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Been a few months and I've decided to go for haswell, Should be building by the end of the month.
Quick question I have some ARCTIC MX-4 that is about 2.5 years old, is it still good?
 
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MegaMan said:
Been a few months and I've decided to go for haswell, Should be building by the end of the month.
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Rock on and enjoy. :rockout:

MegaMan said:
Quick question I have some ARCTIC MX-4 that is about 2.5 years old, is it still good?
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If it still easily comes out of the tube easily you should be fine.
 
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MegaMan said:
Been a few months and I've decided to go for haswell, Should be building by the end of the month.
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You lucky dog, you get to play with the new hardware. I've pretty much decided to skip Haswell and spend my $ on better cooling (my H100 is good but I need a custom loop) and maybe a GTX 770. They say Haswell runs even hotter than Ivy Bridge when overclocked, so don't forget to include a premium liquid cooler to your budget.
 
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Hood said:
...don't forget to include a premium liquid cooler to your budget.
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I don't know, the TPC-812 looks awfully good, especially in the noise department.
 
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Hood said:
You lucky dog, you get to play with the new hardware. I've pretty much decided to skip Haswell and spend my $ on better cooling (my H100 is good but I need a custom loop) and maybe a GTX 770. They say Haswell runs even hotter than Ivy Bridge when overclocked, so don't forget to include a premium liquid cooler to your budget.
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Well I already bought the 100i, so that will have to be good enough for a while.

The last thing I need to figure out is how good the sound on the sniper m5.
I currently have a xonar dg. Since the new board won't have a plain old pci slot, that won't work.
I'm wondering if getting a xonar dgx is worth while and how much better it is than the fancy sound on the sniper.
I have ATH-M50's currently and at some point I might upgrade further.
 
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MegaMan said:
Well I already bought the 100i, so that will have to be good enough for a while.

The last thing I need to figure out is how good the sound on the sniper m5.
I currently have a xonar dg. Since the new board won't have a plain old pci slot, that won't work.
I'm wondering if getting a xonar dgx is worth while and how much better it is than the fancy sound on the sniper.
I have ATH-M50's currently and at some point I might upgrade further.
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I would not bother with a dedicated sound card personally. But you might care enough.
 
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shovenose said:
I would not bother with a dedicated sound card personally. But you might care enough.
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I can tell you I care enough to upgrade from realtek audio, which is what the vast majority of motherboards have.
 
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Changed my mind on the motherboard, ordered the case, and decided to get a better sound card and buy it used on ebay.
 
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