Autumn/Winter upgrade

rootKind · June 14, 2020

Budget (including currency): Unlimited

Country: Italy

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming at 1080p 144hz, for fun video editing, coding, daily usage.

Other details Current build:
GPU: R9 390 Sapphire Nitro 8GB

CPU: Ryzen 2600x

MOBO: B450M Bazooka v1
RAM: 2x8GB G.Skill TridentZ 3200Mhz

PSU: 750W Fortron Raider

STORAGE: 2x HDD, 1x M.2.

CASE: NZXT H500i

I start apologising because this post is gonna be huge :c

With the arrival of the new graphic cards, and Ryzen 4000 i'd like to buy some new stuff for my computer.

Regarding components, i was thinking about buying a new GPU since mine is a bit old, i'd like one which can handle every game in 1080p at 60fps, and some of the "competitive ones" at 144fps, i know a 2060/2060 super would be enough, but I'd prefer a 2070 just because then it would last longer.

As for CPU, i'd also upgrade my 2600x, but it's too early to decide since i need to check if my mobo will be compatible with next gen Ryzen or not, and then i'd have to choose which one, so nevermind.

I'm going to buy a new case (Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic) since i'm building a new computer with spare parts, and wanted to use the current H500i for that.

My plan was to have 6 fans + a 360mm AIO (I'm currently running the stock ryzen cooler, and it's too loud for the performance that it gives)

AIO on front intake, 3 fans on bottom intake, 3 fans on top exhaust.

I was thinking about an Arctic Liquid Freezer II 360, but since i'd like to keep my build theme black and white, and my components are all black, i'd like to swap its stock 3 fans, with white ones.

I'd then buy 9x Arctic P12 White (equivalent of the three on the radiator) and use them for the case aswell (i know they're specialized for static pressure, but i'll explain later why i chose them)

So, 3 white fans on the rad, and since i wouldn't use the previous black ones, why not putting them on the rad aswell (in the back so they're not visible) and run a push and pull config?
The point is, how should i mount them? I don't think the AIO will come with spare screws just to let me install more fans, should I use the screws which comes alongside with the fans?

Now, for connections, Arctic fans have a PST version which consist in a cable with both a male and a female connection, which lets the fans to run in parallel and share the same PWM/DC config given by the mobo.

Obviously the number of fans you can connect in parallel depends on how many amps the mobo fan connector can handle.

My Mobo should handle 1A for each port. The P12 PST fans "consume" 0.08A each, so i could theoretically run 12 fans in parallel on a single connector.

I have 3 connectors (CPU-Sys1-Sys2) so i was thinking to connect the 3 top ones to Sys1, 3 bottom ones to Sys2, and the radiator ones to the cpu connector.

But here's another question, Arctic AIO comes in a way that the fans are already connected and their cable runs inside the loop tubes, so that both the fans and the pump share the same 4pin header. Is it possible to me to add 3 more fans for push and pull config, to the three existing ones?

TL;DR:
- Is 2070 worth for 144fps gaming 1080p and long life span?
- Do i need any particular screws to add 3 more fans on the 360 Arctic Liquid Freezer AIO?

- Since every fan should use 0.08A, can I connect 6 of them on the same mobo header (Which should handle 1A)?

- Can i connect in parallel the 3 more fans added on the AIO's radiator?

Before anyone says this, i know they're static pressure fans, but since the difference is rather small (considering that there are 6 case fans in total and that the fans has dust covers), i would like to avoid having different colored/model fans.

Thanks in advance, i know that it's very early to think about upgrades that i'm going to do in autumn/winter, but i'd like to clear my ideas as much as i can before purchasing everything.

Fasauceome · June 14, 2020

2 minutes ago, rootKind said:

TL;DR:
- Is 2070 worth for 144fps gaming 1080p and long life span?

Life span can't be said, we cannot see the future, but for 1080p 144fps it's quite good, you'll basically be able to max out any game right now.

3 minutes ago, rootKind said:

Do i need any particular screws to add 3 more fans on the 360 Arctic Liquid Freezer AIO?

AIO coolers come with all screws needed

3 minutes ago, rootKind said:

Thanks in advance, i know that it's very early to think about upgrades that i'm going to do in autumn/winter, but i'd like to clear my ideas as much as i can before purchasing everything.

Unfortunately, by the time you want to buy, the market will be very different. Expect to change most of the parts that you have selected, because better value will be on the market.

rootKind · June 17, 2020

Thank you very much for your answer!
One last thing, as i already said, in theory, the fans should run just fine since the sum of their amperage (0.08A * 6 fans) is way lower than the 1A of the motherboard header.

Now let's say that despite this, i see the fans run slower. Can i use one of those cables which have the fan's 4 pin connectors, and a sata which connects to the PSU? Could you confirm me that doing so, there wouldn't be any problem of power, and the pump/fans will still run via the motherboard header, with its PWM configuration? Thanks!