gunsch
Bronze Level Poster
Hey guys, i'm new in this Forum, haven't found anything regarding this topic yet so i'm here with a couple of questions regarding an Octane II pro equipped with:
i7 6700k
Gtx 980 (the desktop grade card, no "m")
16 gigs of 2133 mhz ddr4 ram
1TB 5400rpm HDD + 240GB SSD for the OS and a few games.
And the Arctic mx-4 extreme thermal paste.
I'm considering to buy this configuration, mainly for gaming (heavily modded skyrim, crysis, witcher 3 and so on) plus i want to be future proof for a couple of years, but there are a few things that worry me...
0.5 Are those specs too overkill?/still worth the money or could i get something with like 10% less performance for like half the price?
1. What about the cooling? Even with that magic thermal paste i have trust issues that some fans can keep a more than 4 ghz beast of a cpu and a top end gpu tamed. Does anybody know how hot they will get? I'd prefer something below 80 degrees celsius at load for gpu and cpu although i highly doubt that this would possible in such a (relatively) small enviroment.
I just want my laptop to last long and not fry my graphics card after 2 years of usage.
2. What about dust? Luckily my room isn't that dusty, but still, could that become a problem? Are the fans able to be cleaned properly?
3. Noise?
It doesn't have to be a ninja since i'll be using an over-ear headset anyway, just hoping it isn't like the aorus x7 pro.
4. Am i worrying too much?
I'm not even close to being an expert regarding temperatures in a laptop, i basically know that around 60-80 degrees is optimal and 100 degrees would be to much or am i wrong? Can somebody confirm that this thing runs cool enough with pretty much maxed out specs?
Please throw any questions regarding the build or maybe even answers for my question down below,
Thanks for help in advance!
Other recommendations or generally anything that gets me closer to the decision of wether or not i'm going to buy this beast is appreciated!
i7 6700k
Gtx 980 (the desktop grade card, no "m")
16 gigs of 2133 mhz ddr4 ram
1TB 5400rpm HDD + 240GB SSD for the OS and a few games.
And the Arctic mx-4 extreme thermal paste.
I'm considering to buy this configuration, mainly for gaming (heavily modded skyrim, crysis, witcher 3 and so on) plus i want to be future proof for a couple of years, but there are a few things that worry me...
0.5 Are those specs too overkill?/still worth the money or could i get something with like 10% less performance for like half the price?
1. What about the cooling? Even with that magic thermal paste i have trust issues that some fans can keep a more than 4 ghz beast of a cpu and a top end gpu tamed. Does anybody know how hot they will get? I'd prefer something below 80 degrees celsius at load for gpu and cpu although i highly doubt that this would possible in such a (relatively) small enviroment.
I just want my laptop to last long and not fry my graphics card after 2 years of usage.
2. What about dust? Luckily my room isn't that dusty, but still, could that become a problem? Are the fans able to be cleaned properly?
3. Noise?
It doesn't have to be a ninja since i'll be using an over-ear headset anyway, just hoping it isn't like the aorus x7 pro.
4. Am i worrying too much?
I'm not even close to being an expert regarding temperatures in a laptop, i basically know that around 60-80 degrees is optimal and 100 degrees would be to much or am i wrong? Can somebody confirm that this thing runs cool enough with pretty much maxed out specs?
Please throw any questions regarding the build or maybe even answers for my question down below,
Thanks for help in advance!
Other recommendations or generally anything that gets me closer to the decision of wether or not i'm going to buy this beast is appreciated!