[MEGATHREAD] Personal Computer - Updated builds thanks to Logical Increments

[GhostOfBetaTapes]

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Porque no los dos?

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[Nickelob Ultra]

Need some airflow advice.

Would implementing this airflow cool my GPU pretty well? Right now it idles at 51C, sometimes going as high as 77C (during gaming) and I have a 120mm at 1 pulling in and a 120mm at 3 pulling out. It's a 7970.

Also my motherboard only has two chassis fan connectors, so I might get a fan controller. How do fan controllers work? Where do they go? How do they connect?

EDIT: My room is usually between 65-80F

idk why people bother with fan controllers, they seem very gimmicky IMO.

the additional airflow might help but my only concern might be that the intake at 2 may pull some exhaust from 3.

[ultimamax]

idk why people bother with fan controllers, they seem very gimmicky IMO.

the additional airflow might help but my only concern might be that the intake at 2 may pull some exhaust from 3.

i only have two case fan connectors on my mobo so i don't have much else of an option if i want to control more than 2. i'm sure there's an alternative but hey it'd be cool anyway.

[Pikmin]

hi guys i need a bit of help
my current gpu is a gt 520 on an amd athlon ii x4 640 cpu (clocked at 3.0 Ghz)
if i upgraded my graphics card to a nvidia gtx 660 ti will i bottleneck or have any issues with heating?
all help and insight is appreciated

[Flush535]

Hey guys I could use some suggestions on what to do with my case...
I'm still having problems with it, should I just get a new case? Or something else?

[Snow2]

hng

[Nickelob Ultra]

hi guys i need a bit of help
my current gpu is a gt 520 on an amd athlon ii x4 640 cpu (clocked at 3.0 Ghz)
if i upgraded my graphics card to a nvidia gtx 660 ti will i bottleneck or have any issues with heating?
all help and insight is appreciated

not too familiar with amd, but i'd say a bit yeah.

[KoopaScooper]

hi guys i need a bit of help
my current gpu is a gt 520 on an amd athlon ii x4 640 cpu (clocked at 3.0 Ghz)
if i upgraded my graphics card to a nvidia gtx 660 ti will i bottleneck or have any issues with heating?
all help and insight is appreciated

Yes, you will bottleneck that card with that processor. An FX-4300 or greater wouldn't bottleneck that card.

[NalNalas]

Yes, you will bottleneck that card with that processor. An FX-4300 or greater wouldn't bottleneck that card.

wait you're saying a gt 520 cant run with a amd fx 4300? Would it run with a gtx 560, or at least better than the AMD phenom ii x4 810 processor will?

[KoopaScooper]

wait you're saying a gt 520 cant run with a amd fx 4300? Would it run with a gtx 560, or at least better than the AMD phenom ii x4 810 processor will?

I think you need to read his post, he's asking about a GTX 660 Ti.
Bottlenecks =/= incompatibility. It just means you're not getting the full performance.

[NalNalas]

I think you need to read his post, he's asking about a GTX 660 Ti.

Oooh my bad I just read the quote were he said gt 520, but would it still run well?

[Pikmin]

not too familiar with amd, but i'd say a bit yeah.

will it bottleneck too much to actually get good performance out of the card? will there be any noticeable difference

[KoopaScooper]

Oooh my bad I just read the quote were he said gt 520, but would it still run well?

The FX-4300 is part of the current generation of processors, so it should.

[Nickelob Ultra]

will it bottleneck too much to actually get good performance out of the card? will there be any noticeable difference

probably.  the 660ti is fairly great, the athlon 2s are fairly aged even if it's a quad core.

with athlons, think pentium 4 times for intel.

[Pikmin]

probably.  the 660ti is fairly great, the athlon 2s are fairly aged even if it's a quad core.

with athlons, think pentium 4 times for intel.

can you reccomend me a good card for my processor? i have a budget of 300 dollars