Advice with upgrades on aesthetics and performance?

[rhysneville]

Hi guys!
Here's my current rig;
i7 2600 @ 3.4GHz
8GB DDR3-1333 memory
OCZ Agility 3 240GB SSD
2TB Western Digital 5400rpm HDD
Blu-ray disk drive
MSI Z77A-G45
2x 2GB EVGA Geforce GTX 660 Ti in SLI
Hauppauge DVB-T USB TV Tuner
Corsair CX750 750w PSU
Zalman Z11 Plus case

A picture - (excuse the mess, this cable sucks for cable management and the power connectors are pretty short..) - http://i.imgur.com/abmmRTR.jpg

I'm going to be ordering a Cooler Master HAF X Nvidia Edition for when it comes in stock late November time. - http://www.scan.co.uk/products/cooler-master-haf-x-nvidia-edition-black-green-full-tower-case-with-usb-30-w-o-psu

I'm planning to have a mostly all green and black rig, I'm buying a 24 pin ATX connector, 8pin cpu connector, and 4 6 pin pcie connectors, all 50cm and all green and black, £42 - http://www.cables4pc.co.uk/custom/24pin-8pin-6pin-extension-cable-set-black-green




I really need to get rid of this CPU cooler, it's pretty decent, keeps temps under 50c on full load, but it's just so ugly, if it was straight it wouldn't be so mind but it's so skewed it looks stupid haha!

Any ideas?


I'm also planning to upgrade my RAM, although it won't make much of a difference, will it?

Thank you, and remember, be nice.


Oh, and I'm also buying:
a black SLI bridge, - http://www.scan.co.uk/products/evga-2-way-flexible-sli-bridge-35
a green and black logitech keyboard, shame it has a mw3 logo -.- - http://www.scan.co.uk/products/logitech-g105-gaming-keyboard-green-led-backlit-6-g-keys-programmable-cod-free-delivery?ProductId=56720
A green and black sharkoon mouse - http://www.scan.co.uk/products/sharkoon-drakonia-5000-dpi-avago-9500-laser-sensor-gaming-mouse

 

[Marcopolo123]

dont like that cooler master case... whats the point in getting these green extensions ect. if you dont have a window to look through...

 

[rhysneville]

dont like that cooler master case... whats the point in getting these green extensions ect. if you dont have a window to look through...

It's personal preference mate, I just think it would look awesome when the window is off, call me stupid but I want to go ahead with it haha!
But thanks for your input!

 

[Marcopolo123]

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/cooler-master-690-ii-advanced-nvidia-edition-black-green-mid-tower-case-with-usb-30

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/corsair-vengeance-c70-high-airflow-military-green-mid-tower-gaming-case-with-side-window-usb-30-2x12

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/thermaltake-urban-s31-black-midi-tower-case-with-window-w-o-psu

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/fractal-design-define-r4-titanium-grey-silent-case-with-side-window-140mm-fans-usb-30-w-o-psu

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/corsair-vengeance-c70-high-airflow-military-green-mid-tower-gaming-case-with-side-window-usb-30-2x12

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/nzxt-phantom-530-full-tower-case-white-edition-with-side-window-e-atx-atx-usb-30-w-o-psu

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/corsair-carbide-series-air-540-high-airflow-atx-cube-case-direct-airflow-path-cooling-for-revolution


cpu-coolers:
be quiet dark rock pro 2

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/xspc-raystorm-750-ex240-watercooling-kit-new-version



dont need to change memory

 

[rhysneville]

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/thermaltake-urban-s31-black-midi-tower-case-with-window-w-o-psu

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/fractal-design-define-r4-titanium-grey-silent-case-with-side-window-140mm-fans-usb-30-w-o-psu

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/corsair-vengeance-c70-high-airflow-military-green-mid-tower-gaming-case-with-side-window-usb-30-2x12

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/nzxt-phantom-530-full-tower-case-white-edition-with-side-window-e-atx-atx-usb-30-w-o-psu

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/corsair-carbide-series-air-540-high-airflow-atx-cube-case-direct-airflow-path-cooling-for-revolution


cpu-coolers:
be quiet dark rock pro 2

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/xspc-raystorm-750-ex240-watercooling-kit-new-version

Thank you!
My favourite cases out of your selection is either the first one, or the NZXT case, but I just love the black and green HAF X case, it's a huge case and I think it looks so cool, I'm in love with the boogie green!

From the cooling, the second is a watercooler and I'm not really into that, but that Air cooler looks awesome and I've bookmarked it and I'll have a closer look in the future, thank you!

 

[Marcopolo123]

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/aerocool-x-predator-evil-green-full-tower-gaming-case-with-green-led-quiet-fans-usb-30-w-o-psu

budget:
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/sharkoon-t28-black-green-mid-tower-case-with-usb-30-3x120mm-led-fans-with-side-window-w-o-psu



fans:
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/120mm-cooler-master-sickleflow-green-led-quiet-case-fan
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/200mm-nzxt-fz-700rpm-sleeve-bearing-103-cfm-green-led-fan

 

[tiny voices]

http://www.avadirect.com/forum/uploads/28/395200_3.jpg

You can do WAY better with that case. No need to buy a new one.

 

[rhysneville]

http://www.avadirect.com/forum/uploads/28/395200_3.jpg

You can do WAY better with that case. No need to buy a new one.

That's a modular PSU, I think I could do WAY better with one of those too!
Besides, I just want a new case anyway!

 

[rhysneville]

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/aerocool-x-predator-evil-green-full-tower-gaming-case-with-green-led-quiet-fans-usb-30-w-o-psu

budget:
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/sharkoon-t28-black-green-mid-tower-case-with-usb-30-3x120mm-led-fans-with-side-window-w-o-psu



fans:
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/120mm-cooler-master-sickleflow-green-led-quiet-case-fan
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/200mm-nzxt-fz-700rpm-sleeve-bearing-103-cfm-green-led-fan

The Aerocool is a cool case, I was looking at that a while ago, but I'm adamant on getting the Coolermaster case haha, I don't know why though!

 

[tiny voices]

Honestly, with practice and time, you could make your case look just as good without a modular PSU.

I have a non-modular PSU and a mATX case with 2 GPUs, and I have very good cable management. It can be done with practice with just about any case.

 

[rhysneville]

Honestly, with practice and time, you could make your case look just as good without a modular PSU.

I have a non-modular PSU and a mATX case with 2 GPUs, and I have very good cable management. It can be done with practice with just about any case.

I tried again yesterday and honestly, right now, this is the best I can do with the components I have. The power connectors are pretty short and they struggle on connecting to the GPUs, and all of the wires are just so tight because they're not long enough! But I guarantee when I get my new case it will look much better, I promise!