Stickman posted:

The Core V1 has quite a lot of clearance and airflow, so you definitely don't need liquid cooling (especially not for a 3600!)

It has good clearance for dual-slot gpus, but wider or taller cards (like the MSI Gaming X) won't fit. I'd return it and get a EVGA XC Gaming instead. GPU cooling should be totally fine - I have a EVGA SC2 1080 Ti in my restricted-airflow Core V1 variant and it rarely goes over 75. Your G3 will also work fine!

I'm not sure if this has already been suggested, but consider swapping out the 970 evo for an Inland Premium or HP ex920. There's no noticeable performance difference and you could put the $55-65 towards a gpu or monitor upgrade down the road.

E: Like Mu Zeta said, the bios is not guaranteed to be compatible out of the box. You'll either need to buy from a shop that will update the bios (like Microcenter), get it updated at a local shop (potentially expensive), or get an upgrade loaner cpu from AMD or someone else. If you're monitor is higher resolution and/or 60Hz, a 2600 would likely have identical gaming performance to the 3600 for now. You could save a bit of money, have guaranteed compatibility, and upgrade in a few years when you'd actually see a difference!


The Core V1/Suppressor F1 only has 140mm of CPU clearance, so no d15(s)/u14s/u12s or Mugen 5 Rev.B. The best air cooler it'll fit is probably the u9s, but I'd just start with stock.