaming not being one of them) and you might be into whatever those are.

That being said, both memory and core clock speed are important on a graphics card. The core clock speed handles all of the processing of the data, the memory is more about how many textures, materials, and such the graphics card can manage and can help immensely in the higher resolutions. This is all simplist of terms and I don't see much need to go into a briefing riddled with technical jargon. Just know that simply because a video card has 1GB of DDR3/5 memory doesn't mean it's going to be faster than the one with 512MB of DDR3/5 memory. If the core clock speed on that 512MB card is double the core clock on the 1GB, you can expect framerates to drag on the 1GB card and to only suffer a penalty as you hit resolutions above 1280x1024 (or maybe 1600x1200) on the 512MB card.

[Death's Chill]

Alright, i'm in a conundrum.

Should I spend around 400-500 extra dollars for a water cooling system for a Core i7 and a BFG Nvidia GTX 280 H2O OC?

Or just stick with the Core i7, a standard GTX 275 or something of the like, get really good air cooling and lightly overclock? Then get an SSD.

In a graphics card is clock speed or memory size more important? I'm looking at the difference in these two GTX 275s

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130476

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130479

IMO memory size is more important, but only by a little.

Watercooling is not necessary.

[Sharpshooter]

Just get a HAF case and stick in a ton of fans like I did and you won't need watercooling but if you need to you can always do it with the HAF case.

[Seesawmcgraw]

Just get a nice hsf I've done watercooling and it was one of my biggest regrets in spending money on computers I dropped 100$ on some blocks a pump and rad and you basically get more trouble then it is worth