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me7




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PostPosted: Fri, 22nd Oct 2010 18:20    Post subject: Recommend me a 1156 Motherboard and a case
Alright, I'm finally getting a new gaming rig. Choosing a GPU and CPU is fairly easy since there are only two big brands but the motherboard and case market are more complicated.

What I look for:
- a P55 chipset motherboard
- a case with ~500W PSU

I'm not interested in overclocking and intend to run games and encode videos at stock clockspeeds. The case should offer quiet ventilation but without sacrificing necessary cooling for a non-oc'd Intel i7 870 (95W TDP) and a Radeon 6870 (150W TDP). If a quiet case is not possible or not recommended for such hardware I'm willing to take a louder one.
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PostPosted: Fri, 22nd Oct 2010 20:04    Post subject:
Loving mine, MSI P55-GD65. Gigabyte's P55A-UD4 is also pretty damn good, although (I can't be bothered to check right now) you gotta watch out with USB3 motherboards, as most of them fuck with your PCI-E bus when using USB3. ASUS' P7P55D's aren't bad either, but MSI and Gigabyte are the better boards, even when not overclocking.

No reason not to overclock at least a little bit btw, even the stock cooler can handle a few hundred MHz without a problem, and overclocking Nehalem is easier than ever Smile

As far as case goes: http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cases/ - check their reviews. Noise wise it depends on how you set it up; you can easily get away with just any case though, because if you're not overclocking running all the case fans at minimum speed while making sure to have good airflow will keep it cool and quiet Smile

As for the PSU: Seasonic X-560 for example. Great value and ridiculously well built. Just like the X-650 (which I have) its fan doesn't spin unless needed so it's damn quiet as well Smile
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me7




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PostPosted: Fri, 22nd Oct 2010 21:36    Post subject:
Great response, thanks a lot. I'll look into your recommendations.
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SpykeZ




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PostPosted: Fri, 22nd Oct 2010 21:45    Post subject:
And of the Lian Li lancool cases are amazing for what you pay Smile

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=lancool&x=0&y=0

anyone who talks shit about lian li has never owned one and knows the craftsmanship that goes into them. Everything is perfect down to the rivet.

IF you wann spend more money look at the PCV series..

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112308 (just an example of one)
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PostPosted: Fri, 22nd Oct 2010 23:03    Post subject:
While SpykeZ is absolutely right, before you buy _any_ Lian-Li case, check what it's like for cooling in some reviews. The build quality is one thing, but there's a lot of Lian-Li cases that are pretty bad at cooling. When paying the obscene amounts of money they ask for their "top" cases, you'd expect those to be awesome at cooling, and they're simply not all the time Smile
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SpykeZ




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PostPosted: Sat, 23rd Oct 2010 00:08    Post subject:
that should be the first thing anyone does before spending money, research and reviews Wink
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PostPosted: Sat, 23rd Oct 2010 11:27    Post subject:
True, but a lot of people still don't Razz
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