PC gamer and build your own PC?

Percy1983

Yes

I iwll agree for 'normal' PC's the is no problems with dell, hp etc and in some cases can actually be cheaper than a self build of the same spec.

ITonyI wrote: »

What are people's experiences with CPU water coolers? I've had two and both have failed within their warranty. Fortunately it was just the pump that went and not a leak, but still doesn't inspire confidence in their ability to last...

I guess you talking the closed loop system, personally I have never bother has they don't offer much over the better air coolers apart from noise reduction which isn't a problem.

I will say gnerally when I was readin up on them I wasn't hearing many bad things, maybe your just unlucky.

Cycrow

Yes

it would depend what type of water coolers you are talking about.

i assume you are talking about the all in one coolers, rather than a custom water cooled loop?

I currently run a corsair H50 and its been running without problems for about 4 years

ITonyI

Yes

Yeah, a closed loop system. They worked great whilst they did and were quiet as a dream, but then they died in an uncomfortably subtle fashion...

michael243

Yes

Its much more fun building it yourself!

Blackjack_Davy

Yes

ITonyI wrote: »

What are people's experiences with CPU water coolers? I've had two and both have failed within their warranty. Fortunately it was just the pump that went and not a leak, but still doesn't inspire confidence in their ability to last...

Sealed system? Corsair? I've had an H50 in my build since 2009 its been 100% reliable.

Mine was manufactured by Asutek, the later ones were a different OEM and they're the ones with the problems.

I plan to put together my own custom WC loop together sometime, just need some more parts and the time.

Retrogamer

Yes

Using an H100 in mines for 2 years now. 4.6ghz 2500k and cpu die is around 55oC on prime95, not much noise and no reliability issues

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Brought a PC from PC world in 2004.. broke after 2 years they wanted 300 quid to fix and only cost 500 at the time i brought it... borrwed a m8 laptop and google my problem fix for 50 quid as was PSU problem.. ever since then i added and built on from that and now has a monster tower i7 CPU, 16GB Ram SSDs 100 watt PSU etc... all started as i wanted BF2.. now cant wait till BF4 come out played the beta for hours... so much better than 3 and agree with other BFBC2 was the best aprt from BF2.... They brought commander back but want spec op too so we can blow the commader assits up PC rip off guys guy use googles i learn everything about PC and building them from this as i went along over the years.... might have 50 diffrent solution where only one work but hey that the learning curve and save you £££££

Rach3l

Yes

I always build mine! I'm studying CG so I needed a really beefy PC recently when my old one just wouldn't cut it. Games are super quick on it too now, bonus!

I used logicalincrements.com to help me get an idea of what I could get with my budget, highly recommended if you're a bit lost.

Retrogamer

Yes

Just purchased a 780GTX to replace my 2 x 1.5GB 580GTX
Hoping to be quieter, cooler and faster

Percy1983

Yes

Retrogamer wrote: »

Just purchased a 780GTX to replace my 2 x 1.5GB 580GTX
Hoping to be quieter, cooler and faster

Ouch, why did you not get a 290x, more power and less money.