new case and cooler for i5 4690k

garnhamr

garnhamr

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Can anyone recommend a simple and cheap but effective case and cooler for my Gigabyte Z97X-SLI pc?
i'm going to get rid of my water cooling setup as it's causing me issues every now and then and replace it all with a simpler setup.

I'm thinking of getting My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £65.99 (includes shipping: £0.00)​
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but i'm not sure whether to get a closed loop water cooler or just an air cooler.
Anyone had a similar setup?
 
Case looks nice and pretty similar to my NZXT internally.
That case doesn't appear to have front fans which I think are needed with a top rad.
I have a 4770k and use an Antec 1220 AIO cooler.
I think most of the AIO are much of a muchness.
 
white is where it's at, i only ever buy black electrical goods if the price is a lot less.
Well my pc is now upstairs and i've extended everything downstairs so sound isn't too much of an issue, maybe i should just bung in an air cooler? can this case fit the massive air coolers i've seen?
 
Cases look nice, but that seems to be all they has going for themselves .. and low price, add another £30-40 for 2 or 3 good fans and there are better cases that come with good fans at similar price

Keep in mind NH-D14 has variable voltage fans, not PWM, and many new motherboard are only PWM on CPU header/s. Great cooler, just keep it in mind.
 
My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £174.15 (includes shipping: £11.70)​
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The NH-D15 comes with pwm fans, thanks for the tip
I really like the look of this case so i may have to chose ignorance, i hope the cooler fits.
 
Noctua NH-D15 Dual Radiator Quiet CPU Cooler with two NH-A15 Fans
HS-026-NC
£100 (incl. VAT)
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Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)
AC-000-AC
£8 (incl. VAT)
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Noiseblocker NB-eLoop Fan B12-2 - 120mm (1300rpm)
FG-053-NB
£10 (incl. VAT)
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Keep in mind the D15 is 150mm wide / 75mm plus fan clips from center of CPU toward PCIe sockets. Make sure that will not overhang PCIe sockets.

You don't need tube of TIM. Cooler comes with enough for several mountings.

Also keep in mind it take 1.5x 120mm fans to move about the same amount of air as 1x 140mm fan does. So 2x 120mm intakes only leaves 1/2 of one fan's airflow to supply all the air the 2x or 3x 90mm fans on your GPU use .. end result is both CPU and GPU coolers will be re-using their own heated exhaust air trying to cool .. and every degree warmer the air going into cooler is translates to a degree hotter CPU and/or GPU will be. ;)
 
that is bloody close to the sound card, not that i use it, could just take it out completely. I'ma risk it for a biscuit i think xD
These things are never an exact science anyway, plus i've got plenty of time to save up till it stops working in the summer

Ordered, thanks for the advice and saving me a few pounds too
 
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P400 really is quite good.

I think noise dampening is over-rated. Vents let noise out, and there is no way to dampen a vent. Putting a panel in front of vent helps baffle the sounds coming out of case. Best way to have a quiet system is build it with quiet components and quality fans with good pressure ratings so they will move a nice flow of air at low rpm.
 
I'm really happy with it. It's super quiet to my surprise, and it looks really good. I could only fit one fan on the cooler but the exhaust fan is right next to the cooling fins anyway, the temps are higher and i might have to reduce the overclock when summer comes. Also the side panels are hard to get on but i wish i'd have done this ages ago. I'm really not up to speed with whats on the market so there is more than likely a better build but it looks good and works a treat.
Have to mention it's another 100% successful customer experience off of overclockers, never had any problems over many purchases.
 
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At the very least move the back exhaust to front as 2nd front intake. This will almost double case airflow.
Better yet, replace them with 2 or 3 120mm fans with pressure rating of 1.72mm H2O or higher at 1600rpm like PH-F120MP so when you slow them down to about 1000rpm they still have high enough pressure rating (>1.0mm H2O) to overcome grill and filter.
 
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