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Shivy011 said:
Yeah haven't ordered the 300R yet, going to ponder it for a day or to.

But yeah, sorry for hijacking thread xD
Either way you'll get a good case. Heaven your second spec looks nice but maybe a higher spec PSU and you could even spend about £15 for a 2TB drive
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Thanks mate and no worries - glad to hear someone in same boat as me. I just found this image online - i might just get the 300r and out that side panel to good use.

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Not sure if the side panel will need filters now though.
 
Yeah, I might do the same - it just looks more appealing to me than the Ronin, and you can't go wrong with Corsair :D Get the windowed one though :)
 
 
Heavenkiss said:
Not sure if the side panel will need filters now though.
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Test a side fan as intake and then as exhaust, idle and load. If there's not much difference in temps, use it as exhaust and no need for filter.

To maintain positive pressure, switch your top fans to intake. Then there'll be "dual airflows", one from front to side ("through" the GPU), and another from top to rear ("through" the Mobo). Can be effective depending on your particular setup.
 
Would it not be better to have intake at the front, exhaust at rear and top, intake (PSU) and another fan at the bottom, then no need for the side one?
 
I was actually thinking intake on front and side panel.

Intake on top back (push pull h60 config) and just use the top as exhaust. Not sure if that would be optimal though. I just don't think the h60 rad as an exhaust would be ideal.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gainward GeForce GTX 780 Phantom 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £399.95
1 x Asus VN247H 24"Widescreen Super Narrow Bezel LED Monitor - Black £185.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £167.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-OC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £158.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 750W Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020061-UK) £79.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £79.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Windowed Case - Black (CC-9011017-WW) £78.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2133HC11ADC01) £69.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733) £67.99
1 x Be Quiet! Dark Rock 3 CPU Cooler £54.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £44.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £17.99
1 x Zalman ZM-K200M Multimedia/Gaming Keyboard £11.99
1 x Gigabyte M6800 1600DPI Gaming Mouse £7.79
Total : £1,443.98 (includes shipping : £13.75).



Final build here chaps - what you think?

Swapped the heatsink for a black themed one to match the build and also swapped out PSU for a modular one (also closest one i could find to match colour scheme - a lot have green / blue stickers on etc).

If someone could spec me some orange wires, specifically which ones i need and how many, that would be great. Fearing there is too much black now with the heatsink and GPU so looking at ways to get more orange in there.

Slightly over budget but think i'll be happy with this setup :)

Thoughts / opinions appreciated. Nice one.
 
Heavenkiss said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gainward GeForce GTX 780 Phantom 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £399.95
1 x Asus VN247H 24"Widescreen Super Narrow Bezel LED Monitor - Black £185.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £167.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-OC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £158.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 750W Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020061-UK) £79.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £79.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Windowed Case - Black (CC-9011017-WW) £78.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2133HC11ADC01) £69.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733) £67.99
1 x Be Quiet! Dark Rock 3 CPU Cooler £54.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £44.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £17.99
1 x Zalman ZM-K200M Multimedia/Gaming Keyboard £11.99
1 x Gigabyte M6800 1600DPI Gaming Mouse £7.79
Total : £1,443.98 (includes shipping : £13.75).



Final build here chaps - what you think?

Swapped the heatsink for a black themed one to match the build and also swapped out PSU for a modular one (also closest one i could find to match colour scheme - a lot have green / blue stickers on etc).

If someone could spec me some orange wires, specifically which ones i need and how many, that would be great. Fearing there is too much black now with the heatsink and GPU so looking at ways to get more orange in there.

Slightly over budget but think i'll be happy with this setup :)

Thoughts / opinions appreciated. Nice one.
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Worth updating the CPU to the pro version you think? Just don't want to hide the ram tooo much as it's orrrrrrrrrrrannnge
 
This cooler can be oriented so it doesn't cover the RAM slots, and it matches your theme:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Xigmatek Janus LD1266 Heatpipe CPU Cooler - 120mm £29.99



Don't expect it to be as good as the Dark Rock. But usually it's only a few degrees difference. And I would love to get my hands on one some time to test it, as it is built to the same format of the Noctua NH-L12 which gets decent results.

Cables and a bit of lighting:

YOUR BASKET
1 x NZXT CB-LED10-WT 12x White LED Sleeve - 1m £9.98
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 24pin ATX extension 30cm - Orange £8.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 8pin PCI-E extension 45cm - Orange £6.98
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 6pin PCI-E extension 45cm - Orange £6.49
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 8pin EPS extension 45cm - Orange £5.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Internal Audio Extension Adaptor 30cm - Orange £4.49
4 x BitFenix Alchemy 2pin I/O extension 30cm - Orange £3.95 (£15.80)

 
lee32uk said:
I have the non pro 2 version and it is very quiet. I would imagine the updated version will be just as good if not better.
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Thanks for that Lee. Will consider it then. Do you have any pics of your cooler and mobo so I can see where it sits in comparison? Im guessing the size difference isnt a big difference from 2 to 3.

Danny75 said:
This cooler can be oriented so it doesn't cover the RAM slots, and it matches your theme:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Xigmatek Janus LD1266 Heatpipe CPU Cooler - 120mm £29.99



Don't expect it to be as good as the Dark Rock. But usually it's only a few degrees difference. And I would love to get my hands on one some time to test it, as it is built to the same format of the Noctua NH-L12 which gets decent results.

Cables and a bit of lighting:

YOUR BASKET
1 x NZXT CB-LED10-WT 12x White LED Sleeve - 1m £9.98
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 24pin ATX extension 30cm - Orange £8.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 8pin PCI-E extension 45cm - Orange £6.98
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 6pin PCI-E extension 45cm - Orange £6.49
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 8pin EPS extension 45cm - Orange £5.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Internal Audio Extension Adaptor 30cm - Orange £4.49
4 x BitFenix Alchemy 2pin I/O extension 30cm - Orange £3.95 (£15.80)

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Thanks a lot Danny for all your posts there. That cooler doesn't look as 'epic' compared to the dark rock but ill try and fine some reviews. Certainly matches the build better! Not seen many CPU fans facing that way before. Would the direction it is blowing now mess up the tradition intake at front bottom and and exhaust back top? I can imagine the intake to mess with the blades on the CPU but I could be wrong.
 
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Danny75 said:
The GLH Gainward Phantom that you originally wanted is available at the same price as the normal (slower) version that you have in your latest basket:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gainward GeForce GTX 780 Phantom GLH 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £399.95
1 x Gainward GeForce GTX 780 Phantom 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £399.95

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Wow, thanks for the heads up :D Do you think I have enough power to SLI these in future should I need too?

It's not something im consdering know but could be a possibility in future.
 
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