Nothing major this time, I'm really happy with her Ryzen 5 1600/Asrock B450 Pro4, 2x8GB Aegis DDR4-3000 16-16-18-38 1.35v/8GB PowerColor Red Dragon 8GB RX580/Corsair 850w/too many drives; but her case has been hacked up a few too many times and I think I could cool my CPU down with a bit of a better cooler.
I'm using the stock cooler now and have been running at 4GHz forever now, but she's hitting 70+ and I'd rather have it lower. Picked up a Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo, got a better fan for it, and a drop in PCIe card with 7 USB 3.0 ports. (I run out of USB ports a lot)
My son's old case is actually in pretty pristine condition except for having the small drive cage ripped out to make room for long video cards, but that's a pretty normal mod.
Only problem that leaves 4 bays for 6 drives. I'll get creative, it'll work.
Aside from that I'm excited about a decent CPU cooler and a side fan with an enclosed case instead of an open side, my computer is a dog hair magnet and requires constant cleaning. Hoping this will cut down on that a little.
Got a couple of new 120mm fans to make the air go where I want it and I'm sort of looking forward to this. It's not like fixing a computer, it's just moving it into a new case with a few little upgrades. Easy and relaxing with hopefully no suprises.
Like I said, nothing ground breaking but I'm excited. It's good to tear down your system every now and again and clean the hell out of it, this will make me do that while transferring.
I'm also looking at the side fan to drastically help with the temps on my RX580, the Red Dragon is notorious for running a little fast but the paste jobs are usually good so I'm not repasting it.
Yatta, a project I enjoy!
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I'm using the stock cooler now and have been running at 4GHz forever now, but she's hitting 70+ and I'd rather have it lower. Picked up a Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo, got a better fan for it, and a drop in PCIe card with 7 USB 3.0 ports. (I run out of USB ports a lot)
My son's old case is actually in pretty pristine condition except for having the small drive cage ripped out to make room for long video cards, but that's a pretty normal mod.
Only problem that leaves 4 bays for 6 drives. I'll get creative, it'll work.
Aside from that I'm excited about a decent CPU cooler and a side fan with an enclosed case instead of an open side, my computer is a dog hair magnet and requires constant cleaning. Hoping this will cut down on that a little.
Got a couple of new 120mm fans to make the air go where I want it and I'm sort of looking forward to this. It's not like fixing a computer, it's just moving it into a new case with a few little upgrades. Easy and relaxing with hopefully no suprises.
Like I said, nothing ground breaking but I'm excited. It's good to tear down your system every now and again and clean the hell out of it, this will make me do that while transferring.
I'm also looking at the side fan to drastically help with the temps on my RX580, the Red Dragon is notorious for running a little fast but the paste jobs are usually good so I'm not repasting it.
Yatta, a project I enjoy!
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