That is an amazing chip for SC. A word of warning, it is a hot chip. As it is OEM, that is a go buy your own heatsink chip. A hyper 212+ is a great way to cool it for cheap. Contact me for more extreme options....
Zero, any good z97 boards there? I killed my day to day board and using my benching set now.
And such a great point. The reason I personally, and my company now are suggesting all system's use AIO's is due to the thermals of all the new chips. The dies are getting smaller and smaller, and no matter how efficient the arch. is these babies are going to run hotter and hotter. Clock for clock though they are faster with each iteration so it does generally tend to balance out. Gone of course are those yester-years where we were doubling performance each gen. Ahh, the glory days.
For what it is worth though, one reason we do not use Hyper 212's is because well, we just have too many issues with them. I have used hundreds of Hyper 212's and they are just very inconsistent, or were at least. We stopped using them due to the inconsistency as well as less than stellar support from Coolermaster. That actually was probably the deciding factor in why we do not use CM products at all TBH. That is more of a preference thing, and let's face it the 212 is still the "AC Rock Bottom Budget Cooler of Choice". Especially, when you throw a good fan on there.
And disclaimer from myself, we do not suggest running this CPU, (Or almost any of the newer chips) without a
Corsair H-series Cooler or something comparable (Though we have not had a fraction of the support from others, as we have had from Corsair). Now I understand this is a point of contention for a lot of people. I understand people are on a budget. However, when degradation, overall reliability, overall performance, sustainability, etc of a system, we believe that it is generally best to pony up for the initial cost increase (which is getting smaller and smaller). Please, do not mistake this for me saying that ALL H20 COOLERS ARE THE ANSWER TO EVERY CPU. Just saying that we feel that H20 Cooling in the form of AIO's like the Corsair line is the future. Let's embrace it :)
Though, if you really are on a budget, you got to do what you got to do. But perhaps you should look at running a less expensive, mid-range CPU if this is the case.
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But PM incoming though. I personally have a few MSI Z97's on my rack at the warehouse in LA, that I need to get rid of them ASAP (Before they price drop, CES) so your lucky day perhaps, is today. I have some Asus ones as well but really had nothing but bad experience with Asus right now due to very high failure rates, coupled with very poor support in and out of the channel. Could be just a shipping thing on the failure rates, but we suspect not. Asus in our experience, at least here in the US has gone downhill, while MSI continually improves and is IMO the best there is out there in regards to MoBo, and GPU's, and by far the best Gaming Laptop maker. We actually use the MSI Whitebooks for our branded Mobile Workstations and Gaming PC's. MSI is just stepping up to the plate in every area. We are thrilled to be an authorized dealer and brand ambassador for their awesome products. Sorry if this sounds like just some sales pitch to you, it is simply just the truth. I am just very passionate about this shit, and you can probably tell.
MSI has made my job, and life a whole lot easier since we pretty much "dropped" Asus. We have about 1/10th the issues with them. And they are really focused on us Gamers. Asus wants to mass produce everything. I feel Gigabyte is similar in that regard as well. EVGA, is well, the next best thing to MSI, but we need to wait and see with them. I personally love EVGA, but they dropped the ball.
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BTW, I have tons of these
Corsair Survivor Stealth Flash Drives from 16-128GB. We have a couple hundred of these ready to ship anywhere in the US/48. We use these for EVERYTHING around here and have been outfitting every office, LAN Center, Gamer House, etc here in SoCal. We love these things! I gave two of the to some Seal Team Boys that are friends of mine in San Diego and they took them diving in La Jolla, California in some not-so-shallow waters and two of these had no issues, at all what-so-ever. I have since sold them a few dozen, and I know that some of the Naval Rescue Swimmers have used them for something. I also sold some to some Video Production Studio's in Hollywierd, and they were used on set, in several TV shows, and a movie. Pretty damned cool!
Got one of these RL's here. But just so you guys know, we actually sell a LOT of BenQ's. They are the best Gaming Monitors (And the first) out there for several reasons, and we stand behind them because they are HQ'd here in SoCal and they stand behind their products unlike Asus the only other real "competitor in the sector". I can actually have them or myself answer any questions that you may have at CES. I will not be there, but I am sending a couple associates.
Got a few of these left, probably just end up selling them all to a friend here in SoCal that owns a Brick+Mortar Store but if you guys want one of these Corsair 750D's, just let me know. I have used a LOT of these since they came out. We really love to use these on our high-end Workstations, and I have several of them in my office. I freaking love them. The 900D is of course my favorite but this is a very close second.
Anyway, you guys have yourselves a great night. Also, thank you very much for keeping this thread super positive. Please do not hesitate to reach out to me. I really want to keep this thread clean as possible with as much pics and such so please PM me if you can. Also, it is really hard for me right now to respond to all the PM's, email's, etc so please be patient, I promise I will get back to you as soon as it is possible for me. I am just so busy right now, pure chaos here.
And sorry for some not-as-good-as-can-be pics. In a real rush.
