Final build advice

SomeFatDude

SomeFatDude

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I got a lot of great suggestions for builds in my previous thread but in the end I decided to go with shiny on the outside and random and ugly on the inside. ^^

I'm ordering this thing in about a week and was just wondering about a couple of last things.

First of all, I am still trying to decide between that water and air cooler.

Would prefer to go with air if at all possible.

Was wondering if that Noctua cooler would keep the CPU reasonably cool considering that I won't be too greedy with the OC and only plan to go for 4.2ghz.
Basically I want to make sure it does not get too hot under normal conditions and does not go over safe limits under load in a 30+ degree summer.

I would also like to know if I can fit 4 of my chosen rams under the Noctua, as I plan to stick in 2 more later.

This brings me to the next question. Over the course of the year I plan to stick in the following upgrades.

- 1TB SSD

- Maybe another HDD for archiving

- The 2 extra rams

- Another GTX 780Ti

Is there anything here that would prevent me from doing this and is that 1000W PSU sufficient or overkill for this plan?

Finally I was wondering if replacing the case fans on the Cosmos II with Noctuas would have an effect on system temps.

Oh yeah, and some similar replacement options for the thermal paste/water cooler would also be welcome in case they are still out of stock when i order.

Here is the final -ish build.


Case

Cooler Master Cosmos II Ultra Tower Case - Black

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-249-CM


Board

Gigabyte Z87X-D3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-436-GI


CPU

Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-473-IN



Thermal Paste

IC Diamond 7-Carat Thermal Compound (1.5g)

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=TH-000-ID&groupid=701&catid=27


Cooler

Noctua NH-D14 Dual Radiator CPU Cooler

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-011-NC


OR


Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060009-WW)

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-015-CS


Graphics Card

EVGA GeForce GTX 780Ti Dual Classified ACX 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (03G-P4-2888-KR)

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-235-EA


RAM

Avexir Core Orange Series 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21330908G-2CIO) - Orange Light

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-055-AR



SSD

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-168-SA

Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW)


HDD

Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD2003FZEX) HDD

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-410-WD



Optical drive

LG BH16NS40 16x SATA Internal BDRW - OEM

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-116-LG


PSU

NZXT Hale Power 90+ 1000W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-102-NX&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=2465
 
Picked the case because it is closed so I don't have to care much about how the parts look, it looks pretty damn awesome, has great and easy to clean dust filters for my insanely dusty room and is bloody massive which should help with the airflow when I stick in all the other parts and make it pretty damn hard to steal in case some crackhead breaks into my place while I'm at work. ^^

I sure as hell am overpaying on that thing but considering it will eventually hold about 3k worth of parts, the 300 does not seem that much in the end.

As for the rams. I plan to do a fair bit of editing work so 16 gig is pretty much a must and the 32 wont hurt later so I wanted to make sure they will actually fit under that huge ass cooler, tho I may just go for the liquid cooler instead.

On that note, does anyone know what the difference in temps would be between the Silverstone Tundra Series TD02 Liquid CPU Cooler and the Noctua NH-D14 Dual Radiator CPU Cooler at 4.2ghz?
 
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