Hi!
So, I got a new case for christmas, the Corsair Obsidian 750D and I decided that I wanted some changes to my system, but possibly without a massive upgrade of all the core parts in the system. I came up with the idea to look for a cheaper way to cool my system, allowing for overclocking so my parts would keep up with the newer technology arriving more often than I go to the bathroom.
The Corsair H100i was a no-brainer for me, as I'm on a budget to the scale that I won't spend 300£ on a custom watercooling loop. The problem was the GPU, as I was stuck with a reference cooler on the Radeon HD6970, which is basically an airplane stuck in a computer case. That's when I found the Arctic Accelero Hybrid, AIO liquid cooler, with the nice price tag of 70£.
So these are my current specs.
Case: Corsair Obsidian 750D
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z68-XP-UD3
CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 4.2GHz
Ram: Corsair Vengeance 12GB @1600MHz
Graphics: XFX Radeon HD6970 2GB
Sound: ASUS Xonar DG
SSD: Corsair Force GS 240GB
HDD: 1x 1TB WD Caviar Black & 1x 3TB WD Caviar Green
PSU: Fractal Design Newton R2 1000W
Cooling:
Corsair H100i AIO Liquid CPU cooler
Arctic Accelero Hybrid AIO Liquid GPU cooler
6x Corsair SP120 PWM Fans
2x Corsair AF140 Fans
4 fans are connected to the H100i, the rest, along with the lighting in the case is connected to a Corsair Link Cooling and Lighting kit.
Sorry about my girlfriend's Alexander Skarsgaard pillow in the background (Totally hers! Promise!)
So, I got a new case for christmas, the Corsair Obsidian 750D and I decided that I wanted some changes to my system, but possibly without a massive upgrade of all the core parts in the system. I came up with the idea to look for a cheaper way to cool my system, allowing for overclocking so my parts would keep up with the newer technology arriving more often than I go to the bathroom.
The Corsair H100i was a no-brainer for me, as I'm on a budget to the scale that I won't spend 300£ on a custom watercooling loop. The problem was the GPU, as I was stuck with a reference cooler on the Radeon HD6970, which is basically an airplane stuck in a computer case. That's when I found the Arctic Accelero Hybrid, AIO liquid cooler, with the nice price tag of 70£.
So these are my current specs.
Case: Corsair Obsidian 750D
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z68-XP-UD3
CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 4.2GHz
Ram: Corsair Vengeance 12GB @1600MHz
Graphics: XFX Radeon HD6970 2GB
Sound: ASUS Xonar DG
SSD: Corsair Force GS 240GB
HDD: 1x 1TB WD Caviar Black & 1x 3TB WD Caviar Green
PSU: Fractal Design Newton R2 1000W
Cooling:
Corsair H100i AIO Liquid CPU cooler
Arctic Accelero Hybrid AIO Liquid GPU cooler
6x Corsair SP120 PWM Fans
2x Corsair AF140 Fans
4 fans are connected to the H100i, the rest, along with the lighting in the case is connected to a Corsair Link Cooling and Lighting kit.







Sorry about my girlfriend's Alexander Skarsgaard pillow in the background (Totally hers! Promise!)