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SKOONJar
Level 7
So I recently completed my new PC and there's a few thing I want to change that I have little or no experience with. I was wandering if you could give me advice or point me in a good direction. So here is my specs and what I'm looking to upgrade to:

CPU: i7 3770k( staying the same)
CPU Cooler: Stock intel( looking to upgrade to the best solution water or air under 150$)
MOBO: MSI GD65-Z77A( staying the same)
GPU: MSI GTX 680 Lightning( staying the same)
RAM: 8GIG Corsair Vengance( Want to upgrade to 16GIG kit at the best speed possible at 160ish$)
Case fans: stock( looking for 2 good rad fans( assuming I go water cooling) 1 good 120mm exhaust fan and 1 good 200mm intake fan with blue led)
Case: 600t( staying the same)
PSU: Thermaltake SMART 750w( staying the same )

I would like to see 4.5ghz out of my cpu to give you an idea for the cooling I need. And I would like the ram to be as high a speed as the system can handle without it being a pain in the butt with having to mess with the bios to get it stable.

Also completely off topic from my system... My uncle has a beast of a computer and he has this ram kit : http://www.gskill.com/products.php?index=460 He is building his son a pc and was wandering if he could take 16gigs of that and put it in a system more or less identical to mine.
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fbm211
Level 7
Wait for the h220....if you can.....I am.
And I would get the Gskill.

I have a noctua NF-F12 for my air duct.

Cougar CF-V14HP 140mm COUGAR CF-V14HP Vortex for the rear exhaust.It seems I got the last one newegg had.
Maximus VII Apex
Intel i7 10700k @ 5GHZ
Custom Water Cooling
Patriot Viper Steel 4400 17-17-17-36-300-2t
GeForce RTX 2080 Hydro Copper
WD Black NVMe 750 500g
Seasonic Focus GX-850
Lian LI O11D XL
Dell S3220DF Monitor
Vanatoo T 0s speaker system
ROG mouse
Audio Technica ATH-AD 2000x headphones
AE-9 Sound Blaster

fbm211 wrote:
Wait for the h220....if you can.....I am.
And I would get the Gskill.
Would it really be worth waiting for the h220 and why isnt it so available? It would be mid may when I would order that.

Its supposed to be one of the best closed loop coolers you can get.And its expandable.
Production is limited due to opening a new plant and they cant curently keep up with the demand for it is what a guy at frozen cpu told me today.
Its sells out in a matter of hours when a retailer gets some in.
Maximus VII Apex
Intel i7 10700k @ 5GHZ
Custom Water Cooling
Patriot Viper Steel 4400 17-17-17-36-300-2t
GeForce RTX 2080 Hydro Copper
WD Black NVMe 750 500g
Seasonic Focus GX-850
Lian LI O11D XL
Dell S3220DF Monitor
Vanatoo T 0s speaker system
ROG mouse
Audio Technica ATH-AD 2000x headphones
AE-9 Sound Blaster

SKOONJar
Level 7
Im considering getting these there 8gig X 2 Dominator platinums they are 1866 but arent they the best ram modules you can get? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233336

chrsplmr
Level 18
I like Dominator GT better, and since your not Runn'n Quad channel .. ect. ect.c.

sectionate
Level 12
dont forget about these fans Scythe Ultra Kaze 120 x 38mm Fan - 3,000rpm - 133 cfm . I have these and they are not loud at all, despite what you might see on youtubge
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WeRNothiNg
Level 10
Not all tridents are blue. My nephew has a red/black set. And I have the Mastercooler V8 with no complaints. Idle 25-30c and full load rarely tops 50c.
**i7 3770k @ 4.5GHz~ Cooler Master V8 ~ Asus Maximus V Formula ~ G Skill Sniper Gaming Series 16GB DDR3-1600 ~ Thermaltake Black Widow 850W 80+ Bronze ~ Kingston HyperX 3K 120G SSD ~ 2x WD Caviar Black 1TB
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Adhy_Dharma_FN
Level 7
why dont choose 4770k?
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