Recommended Cooling For Build

[MrSoftee]

Hey everyone, I am rather new to cooling. My last build I did not look into it much because there wasn't a need to or a desire to. However, 4 years later and I'm ready to build a new computer. The last one just can't hold its own against the modern games. So, lets get to it:
The Specs of the new build:

• Case
  • Obsidian Series® 750D Full Tower ATX Case
• Mother Board
  • ASUS Sabertooth X79 TUF Motherboard
• RAM
  • Dominator Platinum Series - 32GB (4 x 8GB)
• GPU
  • 2 x GTX 690
• CPU
  • Intel® Core™ Extreme Edition i7-4960X Processor
• PSU
  • AX 1200i Digital ATX Power Supply - 1200 Watt
• Storage
  • 4 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB
  • 256 GB Solid State

Here is a list of Fan Mounts and Radiator Mounts on the case:

Fan Mount Locations:

• Front: (x2) 120/140mm
• Top: (x3) 120mm or (x3) 140mm
• Rear: 120/140mm
• Bottom: (x2) 120mm

Fans Included:

• Front: (x2) 140mm
• Rear: (x1) 140mm

Radiator Mount Locations:

• Front: 240/280mm
• Top: 240/280/360mm
• Rear: 120/140mm
• Bottom: 120/240mm

Compatible Corsair Liquid Coolers (Corsair Brand):
H55, H60, H75, H80i, H90, H100i, H105, H110

I am looking for a quiet way to cool my components. I am open to liquid cooling if it is reasonable. This will be used for lots video editing (my job), a little bit ofAnimating and Rendering (my hobby) and lots of gaming (my lifestyle). Any recommendations on the best way to cool this would be nice. Also, any recommendations on different parts would also be helpful. Thank you!

 

[rhino]

I guess one of these should fit the bill:

http://geizhals.at/corsair-hydro-series-h100i-cw-9060009-ww-a861994.html

 

[MT Alex]

The 900D isn't really necessary unless you definitely plan on building a custom water cooling setup, and there is nothing reasonable or cheap about that. The 900D is immense, it's kind of hard to visualize how large it is, so if you aren't going to use it for its full potential, I'd look for something more manageable. I'd also look into newer cards than the 690s, unless you have already bought them.

 

[theonedub]

A 900D really almost demands legit water cooling- its what it was built for.

 

[MrSoftee]

A 900D really almost demands legit water cooling- its what it was built for.

The 900D isn't really necessary unless you definitely plan on building a custom water cooling setup, and there is nothing reasonable or cheap about that. The 900D is immense, it's kind of hard to visualize how large it is, so if you aren't going to use it for its full potential, I'd look for something more manageable. I'd also look into newer cards than the 690s, unless you have already bought them.

Yeah, I can see what you guys mean when you say that the case is big. All I need in a case is that it fits the ATX Mother Board, the Two GTX 690 (I haven't bought any of the parts), can hold at least 6 x 3.5" Hard Drives and fit the power supply. Upon looking for another case, I found Vengeance® C70 Mid-Tower Gaming Case — Gunmetal Black (Not 100% sure if compatible with all the parts yet but seems to be). If you guys have any recommendations for a case (needs to have a sleek black look) or for different GPUs (preferably Nvidia) I'd love to hear them.

 

[theonedub]

The Corsair 750D or Corsair 450D are the Obsidian cases you should look @ if you plan on going closed loop water like the H110, H100, Kraken X60, etc.

Also, Dual GTX 780s would be better and prob cheaper than 690s.

 

[MrSoftee]

The Corsair 750D or Corsair 450D are the Obsidian cases you should look @ if you plan on going closed loop water like the H110, H100, Kraken X60, etc.

Also, Dual GTX 780s would be better and prob cheaper than 690s.

The GTX 690 outperforms the GTX 780. However, the GTX 780 is considerably cheaper. I'm probably gonna end up getting the GTX 780s.

 

[arskatb]

I would pick one of these or build custom liq cooling
BeQuiet Dark Rock Pro 3
Akasa Venom Medusa
Noctua NH-D15
Thermalright Silver Arrow

and get Corsair case fans

doesnt 780 ti cost as much as 690?

