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Marcus A · Aug 5, 2014

I'm building a new gaming rig and wanted to get some input and suggestions. I want to make this rig somewhat future proof and will take any recommendations to make that happened.

Case - Corsair Graphite Series 760T White Steel
Mother board - ASUS MAXIMUS VII HERO
SSD - Samsung Electronics 840 EVO-Series
CPU - Intel Core i7-4790K Processor
RAM - Avexir BLITZ1.1 Leet Red Series 16GB 2X8GB DDR3-1866 9-11-9-27 1.5V Red LED
Cooling - Swiftech H220-X CPU Liquid Cooling Kit

I currently have two gtx 560 ti's in sli in my current rig. I'm primarily play FPS games and mainly BF4. I can't decide if I should upgrade my video cards or should I wait a few months as I feel the video card market is taking a shift to making higher VRAM the standard. I've been thinking about playing Watch dogs also.

Will this cooling solution fit in my case? Below is a link to the specs of the cooling solution.

http://thepcenthusiast.com/swiftech-h220-x-cpu-liquid-cooling-kit-released/

This cooling system has the capabilities to be expanded. Should I use the capabilities of this cooling unit to cool my GPU or by a separate cooling solution for the GPU's? If so what cooling solution do you recommend for the GPU's?

Lastly, how much power do you think I need? What PSU do you recommend? I was looking at a EVGA SuperNOVA 1000G2 1000W.

Thanks for reviewing my rig.

Byte70 · Aug 5, 2014

Get an i5 and a 770, instead of an i7.

Marcus A · Aug 5, 2014

I'm want to future proof this build as much as possible. Some games like Watch dogs and Crisis 3 are starting to take advantage of hyper threading. I'm guessing future games will be doing the same so i'm going to stick with the i7.

Marcus A · Aug 6, 2014

Will the Swiftech H220-X CPU Liquid Cooling Kit fit ok in the top of the case? What's everyones thoughts on this cooling solution?

Marcus A · Aug 11, 2014

Anyone?

Byte70 · Aug 12, 2014

For a build like this I'd save money and get the h100i.

Marcus A · Aug 12, 2014

I'm still learning here so bare with me. Can you help educate me as to why thats a better solution for my particular build?

Byte70 · Aug 12, 2014

Marcus A :

It's more bang for it's buck and is more recommended as an all around cooler.

Also, it is quite a bit smaller so it'll fit in the case, as long as it has 2 top 120mm fan holes.

legend001523 · Aug 12, 2014

I'm sorry but the hyperthreading is marketing imo, just causr you have a i7 doesn't mean you don't need a good gpu, get a i5, get a noctua dh12, get 8gb of ram and get sli 780's.

Marcus A · Aug 12, 2014

I guess the H220 was attractive because you could turn it into a custom and do GPU cooling also. I don't think i will take advantage of that so the H100i makes the most sense and I like that its much smaller.

As for GPU's i'm going to keep my GTX 560 ti 2gb models for now as they will still do the job giving me 4gm of VRAM and good performance. I will probably replace the GPU's within a year.

legend001523 · Aug 12, 2014

Vram doesn't add up, you only get 2 still. If you want to throw money away a h100i would be good, but if you're sensible with money a noctua is better, for gpu cooling you need a custom loop.

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