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[PAULRYAN52]

how does the motherboard, cpu cooler and gpu compare to the items I Selected

 

[stulid]

Well you can obviously set the board+gfx card to whatever colour you like.

RAM you cant but you had a red led kit in your spec plus theres corsair coming with RGB ram.

Alternative case,

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Midi Tower Case - Black= £117.95
• 1 x Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Glass Midi Tower Case - Black= £132.95

Total: £266.80
(includes shipping: £15.90)
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both the same case but one with a glass side panel, these can have the illumination set to 10 different colours.

how does the motherboard, cpu cooler and gpu compare to the items I Selected

GPU has the fastest clock speeds it also has twice the warranty compared to the Palit.

Cooler is quiet and I have used one before, plus its nearly all black so matches anything.

The board is very comparable, has a good audio chip+amp, supports SLI+Crossfire etc, has all the new stuff such as USB3.1/typeC, fast m.2 and u.2 etc.

 

[PAULRYAN52]

how will that case be for noise

 

[stulid]

Errr, not as good as the bequiet (I have the Phanteks and have had the bequiet).

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18701023

There is some PWM controller board on the phanteks, but it still doesnt help, you would be best connecting all the case fans to the motherboard and letting it control the fans via the Easytune application.

But the Phanteks is bigger and makes a nicer looking build because the PSU is covered and other bits are well hidden.

 

[PAULRYAN52]

what if I changed the fans would that help

 

[stulid]

what if I changed the fans would that help

Then that cost money and thus you may as well then look at a higher priced case to begin with.

Or go the other way such as the £90 Fractal Define S which is very simple, quiet, big enough and doesnt have any external drive bays.

Oh and the Coolermaster mastercase 5 etc, again they are relatively quiet.

 

[PAULRYAN52]

ok so I have done a bit of fiddling about and I've got £50 left in my budget with the new mobo,gpu and case, I don't need any external bays

 

[stulid]

Spend £50 on a mouse+mat.

Money well spent if trying to do long range headshots in titles such as BF4

 

[PAULRYAN52]

got them already

 

[PAULRYAN52]

also got keyboard

 

[stulid]

Speakers or headset.

 

[PAULRYAN52]

don't play games that require them

 

[PAULRYAN52]

I prefer a case with a door, just think it looks cleaner

 

[stulid]

The define S kinda looks like its has a door but doesnt.

 

[PAULRYAN52]

I like the look of the full side window cases, like the phantek

 

[stulid]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Corsair Crystal 460X Midi Tower Tempered Glass Case - Black (CC-9011099-WW)= £122.99
• 1 x Corsair Carbide 400C Midi Tower Gaming Case - Black Window (CC-9011081-WW)= £99.95
• 1 x NZXT Source 340 Elite Midi Tower Case - Black= £94.99

Total: £333.83
(includes shipping: £15.90)
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There are also other Phantex case like the Evolve which have a clean looking front.


My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Phanteks Eclipse P400S Glass Midi Tower Case - Noise Dampened Black/White= £79.99
• 1 x Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ATX Glass Mid Tower Case - Black= £169.99
• 1 x Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ATX Glass Mid Tower Case - Silver= £144.95

Total: £418.03
(includes shipping: £23.10)
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[PAULRYAN52]

thanks can the phantek p400s comfortable fit the cpu cooler ect

 

[stulid]

Yes.

The Alpenfohn that is, theres like 2mm free (maybe more with tolerances not being exact).

 

[PAULRYAN52]

I'm getting the noctua d15

 

[stulid]

Then no.

The Define S, Phanteks Evolve and the Enthoo can.

And Base 800 can.

Also you have to think carefully about RAM with a D15 - http://noctua.at/media/catalog/product/n/h/nh_d15_clearance_2016.png