All right, I'll just go with good ol' fan cooling. 200 bucks for a liquid cooler? Sheesh, I'll just keep my room cool and avoid OCing. I hear you guys on the RAM. I've seen a lot of builds being content with just 8 GB of RAM, even the ones in the 500-1000 range. Okay, you've convinced me, I'm getting an SSD for my boot drive. I still don't agree with you about the BluRay player, though. I don't see any circumstance in which I'd use it, especially since I own a PS3. I also agree with you guys about the storage device.
This bad boy is 7200 RPM, 128MB Cache, and 5 TB and is around $150. I don't even use a 10th of that right now on my computer, but that would take care of memory problems for the rest of the generation.
How big is the difference in performance between the 970 and 960, practically speaking? I know the 970 gives 2GB more, but it also costs $150 more. I'm not experienced with super whiz-bang gaming, I just want something good enough for XBox emulation (once that catches up in about a year) and the
Oculus Rift when that gets fully released. If it's that big of a deal I'm willing to sink down the money, though.
To satisfy my inner child, I'm thinking of going with this case:
this case and this
LED Controller. Yes, I know that those things aren't important, but I don't give a shit. Pappy Lago likes his shinies.
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