Building the dankest PC, thomas the dank engine Options

[Stupid Fat Hobbi...]

I've customized a PC to almost the exact specs I was originally going to use, I know them off by heart now :'(

[The Malefic Trou...]

Hobbit, like I said, find a store that will build the pc for you if you order the parts from them. There are plenty of such stores. Ask your mom if that'd be ok.

[Yet Another Fool]

Don't forget to tell the store that you don't want an operating system as you already have a windows product key.

[Obi-Wan Kenobi]

Hobbit, far be it from me to give you any rebellious ideas , but why are you not allowed to build your own pc? is it because she is afraid that you break something? or get electrocuted?
Normally you will get the best value if you're building it yourself (assemble is more correct)

And yes finding a custom builder would be the best option as said by the Malicious Fish (Do you have newegg in UK?)

[Stupid Fat Hobbi...]

Is it worth it to buy water cooling? Or is it just pointless and expensive? (I know how it works but I'm just wondering if fans might be better in the long run)

[Obi-Wan Kenobi]

I have a dark rock 3 so I don't know about watercooling :x It's probably not good unless you go for 90 pound (100 euros) all in one so too expensive for your build (IMO)


If you ask this question, Did you win the "argument" ?

[Stupid Fat Hobbi...]

Well my mum said I can basically get anything as long as I don't build it myself, so I'm just going all out on this one, could even get a couple of 980Ti gpus XD

[Yet Another Fool]

Turns out well at the end of the story
Get 16GB RAM and a i7 then

Well, I'm not than fan of water-cooling... (got the pun, did you get it ? ... right ?), most often is basically a small water tank on the component to cool down, and it's pumped to... wait for it... a couple of fans ! Those are not very expensive but in my HONEST (never actually tested it) opinion I wouldn't risk getting my PC being flooded by water for a couple of °C.

There are also fanless systems with a big water tank (like 3 to 10 liters) outside of the computer that should be more effective and produce almost no noise, but I'm not sure they still exist as I didn't see any of these for a while. Also the water for both water based systems has to be treated from time to time against algae so it does require some maintenance. To be fair, I'm not sure its more work than removing the dust/dirt from a fan based system once a year but it's less risky at least.

Hybrid water-fan systems cost about the same as a good fan based cooling system, eg a Noctua.

[TurboMidget]

Don't let fool's pretty talk fool you, a 30 or 40 euro aftermarket cooler will do just as well, even if you're doing mild overclocking

[The Malefic Trou...]

TLDR; just don't rely on stock cooling for you CPU if you think about OCing

[Stupid Fat Hobbi...]

10% overclock and full PC cooling (maximum fans for the case) with thermal compound and organised wiring. I will replace the water cooler with a CPU fan cooler to save a bit of money I think, not sure if I want water to be next to something so volatile and expensive.

Specs: i5-4690K 3.5GHz 10% OC, GTX980 4GB, 2TB HDD, 250GB SSD, 8GB RAM (because I really don't need more than that) same motherboard but gaming 7 instead of gaming 3 (apparently adds a couple more USB slots and stuff) windows 8.1 (which I will update to 8.1 Pro and then windows 10 Pro if possible, is it possible with overclocking or does that have nothing to do with the OS?)

[The Malefic Trou...]

Nothing to do with OS

[Yet Another Fool]

Why do you want Windows Pro ?
http://wincom.blob.core.windows.net/docume...Table_FINAL.pdf

[TurboMidget]

Because Monkey gave him a key and I don't think 8.1 pro will upgrade to the home edition of 10.

[Stupid Fat Hobbi...]

I haven't used the Windows 8.1 Key yet, so if it isn't worth getting 10 Pro then I probably won't use it. Monkey, I can delete the key if you want or give it to someone else, your choice.

[TurboMidget]

I don't follow anymore. Why wouldn't you want to use the free key monkey gave you free of charge? It's free! After getting 8.1 you can easily upgrade with that little window that microsoft has been bugging me with for the past few months.

[Stupid Fat Hobbi...]

Well Fool said it isn't much different from windows 10 home, but whatever lol

[Yet Another Fool]

Yeah if you can order the computer without a licence key, use the one Monkey gave you whatever the Windows flavour it is. Just wanted to point out that almost all Pro features will be useless.

[Stupid Fat Hobbi...]

Yeah, I checked the differences and Pro seems like it is mainly for small businesses and stuff like that, all I need is just an OS that works and is easy to use, I'll let Monkey decide though.

[Sneeky]

Regarding Liquid cooling If you decide to get it I would avoid water and use some other kind of cooling solvent as if you have a leak with water you can say bye bye to some of your new computer .