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Help me improve upon this build. Where I mostly want help is lowering noise and temperatures, increasing airflow. I keep going back and forth on the fans. If you know of something better for static pressure/low noise/airflow please let me know. Also the Z-5500 speakers are EOL if anybody knows of a way to get better sound/ just as loud at similar price please let me know. Please feel free to comment on any other parts of the build and voice your opinions on stuff I should consider. If you can prevent yourself from making fun of my made up names for parts not released yet it would be appreciated, thanks! Purple and UV green are my favorite colors and that's the only reason I am even considering those fans but I do value silence/static pressure/airflow too...thanks.

 

Cooler Master HAF XM (owned)

AcoustiPack ULTIMATE Professional Sound Dampening Pack

Sunbeam Rheosmart 6 Fan Controller (owned)

Corsair 140mm Quiet Purple LED Case Fans (x5)

EVGA SuperNova G2 850W Power Supply

ASUS Z107-PRO Wi-Fi AC Intel LGA 1151 Motherboard (guessing)

Intel Core i7-7770K Skylake Quad-Core 4.3GHz LGA 1151 Desktop Processor (guessing)

NZXT Kraken X61 RL-KRX61-01 280mm All-In-One Liquid CPU Cooling Solution

Corsair 140mm Static Pressure Purple LED Fans (x4)

G.SKILL 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4

SAMSUNG XP941 M.2 (or similar SATA Express) 256GB PCIe x4 Gen2 5Gb/s MLC SSD

Samsung 850 Pro 1TB SATA III SSD

ASUS Blu-Ray ROM Drive (owned)

Microsoft Windows 9 Threshold Professional Full Version

ASUS GTX880-DC2OC-8GD5 GeForce GTX 880 8GB 256-Bit Video Card (guessing)

ASUS Xonar Essence STX 24-bit 192KHz PCI Express x1 Sound Card

Logitech Z-5500 THX-Certified 5.1 Digital Surround Sound Speaker System (want bettter/louder/cheaper)

Sennheiser Black HD 280 PRO 3.5mm/ 6.3mm Connector Circumaural Professional DJ & Studio Headphone

 

Fans I am considering:

 

Corsair Air Series AF140 CO-9050017-PLED 140mm Purple LED Quiet Edition High Airflow Fan (x5 for case)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181050&cm_re=140mm_purple_corsair-_-35-181-050-_-Product

 

Gelid Solutions Wing 14 140mm x 25mm UV Reactive Gamer Fan - UV Blue (x5 for case)

http://www.frozencpu.com/products/13263/fan-869/Gelid_Solutions_Wing_14_140mm_x_25mm_UV_Reactive_Gamer_Fan_-_UV_Blue.html?tl=g36c15s775

 

Gelid Solutions Wing 12 120mm x 25mm UV Reactive Gamer Fan - UV Green (x5 for case)

http://www.frozencpu.com/products/13259/fan-865/Gelid_Solutions_Wing_12_120mm_x_25mm_UV_Reactive_Gamer_Fan_-_UV_Green.html?tl=c331s521b195

 

Akasa 140mm x 25mm VIPER PWM Fan w/ Hydro Dynamic Bearings (AK-FN063) (x4 for rad)

http://www.frozencpu.com/products/13819/fan-901/Akasa_140mm_x_25mm_VIPER_PWM_Fan_w_Hydro_Dynamic_Bearings_AK-FN063.html?tl=c365s1507b181

 

Noctua Industrial NF-A14 140 x 25mm IP67 PWM Fan - 2000 RPM (NFA14IPPC20PIP67) (x4 for rad)

http://www.frozencpu.com/products/24859/fan-1367/Noctua_Industrial_NF-A14_140_x_25mm_IP67_PWM_Fan_-_2000_RPM_NFA14IPPC20PIP67.html?tl=c365s1507b32

 

Corsair CO-9050038-WW Air Series SP140 140mm Purple LED High Static Pressure Case Fan (x4 for rad)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181084

i7-3770K @ 4.5GHz, ASRock Z77 Extreme4, G.Skill Sniper 8GB DDR3 1866 @ CL9, ASUS GTX 780, CM HAF XM, Samsung 850 Pro 256GB, WD Black 1TB x 2, EVGA SuperNOVA G2 850W, BenQ XL2420TE 24" 144Hz @ 1080p, CM Nepton 280L, Noctua Industrial IP67 2000RPM 140mm PWM Fan x 6

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ASUS Z107-PRO Wi-Fi AC Intel LGA 1151 Motherboard (guessing)

Intel Core i7-7770K Skylake Quad-Core 4.3GHz LGA 1151 Desktop Processor (guessing)

Microsoft Windows 9 Threshold Professional Full Version

ASUS GTX880-DC2OC-4GD5 GeForce GTX 880 4GB 256-Bit Video Card (guessing)

These things haven't even been announced, why are you inventing them? W9 will be out in some time. Z107??? 7770K??? WHAT!?

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These things haven't even been announced, why are you inventing them? W9 will be out in some time. Z107??? 7770K??? WHAT!?

It's a planned build, I had to call them something.

i7-3770K @ 4.5GHz, ASRock Z77 Extreme4, G.Skill Sniper 8GB DDR3 1866 @ CL9, ASUS GTX 780, CM HAF XM, Samsung 850 Pro 256GB, WD Black 1TB x 2, EVGA SuperNOVA G2 850W, BenQ XL2420TE 24" 144Hz @ 1080p, CM Nepton 280L, Noctua Industrial IP67 2000RPM 140mm PWM Fan x 6

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i7-3770K @ 4.5GHz, ASRock Z77 Extreme4, G.Skill Sniper 8GB DDR3 1866 @ CL9, ASUS GTX 780, CM HAF XM, Samsung 850 Pro 256GB, WD Black 1TB x 2, EVGA SuperNOVA G2 850W, BenQ XL2420TE 24" 144Hz @ 1080p, CM Nepton 280L, Noctua Industrial IP67 2000RPM 140mm PWM Fan x 6

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