The Member's Systems Discussion Thread

[azzazel_99]

Much better airflow

 

[tiny voices]

Looks great!

 

[Daniel Sudakov]

Damn, I wish I was home. My build is all filled up with fans haha, I like the idea of af120s in the hyper evo, sadly I only have one laying around. Might just put the af120 in the bottom hole.

I think I'll get the h440, that case has style!

 

[Mirakledba]

Azz - Keeps getting better and better...time for sleeved cables!

Daniel - As you know, i ordered the H440. No way i was waiting months after I had already waited months to get a case...

 

[tiny voices]

I was looking at the H440 as well but after reading what most people think that own one, I have decided against it.

 

[Mirakledba]

Tiny - I still would rather have it over the air 540 but I didnt want to wait and I still love this air 540.

 

[tiny voices]

That's good. I have seen some really crazy looking setups in the Air 540. Most people use it for water cooling loops.

 

[Mirakledba]

Yeah, well, I can do that in the future. This cooler is more than perfect for me

 

[tiny voices]

I've been looking at alot of coolers lately and trying to decide what I want next.

 

[Mirakledba]

Looking for Custom loops, air, or closed loops?

 

[tiny voices]

Air for sure. Probably one with a split heatsink and 2 fans with support for 3.

 

[Mirakledba]

There is always this.. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835608018

I would get this though http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103189

 

[tiny voices]

I cannot stand those ugly coolermaster coolers. They don't even beat other stuff at the same price range.

I'm looking at MUCH less mainstream stuff. The NH-D14 is always the go-to if I can't find anything else I like.

 

[tiny voices]

There are lesser known coolers like this Zalman: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?gclid=CJ3lnJiP0b0CFYuXOgodh0gATw&Item=N82E16835118075&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-_-pla-_-CPU+Fans+%26+Heatsinks-_-N82E16835118075&ef_id=U0QEgwAABLpYGz5g:20140408143920:s

It costs only $60, beats the NH-D14 in most all tests, and beats most all the closed loop coolers as well. I don't know why it is not recommended more often. It does look stupid, but it works.

 

[Mirakledba]

Mainstream? Hipster detected 😛 Lol, umm.. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118075 this? I was gonna get this but I didnt and used the 60$ to get the Toxic 280x rather than a normal 280x for 300


edit: I just saw u posted that. Lol, I already know about that cooler, as I said, I was gonna get it. Go for it. Seems nice

 

[tiny voices]

It is basically one of the best air coolers in existence and costs $30-$40 less than its competitors, which it handily beats. In most tests, it was within 1 degree of the h100i. Amazing. I don't know why more people don't consider it.

Also your comment doesn't make sense. You say you saved the $60 to put towards a better GPU, but you then spent MORE on a different cooler.

 

[Daniel Sudakov]

Really? It took people months to get it? I was going to wait when the case hits the local store first. But this Thursday I'm going to visit my local store for a new headset, I'll take a chance to look at the air 540 first. If I like it, I'll take it with me.

If anything else, I'll just keep the phantom for a while. And pick up 2 more Asus monitors.

 

[Mirakledba]

Tiny - You got me wrong bud. Calm down. Let me re phrase that, I decided NOT to buy that cooler and use the 60$ so I could use that $60 TO GET THE TOXIC 280x for 260$ rather than the 300$ version. This was back in november 1st. A few months later here in 2014 I got my money from my youtube adsense which i wasnt expecting at all to have 333$ in there and I got a monitor and Cooler with that. Does it make sense now?

 

[jeremyp79]

One of the biggest reasons I chose a AIO instead of air was because I've always been kind of wary of having one of those huge air coolers hanging off my board. That's a lot of weight being supported by the pcb. Now, I'm seriously thinking about doing a full custom loop. I don't really need it.... but I kind of like the challenge of designing and building one that will keep everything frosty 🙂

 

[Mirakledba]

^This.

I hate huge air coolers blocking the window, ugly looking and hanging down and putting stress on the Mobo...I just like the H100is design and look. I wish i was getting paid by corsair to say this, but Im not 😛 Corsair link is trash though.

 

[Mirakledba]

Guys I did a small test run with 1.29v and 4.4ghz and the second I ran prime, it BSOD. Does that mean there is no way in hell I will ever get 4.4?

Please, No questions why are you OCing..Lol

 

[tiny voices]

One of the biggest reasons I chose a AIO instead of air was because I've always been kind of wary of having one of those huge air coolers hanging off my board. That's a lot of weight being supported by the pcb. Now, I'm seriously thinking about doing a full custom loop. I don't really need it.... but I kind of like the challenge of designing and building one that will keep everything frosty 🙂

This has been tested time and time again, and the force required to cause flexing in the board is so great it could only be generated by banging the system around hard enough to damage other components. The "coolers weigh ant and stress the motherboard" thing is a myth. The CPU cooler backplate take 90-95% of the stress off the motherboard and even the stock intel snap in cooler will stress the board as much as a big cooler with a backplate.

 

[tiny voices]

1.3v is the max you want to go for that CPU. crashing at 1.29v is normal. It is possible you just got a less good chip. It happens. As it is, the Haswell CPUs are not great overclockers by any means compared to Ivy and Sandy.

 

[Mirakledba]

so in one message cause I dont want this to go on. For 4.4, what voltages do i try? If that fails, what for 4.3?

 

[tiny voices]

You probably aren't going to get 4.4ghz on your CPU. Just leave it at 4.3 and call it a day. If 1.29v crashes at 4.4, you are not going to get 4.4 simple as that. You just got a less good chip. Some people struggle to get past 4.2 with this CPU while others can get 4.5 at 1.2v easily.