In that case, there's really no need to bother with the Corsair AF Series... the LC CC 120 should be plenty. You might be better off putting that money toward a nicer case instead.
That's what I'd do, but if you think the Noctua is prettier, then go ahead and grab it. 😉
A Corsair AF Series paired with a Noctua NF-P12 would be perfect, especially if you move the fan from the top panel to the front. That’s probably the best setup $211 in the USA.
Underneath the Noctua, you won't find anything better than a single-fan cooler, and those cheap $200-$83 units are honestly way worse than what you get with the Corsair or Noctua options.
Maybe some Corsair DDR3 1600 would work here. It’s an 8GB stick, CL11, model KVR16N11/8. The EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB GDDR5, model INO-N75T-1SDV-E5CWX. The Zalman mini tower case in black, specifically the ZAL-A1. The Intel Core i5 4460. The EVGA 400W Power Supply is an 80+ rated unit with active PFC and a 12 cm fan. ASUS H81M-K motherboard Patriot Blast R560/W530, 240GB, 7mm, 2.5" SSD
All in all: $1500 I guess it’s just the center. Maybe?
You’re just swapping one NVIDIA card for another, so I don't think you'll run into any issues... though if those drivers used for the GTX 460 are ancient (like, pre-2014), maybe just grab the latest ones before you swap the graphics card.
Lawrence Reed3 said:I'm looking at around $6,000, maybe stretching to $6,300 if I have to. Honestly, I’d rather put that money toward a beefier processor. As for the GPU, I think I’ve finally settled on the XFX Radeon R9 280 with 4GB.
But that’s what I’ve been telling you from the jump... the FX 8300 is basically the exact same chip, just clocked 700MHz lower, which you could probably bump up yourself in the BIOS to save some cash $267. And honestly, those 700MHz aren't going to mean much compared to what you'd get with a way more powerful graphics card like an R9 390, since games mostly rely on the GPU anyway.
Lawrence Reed3 said:I went through your message, and I ended up including some of those parts in my build (PSU, motherboard, RAM), since they seemed fine. But that GPU (R9 390) is pretty pricey, so it would definitely push me over my current budget.
So you tested it by picking a more expensive CPU with a higher clock speed $267? 😬 The graphics card costs way more because it’s actually much more powerful than a GTX 960 or an R9 380—like, maybe 60-70% better.
What’s your total budget at this point... I was thinking somewhere around $2000, depending on what makes sense.
At Best Buy, paying with a card or cash is basically the same thing... you can just split it over 12 monthly installments using a few different cards if you need to.
Well, you could always grab those $1533 on a payment plan at Best Buy, and I guess you could put together a similar or even better setup depending on how many monthly installments you're looking at.
Seagate ST1000DM003 1TB 64MB 7200 SATA 6Gb/s A black Zalman mid tower case, specifically the ZAL-Z3. It looks like we're looking at a Crucial module, 8GB, 240-pin DIMM, DDR3 PC3-12800, CL=11, Unbuffered, NON-ECC. Maybe that’s what you need. I guess it's an Intel Core i5-4460. Check out this GIGABYTE video card featuring an AMD Radeon R9 390 with 8GB of GDDR5 memory and a 512-bit interface. It runs at 1000MHz/6000MHz over a PCI-E 3.0 x16 slot and comes equipped with HDMI and DVI-D ports. It’s a Super Flower FX 550 w—an 80 Plus Bronze unit (SF-550P14HE), P/N: NESF-042. The Acer G227HQLAbid 21.5" LED monitor features an IPS panel with a 4ms response time. GIGABYTE Main board desktop B85M-D2V
Total comes to around 7,366.64, I guess.$40 Maybe the Centro delivery is still pending.