I am building a new rig with acoustics as priority. This rig will contain water cooled (AIO) GPU's in SLI (2 x EVGA 980ti Hybrid) and a mid tower from Fractal Design (either the Define R5 or Define S).
The setup is pretty simple, but my question regards..
1. Which of the aforementioned Fractal cases is more ideal in terms of the GPU radiators placement?
NOTE! I don't want to use the 3 top fan slots as I want to seal the enclosure from as much sound leakage as possible.
2. If one of the radiators would be ideal to install at the rear 140mm slot of the case, would a Dark Rock 3 / Pro fit as CPU cooler?
3. If neither CPU aircooler fits, should I go with an AIO Liquid cooler for the CPU?
Are there any AIO's that comes to the same level of acoustics / cooling efficiency as the be quiet! or perhaps a Noctua NH-D15. I won't be overclocking CPU for the time being. Perhaps later.
So basically it's either an aircooled or AIO cpu cooler in either Define R5 or S case.
I just want the rig as quiet as possible with good airflow, just not sure with the radiator placement and which of these two cases to go with. Any help / insight appreciated.
Fractal Define R5 --- Define S
Seasonic Platinum Series PSU
Intel 6700k
Dark Rock 3 --- Dark Rock Pro 3 --- Noctua NH-D15 --- an Corsair AIO.
Asus Maximus Formula VIII
Corsair DDR4 LPX
Samsung 950 Pro M.2 512GB
2 x Samsung SSD
The setup is pretty simple, but my question regards..
1. Which of the aforementioned Fractal cases is more ideal in terms of the GPU radiators placement?
NOTE! I don't want to use the 3 top fan slots as I want to seal the enclosure from as much sound leakage as possible.
2. If one of the radiators would be ideal to install at the rear 140mm slot of the case, would a Dark Rock 3 / Pro fit as CPU cooler?
3. If neither CPU aircooler fits, should I go with an AIO Liquid cooler for the CPU?
Are there any AIO's that comes to the same level of acoustics / cooling efficiency as the be quiet! or perhaps a Noctua NH-D15. I won't be overclocking CPU for the time being. Perhaps later.
So basically it's either an aircooled or AIO cpu cooler in either Define R5 or S case.
I just want the rig as quiet as possible with good airflow, just not sure with the radiator placement and which of these two cases to go with. Any help / insight appreciated.
Fractal Define R5 --- Define S
Seasonic Platinum Series PSU
Intel 6700k
Dark Rock 3 --- Dark Rock Pro 3 --- Noctua NH-D15 --- an Corsair AIO.
Asus Maximus Formula VIII
Corsair DDR4 LPX
Samsung 950 Pro M.2 512GB
2 x Samsung SSD
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