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I'm getting a PC built for the first time (friend is putting it together), and I have a 1080 Ti and an 8700k, and I'm curious as to which case I should get. I was considering this Phanteks Enthoo Luxe case, but I'm not sure and was looking for more opinions on it. https://pcpartpicker.com/list/NCspzY
Thank you for any help :)
 
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I have the following criteria for a good case:

1. It must look good to YOU. You will be looking at it for a long time. Apparently OK there.
2. It must hold your parts. OK there.
3. It must have at least two 120/140mm front intakes that are filtered. OK.
That gives you a positive pressure airflow that keeps your parts clean.
Two decent fans is all the intake you will need to cool your parts.
4. If going with air cooling(which I like best) you need to hold the prospective cooler. Your case has 193mm available, the NH-D15 is 165mm. OK there.

Some comments on the parts selection.

1. NH-D15 is a fine cooler, but I like the similarly priced NH-D15s better. It is designed to clear tall ram heat spreaders like those...
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Thats a nice case, should work great. The motherboard is a bit overkill IMO.

The taichi is cheaper and better IMO.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor ($359.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Noctua - NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler ($89.95 @ Amazon)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver - 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste ($5.90 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Taichi ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($213.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance RGB 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($175.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($43.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB SC2 HYBRID GAMING Video Card ($729.99 @ B&H)
Case: Phanteks - Enthoo Luxe Tempered Glass (Black) ATX Full Tower Case ($149.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1839.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-08-12 13:03 EDT-0400
 
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Mikirae

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Thanks for the responses! I've actually already got a 1TB NvMe SSD already, just didn't put that on there, whoops. And I actually know nothing about motherboards, that one is just what a friend recommended for me.
 
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I have the following criteria for a good case:

1. It must look good to YOU. You will be looking at it for a long time. Apparently OK there.
2. It must hold your parts. OK there.
3. It must have at least two 120/140mm front intakes that are filtered. OK.
That gives you a positive pressure airflow that keeps your parts clean.
Two decent fans is all the intake you will need to cool your parts.
4. If going with air cooling(which I like best) you need to hold the prospective cooler. Your case has 193mm available, the NH-D15 is 165mm. OK there.

Some comments on the parts selection.

1. NH-D15 is a fine cooler, but I like the similarly priced NH-D15s better. It is designed to clear tall ram heat spreaders like those on the corsair vengeance series. 160mm tall.

2. Noctua comes with excellent NT-H1 paste, no need for the as5.

3. On a high end build like this, I would never build without a SSD for windows.
I like Samsung evo, 240gb minimum. Defer on the hard drive until you actually need the space.
It is easy to add one later.
With ssd prices down, consider a 500gb ssd and you may never need a hard drive at all.

4. Love EVGA as a brand, but I would pass on the hybrid variant.
The evga GTX1080ti SC2 or FTW will have the same boost clock, and be easier to mount. It should also be cheaper.

 
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geofelt

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My reading says the case comes with 4 140mm fans which is more than you need.
I would put two in front as intakes and one as exhaust in the rear.
I would not install the top fan. Counter intuitive, I know.
Excess exhaust fan capability will tend to draw in unfiltered air from adjacent openings and your parts will not stay as clean.
 
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Mikirae

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Ah, alright! Is the cooling/noise difference between the D15 and D15S very noticeable? Sorry for all the questions, very new to this, if you couldn't tell.
 
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No, the cooling capability and the noise from the two coolers are about the same.

The cost is about the same, but the newer s variants of the noctua coolers have also been redesigned with a touch of offset to more easily clear graphics card backplates when mounted in the first pcie X16 slot.
I would keep the vengeance ram and use the NH-D15s instead.

If you look at my sig, I use the D15s with fans on half speed and only a single 180mm front intake also at half speed.
Cooling under load tops out at 65c and the setup is all but silent.

 
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