- Oct 9, 2013
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Okay, so for the past few months I had initially been thinking of replacing out my old Dell keyboard and mouse, partly due to the fact that my Dell mouse seems to be breaking down, as in, the plastic on the buttons have worn out. It is getting uncomfortable for me to use the mouse personally. I decided to replace my keyboard as well in the process because, well, it's a Dell and if I'm going to buy a new mouse I might as well buy a fancy keyboard.
Additionally, I've been thinking about making my PC look more unique compared to many other PCs so I decided to maybe outfit it with LEDs and a side-window, as well as custom cables. Making my own side window seemed extremely complicated to do and would require special tools, so i decided against it as I would potentially wreck my $150 case. As I intend to do recordings of stuff that I do on my computer like game recordings to upload to YouTube I did research on clip-on headphone microphones and found one I thought was the best quality, barring desktop mics that weren't an option as I read they were prone to pick up lots of background noise.
This is my part selection I have: http://www.pccasegear.com/sc/quk
Antlion ModMic 4.0 Attachable Boom Mic - $69
Logitech G502 Proteus Core All-Purpose Mouse - $59
Corsair Vengeance K70 Mechanical Keyboard w/ Cherry Brown Red LED Switches - $175
Logitech G240 Cloth Mouse Pad - $16
3x Corsair AF 140 Airflow 140mm Fans - $57
PCCG Sleeved Power Supply Cable Extension Kit Regal Colour - $39
NZXT Sleeved White LED Cable 200mm - $25
Fractal Design Define R4 Acrylic Side Window - $28
Total - $468 + $39 Shipping Tax
Adding it all up, this seems to be a very pricey investment but i think that it's worth it for me as i would benefit from the new kb/m and especially the new mouse pad. The mic would be something that I expect to use often with my Sennheiser RS HDR 180s so I have that down and the rest are just stuff to make my PC look unique and stuff. Regrettably, the price of the keyboard that I want to buy went up in price a couple of weeks ago from $155 to $175 but it's not too much of an issue as I really want it. It's still significantly cheaper than the RGB variant which looks kind of stupid to me with the changed logo.
I do have a few questions about some of the stuff I want to get though. Firstly, about the LED case fans. In my PC, I have a lot of expansion for extra fans, but I don't know how much of an airflow benefit I would get from it. Currently I only have one fan active inside my PC. This is what my PC looks like: http://pcpartpicker.com/b/ThjcCJ
There is currently one active fan, the 120mm one in the top left slot, with an unplugged one sitting in the bottom right slot. A couple of questions: Would placing two large fans on the top of the case, blowing air down through the CPU cooler offer much of an airflow benefit? I was intending to just replace the one on the top left and add two door fans. Additionally, there is a slot for a fan right next to the power supply. Would a fan placed there offer any airflow benefit from blowing directly up towards the graphics card, where the GPU would be blowing out air towards the fan if it was placed there? One user said it made a significant difference. Would getting 6 fans for the extra slots (2 on top, one on bottom) make a significant difference?
The reason I went with full on airflow fans was because I had intended to run my PC nice and silent. Static pressure fans, although pushing more air through where my storage drive is, would make noise so that's a big NO NO for me. Would I need a fan controller to control so many fans or do I just plug it into the motherboard slots? Would the 5V/7V/12V controller located on my case control all that?
Would the Regal coloured sleeved PSU cables look the best with my setup, or what do you think of the other alternatives there are on http://www.pccasegear.com.au ??
I realize that this would be an expensive purchase so I am trying to get the best bang for buck in my purchases. There is a lot I can do with $500. I do not intend to spend the money on hardware upgrades as I am waiting out on Intel Skylake and Nvidia Pascal GPUs which come out late 2015/2016. Thanks in advance, sorry if this is a long post.
Additionally, I've been thinking about making my PC look more unique compared to many other PCs so I decided to maybe outfit it with LEDs and a side-window, as well as custom cables. Making my own side window seemed extremely complicated to do and would require special tools, so i decided against it as I would potentially wreck my $150 case. As I intend to do recordings of stuff that I do on my computer like game recordings to upload to YouTube I did research on clip-on headphone microphones and found one I thought was the best quality, barring desktop mics that weren't an option as I read they were prone to pick up lots of background noise.
This is my part selection I have: http://www.pccasegear.com/sc/quk
Antlion ModMic 4.0 Attachable Boom Mic - $69
Logitech G502 Proteus Core All-Purpose Mouse - $59
Corsair Vengeance K70 Mechanical Keyboard w/ Cherry Brown Red LED Switches - $175
Logitech G240 Cloth Mouse Pad - $16
3x Corsair AF 140 Airflow 140mm Fans - $57
PCCG Sleeved Power Supply Cable Extension Kit Regal Colour - $39
NZXT Sleeved White LED Cable 200mm - $25
Fractal Design Define R4 Acrylic Side Window - $28
Total - $468 + $39 Shipping Tax
Adding it all up, this seems to be a very pricey investment but i think that it's worth it for me as i would benefit from the new kb/m and especially the new mouse pad. The mic would be something that I expect to use often with my Sennheiser RS HDR 180s so I have that down and the rest are just stuff to make my PC look unique and stuff. Regrettably, the price of the keyboard that I want to buy went up in price a couple of weeks ago from $155 to $175 but it's not too much of an issue as I really want it. It's still significantly cheaper than the RGB variant which looks kind of stupid to me with the changed logo.
I do have a few questions about some of the stuff I want to get though. Firstly, about the LED case fans. In my PC, I have a lot of expansion for extra fans, but I don't know how much of an airflow benefit I would get from it. Currently I only have one fan active inside my PC. This is what my PC looks like: http://pcpartpicker.com/b/ThjcCJ
There is currently one active fan, the 120mm one in the top left slot, with an unplugged one sitting in the bottom right slot. A couple of questions: Would placing two large fans on the top of the case, blowing air down through the CPU cooler offer much of an airflow benefit? I was intending to just replace the one on the top left and add two door fans. Additionally, there is a slot for a fan right next to the power supply. Would a fan placed there offer any airflow benefit from blowing directly up towards the graphics card, where the GPU would be blowing out air towards the fan if it was placed there? One user said it made a significant difference. Would getting 6 fans for the extra slots (2 on top, one on bottom) make a significant difference?
The reason I went with full on airflow fans was because I had intended to run my PC nice and silent. Static pressure fans, although pushing more air through where my storage drive is, would make noise so that's a big NO NO for me. Would I need a fan controller to control so many fans or do I just plug it into the motherboard slots? Would the 5V/7V/12V controller located on my case control all that?
Would the Regal coloured sleeved PSU cables look the best with my setup, or what do you think of the other alternatives there are on http://www.pccasegear.com.au ??
I realize that this would be an expensive purchase so I am trying to get the best bang for buck in my purchases. There is a lot I can do with $500. I do not intend to spend the money on hardware upgrades as I am waiting out on Intel Skylake and Nvidia Pascal GPUs which come out late 2015/2016. Thanks in advance, sorry if this is a long post.
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