I Need Your Help: Rate This System From 1-10

[AMDFanatic]

Rate this system and feel free to make suggestions if I chose a bad part or something. I haven't built a system in like 3 months and have been out of the loop so your input is appreciated.

Here's the rig:

New Rig

Here's the case:

Silverstone Case

Here's my cooler:

Aerocool DP-103

I want the XP-102, but sadly the Gigabyte boards don't like them, so this is the next best thing since I already had a DP-102 and it's basically god in a HS.

Here's a really cool fan control/monitor panel:

Aerocool GateWatch

This is a bad ass front panel. Wow! It takes up two bays, but I just need to have this.

 

[JenniAMDCHP]

First link shows an empty wish list..

The case? Well, that's up to you. The design doesn't do much for me - but you're getting it for you, not me =D
It doesn't seem to state how many running fans are in the case - so you might want to find out. It will be a bit
loud if there's a lot, or it may be quiet but not be overclock-friendly if there's only a few areas (I think I saw
2 spaces on the back for 2 fans in one of the pictures, but not 100% on that). If there's not a lot of ventilation then
even the best heat sink will only have hot air to work with and not work very well.

As far as the heat sink goes.. some folks choose brawn over beauty, or beauty over brawn. It's certainly a very
unique looking heat sink - though I've never seen that one specifically reviewed, so I don't know how well it works.
Look around online at various reviews of heat sinks before picking one - you don't want to end up with
something that doesn't do as much as you were hoping for.

If by Gigabyte boards not liking them you mean because of the little plastic pins instead of the traditional design, the
stock retainer/pins are removable without too much effort(Though it can be a bit scary if you've never fiddled
with a mobo before and removed backplates - but it's very simple!)

I'll take pictures when I put my XP-120 in on my Gigabyte board - try and do a walk through via pictures and text of how
to get around the generic backplate/retainer that comes with Gigabyte boards. I'll post it in the Cooling section. Hopefully
it'll be of some nifty use to someone at least. =)

Also - the case you picked doesn't look like it has tons of front bays - so keep that in mind when getting your fan control panel..you may have limited space to work with and may wish to use those panels for other stuff down the road. (Makes better sense to me to get a 1 panel fan controller/display, but again - this is just personal preference..)
-Jen

 

[Comparisonman]

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