Birthday upgrade decisions....

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So here is the deal, my birthday is coming up toward the end of march and PC hardware is probably going to be the name of the game this year.

My current rig is sitting below, not had it that long but i have a couple of little issues. My coolIT vantage cooler is loud, and my GPU has a blue pcb and is also loud. My idea is water cooling as that can solve all of life's first world problems it seems.

So i could just water cool everything i have at the moment including the expense of a £70 GPU backplate to cover my horrid pcb. OR i could take a leap of faith and buy a 7950 which already has a black backplate, then water cool all of that...

I want to keep to my black/white colour scheme so i would need to water cool all 7950's on the market as they all have red on the coolers :(

In terms of radiator space, i am also going to take a risk of cutting up my beautiful 600T to fit a thin-ish 360mm in the roof then a 200mm in the front. I do have to move my pc quite a few times a year but i don't think cutting off a little mesh will weaken the structure too much?
 
Just get a corsair h100 and put some apache fans on it. It'll be much quieter. Your rig now is fine for games this year....another 6970 in xfire perhaps?
 
Just get a corsair h100 and put some apache fans on it. It'll be much quieter. Your rig now is fine for games this year....another 6970 in xfire perhaps?

I have been very tempted by the H100 i must admit, and the amount i move my case around it is definitely a safer option, but i still have the problem of the GPU. Its loudness and blueness need to be solved :)

Also, might it be more beneficial in the long run to spend water cooling on the latest cards as they will be top notch for longer?
 
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I don't want to sound like i dont appreciate your response but 2 slight problems :p

1) cooler is not black/white, if noctua made black/white fans i buy them immediately. :(

2) graphics card is also blue PCB, which is just wrong lol. I need the HIS one i think, or i could wait it out for the twin frozr which will be black pcb i believe.
 
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