Thinking of building this link below. The red/black should look cool. Does anybody see something wrong with it?
Can Sli later.
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Two things leap out at me. The ssd: Much better quality out there for the same price. The cpu cooler: aircooling might serve you better. Noctua, phanteks, or even a H80i. Lastly: You might consider a stronger gpu. I am sure it all depends on whats readily available were you are at but its something to consider. I really like the look of the case. I am going to have to get me one.:)
Stay away from that SSD. Kingston is now using asynchronous flash in their V series of SSDs, resulting in slower and more random performance.
As for the CPU cooler, if you want red/black try looking for a phanteks cooler. For the power supply, Antec's High Current Gamer line is black and red, and is of decent quality.
If you can't mount that radiator on the front of the case as an intake i would go with a hyper212 to save money its not going to perform well in the outtake fan location my old 120mm slim cooler ran 15c-20c hotter in the outtake location making it extremely loud and annoying. I second the h80i idea or an h100i. I use a kuhler 920 (its great if you can still find one ) for my cpu i wish they didnt change to the proprietary fans it prevents it from being mounted efficiently get something with a bigger radiator on it it makes a big difference when just utilizing a single 120 radiator. I would go with a temporary cheap case and put the money in SSD upgrade and cooling. Grab a cooler master elite 430 red edition and use the remaining $70 euro on the other stuff. You could get a 240mm rad setup with that extra cash as well as a samsung evo 840 ssd
He is right SSD doesn't automatically mean faster. This is why all the retailers are blowing these out. My workstation at my job has a subpar ssd in it and its slower than my WD Black Mechanical.
If the radiator would be mounted to the front I could remove 2 of the 3 pre-installed case fans and place those in the top to use them as exhausts and just use the 1 remaining case fan + 2 radiator fans as intake.
Thing is, wouldn't that create too much negative pressure?
I'm a little bit worried on how to go about and cool this thing.
One of my favorite things is experimenting with my fans so go do a bunch of setups and figure out the best one for your temps. Ive removed the 5.25' bays before and slapped my radiator in its place on my antec 902 with little customizing. Take some picks and post them in this thread so we can check it out. If you are really temp crazy get a bitfenix recon or some sort of fan controller with temperature probes then you got some science to backup your fan craziness :) I'll help you with anything you need!
I've ordered the case, but haven't ordered other parts yet. That's because I decided to wait for Devil's Canyon. I should be able to order it by the end of the month from the website I usually get my stuff from.
The h440 looks amazing though.. It sits in the back of my room looking pretty. Very distracting when watching it from where I sit at my desk. Really makes me wants to start building already.
Fan craziness haha. I just like to tinker with it :)
Yeah man I know the feeling :P