Upgrade/Watercooling Questions

[BoopityBoop]

Hey guys,

I recently got a rather significant pay-rise and I got my tax-return in finally so I figured, why not treat myself to a new toy/project 

I'm replacing my system: 2700K, 2x GTX 580 SLI, 16gb veng ram in a 800D coupled with dual 27" 1080p monitors (http://puu.sh/b4PqW.png <-- before I added 2nd 580, it's a bit dusty atm from neglect)

 

I'm just not 100% sure on the core components and would like some feedback/potatoes/tips and some answers as I haven't really followed the 'hardware' side of things for the last year or so.

 

What I have so far:

Case: Corsair Arctic White 760T <-- I'm not sure what it is about it, but I really like it. Possibly the full window side panel and the way they've implemented the white.

CPU: i7 5930k <-- haswell E (Release this week?)

GPU: 3x GTX 880 or 3x 390x <-- depending on prices/performance

PSU: Corsair AX 1500i <-- combined with the corsair red or white cable sleeve kit if it's compatible (site says it's compatible with ax1200i but doesn't mention ax1500i so I'd need to double check)

 

My initial idea was to pick up 3x ASUS PG278Q ROG/G-Sync monitors but after reading you can't surround them with SLI cards, I'm probably going to go with 3x PB287Q UHD monitors, using only the single middle monitor for demanding games and the outer ones for productivity/surround with lower-req games. Also the portrait ability is rather appealing to me and I might even just leave the 3 in portrait mode depending on how it turns out.

 

With the 760T case it only allows a 240 and a 360 radiator, I'd be adding a 240 85/86mm rad at the bottom front of the case in push/pull with Corsair SP120 fans and a 360 45mm rad up the top with the same SP120 fans in push/pull (provided the mobo allows it). Would this be sufficient to cool the CPU and tripple cards? I'm not completely confident with case mods so I'd rather avoid that path if I can. If not, I'd probably have to pick a case that'd support more radiator space. I'd rather not go with a 900D or something of that scale as the case will be under my desk which obviously has a height limit 

 

I was thinking about using 4x 256mb Samsung 850 PRO in raid 0 (and how do I avoid the no-TRIM problem or is that old-news?) for OS/programs and my current M3 2TB Samsung USB3 portable harddrives for general storage.

 

In regards to watercooling, I'd like to use Mayhams Aurora 2 Tharsk (red) or the Supernova (white/silver) coolant depending on how I decide to set up the black/red/white colouring (any opinions would be nice). I'm thinking red cables, liquid with red or white leds, just not sure if it'd look odd in a white case as I've only ever used black cases in my previous builds.

 

I plan on putting a T/Y splitter before the pump with a tube running off into the cable management side with either a QDC or a plug in it for a drainport, which would be best or does it not really matter?

I'm also contemplating on using clear acrylic vs clear 1/2 id, 3/4 od tubing. I'd like to use acrylic because of how it looks but not completely sure I'll be able to get it looking as good as half of the builds I've seen. Is it that fiddly? If I was to go for the acrylic I'd probably get monsoons bending kit to make  my bends neater/consistent.

 

Any/all help is greatly appreciated and I'd be more than happy to share the end build and perhaps even the adventure there when I've completed it - going by amd/nvidia it'll probably be a good two or three months though depending on GPU release dates

 

Cheers,
BBoop

 

 

edited: added pccg+pcpp links

Edited August 23, 2014 by BoopityBoop