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Mystic Twilight
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Read the thermal paste specifications, you want something with high thermal conductivity like around 8w/mk or more. Paste vs liquid metal vs thermal pad is up to personal preference.
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Read the thermal paste specifications, you want something with high thermal conductivity like around 8w/mk or more. Paste vs liquid metal vs thermal pad is up to personal preference.
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I found NZXT hardware review and scroll to 4:57 for building a gaming pc.
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These work for me, and it's decent amount of paste for R65
That stuff is good value for the amount but I went with the Halnziye 880 Grey Thermal Grease Syringe - 4g
Double the Thermal conductivity of the 510 : 5.15W/m-K vs 1.93W/m-K.
If you go cheap you may as well get the better stuff, the 880 has the same thermal conductivity as the Coolmaster Mastergel R54 for 1.5g but for R89 for you get 4g or R119 gets you 2 x 4g.
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Trying to work out which CPU cooler is best is minefield, there's no common spec to refer to and even from the same manufacturer there are a million different variations of seemingly the same cooler. But going by reviews that test on actual temps/noise levels there's marginal differences between coolers until you spend huge amounts of money.
I went with the Cooler Master Hyper H212 LED Turbo Addressable RGB Cooler for R629:
The 212 gets slagged off going by some comments on forums but it doesn't do much worse than the hipster coolers that sell for twice the price. The only drawback to it is the height, you need a good 160mm clear above your cpu lid for it to fit and depending on the location of your ram slots it can block the last slot.
I went with the Cooler Master Hyper H212 LED Turbo Addressable RGB Cooler for R629:
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The 212 gets slagged off going by some comments on forums but it doesn't do much worse than the hipster coolers that sell for twice the price. The only drawback to it is the height, you need a good 160mm clear above your cpu lid for it to fit and depending on the location of your ram slots it can block the last slot.
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My 2 year old 2060 super can be sold for more then I paid for it.
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Correct I got guys willing pay 11k 2060 super now
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Correct I got guys willing pay 11k 2060 super now
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I know it's freaking scary, I mean the 1660ti in my sons PC is double the price now.
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My mate bought his GF a 2060 super for R5k when it came out its like 11k..
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Saw this sale a bit late but R8499
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That's not a super but the OG. I picked up an Rx580 in 2019 second hand for R1400 sold it for almost twice the price a year laterMy mate bought his GF a 2060 super for R5k when it came out its like 11k..
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Saw this sale a bit late but R8499
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Ah some reason i thought it was a super but yea those 2060's are also selling for like R10-11k now as well
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This is my draft final make, any chance I can shave off 5-6K without really impacting the quality of the built? Or this is the one I should finalize..thanks
| SUBTOTAL (Excl. VAT) | R 27,948.70 |
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You can pickup a windows 10 key for pretty cheap on Carbonite or i think there are some guys on here who sell it too, last time i saw on Carbonite a guy selling keys for R120 so thats a -R2213 cost.
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You can get a Win 10 Pro key for R99 on Carbonite from JackBauer or LetumKeys.
I just built this exact PC and it will play all your games nicely.
My suggestion would be to save cash on the keyboard for now and get a better one when you have budget again. It's a luxury, not a necessity.
Also, I'd add one extra 120mm fan for the rear of the case to act as an exhaust fan. The case comes with three but they're all in the front. You could move one, but fans are cheap. You'll want to get a fan splitter though, that motherboard only has headers for 2 fans.
I've used this one in a few PCs and it works perfectly.
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At a quick glance buy a win10 key elsewhere as others have mentioned, I can't really see any other big gains to be had elsewhere in that list.
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Depends on the case, but as many intakes but you'll need almost as much exhaust. So 3 in front, 1, 2 in rear or top
Are you 100% sure you want a TKL?
Personally I hate them, but I also use my pc for things other than gaming, so for me having a number pad is a “necessity”
If you are, and that is the one your want, I would say keep it. It’s a luxury yes, but it is also your primary interface to the PC, and mechanical is as good as they say, whoever “they” are