My partner wants a new rig and she wants it to be small, so i'm going to build her a cheap ITX system and i'm letting her have my current CPU which is a standard Core i5 2500 (means i can get myself an Ivy Bridge)... Will the Arctic Freezer 11 LP be good enough to keep the i5 2500 cool when gaming? The case will either be a 'Bitfenix Prodigy' or the cheaper 'Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced' mini-ITX case (airflow should be ok with either of these). I need a low profile cooler that's better than Intel's stock coolers and one that won't block the RAM or PCI-E slots on a mini ITX board (probably go for a cheap Asrock H61M-ITX or similar).
Anyone recommend anything else or is the Arctic 11 LP ok? I'm not looking to spend silly money or get liquid cooling either! Cheers
This will be the rig i'm going to build (trying out Overclockers UK for a change):
CPU: Intel Core i5 2500 (non 'K' version, so no overclocking) - i already have this
RAM: 8GB TeamGroup Elite DDR3 RAM
Mobo: Asrock H61M-ITX mobo (or similar from Asus or Gigabyte)
Case: Bitfenix Prodigy - or - Cooler Master Elite 120 ITX case
HDD: Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB HDD
Optical: Generic DVDRW drive (don't care which brand - all very similar to me)
PSU: OCZ ZT 550W modular PSU
GPU: Either a Radeon 7870 or maybe a GTX 660 Ti (she wants Borderlands 2, so i'm leaning towards the 660 Ti)
You can probably tell i'm trying to keep it cheap![]()


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)... Will the Arctic Freezer 11 LP be good enough to keep the i5 2500 cool when gaming? The case will either be a 'Bitfenix Prodigy' or the cheaper 'Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced' mini-ITX case (airflow should be ok with either of these). I need a low profile cooler that's better than Intel's stock coolers and one that won't block the RAM or PCI-E slots on a mini ITX board (probably go for a cheap Asrock H61M-ITX or similar).
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