Will I have a good case and fan set-up?

Yeah, I might go for them instead. Again, I think because of my inexperience I went completely overboard with the fans I had originally selected. Do you know if I might run into any temperature issues if I overclocked my i7?
 
My 140mm noctuas are incredibly quiet and there are 7 (including the 2x mounted to the nh-d15s) of them in my case.

This was in the middle of summer before i pulled the thing apart.
 
TY-143 from thermalright is probably a good option too, again, Phanteks seems a bit better at the lower RPM (which is it's max), but the ty-143, like the noctua, has the ability to spin faster and generate more pressure and flow.
 
The TY fans look good, but their higher dB(A) rating is around 45, so I could go for the industrial Noctua’s at that dB level. If I get good temperatures with the two 140mm Phanteks I’ll probably just go with those. Does anyone have any recommendations for the rear 120mm fan?
 
Lots of good advice. For normal use I don't want my fans running any faster than about 1100rpm max. Even they they can be heard letting me know system is working hard.

The PH-F140MP fans Unseul suggest are really good fans and on special cost much less for two of them than a single NF-A14 iPPC costs.

I will only add that most of the time taking out the PCIe back slot covers usually helps airflow. Reason is it gives us improved exhaust venting around GPU so airflow coming in a couple of good front intakes can flow back around GPU .. usually improving front to back air flow around GPU and lowering both noise and temps.
 
Thanks for the reply. Yeah, I’m pretty much set on the PH 140mm fans. They seem a pretty good bargain, as I would have expected them to cost a bit more than they do. Would you also suggest the PHF120MP fan for my rear fan?
 
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LukeMurtagh1995 said:
as I'm trying to future-proof my PC so I can just upgrade my GPU or CPU in the future without having to buy a load of other things as well.
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On Intel platform there really isn't real update path without changing motherboard.
9000-serie is just another refresh of 6th gen Skylake architecture with clock speed tweaks.
Intel's actually improved architecture CPUs are stuck in development hell of 10nm node which might come for maybe early 2020 and they certainly don't fit to current motherboards.

Of course good versatile case can be reused for long time.
My case reached 10 year age in summer.
So would really recommend reconsidering no 5.25" bays fad.
Besides old optical drives, 5.25" bays can hold fan controller or I/O panels for any new connectors.


For fully modular 650W 80+ Gold PSU there are cheaper ones than Corsair.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/antec-hcg-gold-650w-80-plus-gold-modular-power-supply-ca-24w-an.html
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/seas...plus-gold-modular-power-supply-ca-05q-ss.html

For CPU heatsink Scythe Mugen 5 would give comparable cooling per noise for £30 less.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/scythe-scmg-5100-mugen-5-cpu-cooler-hs-046-sy.html
https://www.nikktech.com/main/artic...he-mugen-5-cpu-cooler-review?showall=&start=5
 
Ah okay. Upgrading the motherboard in future doesn’t seem too bad. I should have said that I already have the Corsair PSU and the GTX 1080. I upgraded those and my case to a Zalman Z11 Plus a few months ago. I’m thinking of upgrading everything else, as well as getting a better case with the Fractal Meshify.
 
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I was re-reading thread and noticed you commented about higher dB of TY-143 fan. That is at full speed. I've used a lot of Thermalright fans from original TY-140 to newest and all are within 1-2dB of each other at same speed (it take 3dB change for our ears to hear a difference). My sig rig is so old it has original TY-140 fans in it and they are still running cool and quiet. (knock on wood before they crash)

What is your fan setup in Zalman Z11?
 
My Zalman Z11 has three 120mm fans and two 80mm fans. There is one 80mm fan on each side, one 120mm fan at the front, one 120mm on top, and one 120mm fan at the rear. They are the fans which came with the case.
 
They work okay. If you remove the side fans it will likely lower temps and noise by improving airflow around HDD cage. One reviewer did that getting 3c lower temps and 7dB less noise. Possibly experiment with that as well as removing the PCIe back slot covers. And if you are not using 3 of your 5.25 optical bays, I think would put a 140mm, for sure a inside of 3x 5.25 bays as a 2nd front intake in front of CPU cooler. That is if you are interested in even lower temps and less noise.
 
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