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darkmiasma

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Ok, so I’ll go with the 9800x3D.

what’s the consensus on the cooler for it, and how many case fans do I actually need for the O11?

sorry if this seems basic, I’ve been out of the loop for too long.
 
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darkmiasma said:
Ok, so I’ll go with the 9800x3D.

what’s the consensus on the cooler for it, and how many case fans do I actually need for the O11?

sorry if this seems basic, I’ve been out of the loop for too long.
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My 011 was pretty narrow due to psu being behind the mb tray. If you do an air cooler be sure it will fit.
 
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darkmiasma said:
I could do air or spring for the AIO, I’ve just never used one before so I don’t know about maintenance for it.
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They are almost all (or used to be) completely maintenance free, since they are closed loop. Some of them I think have added some stuff where they can be user topped off but I have never in what? 15 years of doing AIO coolers ever "maintained" mine. I would go for Arctic Cooling but MC seems to be permanently out of the AC 360s at least in Houston. If you are having them do a custom build for you, you can bring in your own parts, so you can buy one from Amazon and include it in your assembly.

I bought a bunch of fans for my O1, like 6, 1 but be sure you power it up in the store to hear it before taking it home. Mine was much louder than I expected.

Shame about Deep Cool selling stuff to the Russians.
 
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rhinohelix said:
They are almost all (or used to be) completely maintenance free, since they are closed loop. Some of them I think have added some stuff where they can be user topped off but I have never in what? 15 years of doing AIO coolers ever "maintained" mine. I would go for Arctic Cooling but MC seems to be permanently out of the AC 360s at least in Houston. If you are having them do a custom build for you, you can bring in your own parts, so you can buy one from Amazon and include it in your assembly.

I bought a bunch of fans for my O1, like 6, 1 but be sure you power it up in the store to hear it before taking it home. Mine was much louder than I expected.

Shame about Deep Cool selling stuff to the Russians.
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I didn't know you could bring your own parts - I've never been to the Microcenter since it's about an hour away, but I'll take the drive and go hang out at a diner while they build it for 4 hours.

Do you have to buy an OS from them, or will they take your own CD Key?
 
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IIRC they will give you a trial version you can convert to Windows 11 Pro via key IIRC. Always call and ask, though. What they do here in Houston isn't what they might do elsewhere, and I tend to stop in and talk to the guys when I go in so I don't know what they will do for other people. Actually the guy who did mine last time wasn't the greatest, so maybe they do give me *the special* ;)
 
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I built a PC with a then new 3950X AMD processor (sold it here on FoH to one of the memebers) I bought a 3700 until I could find one in stock at retail, that was pre-covid. It was also the last time I was able to get high demand PC parts at retail. Sad sad state of affairs.
 
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