TheAspiringNerd

24 minutes ago, Skiiwee29 said:

So the 011 dynamic does support 2 140mm fans in the top only.

 

I would look at some of the offerings from Fractal design. I myself and going to be picking up the S2 Meshify this summer when I upgrade my rig. 

Yes I saw that, however I have 3 140mm fans and all the 120mm fans I purchased will be going on my 360mm aio 

Was also debating on the C700p/m aswell as the Evolv X

So I've seen a few cases whilst some of them looked great; they either didn't support the radiator size I needed, too expensive & didn't have USB C. I need something that has good airflow as I intend to install a 9900k as well as a 360mm AIO. I also don't want something plain/bland (USB C is a must).

My budget max is around £200-240.

Bit more details, I plan on installing a few Noctua fans on the case and replace the radiators fans with noctua fans too.

Was originally looking at the Lian li O11 but I have a few 140mm fans and they are supported in the case. My full specs are a 9900K with a 2080 TI FTW so I will need something that has great airflow for maximum cooling.

Just now, TH3R34P3R said:

that is one hell of a power supply for what you are running... jesus. but it's better to be well under the max output for the PSU's life.

When I originally got this build ready I intended on SLI with the 1080, changed my mind and got a decent monitor instead. 

So just yesterday my GTX 1080 Died on me while I was doing an essay. I've sent off my RMA request and now just waiting on what EVGA responded with, its also my birthday coming up in a few weeks and I've decided that I've wanted to make some slight modern upgrades to my PC, preferably in the motherboard,case & CPU Cooler  department, my main this is that I want so more modern features on my pc (m.2 support, type C connection) hell my pc doesn't even have a Bluetooth or WiFi adapter built in. 

Here are my current specs I'll be getting £300 around my birthday and some more later one. 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-6700K 4 GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£268.82 @ CCL Computers) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua - NH-D15S 82.52 CFM CPU Cooler  (£71.19 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-Z170XP-SLI ATX LGA1151 Motherboard 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws 4 Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£85.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£209.01 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£34.79 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 8 GB FTW Gaming ACX 3.0 Video Card  (£733.03 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: NZXT - S340 (Black/Blue) ATX Mid Tower Case 
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£111.51 @ Ebuyer) 
Case Fan: Corsair - Air Series AF120 Red 52.19 CFM 120mm Fan  (£9.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case Fan: Corsair - Air Series AF140 Red 66.4 CFM 140mm Fan  (£12.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case Fan: Corsair - Air Series AF140 Red 66.4 CFM 140mm Fan  (£12.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Monitor: Acer - XB271HU bmiprz 27.0" 2560x1440 165 Hz Monitor 
Total: £1550.30
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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2 minutes ago, Changis said:

aio units have the same maintenance as air coolers.. keep the fins free from dust

there are also cheap upgrade options for many features like sound out etc..

btw @TheAspiringNerd: are you going to use optical for home theatre surround sound? if so, i just want to point out that surround will only work with videos etc.. not games.. if you want games in surround, you need an amp with analog channel in and lots of jack to phono cables  (i have 4 of them, front, back, side cen/sub)

Oh ok, I'm leaning more towards the NH-D15S now, while I would have prefered the double fan version but that would mean a whole new case just to get it to fit.

I wanted to use the optical on my astros since I no longer have a console they are just gathering dust.

4 minutes ago, Changis said:

i have added a video that explains the major parts of all.

technically most aio are non-water, they use a special solution mostly, liquid cooling is the correct term, though from the very start they used water, so the name stuck.

how much liquid depends on the size of the radiator, tubesize etc. but aio/closedloop systems don't have much water in them.. in terms of leaking, i've never seen or heard of aio coolers loosing a connection to a hose or anything, which would be catastrophic (no resistance to stop the waterflow directly to components, this can and has happened if you're really unlucky with custom loop fittings) but the aio's i have seen leaked is typically a small srop now and again to a small dribble, and it has typically been cheaper corsair units that have corrugated tubes. i chose the Kraken over corsair mainly for the fairly massive and sleeved tubes for this reason, though i don't really think the high end corsair ones are bad.. it's just a personal preference.
 

read up on the higher end watercooling units.. search to see if they have leaked and if it's a consistent issue. if it's just single issues without any corrolation, it can be user error.. i've seen leaked units where the customer bent the pipes to make it fit

 

technically, you could probably run your computer upside down (motherboard facing the table) that way any leaks will just be on the door and not components

 

 

Im thinking about getting the NZXT ones, are they reliable?

1 minute ago, Changis said:

there is no benefit to upgrading to a newer motherboard unless there are features you need that you don't have on your current one.. if it works for you, save that money for a later, bigger upgrade instead.. it won't affect performance.

one of the best and most popular aircoolers is the Noctua NH-D15.. it's a HUGE heatsink that's a kilo, however, i don't think the 340 will fit it.. the cooler you have now is adequate for normal use..
the AIO watertcooling sets from Corsair or NZXT are also good choices.. it does at a liquid risk element to the build, but this is closed loops which doesn't need refilling or any maintenance (other than normal cleaning as with any other radiator/heatsink) and leaks are pretty rare.. you also get some refund if it should leak and break any components (though this won't be full price, they probably have a calculator based on the age of the component) 
and Corsair and NZXT both give up to 6 year warranty on their units, which would mean they would have to build it fairly high quality to avoid masses of warranty returns.

i went from a NH-D15 (having used it and the D14 (almost identical) for over 6 years now) to a NZXT Kraken X62 because in my opinion, a nice block with some fancy rgb looks much better than a huge ass heatsink

tl;dr:
check your case specifications for max cooler size, go through heatsink reviews find the best one for your system, if you have problem choosing which one, take this handy quiz
consider closed loop AIO water coolers, use same approach

How do these AIO sets work? can you get non-water ones? also how much liquid is in them?

Just now, Changis said:

are you looking to overclock much? air/water cooler? any reason you want a new motherboard other than optical out? (which you can find fairly cheap usb dongles for.. )

Well mainly because I originally got it becasue I was intending on doing SLI however I don't see that in my future so I had just gotten the decently priced board for what I originally wanted to do. Now I have some more money saved I wanted to upgrade stuff in my PC, mainly the fans but I wanted to change the board too to something that is newer. In terms of cooling I dont trust myself much with Water cooling. The hyper 212 is good but I don't feel like its doing a good enough job plus it is pretty loud.

So I want a new motherboard, preferablky something a lot more recent and that has an optical output on it. Also I need a new CPU cooler but I have no Idea what to get.

Here is my current PC parts.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£274.99 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£26.32 @ Novatech) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-Z170XP-SLI ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£131.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws 4 Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£135.51 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£84.95 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£274.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£39.95 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB FTW Gaming ACX 3.0 Video Card  (£539.99 @ Novatech) 
Case: NZXT - S340 (Black/Blue) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£62.21 @ CCL Computers) 
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply 
Case Fan: Corsair - Air Series AF120 Red 52.2 CFM  120mm Fan  (£10.47 @ Amazon UK) 
Case Fan: Corsair - Air Series AF140 Red 66.4 CFM  140mm Fan  (£13.80 @ Eclipse Computers) 
Case Fan: Corsair - Air Series AF140 Red 66.4 CFM  140mm Fan  (£13.80 @ Eclipse Computers) 
Monitor: Acer - XB271HU bmiprz 27.0" 2560x1440 165Hz Monitor  (£609.98 @ PC World Business) 
Total: £2218.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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