- Aug 2, 2012
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First off I should tell you my current specs.
CPU - i5 2500k overclocked to 4.3 Ghz
GPU - 780
Memory - 16 GB
Mobo - MSI P67a - GD55
1 TB HD
120 GB SSD
PSU - 700
Some after market liquid cool for cpu I bought 4 - 5 years ago. It's on my rear fan port
And my case is a NZXT Phantom
I'm doing a little bit of an upgrade to last me a bit before I move out and buy a house. I'm buying a Gtx 1080 (if they don't sell out before i get to purchase one.) I just bought a 1440p monitor that is 144 Hz with g-sync (currently have a 1080p 60Hz monitor from 5 years ago.) And a NZXT H440 case. They should be in early next week.
When I built my current pc, I had a few friends help (who did most of the work installing) and so I'm not too knowledgeable on this. So my first question is on airflow. I know the H440 case comes with 3 120mm fans in the front and 1 140mm in the rear. I was planning on putting my current single fan rad liquid cooling on rear fan port as exhaust, install 2 fans as exhaust on top (I don't know what mm will fit) and leave the 3 120mm fans on the front as intake. I'm hoping that will be good enough for airflow and keep everything cool. If I need to buy a NZXT x61 and put it on the top, I suppose I could.
My other question is do I need thermal paste for anything? And any other advice on doing this? I feel fairly confident on switching everything over to the new case and upgrading. Sorry if this is confusing or am not making sense. I've tried to do as much research as I can but sometimes it's better to get peace at mind for asking advice.
CPU - i5 2500k overclocked to 4.3 Ghz
GPU - 780
Memory - 16 GB
Mobo - MSI P67a - GD55
1 TB HD
120 GB SSD
PSU - 700
Some after market liquid cool for cpu I bought 4 - 5 years ago. It's on my rear fan port
And my case is a NZXT Phantom
I'm doing a little bit of an upgrade to last me a bit before I move out and buy a house. I'm buying a Gtx 1080 (if they don't sell out before i get to purchase one.) I just bought a 1440p monitor that is 144 Hz with g-sync (currently have a 1080p 60Hz monitor from 5 years ago.) And a NZXT H440 case. They should be in early next week.
When I built my current pc, I had a few friends help (who did most of the work installing) and so I'm not too knowledgeable on this. So my first question is on airflow. I know the H440 case comes with 3 120mm fans in the front and 1 140mm in the rear. I was planning on putting my current single fan rad liquid cooling on rear fan port as exhaust, install 2 fans as exhaust on top (I don't know what mm will fit) and leave the 3 120mm fans on the front as intake. I'm hoping that will be good enough for airflow and keep everything cool. If I need to buy a NZXT x61 and put it on the top, I suppose I could.
My other question is do I need thermal paste for anything? And any other advice on doing this? I feel fairly confident on switching everything over to the new case and upgrading. Sorry if this is confusing or am not making sense. I've tried to do as much research as I can but sometimes it's better to get peace at mind for asking advice.
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