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[Davidh373]

A little bird told me to avoid sticks without heatsinks on them. Confirm/deny?

so you wouldn't eat an apple that wasn't coated in candy? Heatspreaders look nice, but the RAM is the substance. If you don't have a window in your case, or even if you do and you don't look through it, you'll never notice the difference.

 

[SAmalathion]

so you wouldn't eat an apple that wasn't coated in candy? Heatspreaders look nice, but the RAM is the substance. If you don't have a window in your case, or even if you do and you don't look through it, you'll never notice the difference.

Got it, thanks. I'm about to head home, will cook something up and reply back in a couple hours. Thanks again for all the informative replies.

 

[SAmalathion]

All right. The PSU I have is a 500w Antec. Here's what I have:

EVGA GeForce GTX 570 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express 2.0 Graphics Card with Lifetime Warranty 012-P3-1570-AR - $349.99
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Intel Core i5-760 2.8GHz 8 MB LGA1156 Processor - $204.99
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G.SKILL NS 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Desktop Memory - $43.99
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GIGABYTE GA-P55-USB3 LGA 1156 Intel P55 USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard - $99.99
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Do I need to upgrade the PSU? Any other final comments on the build?

 

[DominionSeraph]

The processor is $197.54 from Newegg including tax (90210) with promo code EMCZNZV73.

Your PSU should be fine. A GTX 570 in a power hungry overclocked x58 rig uses 361W in Crysis.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4051/nvidias-geforce-gtx-570-filling-in-the-gaps/15
I wouldn't run the power virus Furmark, though. Under that the overclocked i7 920/GTX 570 pulls 446W, which should translate to ~416W in a stock Lynnfield. Depending on how much your PSU's rated wattage is available on the 12V rail, that could be pushing it.
But there's no reason for you to be doing that to your poor video card.

 

[Davidh373]

are you talking about the i5 760? I'm thinking about buying one and that promo doesn't work for me....

 

[DominionSeraph]

are you talking about the i5 760? I'm thinking about buying one and that promo doesn't work for me....

Yes, i5 760. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115067

From what I heard it doesn't work in combos.
But it's $25 off, making it better than the mobo combos anyway.

 

[SAmalathion]

Well, I think I'm ready to sign off from this thread. Another victory for the hardware police! Thanks DominionSeraph, David, mfenn, and everyone else who replied.

 

[mfenn]

Well, I think I'm ready to sign off from this thread. Another victory for the hardware police! Thanks DominionSeraph, David, mfenn, and everyone else who replied.

You're welcome! 🙂 If you notice any wierdness under load in your new build, I would suspect the PSU.

 

[Davidh373]

Well, I think I'm ready to sign off from this thread. Another victory for the hardware police! Thanks DominionSeraph, David, mfenn, and everyone else who replied.

You're very welcome. Thanks for posting, and being a good poster. I wish everyone would listen like you did 😀.

 

[mfenn]

You're very welcome. Thanks for posting, and being a good poster. I wish everyone would listen like you did 😀.

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