Excellent choices fort he most part but I woulda went a different way with a few things. Two I'd swap if ya can
HDD - the SSD is doing squat for ya in game loading times for anything that's on the HD. Using a hybrid (SSHD) for the storage drive gives you comparable game loading times as to what is on the SSD.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822178381
H100i is doing nothing for you ..... it is easily outperformed by the betetr air coolers while forcing you to sit there listening to noise comparable to a modern vacuum cleaner. Give a listen here:
http://martinsliquidlab.org/2013/03/12/swiftech-h220-vs-corsair-h100i-noise-testing/
As you can see above the Cryorig R1 and the Noctua DH14 have substantially better thermal performance while being 1/8th as loud (each 10dbA = a doubling of perceived noise level. So why pay more to get 8 times more noise and less thermal performance ?
If you just **want** water than why not get something that kicks the 100I's tail, cools ya CPU way way better and is 1/12th the noise level !!!! The Swiftech H220-X or better yet the H240-X does that as you can see in the above image:
http://www.hitechlegion.com/reviews/cooling/liquid/40870-swiftech-h220-x-open-loop-240mm-cpu-cooler-review?showall=&start=3
http://www.swiftech.com/
http://www.frozencpu.com/cat/l3/g/c83/s1593/list/p1/b33/Swiftech-Water_Cooling_Kits_Cases-All-In-One-Page1.html
Given that ya already have the stuff and might not wanna switch anything ......
Air cooling is different from water cooling, in air cooling, general rule is top and rear out, everything else in. This is
NOT adaptable to water cooling .... with water cooling, outside air will average 10C cooler than coolant .... inside case temps a 5C or less cooler than ambient. In short using outside air is at least twice as effective as using inside air, especially so if ya have top tier GFX and multiple cards the heat output of which dwarfs the CPU heat generated.
-If you read the h100i's instructions, it directs you to have air blow IN to the case. This is the recommended configuration for every water cooling setup. Install the H100i as per Corsair's written instructions, installing it as exhaust literally cuts it's cooling performance in half. yes, you're thinking it will make the interior case temperature hotter.... let's say you are correct for a moment and assume that the case temp goes up 2-3C .... so what ? Is there any compoent in your case where manufacturer says keep below this number ?
Apparently you are comfortable with air cooling everything in your case with air and your ONLY concern is your CPU .... so then why are you taking the 200 watts of heat from your GPU and sucking all that heat up thru your radiator to cool a CPU that puts out tops 130 watts ??????
If you were concerned about GPU temps, you would have cooled your GFX cards too. The fact is the 900 series has shown to perform as well on air as under water. The GOU is simply so efficient that it neve rgeats neat the 95C allowable rating .... so what if its temp goes up 2-3C ....
But what has more impact ? 200 watts of GPU heat going thru a radiator looking to cool 130 watts from a CPU overclocked to what you feel is a safe temperature limit ...... or 130 watts of CPU heat going thru a heat sink cooling something 30C below it's temperature limit ?
Now let's look at the reality of the situation.
- Top: 2 x 120mm (H100i - installed blowing out or backwards per Corsair instructions)
- Front: 2 x 140mm (Preinstalled blowing in)
- Bottom: 2 x 120mm (Noctua blowing in)
- Rear: 1 x 140mm (Preinstalled blowing out)
That's 4 blowing in and 3 blowing out ..... allowing for the resistance of the fan filters you will have just about equal flow entering thru inlet fans as going out thru outlet fans. The rear grille is therefore providing little or no flow either way. So 2/3 of all of the heat generated inside the case is going out thru the radiator.... effectively preheating the air being used to cool the CPU. Now lets look at it the way Corsair wants you to do it.
- Top: 2 x 120mm (H100i - installed blowing in as per Corsair instructions)
- Front: 2 x 140mm (Preinstalled blowing in)
- Bottom: 2 x 120mm (Noctua blowing in)
- Rear: 1 x 140mm (Preinstalled blowing out)
That's 6 blowing in and 1 blowing out ..... even allowing for the resistance of the fan filters you about 5 times the flow entering thru inlet fans as going out thru outlet fans. This puts your rear grille into functional use allowing for far more turnover than you had before. The heat generated by HD, MoBo, GFX card is shoved out the rear fan / rear grille before it ever gets to the top radiator leaving the H100i to double it's cooling capacity.
I have tested this in my own rig using 6 thermal sensors and a fog machine .... the air entering thru the bottom and top never mixes .... what comes in the top radiator goes out the rear ... what comes in thru the bottom radiator goes out the rear .... none of the coolant is being *asked* to cool with preheated air. I tested 3 scenarios:
Bottom In / Front In / Side In / Rear out / Top Out
Bottom out / Front In / Side In / Rear out / Top Out
Rear Out, everything else IN
The 3rd option resulted in the most air flow thru the case, lowest coolant temps and lowest CPU / GPU temps. I'll soon repeat with 15 fans after going to Push / Pull on the rads.....prolly over holidays.
When ya think about it, ya gotta think they guys who sell the thing would generally be in the best position to know which way it should be installed. See page 3
http://www.corsair.com/~/media/Corsair/download-files/manuals/49-000175_rev_AB_H100i_QSG_web.pdf
Attach the radiator and the fans as shown, for the best cooling performance we recommend mounting the fans as an air intake to your PC case.
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