No to both of those. Stay away from the GS and CX models from Corsair. This is actually a better (and cheaper) PSU than the one you have listed in your main post: http://www.alternate.nl/html/product/Corsair/CMPSU-750AX/254206/?tk=7&lk=3881 But it doesnt save that much money. These are other good choices: http://www.alternate.nl/html/product/Seasonic/G-650/1028365/?tk=7&lk=3881 http://www.alternate.nl/html/product/SilverStone/SST-ST60F-PS/1041562/?tk=7&lk=3881
ok thanks. so this is low profile ram: http://www.alternate.nl/html/product/Corsair/16_GB_DDR3-1600_Kit/1041803/ added the 750AX PSU to the list.
Most people think of that as low profile, really it is just standard height RAM. The problem is that the majority of good RAM sold now days has really tall heatspreaders. These can have clearance issues on the majority of decent - good air coolers because the heatsinks stick out far enough that with a fan mounted on it will cover up 1 or 2 memory slots. Meaning you can only use standard height or low profile RAM with a big heatsink. This is one of the reasons that AIO water coolers have gained popularity. In addition to being better at cooling they also dont block RAM slots. You can use regular height or low profile RAM with a big heatsink. THe normal height stuff like what you just linked too will barely fit under the heatsink and fan,with the fan probably resting on the top of the memory dimms. For reference, these are low profile RAM dimms: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147096 Cant tell from the picture, but the sticks are barely a 1/2" tall, or for the rest of the world people: 1.27 centimeters high. Normal height RAM is a little over and inch tall, and high performance RAM with the tall heatspreaders are closer to 1 1/2"
dunno yet, maybe..ive red that with proper cooling the 3570k can go up to 4.8GHz safely, so might do that, but dunno....i have no idea how to do it myself, so would need some help there.
With a Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO you can get that 3570k to at least 4.4GHz no problem. Pretty good for a $30 cooler. You really dont have to do much work to overclock anymore. You can probably just change the multiplayer from default up to 22x which will result in 4.4GHz. If you get any instability then just give it a touch more voltage and you will be fine. Takes like 2 minutes to do it all
It is. When you get it all together go and dig through the thread for my new pc. It has the settings you can change in aisuite to get 4.5 Ghz. There is some variation between processors but give the settings a shot as a starting point and modify the multiplier and voltage from there.