Recent content by LxTrex

Okay, after spending my entire morning looking up water cooling, and discovering Tiny Tom Logan's Orca rig, I need to stop gawking at the possibilities and just get on with it. So, since you've all been so helpful - seriously, thank you - I was hoping I could get a little help finishing this...

In light of that I wouldn't use the h100i. My plan (as of this morning, but I'm sure it will change later) is to get a CM Storm Trooper and put a full water cooling system (CPU, GPU, etc.) in instead of the AIOs when I get the money. In the meantime I'll be content without aftermarket heatsinks...

I'm open to other ideas. is the noise you're referring to on the h100i the fans on the radiator? or something else? I was under the impression water cooling would be quieter. Maybe I'm just misinformed on the subject. My motivation to move towards water cooling would be to minimize on noise...

The height is a slight concern. I haven't looked at measurements yet, but I'm hoping to pick out all the parts and then measure last, making substitutions when things wouldn't fit. As for the cooling, I plan on trying out an H100i for the CPU and possibly a smaller one for the GPU. But I'll...

On the topic of RAM, if I'm understanding that AnandTech article correctly (I like to think I can read a chart, but hey) I'm better off with this set of Corsair sticks over these kingston ones. It's a difference that seems - again, according to aforementioned article - well worth the 15 dollars.

While I like the MSI boards, my budget isn't infinite (unfortunately haha). The Asus does everything I need at a great cost. I haven't even looked into RAM yet - though the direction this thread took has now started my trip down that rabbit hole. Thanks for the insight everybody. -TRex PS...

I plan to do a decent amount of gaming, despite my tendency towards consoles - though that will probably change once I build this machine (I'll just buy a usb controller if I really want it). Also, the visualizer runs in real time, it doesn't process and then spit out an effect. So from the...

I plan to do a lot of event and concert lighting visualization in addition to gaming and was wondering if the i7-4790k would see markedly better performance over the i5-4690k. I've seen the benchmarks, and the cost/benefit just isn't there for gaming, but would it help with GrandMA2 on PC and...

Just making sure. Thanks a bunch for the quick response. Knowing the Z97 is a good choice (and looking at your profile), i"m hoping you can answer another question of mine I can't seem to find much info on. I'm a bit of an audiophile (currently listening to a pair of Mackie Mk8s) and while the...

I am working to build my first gaming rig and was hoping I could get some insight into a few of my decisions thus far. Hardware: Asus Z97-A Intel Core i5-4690k AMD Radeon R9 290 A little bit of info. I do plan to tinker with OC, hence the CPU choice. While I liked the idea of an mATX size case...