Looking for some build feedback

[Tohrazer]

Could look at the Fractal MESHIFY C MIDI TOWER CASE. Has excellent airflow and a full side window. Would need to front mount the radiator.

Thanks, I'll go take a look right now!

 

[orbitalwalsh]

Does look like a very nice case and match the Strix scheme

 

[Tohrazer]

I'm thinking maybe the anides al-crystal lite now, then adding 4* LL120's to it, along with the corsair controller - PS do RGB controllers clash or does it all work smoothly? IE corsair's software for case fans, aura sync for the Ram/Mobo/strips, nzxt software for the AIO, etc?

Thanks!

 

[Tohrazer]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Super Flower Leadex II 650W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply - Black= £89.99
• 1 x Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E500B/EU)= £139.99
• 1 x BitFenix Alchemy 24pin ATX extension 30cm - Black= £8.99
• 1 x BitFenix Alchemy 8pin PCI-E extension 45cm - Black= £6.95
• 1 x Team Group Night Hawk RGB 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - RGB Black (TF1D4= £179.99
• 1 x Intel Core i5-8600K 3.6GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - OEM= £259.99
• 1 x NZXT Kraken X42 AIO Water Cooling Unit - 140mm= £114.95
• 1 x Bitfenix Aurora Midi Tower Case - Black Window= £89.99
• 1 x Asus Prime Z370-A Intel Z370 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £169.99
• 3 x Cooler Master MasterFan Pro 120 AF RGB Fan= £19.99
• 1 x Bitfenix Alchemy 2.0 Magnetic RGB LED Strip - 30cm= £17.99
• 1 x BitFenix Alchemy 6pin PCI-E extension 45cm - Black= £6.49

Total: £1,158.48 (includes shipping: £13.20)​

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How's this look? I think these case fans work with Aura Sync, the LL120/LL140's from corsair are gorgeous but out of stock atm, and I have a feeling if I wait until they are back in the i5 will be out of stock.

 

[southernorth]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Super Flower Leadex II 650W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply - Black= £89.99
• 1 x Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E500B/EU)= £139.99
• 1 x BitFenix Alchemy 24pin ATX extension 30cm - Black= £8.99
• 1 x BitFenix Alchemy 8pin PCI-E extension 45cm - Black= £6.95
• 1 x Team Group Night Hawk RGB 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - RGB Black (TF1D4= £179.99
• 1 x Intel Core i5-8600K 3.6GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - OEM= £259.99
• 1 x NZXT Kraken X42 AIO Water Cooling Unit - 140mm= £114.95
• 1 x Bitfenix Aurora Midi Tower Case - Black Window= £89.99
• 1 x Asus Prime Z370-A Intel Z370 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £169.99
• 3 x Cooler Master MasterFan Pro 120 AF RGB Fan= £19.99
• 1 x Bitfenix Alchemy 2.0 Magnetic RGB LED Strip - 30cm= £17.99
• 1 x BitFenix Alchemy 6pin PCI-E extension 45cm - Black= £6.49

Total: £1,158.48 (includes shipping: £13.20)
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How's this look? I think these case fans work with Aura Sync, the LL120/LL140's from corsair are gorgeous but out of stock atm, and I have a feeling if I wait until they are back in the i5 will be out of stock.

• I would swap the fans to one of the Corsair sets below.
• Swap the the case, looks much better than the Bitfenix in my opinion.
• The Seasonic PSU has double the warranty and is reviewed very well. It would be concealed by the PSU shroud so you can't see it anyway.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Seasonic Focus Plus 650W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply= £94.99
• 1 x Corsair Crystal 460X Midi Tower Tempered Glass Case - Black (CC-9011099-WW)= £87.95
• 1 x Corsair SP120 RGB LED 120mm High Performance 3 x Fan Pack (Includes Controller)= £52.99
• 1 x Corsair HD120 RGB LED 120mm High Performance PWM x 3 Fan Pack (Includes Controller)= £74.99

Total: £322.62 (includes shipping: £11.70)
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[Tohrazer]

I do like the fans more, the issue is the control seems more full/complete with Aura sync I think? (the CM fans are aura compatible) the Corsair ones seem to come with a physical controller, so I see no way to program a certain set of colours to cycle etc (lets say I want to go through purple/aqua/teal for example). Is that possible without aura sync? It also looks like the 140mm rad will struggle to fit into the 460x in a nice way as you can only fit 2*140 in the front, but 3*120 or 140 looks much nicer. I could get a 240 rad like the X52 but that costs an extra £40.

