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Miketang

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Hello i just bought a cooler master storm trooper with 120mm x6 and x3 140mm fans and wanted to know what kind of motherboard i should go for to support my ideas of what i want in this tower. And what kind of watts i need from a power supply i asked around some say 1200 watts and some said 900 only.

So far i wanted GTX 780 TI superclocked x2
Intel CPU i7 4770K
16Gig Ram
Motherboard = unknown
Power supply .= unknown
With windows 8.1
Mainly using it for gaming first time building my own tower sorry if my specs are weird.
 
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There are practically no motherboard that can have that many fan headers. You should probably go with a good fan controller (placed in optical drive bay) like this one: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811992005. I use it for my PC and it's great!
That will control five fans, and the other four plus the CPU cooler fan can be plugged in the motherboard. I suggest this one: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131976. I have the Z77 version, very stable, and great for OCing.

As for a PSU (power supply), i suggest any reliable/stable one that supplies at least 750W like this one. No need for a 900W unless you want to do some serious overclocking...
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Most modern high-end MBs today come with 4 pin sys fan headers. Those are designed for PWM 4 wire fans. If you plug a 3 wire fan into one of them, chances are the BIOS speed control won't work, and the fans will always run at full RPM.
 
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There are practically no motherboard that can have that many fan headers. You should probably go with a good fan controller (placed in optical drive bay) like this one: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811992005. I use it for my PC and it's great!
That will control five fans, and the other four plus the CPU cooler fan can be plugged in the motherboard. I suggest this one: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131976. I have the Z77 version, very stable, and great for OCing.

As for a PSU (power supply), i suggest any reliable/stable one that supplies at least 750W like this one. No need for a 900W unless you want to do some serious overclocking.: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139010. Its very high performance and is very efficent.
 
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