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Re: Need help with hardware.

Heatsink and fan are included. Like Twigs said unless your going to try overclocking why waste your money? Heat sink should come with Thermal paste or TIM already applied.

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Re: Need help with hardware.

Don't bother with the CPU cooler, the AMD provided one is fine. If you plan on overclocking, then good luck to you. Although AMD black editions do give some headroom, overlocking these days needs a lot of expertise. I personally wouldn't spend that much on new kit to screw it up without knowing what I'm doing.

Stock speeds are fast enough for your uses Ty. Save the cash from the planned cooler and put it towards some graphics.

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Re: Need help with hardware.

I bought it, [without the cooler]

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Re: Need help with hardware.

Nice smile Best part of owning any PC is building it

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Re: Need help with hardware.

Soon you shall all have more to worry about than Twigs in FS wink

I haven't been able to play for over a year!

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Re: Need help with hardware.

Ahah, yeah, looking forward to that TY smile

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Re: Need help with hardware.

You can also look forward to some new mapping projects :]

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