Thinking of downsizing case and cooler.

wblastyn · 28 Mar 2016 at 11:21

I'm currently running the huge HAFX case and Noctua D14. I want to downsize the case to give myself more room, and the cooler because it's huge and blocking a pcie port.

I'm looking at the NZXT S340 or the H440. I'm also interested in a AIO (NZXT X61, etc) as they look better and take up less space on the motherboard.

Can I expect similar cooling performance from these?

Laputacake · 28 Mar 2016 at 11:24

Another case to look at is the Phanteks P400. As for cooling a X61 will exceed the performance of the D14 easily as will the majority of 240mm+ water coolers.

Relentless81 · 28 Mar 2016 at 11:28

I did similar and was trying to decide between the Define S and S340, I went with the Define S but the S340 is slightly smaller the build quality isnt supposed to be quite as good though, the H440 was out of my budget

I wanted Air Cooling as silence was one of my goals, from what I've read a 120MM AIO isnt going to cool as well as a D14 but I might be wrong on that, if the X61 is 120MM. 240MM+ will be better than a D14

wblastyn · 28 Mar 2016 at 13:42

What's the noise levels like on the x61 compared with the D14?

ExRayTed · 28 Mar 2016 at 14:39

I've got the H440 (in white)

It's on the large side, but certainly smaller than the Hafx.

Awesome cases that look great with the right kit inside them

GAM8LE · 28 Mar 2016 at 15:32

The H440 is a nice case, I have it in black.

Before that I had a corsair carbide 500r which was also brilliant but the H440 has:

More room
Ability to have it very tidy - cables etc all hidden
Watercooling is an easy expansion if you want
Air cooling for me - improved

Here is a picture to show how it looks pretty crammed with multiple cards and a massive cooler lol!