 

[MrSoftee]

I would pick one of these or build custom liq cooling
BeQuiet Dark Rock Pro 3
Akasa Venom Medusa
Noctua NH-D15 Thermalright Silver Arrow

and get Corsair case fans

doesnt 780 ti cost as much as 690?

A 780 costs roughly $300 less than a 690. And thanks for the recommendations.

 

[arskatb]

A 780 costs roughly $300 less than a 690. And thanks for the recommendations.

ok. not worth to get 690 then. even 780ti offer better performance

 

[ne6togadno]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3s2QD
intel/nvidia
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3s4Cq
intel/amd
if you are willing to sacrifice some performance you can take amd cpu and save some $
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3s3Bu
amd/nvidia
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3s4yE
amd/amd

rough estimation of water cooling. dependeing on the vga blocks you may need backplates too (30-40$/piece)
you have a lot of options for case. 900D and phanteks from my offer a lot of space for custom water loop.
this http://www.frozencpu.com/products/2...m_Dual_Radiator_Series.html?id=yLW77xrV#blank is also nice option for both air and water cooling
coolermaster's haf 935 and trooper, nxtz phantom 820
case realy depends on your personal preferances.

 

[arskatb]

I would rather to pick Evga than Zodac

 

[ne6togadno]

with zotac you dont void waranty if you remove cooler. duno how it is with evga.

 

[arskatb]

it doesnt http://www.evga.com/support/faq/afmmain.aspx?faqid=57720

 

[ne6togadno]

cool
evga's 1.01gz card is 10$ over zotac's. price for builds wont be affected significantly

 

[arskatb]

as I have understood asus allow it as well

 

[ne6togadno]

asus' clocks are lower and prices higher (not much but still higher) but still it is one more option to look at

 

[M0rt]

OP, with X99 and Maxwell coming relatively soon, why not wait for the new bleeding edge or the X79/GTX 7 series price decline that should come along with it?

Now is not an opportune moment to build, in my opinion.

As for cooling, do you want to build a custom water loop? (Y/N)?

If not, look into the NZXT Kraken X60, mine has not disappointed.

But, do you even intend to overclock your CPU, let alone GPU's?

Do you want to spend time playing with your computer or using your computer to play?

And, what is your budget?

 

[TheBrainyOne]

Part One: One EVGA GTX 780 6 GB should cost about 550$. Get that because SLI doesn't double "effective" (or usable) memory capacity.

http://www.evga.com/articles/00830/

Get the 4930K and save cash. 4960X is useless unless you are a professional overclocker. Since you are into rendering/editing, get 2 pairs of Extreme II 128 GB SSDs and RAID 0 'em up. You may need the 1.8 GB/s read speeds and 1.2 GB/s write speeds. Do regular backups for redundancy.

Part 2:

You sure you don't want Quadros? Quadros are excellent for gaming and video rendering/editing. Why not save money by going for a 4820K and Corsair 860i and spend the saved cash on a pair of NVIDIA K5000s?

 

[TheBrainyOne]

Hold on a second. The OP is only 17 and does video editing?

 

[MrSoftee]

OP, with X99 and Maxwell coming relatively soon, why not wait for the new bleeding edge or the X79/GTX 7 series price decline that should come along with it?

Now is not an opportune moment to build, in my opinion.

As for cooling, do you want to build a custom water loop? (Y/N)?

If not, look into the NZXT Kraken X60, mine has not disappointed.

But, do you even intend to overclock your CPU, let alone GPU's?

Do you want to spend time playing with your computer or using your computer to play?

And, what is your budget?

I'd prefer if I didn't need to build a custom water loop.
I do intend to overclock the GPU's, not so much the CPU.
My budget is $5,000 and I would prefer if I had all the parts ready to build by mid July.

 

[MrSoftee]

Hold on a second. The OP is only 17 and does video editing?
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My bad that is supposed to be 27. Not 17. Must have entered it wrong.

 

[M0rt]

I'd prefer if I didn't need to build a custom water loop.
I do intend to overclock the GPU's, not so much the CPU.
My budget is $5,000 and I would prefer if I had all the parts ready to build by mid July.

I think you should repost early July then. A fresh crop of PCIe SSD's are just starting to be rolled out and I'd be waiting to get on that train too.

