Corsair 540 Air, Max Air Cooling

[BuddhaCube]

Corsair 540 Air, Max Air Cooling Help

Hey guys I finally figured out the case I'm going with and the general idea of what I want out of it, I just need some help planning the execution.

Specs: What I know I want

*Red/Black Color Scheme on everything
*Custom RED LED Lights
*DVD/CD Play/Burn
*SD card + Other media card reader
*As many (red or black) fans as I'll need to keep everything running cool under overclock
*As quiet of fans as possible
*Air 540
*ASUS Hero MOBO
*EVGA 780 TI (Which one is the best performace/price?)
*Best + Quietest CPU (liquid?) cooler
*i7 4770(k)? I heard there are advantages to non-K models, which is preferred?

Budget is about 1600$ for all of the above mentioned parts, not including the parts I already have (see below). I'm located in US, and want to aquire stable overclocks + great temps + quiet as possible, to be used for gaming, video editing, and music production, primarily at 1920x 1080p.


I already have 32gb of ram, 1 tb WD Black HDD, 1 256 Samsung SSD, and 1 750w PSU, a 144hz monitor, mouse, keyboard, + headset
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Remember, I want to keep everything matching as much as possible, without sacrificing on performance.

I know you guys know what's good, as soon as I figure out what to get, I will order the parts, + post sexy pics (of the pc) during + after build
Thanks all!

 

[Squidlorock]

Nice choice on case Buddhacube! Mainly wanted to say! A nice psu could be an Rm Corsair (although yellow writing) or the AX corsair (red writing) or if you don't care about colour, Seasonic (solid aswell). I'm not up on the Nvidea high end cards etc... so i'll leave it at that

 

[barnsley]

If you're overclocking don't get a non k cpu.

 

[Squidlorock]

If you're overclocking don't get a non k cpu.

Ah yes, i forgot/didn't see that. Yea if you have any plans on overclocking spend that extra £10 for the k (and would also sell better if/when you ever upgraded)

 

[Wraith]

Nice choice on case Buddhacube! Mainly wanted to say! A nice psu could be an Rm Corsair (although yellow writing) or the AX corsair (red writing) or if you don't care about colour, Seasonic (solid aswell). I'm not up on the Nvidea high end cards etc... so i'll leave it at that

Won't really matter which PSU he gets, you'll never see it in the Air 540:lol:

 

[Squidlorock]

Won't really matter which PSU he gets, you'll never see it in the Air 540:lol:

Ahhhh ofc, my bad! God, i'm so bad today! lol Completely forgot the psu is not where it usually is... oops!

 

[BuddhaCube]

If you're overclocking don't get a non k cpu.

But there are features in the non-k versions, that aren't being utilized yet, that aren't available in the K versions. It's Intel being dicks, just seeing if any of you guys knew about that at all.

I made a list of almost everything I'm going to need:
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/32B5B
I already have the HDD, SDD, the Monitors, PSU, and RAM
I just need to decide what brand LED lights to put in, I'm thinking red FAN leds, and white leds around the inside of the case?

Also I don't know what CPU cooler to get for an OC'd 4770k. Is the h100 the best or the new 105? what about the kraken?

Thanks for feedback guys

 

[Squidlorock]

Ah, is that things like VT-d being disabled in the k chips? I remember reading a thread on another forum a while back about that. I think Xeons have this enabled and the LGA 2011 (though not sure if all of them are enabled), it might be worth checking that out too. Just a thought! or ofc the non k as far as i know (not 100% with intel cpu's)

I'm not 100% on everything as i've mainly been reading up on AMD and the £250 chips are sooo outta my price range So just trying to give some ideas mainly!

There are probably loads of led strips out there, ones that i know of are the Bitfenix and Nzxt: (i even saw a thread on someone modding the cheap rgb lights you get on ebay to fit in a case)

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CM-056-BX&groupid=701&catid=1428&subcat=1430

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812170026
(not right colour but probably there)

For the cpu cooler i wouldn't be sure on, so will leave to other people

Hope it helps!

 

[Wraith]

Also I don't know what CPU cooler to get for an OC'd 4770k. Is the h100 the best or the new 105? what about the kraken?

You can see for yourself in the OC3D video reviews.

 

[BuddhaCube]

Okay guys, I still need to know what you guys think is the best closed loop CPU cooler for a 4470k oc'd,
And I also need advice on the best type of case fans LED's are essential, as well as LED radiator fans.
I'm looking for the best of the best here guys, thanks@