2013-06-14, 05:58 PM
Declaimed Wrote:1. Case this whole thing is going in? --- Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced Blue Edition.
2. I recommend the Samsung 840 Pro(note the pro) over the Corsair Neutron
3. Note that AS5 does have a cure time, its not recommended to boot the computer right after applying AS5
4. Always when going to watercooling, You accept the risks of any damage, even if its an AIO. though at this point in time, for haswell/ivy cpus, gains are extremely minimal. Intel using TIM instead of Solder when lidding the chips made these bad thermally productive chips unless you want to avoid warranty and delid. --- The modular liquid cooler wouldn't help at all? I want to keep my processor as cool as possible.
5. Speed on the ram you are purchasing? --- 9/9/9/9 DDR3 1600
6. Since you are buying an 850w psu, I'm assuming you are looking to SLI/Crossfire in the future? --- I read something somewhere that advised to run the PSU well under its maximum load. I also saw that this particular PSU is on sale with mail in rebate + promo code ($125 after all is said and done). SLI is a possibility in the future.
No current plans to overclock GPU.
Case is fine if you go through with WC I believe: as for WC, of the current age, we live in one in which air cooling properties are so advanced, as well as lower TDP processor chips to where WC does not bring much of a gain at all compared to high end air cooling towers(e.g Noctua D14H, Phanteks Dual Tower) and is more of an aesthetic thing. because back then, chips would be like 2.8 ghz and overclock to 4.2 for example. today it would be 3.4 ghz(3.8 turbo) to 4.5 which is a much smaller gain.
Heres an example of WC units vs the D14H they all reach similar temperatures but there's one blaring thing that's noticeable. the Air unit is significantly quieter(~3dba is about twice the magnitude) and cheaper. Which is why AIO watercooling is more of a aesthetic thing rather than actual performance indicator.
the other minor thing is that large aircoolers cause some users to worry since they are pretty heavy and some thing that their motherboard will break.(usuallywont happen uness you like tipping your case and dropping it over a long period of time.
For psus, it only takes ~550w max unit to power a good single gpu single cpu and OC it. 850w are designed for multi gpu setups.
if overclocking isnt your thing then take the 770.