Lets assume I can now live with a front mounted Radiator, but only in push config (through the intake) as the push/rad/pull config just looks like too much of a monstrosity to me. I'd also guess that these RGB fans don't make the best intake rad coolers and probably can't be configured with PWM cooling profiles?

Thanks again for the suggestions, I really do appreciate having people to brainstorm ideas with! I know I'm pretty picky but I only get a new pc pretty rarely and it has to last me a long time as my bank balance is stretched pretty thin.

 

[Tohrazer]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E500B/EU)= £139.99
• 1 x BitFenix Alchemy 24pin ATX extension 30cm - Black= £8.99
• 1 x BitFenix Alchemy 8pin PCI-E extension 45cm - Black= £6.95
• 1 x Team Group Night Hawk RGB 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - RGB Black (TF1D4= £179.99
• 1 x Intel Core i5-8600K 3.6GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - OEM= £259.99
• 1 x NZXT Kraken X42 AIO Water Cooling Unit - 140mm= £114.95
• 1 x Asus Prime Z370-A Intel Z370 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £169.99
• 1 x BitFenix Alchemy 6pin PCI-E extension 45cm - Black= £6.49
• 1 x Seasonic Focus Plus 650W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply= £94.99
• 1 x Anidees AI-Crystal Lite Midi-Tower, Tempered Glass - Black= £114.95
• 1 x Corsair LL120 RGB, 120mm Dual Light Loop RGB LED PWM Fan= £24.95
• 1 x Corsair LL120 RGB, 120mm Dual Light Loop RGB LED PWM Fan, 3 Fan Pack with Lighting Node PRO= £89.99

Total: £1,226.32 (includes shipping: £14.10)​

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So I think this build looks pretty solid, my main worry is clashing RGB controllers, will the corsair case fan software play nicely with Aura sync controlling the ram/mobo lighting? will the NZXT rgb AIO software play nicely with both of them?

 

[southernorth]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E500B/EU)= £139.99
• 1 x BitFenix Alchemy 24pin ATX extension 30cm - Black= £8.99
• 1 x BitFenix Alchemy 8pin PCI-E extension 45cm - Black= £6.95
• 1 x Team Group Night Hawk RGB 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - RGB Black (TF1D4= £179.99
• 1 x Intel Core i5-8600K 3.6GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - OEM= £259.99
• 1 x NZXT Kraken X42 AIO Water Cooling Unit - 140mm= £114.95
• 1 x Asus Prime Z370-A Intel Z370 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £169.99
• 1 x BitFenix Alchemy 6pin PCI-E extension 45cm - Black= £6.49
• 1 x Seasonic Focus Plus 650W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply= £94.99
• 1 x Anidees AI-Crystal Lite Midi-Tower, Tempered Glass - Black= £114.95
• 1 x Corsair LL120 RGB, 120mm Dual Light Loop RGB LED PWM Fan= £24.95
• 1 x Corsair LL120 RGB, 120mm Dual Light Loop RGB LED PWM Fan, 3 Fan Pack with Lighting Node PRO= £89.99

Total: £1,226.32 (includes shipping: £14.10)
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So I think this build looks pretty solid, my main worry is clashing RGB controllers, will the corsair case fan software play nicely with Aura sync controlling the ram/mobo lighting? will the NZXT rgb AIO software play nicely with both of them?

The NODE controller seems to fit your purposes well.

 

[Tohrazer]

The NODE controller seems to fit your purposes well.

I believe the Node is included with the 3*LL120 bundle, but that is software controlled right? google has conflicting opinions on using multiple RGB control softwares on the same PC, I think The Ram and mobo lights *have* to go through aura sync, the cooler can either sync with aura or use its own nzxt software I think.

PS I have a 970 gtx atm and I'm thinking it's probably not a good time to buy a gpu, but i've been advised otherwise, what do you guys think?