Wanted £1500 bling gaming rig

I have white leds around the edge of my case. They are great! 2M NZXT ones. Do a forum search for 'Renati Niveus' and there should be some pics in there somewhere. (My old build thread)
 
Right guys after all ur help ive used ur specs to put together something.and would like u to look over it and point out were ive gone wrong. Ive got 2 lots of 140 fans as I wasnt sure what would be best and I would be greatful if you could put together the red extension cables and some white led's.
the total below is about £1450


Corsair Air Series AF140 1200RPM LED Red Quiet Edition x3
BitFenix Spectre PWM 140mm Fan Red LED - Black x3
Samsung SE-S208DB/TSBS External Slimline 8x DVD-RW (TV Connect) - Black
Corsair Fan, SP120 PWM Low Noise High Pressure Fan 4 pin, Dual Pack*
Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB*
Corsair Vengeance Pro Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C9 2133MHz
Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
MSI Z87-G45 Gaming Series Intel Z87
Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black
Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO
MSI Radeon R9 290 Gaming Edition
Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM
NZXT Hale Power 90+ 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply
 
I don't quite understand the two sets of three 140MM fans of different types?

Other than that there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with it. :)

Never been a fan of MSI boards, but I haven't had a recent one so they might be OK now...
 
acme15 said:
I don't quite understand the two sets of three 140MM fans of different types?

Other than that there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with it. :)

Never been a fan of MSI boards, but I haven't had a recent one so they might be OK now...
Click to expand...

I was wondering about that too. There isn't even enough space for 6 x 140mm fans.
 
Yeah, no room for them. You need two 120mm's (PWM) for the H105, to begin with. And you can have either a 120 or 140mm on the rear. But for the front, it's either three 120's or two 140's.

Another thing is that if you get five fans in total and they are all PWM, you can use this to synch them with the CPU fans:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Akasa FLEXA FP5, Smart PWM cable for 5 PWM case fans. (AK-CBFA03-45) £4.79



More control (you can set your preferred fan schedule through BIOS or a utility), less cables in sight. There's other ways of doing it, including a fan controller, but that method is simple and effective.
 
Last edited:
The 2 sets of 140 fans I chose as I wasnt sure if just to get the corsair or get the bitfenix pwm and then get a fan controller or are they not really needed?
 
yid1981 said:
The 2 sets of 140 fans I chose as I wasnt sure if just to get the corsair or get the bitfenix pwm and then get a fan controller or are they not really needed?
Click to expand...

3 x 120mm or 2 x 140mm fans in the front.
1 x 120mm or 1 x 140mm fan in the rear.

The H105 will take up the 2 x 120 fan mounts in the roof, so you can either change the fans on that, or leave the stock fans on it depending on how noisy they are.

So you will either need 3 x 140mm fans or 4 x 120mm fans for the case, and then whatever you decide for the H105.
 
Ok so ill stick with the 3 bitfenix 140 fans and I had the corsair sp120 pwm duel pack for the h105. I like the idea that danny75 linked to the akasa flexa fp5 cable , if someone would be able to do a basket with everthing I listed and include all the red extension cables I would need for the bling I would be really grateful
 
yid1981 said:
Ok so ill stick with the 3 bitfenix 140 fans and I had the corsair sp120 pwm duel pack for the h105. I like the idea that danny75 linked to the akasa flexa fp5 cable , if someone would be able to do a basket with everthing I listed and include all the red extension cables I would need for the bling I would be really grateful
Click to expand...

This is my fan solution recommendation, and it includes white LEDs already, so you get red fan and white light at the same time. Probably wouldn't be a need for more white light.

YOUR BASKET
6 x Zaward Golf III Fan 120mm PWM LED ZG3-120B - black/red £10.98 (£65.88)
2 x Akasa FLEXA FP5, Smart PWM cable for 5 PWM case fans. (AK-CBFA03-45) £4.79 (£9.58)



Idea would be to set the two radiator fans on the first PWM splitter, and the four case fans on the second splitter. Necessary, as there'd be six fans not five, but the good thing is that you can give each fan header different settings if you need to, to get the balance between cooling and noise right. i.e. There's no need to have case fans blasting at 2000 RPM along with the CPU fans (when the latter need to).
 
Last edited:
Danny75 said:
This is my fan solution recommendation, and it includes white LEDs already, so you get red fan and white light at the same time. Probably wouldn't be a need for more white light.

YOUR BASKET
6 x Zaward Golf III Fan 120mm PWM LED ZG3-120B - black/red £10.98 (£65.88)
2 x Akasa FLEXA FP5, Smart PWM cable for 5 PWM case fans. (AK-CBFA03-45) £4.79 (£9.58)



Idea would be to set the two radiator fans on the first PWM splitter, and the four case fans on the second splitter. Necessary, as there'd be six fans not five, but the good thing is that you can give each fan header different settings if you need to, to get the balance between cooling and noise right. i.e. There's no need to have case fans blasting at 2000 RPM along with the CPU fans (when the latter need to).
Click to expand...



The board has dual cpu fan headers so you are ok for the cpu fans. I think you would only need 1 splitter cable for the front fans, and the rear fan would run off it's own header.
 
lee32uk said:
The board has dual cpu fan headers so you are ok for the cpu fans. I think you would only need 1 splitter cable for the front fans, and the rear fan would run off it's own header.
Click to expand...

Won't the pump fan need to use one of the two CPU fan headers? If the H105 is anything like the H100i. Just asking, you might know of another way.

Although the idea behind using one splitter (then two as it turned out) was also to have less clutter on the mobo.
 
Last edited:
If the pump & fan(s) are supposed to share a header (unsure if this is the case with the H105) I personally prefer to give them separate headers to ensure they are getting enough power. I had issues with a CLC before (the pump was rattling) and it was cured by using two headers instead of one. (pump separate to fans)
 
acme15 said:
If the pump & fan(s) are supposed to share a header (unsure if this is the case with the H105) I personally prefer to give them separate headers to ensure they are getting enough power. I had issues with a CLC before (the pump was rattling) and it was cured by using two headers instead of one. (pump separate to fans)
Click to expand...

The MSI board has dual cpu fan headers so it should be ok.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom