Gaming Build 5820k, 32GRam. 2x 970GTX

[Darkbreeze]

Roman Samurai draws weapon and falls on it as punishment for unforgiveable crime of failure to fully insert RAM. Or not.

 

[romansamurai]

LOL! Well, my hands were a little shaky, I always get nervous doing stuff like that. Like working with the mobo (putting in CPU, cpu cooler, ram). I'm afraid to push too hard. I'm a big guy, my wife always complains that I break things. So, I try to compensate and so, the ram didn't go all the way in. I'm used to mobo where ram clicks in on both sides. This one, had me insert it into one side and then click in on the other end...

Anyway, put together my brother's computer.
That Haf 932 is such a sexy tower. i have an older version from about 4 years ago and this one is so much better...
Cooler Master 932 Haf Advanced
ASRock x99 Extreme4 Mobo
i7-5820k
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
Crucial 8GB 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 2133 (will get him another stick next month as finances allow)
SAMSUNG 840 EVO 250GB SSD
Seagate 3TB 7200RPM HDD (He had it already)
650 Watt Antec PSU (I will give him my Thermaltake 1000 WATT Plat PSU when I get my power supply in).
NVIDIA GTX 660 TI (I'll give him my 780 when I get my 2x 970s)

I didn't have time to ask about his computer here, we were in his dorm so I just ordered the pieces based on pcpartpicker ratings and compatibility.

Here's a few pics. This is my 2nd computer that I built. First one was mine, 4 years ago.

Inside. I cropped out ugly couch in his dorm I put it on for the picture

Outside case and working condition.

Case comparison. His original one is the small one on the right, then haf is the one he got today and left is Cosmos for my new pc.

 

[Darkbreeze]

Nice.

 

[romansamurai]

Thank you. It's simple, and I need a few more parts for it, but he'll be happy with finally being able to run Far Cry 4 on it.

Now, Cosmos II has room for a bunch of fans.

TOP: 1x 200mm , 2x 140mm or 3x 120mm. (Exhaust)
FRONT: 1x 200mm, 1x 140mm, 1x 120mm. (Intake)
HDD: 3x 120mm (Intake)
GPU: 2x 120mm (Intake)
REAR: 1x 140mm (Exhaust)

The main question is top and front. Should I do top/front 1x 200mm or go 3x 120mm on top and another size on Front?
I don't know how much of what to put where to keep cooling excellent. I have 4x jetflo120 I can use with cosmos, but I can give them to my brother (if you have better recommendations) if 4x120mm will be better than a 1x 220mm 110cf fan already installed into the Haf 932.

I want my cosmos 2 to look as nice as possible, but still provide adequate cooling in case I overclock cards or cpu slightly. (IF i do).

Also, should I replace the stock fans that came with the case or leave them be.
The case came with the following fans already:
Top: 120mm fan x 1, 1200 RPM, 17 dBA
Front: 200mm blue LED fan x 1, 1700 RPM, 19 dBA
Rear: 140mm fan x 1, 1200 RPM, 19 dBA
Side: None
HDD cage: (Middle) None; (Bottom) 120mm fan x 2, 1200 RPM, 17 dBA

Feel free to recommend guys.
Thank you so much!

 

[Darkbreeze]

If you are not entirely happy with the temps on the Haf, don't be afraid to add another fan to that bottom location. That's actually where the coldest air in the room is going to be, at floor level of course, and the additional intake there will also help to balance out the pressure in the case which will, to some degree, aid in keeping dust out as well as either helping to lower the temps a bit, or at least helping to lower the speeds necessary for the other fans to maintain any given temp which will of course lower sound levels.

I'll take a look at the Cosmos this evening and offer you MY thoughts on the cooling, which isn't necessarily any kind of Gospel anyhow but it's always nice to get different outlooks.

 

[romansamurai]

I really appreciate it Darkbreeze, thanks for all your help so far.

 

[Darkbreeze]

My pleasure.

 

[romansamurai]

I meant to also add that I will put in a fan at the bottom of his Haf tower Ty for that advice, didn't even consider it.

 

[romansamurai]

So that it doesn't keep going off topic, I created a separate thread just asking about cooling for Cosmos 2, it might help someone else in the future too.

Thread can be found here.

 

[romansamurai]

All done for now, thank you for your help Darkbreeze. Still need 2x video cards and 5 more fans, the fans and the Y PWM splitters will come in next week, but the cars probably in a few months.

Here's some pics. i know it's not as stylish as some others have it, but I like it. And asus Ai Suite 3 keeps fans so quiet that I had to check if PC was on (when not gaming or not under load).

Here's some images.

The board and the cooler, that cooler is MASSIVE! I had to put in the ram first.

Break down of stuff in the case.

Those sexy fans!

Thanks for all your help guys, especially you DarkBreeze for taking the time to help me. I wish I could select a best answer on this thread, but I can't get a mod to change it to question from discussion for me.

Thank you.

 

[Darkbreeze]

Ah, no worries on that. Just the fact that it's been helpful is thanks enough.