Hello, first of all I apologize if this is not the right section of the forum, I'm not sure where else to post this since it's a bit of a mix between a case and a cooling question.
I'm posting here after multiple disappointing readings and experiences on my home country's Tomshw and Reddit where people are often unfriendly or hating a specific brand etc, so I'll try my luck here.
I'm going to build my first computer in November and I'm doing my best and working hard in order to be able to get a pc that performs nice and that also looks nice. For this reason I've been debating a lot on which case to buy between the NZXT H510i and the H710i. For the look alone I'd go with the smaller case but since I've been reading a lot of stuff and seen lots of videos where the H510i is pictured as a "very bad airflow" case, I decided that I'll probably get the H710i.. I like this second one too in the end and if it will give me less headaches and if it will run a bit quieter then it's probably the best choice for me.
My question is about which liquid cooler to fit in the H710i: basically all the videos/threads that I've been reading had a Kraken X73 (or anyway a 360mm radiator) mounted in the H710i. Here's what I thought..
Please pay attention because my question requires a bit of imagination (if that's the right word).
The H710i comes with three 120mm fans on front and one 140mm fan on rear (pre-installed). I'm going to buy THREE NZXT 140mm RGB fans and I will put one on the rear and two on top (I'll be doing this for the aesthetic). This will leave me with a spare non-rgb 140mm fan (removed from the back of the case).
Now come the questions.
Option 1: I prefer 140mm fans, so I was thinking of getting a Kraken X63 and to mount it on front in push/pull using the Kraken's fans + the spare 140mm fan that was previously mounted on rear and then BUY an additional 140mm fan of the same kind. This way I would have to buy a total of 4 fans and the Kraken X63. Will this look good and work well in your opinion?
Option 2: I buy a Kraken X73 instead (which I like less compared to the X63) and attach it in a push/pull config to the three 120mm front fans that come with the case. If I go with this I will save a little money on the fans (buying 3 instead of 4) but I'll spend more for the water cooler compared to "Option 1".
All in all, the price of the two options is the same or almost the same. I'm more interested in figuring out which solution will be quieter and better looking. In the "Option 1" there would be a total of 7 fans spinning in the case, in the "Option 2" there would be 9 (6 of them being small 120mm). To me it already sounds crazy to have 7 (without considering the graphic card and the power supply) and I think I definitely prefer 140mm but I'm not sure how good a 280mm cooler looks and performs in such a big case. Mounting the radiator on top is not an option because having all of that free space on front will make me dislike the case.
If this is of any help, I'll say that I won't be going for crazy overclocks, I prefer a quiet and cool systems that can run my games normally in 2k. For reference, imagine a Ryzen 5 or Ryzen 7 and at most a rtx 3070 or 3080. Please let me know what you think ♥
I'm posting here after multiple disappointing readings and experiences on my home country's Tomshw and Reddit where people are often unfriendly or hating a specific brand etc, so I'll try my luck here.
I'm going to build my first computer in November and I'm doing my best and working hard in order to be able to get a pc that performs nice and that also looks nice. For this reason I've been debating a lot on which case to buy between the NZXT H510i and the H710i. For the look alone I'd go with the smaller case but since I've been reading a lot of stuff and seen lots of videos where the H510i is pictured as a "very bad airflow" case, I decided that I'll probably get the H710i.. I like this second one too in the end and if it will give me less headaches and if it will run a bit quieter then it's probably the best choice for me.
My question is about which liquid cooler to fit in the H710i: basically all the videos/threads that I've been reading had a Kraken X73 (or anyway a 360mm radiator) mounted in the H710i. Here's what I thought..
Please pay attention because my question requires a bit of imagination (if that's the right word).
The H710i comes with three 120mm fans on front and one 140mm fan on rear (pre-installed). I'm going to buy THREE NZXT 140mm RGB fans and I will put one on the rear and two on top (I'll be doing this for the aesthetic). This will leave me with a spare non-rgb 140mm fan (removed from the back of the case).
Now come the questions.
Option 1: I prefer 140mm fans, so I was thinking of getting a Kraken X63 and to mount it on front in push/pull using the Kraken's fans + the spare 140mm fan that was previously mounted on rear and then BUY an additional 140mm fan of the same kind. This way I would have to buy a total of 4 fans and the Kraken X63. Will this look good and work well in your opinion?
Option 2: I buy a Kraken X73 instead (which I like less compared to the X63) and attach it in a push/pull config to the three 120mm front fans that come with the case. If I go with this I will save a little money on the fans (buying 3 instead of 4) but I'll spend more for the water cooler compared to "Option 1".
All in all, the price of the two options is the same or almost the same. I'm more interested in figuring out which solution will be quieter and better looking. In the "Option 1" there would be a total of 7 fans spinning in the case, in the "Option 2" there would be 9 (6 of them being small 120mm). To me it already sounds crazy to have 7 (without considering the graphic card and the power supply) and I think I definitely prefer 140mm but I'm not sure how good a 280mm cooler looks and performs in such a big case. Mounting the radiator on top is not an option because having all of that free space on front will make me dislike the case.
If this is of any help, I'll say that I won't be going for crazy overclocks, I prefer a quiet and cool systems that can run my games normally in 2k. For reference, imagine a Ryzen 5 or Ryzen 7 and at most a rtx 3070 or 3080. Please let me know what you think ♥