Is this pc water/liquid cooled? I shows in one of the pics that there is an 'Liquid Cooling Grommets'.
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Sonya,the system ships air-cooled, but can accommodate a liquid cooler, should you choose to install one.
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no it's not but it stays extremely cool unless you're going to add higher graphic cards I wouldn't worry about it it handles Call of Duty all that just fine
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Liquid cooling is best with this particular motherboard. Yet, it all comes down with what you are experienced with and personal preference. In my opinion, liquid cooling really brings out all the potential in this motherboard. For beginners in the water cooling side I would purchase a h100i or an nzxt kraken. This board comes with most everything you would need for sli and etc. Getting into detail It does has 4 dimm slots and 16+ gb of ram (32 preferably) would suffice. It is a wonderful board in my build of which was built last November and still running strong. My best wishes, Joshua -- IT Expert
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Yes! I use a CM seidon 120m which isn't the best liquid cooler. Currently I have it overclocked to 4.6 ghz, but could go higher. Its such a great cpu, eespecially for the price.
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Thank you for your emailIt comes with maxcool fan and It has 120mm case fanThis particular case is not suitable for liquid cooling
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The "DC" is for direct cooling. It includes liquid cooling on the gpu to help keep temperatures down. Not a necessity however I prefer to have components staying as cool as possible.
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I didn't have any high temps, but I only ran it stock long enough to verify it works. I basically always replace stock sink and TIM. If you're intending on using this for pretty demanding stuff (gaming, photo/video editing, 3D modeling and render, etc.) I'd recommend replacing TIM and sink.
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Yes, the easy way to tell is look at the exhaust coming out of the heads. If pipes come out the bottom it is water cooled.
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You have several options for cooling, it can be water or air right through the hooks, or just using fans. You choose the only thing I can say is that this MoBo is excellent. If you use water cooling is recommended that you have a large enough case, check the cooler master are very good. Sorry for the delay in my response
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Yes, there's thermal paste already applied to the surface. There's a clear plastic piece that protects the paste that you have to remove. Very nice heat sink - don't know if it's all that much better at cooling but MUCH quieter than the Intel fan I had that had a high pitch to it.
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A non liquid or gel cooled CPU cooler can only cool the CPU to as cool as the room its in. And maybe a few degrees cooler. How hot is your house? And btw... 70-80 under load itsnt that bad assuming your house is around 70-75. Start worrying when you hit 90 at Max load. If you cool the room its in and continue to have issues or unsatisfactory temps then get your motherboard tested. (I've had this issue and once it was the MB reporting faulse temps. Also... try a different program for monitoring your temps while under load. And only run one at a time.)
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Hi there, Yes Sir, no problem at all. Alot of people will tell you that this processor is a beast of a CPU (true), but also that beadt will run smoothly with any liquid cooler (open or closed loop) in case of normal clocking. However, if you would like to unleash the full capacity of the beast then you should need a beast of a cooler to cool ot down. I hope i was useful. Regards, Ahmed E
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No, It is not. It's big but not overly space consuming. Just make sure you have at least a full tower to handle it, and make sure it's not fighting for space next to you processor heat sink.
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I have had this board for a year now, I purchased it last year on black friday along with a new cpu, and ram. This year I got a new graphics card, and PSU, when I opened my case I expected alot of dust...I had to actually search for dust in my case, I found none whatsoever on the board, only place I found any dust was on the case under the old psu at that vent, other than that not a spec. While I didn't look under the armor, the board itself was completely dust free. I have 5 120mm fans, 4 of them are pushing air through the case so that it comes out the top, in a scout master cooler tower, I'm sure that helped, but my old board would have a layer of dust after around 6 months. I have had this board for a year now, I purchased it last year on black friday along with a new cpu, and ram. This year I got a new graphics card, and PSU, when I opened my case I expected alot of dust...I had to actually search for dust in my case, I found none whatsoever on the board, only place I found any dust was on the case under the old psu at that vent, other than that not a spec. While I didn't look under the armor, the board itself was completely dust free. I have 5 120mm fans, 4 of them are pushing air through the case so that it comes out the top, in a scout master cooler tower,... » Read More I have had this board for a year now, I purchased it last year on black friday along with a new cpu, and ram. This year I got a new graphics card, and PSU, when I opened my case I expected alot of dust...I had to actually search for dust in my case, I found none whatsoever on the board, only place I found any dust was on the case under the old psu at that vent, other than that not a spec. While I didn't look under the armor, the board itself was completely dust free. I have 5 120mm fans, 4 of them are pushing air through the case so that it comes out the top, in a scout master cooler tower, I'm sure that helped, but my old board would have a layer of dust after around 6 months. « Show Less
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http://www.bing.com/shopping/intel-corp-intel-thermal-solution-liquid-catalog-category-cpus/p/7E16AF7FE662DB305012?q=intel+liquid+thermal+fan&lpq;=intel%20liquid%20thermal%20fan&FORM;=HURE
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I don't use liquid cooloing but the case is set-up for it, but 11 cooling fans I have never seen case temp above 40 cel degrees sorry about all I can say
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P.S. If you are running liquid cooling you can do away with the fancy heat sink on the RAM sticks and use liquid cooling accessories for them.
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The fans are very sufficient and quiet enough. No need for water cooling. Unless you live in a tropical country and you are overclocking your machine.