Best (optimal) case & fans?...

Dawelio

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Hey guys,

So in an earlier thread I had a bit of a discussion with JR23 regarding best fans for radiators.

Now that I actually have built the system and want to make some changes to it, I wanted to ask you guys for your experience and expertise in this, to see if my thought changes are any good and/or how I can approve upon it.

Specs:

i7 2600K 3.4GHz
ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe
16GB (2x8) Corsair Vengeance Pro 1600MHz
Sapphire Radeon HD6950 2GB
Corsair H100i
Silverstone 650W PSU with short cable kit.

But, long story short here... I got the Corsair 250D and noticed few flaws, that I can't really say I didn't know off... but some were smaller than others.
The cable management in it, is a real pain to get a hold on and it's just a pain to route without almost any cable tie downs meanwhile I have quite large hands.
And an 200mm in the front did not fit with the rad in there, even though image confirmation from Corsair that it does work. Just my motherboard that scratched that one.
And my GPU runs at 48, mostly 49C degrees while idle/browsing (youtube, movies etc).

So, I'm thinking of going with my original thought of the 380T... Do you think this is any better?, due to the fully mesh body, better bottom apartment for cable management, gpu temps wise etc?...
And what fans should I use?, as I want this to be farly quiet while idle (sleeping at night)... Corsair SP quiet editions, performance or Noctuas industrial?...
And also as intake at the back, what fan there?... AF120? And should I run it as intake or exhaust?...

I will go for the white version as the black one has red leds and that is a no go for me... rather paint the white body blue, with plasti dip than having to do the thing, where you melt down the metal that connects the led to the pcb and then change the leds. Don't remember the English word for it now, brain fart!

But yeah... this got quite long, I don't like myself at times for my tendency to write essays on simple things :/

Hope you guys can be bothered to read, get it and reply to this... I really appreciate it!

Thanks OC3D!,
Chrazey
 
Anyway, since the 380T and 250D support a 200mm fan in the front, you could install one of the 200mm bitfenix ones. 200mm fans offer lots of airflow (as already known) even when set to 5volts or below beeing relatively more silent than 120mm or 140mm ones. And when things get really hot in the tiiiiiiiny case you can set them to max RPM...
 
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