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Next build, have some questions

So I am heading to Microcenter on the 11th to make a big purchase.  It's complicated to explain but as many of you know I do YouTube and plan on doing an R5-1600 vs I5-7600K build review.  I currently have an R7-1700x that I will be giving to my fiance and taking over the 1600 as she does more video editing than I do.  I have a few questions.

 

I have an NZXT kraken x60 cooler and have a bracket coming, what case Blk/Red supports a top mounted 280MM AIO?

How are the NZXT Hue RGB Fans vs the Corsair SP120 RGB?

 

For those that are curious these are all the parts I have and will be purchasing (The I5 build will sold after testing is done)

 

What I have

R7-1700x (going to fiance)

4x8GB Gskill Tridentz 3200MHz Ram (Keepings 16GB, selling the other 16GB with the I5 build)

Asus X370 Pro Motherboard (selling as we speak)

Phanteks P400 Tempered glass case (Selling with I5 Build)

EVGA G2 550W 80+ Gold PSU (with blk/wht cable mods cables) [Keeping for me]

6xSP120 RGB Fans

EVGA GTX 1080 FTW (Going to fiance)

Corsair Hyper 212 Evo w/ 2xSP120 Fans (Going with I5 Build)

Crucial MX300 1TB SSD (Keeping for me)

Samsung 960 Evo NVME SSD 250GB (Going to fiance)

Corsair H100i V2 (Bracket is shipping)

NZXT X60 (Bracket is shipping)

2xPixio PX277 2560x1440p 144Hz IPS displays (I will be getting hers after she gets her new monitor)

MSI GTX 1070 (selling with the I5 build)

 

What I am purchasing for her/me

R5-1600 (for me)

32GB DDR4 Memory (for her)

AM4 board (probably a B350 Tomhawk)

EVGA G2 550W 80+ Gold PSU

1TB SSD (for her)

3440x1440 monitor (for her)

Case (still undecided for her)

GTX 1080 Hybrid (for me)

Fans still undecided

 

What I am purchasing for the build for sale purposes (testing rigs with 1080 and same ram)

I5-7600K

A decent Z270 board

RX480 8GB GDDR5 (selling with her old rig)

240-256GB SSD

1TB HDD

Seasonic S12II 530W 80+ Bronze PSU

 

Random stuff I am buying

2 cheap 1080p monitors

Capture card

Maybe a test bench

 

RIP my bank account

 

 

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holy shit RIP your bank acc

 

s340 allows 280mm in front, h440 allows 280mm in top iirc

idk

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Just now, Droidbot said:

holy shit RIP your bank acc

 

s340 allows 280mm in front, h440 allows 280mm in top iirc

She has an S340 atm lol. I really hate the look of front mounted radiators unless it's a custom loop.  I was considering the H440 but that thing is YUGE.

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Side note, The I5-7600k/RGTX 1070 (her current card) build should sell for like $1100-1300 and her old build should pull $900 (with the RX480)

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9 minutes ago, Snaeb said:

She has an S340 atm lol. I really hate the look of front mounted radiators unless it's a custom loop.  I was considering the H440 but that thing is YUGE.

Well, Corsair 400C or Define C

Battle of the Cs, my friend

idk

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3 minutes ago, Droidbot said:

Well, Corsair 400C or Define C

Battle of the Cs, my friend

Neither support top mounted 280MM, just checked.

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