People "need" custom water loops like ships in bottles, you either want to build one or not. They are by no means a prerequisite for overclocking, just for near silent operation and benchmark medaling. With what 5k is gonna buy, I wouldn't even ponder overclocking anything for a good long while, no need. When that day comes, air, custom water, or the NZXT Kraken G10 are your options. I question the G10's ability to adequately cool the VRM, so I'd research that thoroughly before going that route.

I know next to zilch about Quadro's, but Brainy shot you straight and I'd definitely explore the option if I were you.

Best advice I got, take a few months, do some more research, make up your mind about a custom loop, see how the next gen starts to shake out, and then come on back.

 

[lilhasselhoffer]

Take this from someone who currently owns something on the x79 platform, wait. The difference between July and October isn't huge, but the difference in available hardware will be dramatic.

The reality here is that the x99 platform is going to be a huge leap over the x79 one. Yes, you'll have DDR4 RAM, but the biggest move forward will be multiple Intel SATA III ports on your board. I'd assume that doing video editing you've got quite a bit of data in storage. SSDs aren't cheap, but they perform significantly better than HDDs. If you want to set up a decent RAID array (5 for data with parity to prevent losses), you'd need to either purchase a separate card or run it on the SATA II connectors of the x79 platform. x99 is rectifying that. Combine that storage space with DDR4 and you've got a massively better platform.


This isn't to say that x79 is crap. There are plenty of people who will say that, but it does have its niche. I like x79, but if my rig crapped out on me today I'd get something cheap to tide me over until x99, rather than blowing my budget on current offerings.

Assuming you've got no patience, I can tell you that the H100i and a 3930k are pretty loud. I'd not recommend doing it unless you've got a tolerance for some noise. I've recently switched over to a water cooling loop ($90 for the pump, $30 for tubing, $80 for the fittings, $90 for the reservoir, and $70 for a radiator), and the difference in temperatures and noise is night and day. We're talking between 20 and 30 C differences, depending upon loading conditions.

Also, the TUF boards are great, but why hold back? ASUS recently released their new Deluxe board (note: not the older one), with 4xxx series processor compatibility out of the box. It might be worth the trouble to get it just to not deal with the BIOS update.

 

[Vario]

Nvidia markets the 690 as a 4GB card with a 512bit bus but in reality it has a 256 bit memory bus and only 2GB of available ram because the two onboard GPUs mirror memory just like running dual 680s.
Running dual 690 would make even less sense because then you would still be crippled by the 2GB vram 256 bit memory bus despite having an enormous amount of core power.

780 or 780ti is the way to go right now.

For high end builds with sli cards, full watercooling is a must imo. Get some full cover waterblocks for the cards.

Might want to consider a 4770k instead to save some cash and have a better chipset than x79, or get wait and get a x99 as said above. Z87 chipset is one of the best chipsets in years and the 4770k is very fast for a mere quad core. You can throw the cash at something else (maybe cooling system, sli 780ti instead of 780s, etc)

Case wise, 120mm compatibility is the fan size to aim for, there's better radiator fans available in this size (Delta, San Ace, Nidec, Panaflo). Typically 140mm fans usually don't have enough grunt to push static pressure.

As an alternative to x99, You can wait for z97 chipset too (4770k refresh) , definitely don't buy a motherboard/cpu until new boards come out.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3s2QD
intel/nvidia
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3s4Cq
intel/amd
if you are willing to sacrifice some performance you can take amd cpu and save some $
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3s3Bu
amd/nvidia
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3s4yE
amd/amd
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rough estimation of water cooling. dependeing on the vga blocks you may need backplates too (30-40$/piece)
you have a lot of options for case. 900D and phanteks from my offer a lot of space for custom water loop.
this http://www.frozencpu.com/products/2...m_Dual_Radiator_Series.html?id=yLW77xrV#blank is also nice option for both air and water cooling
coolermaster's haf 935 and trooper, nxtz phantom 820
case realy depends on your personal preferances.

That OCZ SSD is pretty pricey and OCZ went bankrupt. The OCZ SSDs had bad reputations too. Samsung 840 is the way to go for the SSD.
WD is probably better than Seagate (reputation wise) but not a big deal.
I agree with the rest of it, pretty good choices.