Case and Cpu Cooler Choices I Should Get

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Ok so basically right now i just got myself most of everything for my new build that i am going to build for a school project....I got myself a i7 4790k with the asus z97-a with a 1tb wd hdd a kingston 120gb ssd 16gb of corsair vengeance ram...and r9 280x from powercolor with a evga 750w psu....now Ive been looking at some cases for quite a while...I am looking for a full tower case...because I am planning to add more gpus in the future and what not...my eye has been caught on the thermaltake chaser a71 and the phantek enthoo pro for cases Now for cpu cooling I really just have been looking at corsairs h60 h80 h100. Can someone help me make some decisions I am open up for suggestions too
 
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I'd have to agree, I went with the enthoo pro and really enjoy it. Especially for the price. No case is flawless, if someone wanted to nitpick things they could find something they wished was different. It's roomy, good cable management, lots of included extras (various screws, thumb screws etc). I'm also not personally a fan of aio coolers. The dual radiators (240mm with dual fans) like the h100i are the smallest I'd consider unless it was special circumstance like a tiny case, mini itx or something where a traditional cooler or larger aio wouldn't fit. May as well pass on the single aio's like the h60/80.

Aio's like the h100i tend to be noisy or louder than a good air cooler anyway. If I had to go aio I'd probably consider something...

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Ok sooo u suggest the enthoo pro ill probably get that and....any other liquid coolers you would recommend to me instead of the swiftech...because i was only getting the corsairs because they are cheap looking right now...i mean $90 for a h100i mmnnhhh
 
I never recommend AIO coolers unless it is a decent one. The Corsair AIO coolers are not very good for performance and a lot worse than the NH-D15. They are loud and do not move heat like the Noctua. If you must get an AIO Corsair I would only get the H110i GT. Even then it is a stretch for me to recommend it.

Once again for the case I have its sister case the Luxe and it is by far the best case I have ever had. Lots of other people here have the Enthoo Pro or Luxe and cant say enough about it :)
 

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ok....so if i were to get a swiftech you recommend the 240x....are the other ones good like the 140x or something
 
I'd have to agree, I went with the enthoo pro and really enjoy it. Especially for the price. No case is flawless, if someone wanted to nitpick things they could find something they wished was different. It's roomy, good cable management, lots of included extras (various screws, thumb screws etc). I'm also not personally a fan of aio coolers. The dual radiators (240mm with dual fans) like the h100i are the smallest I'd consider unless it was special circumstance like a tiny case, mini itx or something where a traditional cooler or larger aio wouldn't fit. May as well pass on the single aio's like the h60/80.

Aio's like the h100i tend to be noisy or louder than a good air cooler anyway. If I had to go aio I'd probably consider something like kraken x61 which is a 280mm radiator. Even then you're looking at around only 4-5c temp improvement over an nh-d14 air cooler and the nh-d14 is quieter by a decibel and costs $75 instead of $115.

Here's a review on the kraken x61
http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/6803/nzxt-kraken-x61-280mm-aio-cpu-cooler-review/index8.html

Given how large the enthoo pro is in width it will handle large air coolers like the thermalright true spirit 140 power which can meet or slightly exceed cooling performance of the nh-d14 at similar sound levels for $50.
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/thermalright-cpu-cooler-truespirit140power

An nh-d14/d-15 you may have to consider shorter ram or adjust your lead cooling fan up a bit to make room. Unless it's purely for looks or to be able to say it's water cooled, large air coolers are more than sufficient to cool the 4790k even at max overclock. There are a number of larger air coolers to choose from, whether the nh-d14, nh-d15, true spirit 140 power, be quiet dark rock pro 3, phanteks tc14pe, cryorig r1 etc. For strictly cpu cooling especially intel cpu's, they run cool enough anymore and air coolers have advanced enough that water cooling (aio or custom loop) are novelty. You'll hit voltage limits before you reach thermal limits of larger air coolers.

Custom loops do have a place if it's whole system cooling, cpu, gpu(s) etc tied together and a well thought out loop with multiple large radiators can handle highly overclocked systems quietly. That's much different from aio's and can easily get into several hundred dollars though too.

If going for looks, there's also the raijintek triton. Cools just slightly better and just slightly better noise than the h110. Has a clear cube mini reservoir on top of the water block with blue, red or green coolant in it and uses a couple of led's to light it up.
This is the blue one, but newegg carries all 3 colors and they're all the same price.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA66Z29F0630
 
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Alright so looks like everyone tells me i should get an air cooler instead...well i trust you all...now i know noctua makes good air coolers and the ones u recommended me look good but only one problem...i want one with white leds...because im planning to make all the fans in the pc white since it already comes with sorta white fans...