So I believe I've narrowed down my case and cooler selection to these:
Cases
Corsair Air 540
NZXT Phantom 630
NZXT Phantom 820
Coolers
Corsair H110
Corsair H100i
NZXT Kraken X60
What do you think?
I love the design of the Corsair Air 540, but I worry since it's technically a "mid-tower" that dual GTX 780 cards in SLI along a closed loop liquid cooler that things might get a little cramped with the air flow. All 3 of these liquid coolers are great which makes this decision difficult.
Opinions?
Here is my build:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.98 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X60 98.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste ($6.73 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VI FORMULA ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($309.79 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($126.92 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($169.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($505.91 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($505.91 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair Air 540 Silver ATX Mid Tower Case ($129.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair 860W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($19.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit - OEM (64-bit) ($97.27 @ TigerDirect)
Monitor: QNIX Perfect Pixel QX2710 Matte 60Hz 27.0" Monitor ($384.49 @ Newegg)
Total: $2794.92
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-22 09:33 EST-0500)
Cases
Corsair Air 540
NZXT Phantom 630
NZXT Phantom 820
Coolers
Corsair H110
Corsair H100i
NZXT Kraken X60
What do you think?
I love the design of the Corsair Air 540, but I worry since it's technically a "mid-tower" that dual GTX 780 cards in SLI along a closed loop liquid cooler that things might get a little cramped with the air flow. All 3 of these liquid coolers are great which makes this decision difficult.
Opinions?
Here is my build:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.98 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X60 98.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste ($6.73 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VI FORMULA ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($309.79 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($126.92 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($169.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($505.91 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($505.91 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair Air 540 Silver ATX Mid Tower Case ($129.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair 860W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($19.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit - OEM (64-bit) ($97.27 @ TigerDirect)
Monitor: QNIX Perfect Pixel QX2710 Matte 60Hz 27.0" Monitor ($384.49 @ Newegg)
Total: $2794.92
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-22 09:33 EST-0500)
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