Hi I am gathering information to build a new PC to my replace my aging current 6 year old one.
My main question is can anybody recommend a good case for me? I am looking for a mid tower with a good balance of quiet and cooling capacity. I am a little bored by cases that simply have plain old flat panels on the sides and front and like more angles and honeycomb. I am open to suggestions though. Cost isn't terribly important.
As for the other components, if anybody can present a reason to choose other parts please let me know. I plan on getting a Seasonic PSU with 12 year warranty and LAMBDA A++ noise rating. For mobo I am leaning toward Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Pro since it's top rated by TechRadar and also the Aorus Gaming 5 & 7 are rated well here at Tom's Hardware. For CPU I am getting a i7-9700k if I can find one and a Zalman CNPS 9900 Max CPU cooler to go with it. Memory I will find G Skill or Corsair probably a well reviewed model. I already have an EVGA 970 video card. SSD I'll get Samsung 970.
Should the CNPS 9900 Max be enough to effectively cool an i7-9700k? It has a Qmax of 300 W which I think is the max TDP it can cool. I don't want to drive the CPU much higher than 50-60 C under stress.
Thanks for the help!
My main question is can anybody recommend a good case for me? I am looking for a mid tower with a good balance of quiet and cooling capacity. I am a little bored by cases that simply have plain old flat panels on the sides and front and like more angles and honeycomb. I am open to suggestions though. Cost isn't terribly important.
As for the other components, if anybody can present a reason to choose other parts please let me know. I plan on getting a Seasonic PSU with 12 year warranty and LAMBDA A++ noise rating. For mobo I am leaning toward Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Pro since it's top rated by TechRadar and also the Aorus Gaming 5 & 7 are rated well here at Tom's Hardware. For CPU I am getting a i7-9700k if I can find one and a Zalman CNPS 9900 Max CPU cooler to go with it. Memory I will find G Skill or Corsair probably a well reviewed model. I already have an EVGA 970 video card. SSD I'll get Samsung 970.
Should the CNPS 9900 Max be enough to effectively cool an i7-9700k? It has a Qmax of 300 W which I think is the max TDP it can cool. I don't want to drive the CPU much higher than 50-60 C under stress.
Thanks for the help!