extra cooling needed?

EnC

Member
I have configured this system but was not sure whether it would need extra cooling or if I can get away with standard components. Any thoughts?

Case
COOLERMASTER SILEO 500 QUIET MID TOWER CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-950 (3.06GHz) 4.8GTs/8MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® P6X58D-E: DDR3, USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, 3-Way SLI
Memory (RAM)
12GB SAMSUNG DDR3 TRI-DDR3 1333MHz (3 x 4GB)
Graphics Card
1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX460 GDDR5 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB OCZ VERTEX 2 SATA II 2.5" SSD (upto 285MB/sR | 275MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD10EARS, SATA 3 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE
3rd Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD10EARS, SATA 3 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
10x BLU-RAY RE-WRITER DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply & Case Cooling
CORSAIR 750W PSU (TX750) 80+ ULTRA QUIET
Processor Cooling
INTEL SOCKET LGA1366 STANDARD CPU COOLER
Sound Card
Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ Titanium PCI Express
Network Facilities
WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps PCI EXPRESS CARD
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence
 

Sleinous

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Nah stock will be fine BUT if you want it to be quieter, go for the £19 triple heat-pipe cooler, it does a good job.

Judging by that 750W PSU you plan on adding a second 1GB GTX 460 to this rig later on? :)

Nice spec.
 

EnC

Member
Cheers Sleinous,

I'll definately consider adding the triple heat pipe.

Yep, another gtx 460's going in there in the future.
 

Sleinous

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Good stuff! Should last you a while this rig :D

The better CPU cooler is advantageous as this case is built with silence in mind as opposed to high-airflow. :)
 
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