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  1. Will do, I will do some benchmarks at stock then see what type of OC I can get with this cooler. I don't have high hopes though unless I won the lottery.
  2. Ill be happy if it runs better, outlook has always been too slow for me so usually use outlook.com I wonder if many other office apps will follow.
  3. Hi All, After receiving a-lot of great advice the below is what I have built. I will post photos once I have put the new desk together. In the end I decided to replace the old power supply and grabbed a new case so the cost went up a little. I am sure I could have made some better choices but prices are insane at the moment so I tried to focus on upgradeability so hopefully this lasts me a few years at least. CPU: i5 12600k Cooler: NH-D15s with a single fan Memory: Kingston FURY Renegade 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 3600MHz CL16 Motherboard: MSI Z690-a PRO WiFi ( I have needed WiFi a few times in the past so thought it would be nice to have) PSU: Corsair Rm750x SSD: Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1TB Case: Lian Li Meshcool 2 I haven't installed windows just yet, I have updated the bios and will hopefully do the rest tonight. Some notes from this build: My last build was an i5 3570k so I am a bit rusty. The case was a dream to build in, so much space and cable management was super easy, I can imagine it would be a-lot easier if the PSU cables were not so stiff and the braiding was tighter. I draped the cables over a warm heater for 5 min and that made them easier to bend into shape. One thing to note about this case is if you want to remove the HDD cage you need to do this before installing your PSU. The NH-D15 is a monster, I have never seen one in real life so it surprised me. This is the only part of the build I am not 100% happy with, the mobo is so tidy with good cable management and the ssd hidden under a heat sink then BAM an enormous ugly cooler, should have gone water but a part of me wanted to try higher end air cooling. I am running the stock fans at the moment but will change them soon and add a rear exhaust. I will update this post as I finish off the build!
  4. Dam! with most of my parts selected cooling is the hardest choice. Does it throttle under high load like gaming/rendering/compiling etc or are you only seeing this when you stress test? I read all over the place that this gen from intel is hard to cool even at stock. Whats the point of releasing a processor that boosts to 4.9Ghz just to have it thermal throttle, why didn’t they just release them at lower clock speeds? This all makes me think that this gen would be terrible for overclocking as there is not much headroom at all and depending on the lottery your chip could be hitting thermal limits at stock. I wonder if I have just been out of the game for too long but when I ran an i5-1570k I could never hit the throttle even with the stock cooler it could be slightly oc'd, in the end I ran it at a stable 4.8Ghz with a corsair H80. I will likely go with the NH-D15s (to account for my tall ram) and see how it goes, if I have to upgrade then oh well..
  5. I have seen it draw upwards of 230 on stress tests, it seams these chips can draw more power than stated. I am not too worried about thermal throttling say after 15 min of Prime95 as its not a real life scenario for me. If I am running a couple vm's and play a few rounds of civ I will be surprised if I hit thermal limits. Anyway for a quick update here is my parts list CPU: 12600k (12700k if $ allows, ill purchase this last) Memory: Kingston 32GB (2x16) CL16 DDR4 Mobo: MSI pro z690-A SSD: Samsung 980 Pro 1TB Power: Corsair TX750m(mmmm I just realised this is 10 years old now so might replace with a RM850x or similar) I started looking at video cards and WTFFFFFFF, a 3070 is just not much cheaper then the parts list above, I wont be buying one for at least 6months with those prices. Thanks everyone for the help so far.
  6. I am unsure to be honest but I most likely will one day, the last cpu I purchased was the i5-3570k and that was a-lot of fun to oc. Thinking of coolers for this build, I have read that a-lot of the aio's dont cut it for this gen. It seams even with a aio you can still end up hitting the thermal throttle. Whats everyones take on aio vs say a NH-d15s
  7. Is it worth the extra $200?
  8. Ok so if I read correctly I could go with a 240 or 360 with the ram I have and I assume I should aim for a 360, last time I built a pc there were not as many aio options out there. The last one I owned was an original H80 and it still runs.
  9. So are you saying I cant fit a 140/280 or 420 up top?
  10. Nice thanks, that ssd looks nice! I can grab that and a 1tb drive to start with, the msi board has plenty m2 and sata so no issue there. Really? I thought It physically couldn't fit? The memory I have is the kingston fury Renegade 2x16GB CL16, I am not sure if thats considered low profile or not.
  11. I have the FD Meshify 2 so I can fit a 360 in the front or a 240 at the top. I am thinking 2TB should do, I can always buy more when a good deal pops up. Thanks for the help so far
  12. It doesn't need to be it just looked to be good value this time round. I must have missed that board. I have screens and case from my last build. I hope that money will get me cpu,mobo,ram(already purchased) and ssd storage oh and a cooler
  13. Dam it, yes I am. 1-2 VM's run all the time the rest I spin up for a couple of hours or a few days. Dam thats a shame as that board seams to be the best low budget z690 board available in my country (New Zealand) I am looking at getting one with igpu so I can spend more on the base build now. I am wanting to spend $1800 - $2000 NZD Max. For reference this is where I purchase most parts from. pbtech.co.nz
  14. So I am starting a new build, all I have so far is the memory (grabbed a good deal). I stated by building around the i5-12600, then I though well its only $100 more for the 12-600k but then its only $100 more for the i7 so on and so on… so here I am asking for some guidance. What will I use the desktop for: · The usual office apps web browsing etc · Light development work, only compile large projects 1-2x p/a · Running VM’s, usually 3-4 at a time for running attack scenarios and malware analysis. · Gaming, I have no intention of buying a graphics card right now but I know I will in the future. What I have so far in my build list CPU: i5-12600k Mobo: Asus Prime z690-P Memory: Kingston FURY Renegade 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 3600MHz CL16 I haven’t chosen cpu, cooler or storage yet. With all this in mind will I need more than the 12600K?
  15. Now this would be useful and it should help sysadmins better patch firmware.
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