First Custom Rig

[Master&Puppet]

you could save a few ££ (about 20) by getting the 1tb caviar black, unless you want 2 500s for a particualr reason that is.

The only other thing I might think about would be the cooling system. the H100 is quite expensive for something that is not very flexible. I'd either save money and get the NH-D14 or go for a basic custom WC kit which you can expand from in the future to include the GPUs (like the xs-pc stuff).

Rest of the kit looks fine to me, if you dont want to hang around and see what happens over the next few months of course

M&P

 

[sheroo]

If it were me I would replace the Phantom with the Coolermaster HAF 932 Advanced. It gives you more options in the future including a full fat 360 rad in the roof should you wanna go down that route. I also think that the military styling would really compliment the Sabertooth. The Coolermaster build quality is superior as well. (btw I have a Phantom).

btw if you have 50 posts and have been on the forum for more than 28 days you can get free shipping from Aria. PM RawZ.

 

[UFN]

(sorry about the lack of direct reply/quote, I'm on the phone)

@m&p

I'm going with the two 500gb caviar blacks to get the raid 0 benefit and I simply don't need a terabyte of storage. And I've already got a 500gb external hard drive just in case

I know this is blasphemy but I simply hate the look of the noctua nh d14, those fans are just fugly. I really can't be dealing with the fuss of a full water cooling kit either. What do you mean by the h100 not being flexible?

The big benefit of the faux Water cooling, however, is that the phantom has a huge fan on the side and the sabertooth is designed to benefit from having a fan blowing into the CPU socket so a conventional tower cooler would block that benefit and stop me even being able to have the side fan. It's a match made in cooling heaven!

@sheroo

The military styling is actually why I like the phantom

it reminds me of the old stealth bombers. I did originally have the haf 922 in my build specs, before I came here, and I'll check out the 932 to see what that's like! But I sincerely doubt I'll ever venture into full water cooling territory, so I'm not really fussed about rad space.

Thanks for the aria tip! That'll come in handy

 

[bluethunder]

have you considered a Z68 motherboard and using the new Smart Response technology?

 

[UFN]

have you considered a Z68 motherboard and using the new Smart Response technology?

I dont have an SSD in my build.