Going to build a new computer soon...

[brian1996]

Finally found a cooler that is 'compact' and works just as well as normal huge tower coolers (or so I've read), I don't want a huge block disrupting air flow.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/quiet-Dark-Rock-CPU-Cooler/dp/B00XJMQDUM/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1456082694&sr=1-1&keywords=Dark+Rock+TF+CPU+Cooler

Airflow is no issue in your case, a regular tower would be completely fine especially with the extra fans you are planning to put in. Such coolers only start interrupting airflow in mATX cases or smaller.

[Mikal]

I have a water cooler Corsair one from the Hydro series had it for over a year now no leaking or anything on  the same CPU you have and u can get a whole 1 Ghz over clock on it,  with temps in the 60s. Don't believe what you see on the net.

I assume you have a double fan liquid cooler though, which are quite expensive compared to single fan ones, and single fan ones literally perform just as good as much cheaper air coolers.

Airflow is no issue in your case, a regular tower would be completely fine especially with the extra fans you are planning to put in. Such coolers only start interrupting airflow in mATX cases or smaller.

I still like the look of compact top down fans best, and I have said that I doubt I'd even bother over clocking, don't see the point in working everything so hard, which is why I'll still likely go for this CPU cooler and change the fan to the same ones I'm getting for the case, I like looks as much as functionality, can't help it.

[Fuzzy]

That be quiet is fine. I would put the fans to exhaust and not push the air into the motherboard area though.

[Mikal]

I would put the fans to exhaust and not push the air into the motherboard area though.

Well I read that one of the good things about that specific cooler is that it also cools the motherboard and RAM, correct me if I read wrongly...

[Janar]

Well I read that one of the good things about that specific cooler is that it also cools the motherboard and RAM, correct me if I read wrongly...

It's not really an issue with Intel boards. AMD boards could use some airflow on the VRMs because AMD processors (especially high-end such as FX-8350 etc) require a lot of power and VRMs do get hot.

[Mikal]

So I'm going to forget about getting an SSHD for now and just get a normal 1TD HDD, then I'll get a 120GB SSD in the future just for Windows and such.

My question is, is this hard drive ok?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digital-WD10EZEX-Cache-Internal/dp/B0088PUEPK/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1456244599&sr=1-1&keywords=1TB+hdd

It is the most popular one on Amazon and it's not too expensive.

Edit:
Cancel that, got this one instead as it's reported to have slightly faster speeds.

[Rusty]

Prefer Western Digital had a Seagate before and it broke within a couple months.

[Fuzzy]

Well I read that one of the good things about that specific cooler is that it also cools the motherboard and RAM, correct me if I read wrongly...

Yes indeed, but if you make it push the air into the motherboard area (like in the pictures of it) it could potentially make it hotter than usual as then the CPU heat would be pushed into the area. So I recommend exhausting.

My question is, is this hard drive ok?

Seagates are indeed not as well known for reliability as some other HDD manufacturers. But it should be fine unless you just get unlucky.

then I'll get a 120GB SSD in the future just for Windows and such.

No point in getting a 120GB when 240GB/256GB ones are so cheap now, unless you really want to save like 20£ for half the space 

[Mikal]

Yes indeed, but if you make it push the air into the motherboard area (like in the pictures of it) it could potentially make it hotter than usual as then the CPU heat would be pushed into the area. So I recommend exhausting.

I guess you have a valid point, I'm more unsure about that CPU cooler now after looking at the size of it and measuring my case, it's f**king huge, if I were going to get it, I wanted it to look nice, was going to replace the top visible fan with one of these as I think it'd look real nice through the glass panel, still have to think about it though, I just hate the look of those huge block coolers, though I do know they are the best for actually cooling.

Seagates are indeed not as well known for reliability as some other HDD manufacturers.

I'd change it to the Western Digital one if I could, sadly I activated the month of Amazon Prime trial due to all the ordering I'm doing lately, and it was 'dispatched' about an hour after submitting the order, will just have to hope I'm not an unlucky one with it, anyway, I can always request a refund if it fucks up.

No point in getting a 120GB when 240GB/256GB ones are so cheap now, unless you really want to save like 20£ for half the space 

True, I would have gotten a 1TB SSD if I could have afforded it, but they are soooo damn expensive, the reason I didn't bother with the SSHD is because I noticed that only 8GB of that 1TB is actually SSD, which means it'd be used in no time, I know it auto-overwrites to put your most used stuff on it, but it doesn't seem worth it to me looking at how much more expensive they are than a normal HDD.

[Fuzzy]

I also have 2 Seagate ST2000DM001's (one is around 2 years old and other one 1 year) in my home server in a LVM volume group and so far they haven't blown up
Most notably I believe the ST3000DM001 has been unreliable as hell

[rid]

Finally you ditched some dumb decisions. Cheers on not wasting money on these practically useless SSHD's 

[DarkPower202]

Give me rates

[Mikal]

Too much stuff everywhere!

Just found another version of the GTX 960 4GB, which one is best?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gigabyte-1127MHz-Dl-Dvi-I-Dl-Dvi-D-Graphics/dp/B00ULQDPDC/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1456273478&sr=8-2&keywords=GTX+960+windforce+4gb

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00UJLDVJC/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=GMZXWCH6VT45&coliid=I3FKOXI7G4K11I&psc=1

[brian1996]

Both are basically equal, both have excellent warranty coverage and customer support and both will do the job fine.

[Mikal]

Both are basically equal, both have excellent warranty coverage and customer support and both will do the job fine.

Alright thanks, and considering the G1 Gaming GTX 960 4GB is cheaper on ebuyer, I think I'll be getting that one, even though it is sooooooooooooo fucking long, just measured it to my case and damn...