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Larsenex
Larsenex
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Cooling recommendation.

December 8, 2016 2:54:29 PM from Galactic Civilizations III ForumsGalactic Civilizations III Forums

Greetings Stardockians! 

So I am narrowing down my components for next year. Most of the community here is amazing for their suggestions and help. I typically shop on Newegg. I am in the US. I am now leaning back to the Broadwells.

 

6800K I7, 6 cores/12 threads. I will only have 1 video card so having 28 PCIe lanes is fine I may add another card but not for a while.

Motherboard.... Asrok Taichi X99 LGA 2011 v3 >> I am not 100% tied to this but its about 210 to 280 dollar range. 

Not sure about water cooling as i have never installed one before. 

Do any of you have a good cooling solution? Nearly every fan/heatsink combo I have read say those ones block Dimm slots or are over sized. 

Size is not a problem so much as I am using a full sized Corsair HaF case. 

 

 

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Timmaigh
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Reply #1 December 8, 2016 4:56:23 PM
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I have Corsair H105 on my i7 6850K. I have it OCed @ 4,2GHz/1,3 Vcore and the temps are 28-29 at idle and 50-55 when fully loaded (during Cinebench rendering). So i guess i can recommend, if you are willing to spend so much. This is the first time i have water-cooling. I had it installed by a friend, but i dont think its somehow different to how regular heatsinks are mounted - i would not be scared of it.

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admiralWillyWilber
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Reply #2 December 8, 2016 5:14:31 PM
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Well water cooled is the recommended way, unless you really are not that much  on opening your case. Then fans, and heatsink is the way to go. As far as what they recommend don't use the heatsink that comes with motherboard, or processor buy that separately.

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psychoak
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Reply #3 December 10, 2016 6:42:55 AM
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With your case design, mounting a single or double radiator in the top is a piece of cake.  You can do all in one water cooling these days, you don't need to mess with putting pipes together or anything like that, just seat the heat sink and mount the radiator.  If you're going to overclock, just go with water.  If you're not, don't bother with replacing the stock cooler.

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