I am going to be changing out my case for my near future pc upgrade. I've been using a CM HAF 932 for my I7-2600K Sandybridge build and it is an amazing case for performance but is quite ugly. When I upgrade to Kabylake (or skylake if I cant wait that long) I'm going to use the Phanteks Enthoo Evolve case. It's strikingly beautiful and has good air flow. Had been leaning towards InWin 805 Infinity but most reviews give negative points for poor airflow despite its obvious good looks and quality.
http:// Phanteks Ethoo Evolve tempered glass
With this build I'm looking for performance, looks, and quiet. For the new CPU, I'd be ditching my Scythe Mugen 3 for either a Dark Rock Pro 3, Dark Rock 3, CoolerMaster master Airmaker, or Cryorig R1.
I was looking at liquid cooled solutions. I'm not sure I want to go the custom loop route and the AIO units all look so blah. The only exception was ID-cooling wich gets pretty good reviews especially for the price:
http:// id cooling frostflow
Only hesitation is there is no way to tell long term quality.
I know there are better air coolers than what I'm considering, but they are all near enough the top while still looking stylish. I couldn't stand looking at a Noctua type cooler despite being amazingly good.
What would you do? Is having a top mounted radiator too good a thing to pass up for a traditional air-cooled heatsink?
http:// Phanteks Ethoo Evolve tempered glass
With this build I'm looking for performance, looks, and quiet. For the new CPU, I'd be ditching my Scythe Mugen 3 for either a Dark Rock Pro 3, Dark Rock 3, CoolerMaster master Airmaker, or Cryorig R1.
I was looking at liquid cooled solutions. I'm not sure I want to go the custom loop route and the AIO units all look so blah. The only exception was ID-cooling wich gets pretty good reviews especially for the price:
http:// id cooling frostflow
Only hesitation is there is no way to tell long term quality.
I know there are better air coolers than what I'm considering, but they are all near enough the top while still looking stylish. I couldn't stand looking at a Noctua type cooler despite being amazingly good.
What would you do? Is having a top mounted radiator too good a thing to pass up for a traditional air-cooled heatsink?