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Is Corsair 900D too big for me?

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December 30, 2013 12:21:00 AM

Hi. My current plan of the setup is:
Power Supply: Seasonic, X-1050 1050W power supply w/Modular Cables, 80 Plus Gold
Mainboard: Asus, P9X79-E WS, LGA2011, IntelX79, DDR3-2400 (O.C.)
CPU: i7-4930k
CPU Cooler: Noctua, NH-D14 SE2011
Liquid Cooling: Corsair H100i Hydro CPU liquid cooling system
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5
Ram: G Skill, 32GB (4x 8GB) Trident X PC3-19200 DDR3 2400MHz CL10
Graphic Card: Evga, Geforce GTX 780Ti SuperClocked w/ACX Cooler 1006-1072Mhz, 3GB
Hard Drive: 1. Samsung 750GB 840 EVO Series SSD
2. Samsung 1TB 840 EVO Series SSD

I sort of doubt that I'll be adding any extras besides maybe an extra graphic card later on..
I heard that 900d is a really big case. If it is too big, please recommend me a solid case that can fit these well with very good airflow (my budget is still flexible enough to replace the fans if needed). It also needs to be aluminum. I'm just very scared of overheat and I've once messed up my computer due to carelessness of heat cooling.

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December 30, 2013 12:32:20 AM

It is really big! Maybe you would be better off with a 750D. It is almost as big, only without the basement area. You would probably fit your build in a mid tower case, however I think that may be an E-ATX motherboard. The 900D is only really good if you plan on a custom loop water cooler as that is the only way to fill up that amount of space (the case can look empty even with 4 GPUs)
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December 30, 2013 1:37:55 AM

The correct question is not if it´s too big for you but rather if it´s too expensive for you.

I have the 900D and I love it. It´s a real charm to work in it and also contrary to my last case, this one is not trying to kill me. lol
But seriously, if I had to choose today I would probably go with the 750D which wasn´t announced when I got my 900D and is now around half the price of the 900D.
You basically only need the 900D if you are going to go all in on water cooling.

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December 30, 2013 1:51:44 AM

Som3one said:
The correct question is not if it´s too big for you but rather if it´s too expensive for you.

I have the 900D and I love it. It´s a real charm to work in it and also contrary to my last case, this one is not trying to kill me. lol
But seriously, if I had to choose today I would probably go with the 750D which wasn´t announced when I got my 900D and is now around half the price of the 900D.
You basically only need the 900D if you are going to go all in on water cooling.



The money is simply no issue. However, I thought that such a big case wouldn't be so necessary when most of the space that 900d is made/intended for won't be used. However, I probably won't do custom loop.. so I guess that's 750d for me then? Would my cooling system be sufficient for my specs though? I'm not going to be overclocking much, and only mildly.
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December 30, 2013 2:11:09 AM

Now that you mention it, why do you have two CPU coolers listed?
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December 30, 2013 2:55:28 AM

Som3one said:
Now that you mention it, why do you have two CPU coolers listed?


oh well,, that's actually a mistake. I happened to paste that setup from my old note and forgot to delete the noctua. I'm planning on H100i.
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December 30, 2013 3:08:02 AM

The H100i is one of the top AiO coolers at the moment. So yeah, the only way of getting better temps than that would be going custom loop.
You will be fine. ;) 

Also, you could add some fans to increase air flow in your case.
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December 30, 2013 3:30:16 AM

Som3one said:
The H100i is one of the top AiO coolers at the moment. So yeah, the only way of getting better temps than that would be going custom loop.
You will be fine. ;) 

Also, you could add some fans to increase air flow in your case.


Which fans are recommended for case fan? I was actually just wondering if nh-d14 would work for case fans:X
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December 30, 2013 3:35:49 AM

sacredmimi said:
Som3one said:
The H100i is one of the top AiO coolers at the moment. So yeah, the only way of getting better temps than that would be going custom loop.
You will be fine. ;) 

Also, you could add some fans to increase air flow in your case.


Which fans are recommended for case fan? I was actually just wondering if nh-d14 would work for case fans:X


Depends how many you have - if you have more you can afford to get quieter ones! Bitfenix spectres are good ones. Noctua fans are supposed to be good, and corsair makes some good ones.
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