Recent content by Grinty

Ah, so that's how well something stores heat, in which case yes, heat pipes are junk because there's barely any mass to them! XD

Sorry about that. I'm still not quite sure what you meant in that case. From my perspective, everything between the CPU die and the radiator is just there to transfer heat as effectively as possible, measured in Watts per Kelvin (or whatever units you prefer). In that sense heat pipes are...

Also from Wikipedia: "The effective thermal conductivity varies with heat pipe length, and can approach 100 kW/(m⋅K) for long heat pipes, in comparison with approximately 0.4 kW/(m⋅K) for copper."

Just had a look at the Wikipedia page for "Heat pipe", where I found this interesting tid-bit: "The advantage of heat pipes over many other heat-dissipation mechanisms is their great efficiency in transferring heat. A pipe one inch in diameter and two feet long can transfer 3.7 kW (12.500 BTU...

I'm not the best person to explain this but I'll have a go. Heat conducts into the liquid at the hot end of the pipe and turns it into vapour. The vapour travels to the cold end, where it condenses and runs down the inside of the pipe back to the hot end. The vapour isn't simply diffusing -...

Apologies for sniping here, but I thought the copper pipes in conventional CPU coolers were filled with a liquid with a vapour point around the target operating temperature of the CPU, not just air. If so then they will move heat with astonishing efficiency (measured in Watts/Centigrade rather...

Just wanted to say this thread is 100% solid gold - fantastic amount of detail on the intended use of the system, and really good explanations of why people are choosing the components they recommend! (y)

For your budget you could get something like this. It should work well with your current monitor, and if you want to upgrade in the future the extra capacity in the power supply should means you shouldn't need to buy more than a new monitor and graphics card. The X570 motherboard is a bit of a...

Hi Alex It would be helpful if you could let us know what monitor you want to use this system with. Either make/model or resolution/refresh rate is fine. Also, what is your maximum budget? Pending answers to those questions, here's some smaller advice: - AMD processors are generally much...

This is a slightly modified version of the "High-level 1440p" system from the guide @keithbeaks linked to. I'm working on the assumption that gaming is the heaviest workload you'll be putting on this system since you haven't mentioned video editing, CAD or enormous software projects. If that...

Sorry to hear about your last PC's untimely demise. Could you tell us what monitor you're planning to use this with (resolution and refresh rate or make and model), and what your maximum budget is? Some straightforward recommendations without knowing the above: - You'll probably get better...

I'm struggling a little bit because so many things (especially monitors) are out of stock at the moment. Here's a starting point using an AMD build that comes in a little cheaper than the one you've posted and should give 1440p @ 75Hz performance. It's worth waiting to see if anyone else on the...

Hello and welcome to the forum. 1 The graphics card you've chosen is a lot more powerful than it needs to be for the monitor you've selected 2 Not an expert but from what I've heard dual graphics card setups aren't that good for gaming any more (though I believe they still have niche uses for...

Entirely understandable! You could even downgrade further to the 3300X (still a very capable CPU, and generally considered the best value for money for gaming use), maybe step the power supply up to a 750W RXm to support a graphics card upgrade in a few years' time and pocket the rest of the...

That CPU is an absolute beast - massive overkill for gaming. Do you have some other reason for needing that much power? I've reduced the CPU and spread the saving around a bunch of upgrades to the rest of the system. I would add that 256GB of storage is pretty light - do you have a large drive...