Originally Posted by Natejas
And I'd like to here opinions on either liquid cooled or just a fan, which is better and what are some cons to both of them
Liquid cooling is going to be
very cool but again you do not need it unless you're going to overclock into the extremes. Which you have stated that you're not.
Fan cooling is cheaper and a decent HSF also allows for a little overclocking. The only issue is that you're unlikely to get temps that much below room temperature because physics.
Overkill.
Since you're not overclocking I will again recommend you just stick with the stock fan that comes with the CPU. Because it's free and it'll work just fine.
If you're intent on getting an aftermarket HSF, I would recommend the
Cooler Master 212+ or the
212 EVO.
Both of which offer excellent performance for their price. Unfortunately this also means everyone on the planet wants to buy them so they're often out of stock.
Again I must stress that
you will be fine with the stock fan unless you decided to overclock.
Mmmm... no not
decently. The 2gb GTX770
can handle triple monitors, but you're going to be saying goodbye to your deliciously smooth framerate on modern games.
For best performance you're going to be looking at SLI with two cards (say, two 760s or 660ti's), OR you could get the 4gb GTX770 which will perform better on multiple monitors than the 2gb model.
Both of those options are very expensive - not to mention the price of 3 monitors.
You CAN do it with your current card but I can't say whether you're going to have smooth frames. Not to say games won't be
playable. They certainly will, it just won't look as smooth if you've got them cranked to Ultra etc.
And of course if it does cause problems you can always just use a single monitor for more demanding games.
(Also you don't
need 3 monitors, one is fine, two is great for multitasking so you can play games fullscreen on one and mess around on the internet on the other etc :P)
Last edited by 4zb41; Jan 5, 2014 at 11:22 PM.