My New Rig Starting Soon

[Yianni89]

So I'm planning on building a new rig... and will start purchasing the components after Christmas over a couple of months. Also a quick thanks to all the reviews and forums on this site already, they have been a huge help in choosing a lot of the components. this is a parts list of what I'm planning

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/Yianni89/saved/34P9TW

also including a NZXT Kraken x41 + Kraken G10 setup for GPU cooling.

things to note... I'm not going to wait for the 2015 Intel processors to release... and any components that change will be for equal equivalents of or better... The NZXTcase is not up for debate 😀

I have a couple of questions mainly about the building aspect. It will be the first time i build a rig completely from scratch myself as my current rig was built for me.

I'm quite comfortable with installing all the components and my main question is about placement of cooling fans, radiators etc.

Fan Capacity:
Top: 2x 200mm / 2x 140mm / 3x 120mm (1x 200mm included)
Front: 1x 200mm (1x 200mm included)
Bottom: 2x 140mm / 2x 120mm (free space)
Rear: 1x 140mm / 1x 120mm (1x 140mm included)
Side: 1x 200mm (1x 200mm included)
Pivot: 1x 140mm / 1x 120mm (free space)

Radiator Capacity
Top: 2x 140mm/3x 120mm
Rear: 1x 140mm/1x 120mm
Bottom: 2x 140mm/2x 120mm
Pivot: 1x 140mm/1x 120mm

the plan in my head is thus:

- Remove top 200m fan for Kraken x61 radiator with 4x Noctua PWM 3000rpm push pull from outside-in

- Remove and replace 200m side panel fan with BitFenix Spectre Pro 148.7 CFM 200mm for greater intake airflow

- replace the 200m front fan with another BitFenix Spectre Pro 148.7 CFM 200mm for intake

- mount the kraken x41 GPU cooler rad with 2x Noctua PWM 3000rpm fans on the bottom of the case where there is space and again use a push/pull intake

- keep 140mm rear fan as exhaust

i can then add 1 extra Noctua 140mm 3000W PWM to the bottom next to the radiator however i am a little concerned that i only have 1x140mm exhaust with all the rest of the fans being set as intake.... any advice here wold be greatly appreciated.

do You think this is my best option for keeping this things as close to a fridge with the allocated spaces provided in the case

the rest of the hardware I'm pretty okay with installing as I take my current rig apart and put back together again plenty of times to understand where things plug in etc....

Sorry for War and Peace if you got this far your'e awesome! and your help is greatly appreciated

 

[stormflakes]

one small question, dont you wanna consider an SSD?
It makes life so much easier ...

about your push pull config, might be worth checking out linustech tips on push pull ( just type in youtube ).
the collection of dust is baffeling (and you cant get rid of it unless you take your build apart ).

 

[Yianni89]

I alread have an SSD that i am going to use,forgot to include that 😛... also the areas should all have filters which will help with the dust a fair bit... i know they work wonders on my Antec DF-85 at the moment

 

[stormflakes]

I alread have an SSD that i am going to use,forgot to include that 😛... also the areas should all have filters which will help with the dust a fair bit... i know they work wonders on my Antec DF-85 at the moment

All right, i don't have much to add, i'm not an expert in airflow ( or anything else ).
Good luck to you

 

[Yianni89]

thanks for the video suggestion just watching it now ... this airflow business is baffling me

 

[stormflakes]

thanks for the video suggestion just watching it now ... this airflow business is baffling me

yeah, i agree.

Personally i think you are taking it a bit too far.

I just go with one or 2 font fans, a good cpu cooler ( kraken x61 or noctua dh15 ) and the biggest rear-fan that will fit my case.

But judging by your build you are planning to overclock the shit* out of your components.

 

[Yianni89]

thanks for the video suggestion just watching it now ... this airflow business is baffling me

yeah, i agree.

Personally i think you are taking it a bit too far.

I just go with one or 2 font fans, a good cpu cooler ( kraken x61 or noctua dh15 ) and the biggest rear-fan that will fit my case.

But judging by your build you are planning to overclock the shit* out of your components.

this is all with a view that by the end of 2015 beginning of 2016 im going be moving the whole cooling system around and using all the Noctua fans as part of a dual radiator (1x360 + 1x280) full custom loop which I'm going to take plenty of time designing so it looks and performs immensely so it may seem over the top at the moment but when it comes to installing the custom loop i want to be spending money on pumps and pipes and reservoirs etc rather than fans which i can stock up on now during the initial build. i will overclock to a point but the idea is i want to overclock to a performance that's going to last me years.... my current rig is in its 9th year working a dream still but because of the 775 socket mobo there is hardly anthing i can do to it anymore so its being relegated to office use for the next 10-15 years... i want this one to last even longer, hence the x99 chip giving me an optional upgrade to Broadwell(apparently) if i need to, as well as giving me huge options for extra GPU's and RAM at least for the next 3-5 years... the cooling is there more to add life expectancy to the system rather than huge power and performance...

 

[stormflakes]

sounds great, i don't really have that problem, i live in a country that's crisp and cool most of the time.
In fact the only thing keeping me warm ,when my nuts are freezing off, is the thought of my pc having a blast.

i hope you figure it out