PC Tech Talk

[DJ_MikeyRevile]

The over heating of my CPU was a problem even before the fan quit. I'm looking for an efficient way to keep my CPU and other parts cool. As the CPU fan I currently have is a pos

[StarsMine]

buy an after market cooler o.O

Best value one is the cooler master hyper 212+ (succeeded by the evo)
Best Air cooler for whatever price, something like a noctua d-14 or a Prolimatech venom... What was it called?

[DJ_MikeyRevile]

buy an after market cooler o.O

Best value one is the cooler master hyper 212+ (succeeded by the evo)
Best Air cooler for whatever price, something like a noctua d-14 or a Prolimatech venom... What was it called?

are these fairly light? My current one is heavy as balls and sags, you can physically see it damaging the CPU socket.

[StarsMine]

you will be hard pressed to break a mobo from the weight of a cooler.

[Jackie Marlow]

I have a late 2010 i5 with 4gb and a 4890. The only game I play is CSS and soon CS:GO. should I upgrade the memory and gpu? I think I'm ok with the i5 for at least another year.

[StarsMine]

If you keep running out of ram, yes, if not... Well you can since ram is so dirt cheap now.
GPU, honestly that is one of the most powerful dx10 gpus out, if you want dx11, you can upgrade, if not I would wait for the rest of the line up of kepler and southern islands to come out and then ask again.
But if all you play is css, that game should not stress any of it and it only runs in dx9c

[Jackie Marlow]

If you keep running out of ram, yes, if not... Well you can since ram is so dirt cheap now.
GPU, honestly that is one of the most powerful dx10 gpus out, if you want dx11, you can upgrade, if not I would wait for the rest of the line up of kepler and southern islands to come out and then ask again.
But if all you play is css, that game should not stress any of it and it only runs in dx9c

Thanks. For CSS I'm maxed out and usually at about 300fps. Some maps it dips to 150 at times with a lot of action, but I'm not complaining. More concerned with getting graphics maxed out for GO when it comes out. Sounds like I can just wait for GO and react accordingly.