Water cooling or Air?

[FunkyMonkey90]

Hey guy's I'm looking at a new build and deciding whether to go for WCing or air.

My question is will a NH-D14 fit my needs or should I just get water cooling?

Heres the specs:

CPU - i7 970 (will be OC'ed)

Cooler - Noctua NH-D14 or WCing

Mobo - MSI Bing Bang Xpower

RAM - 12GB Mushkin blackline 1600MHz or 12GB Radioactive 2000MHz

PSU - NZXT Hale90 850W

GPU - Nvidia GTX580 (maybe dual SLI)

SSD - Crucial RealSSD 128GB

HDD - 2x Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB

Case - NZXT Phantom

Thanks in advance!

 

[tinytomlogan]

Just get the D14. Its what Ive got my 970 under.

 

[FunkyMonkey90]

What's the highest stable clock you've got outta it?

Also does anybody know if the nh-d14 will fit in the phantom with a 200mm fan on the side panel?

 

[inesshell]

Also does anybody know if the nh-d14 will fit in the phantom with a 200mm fan on the side panel?

it wont. ive tried with a loaner nh-d14. i had to remove the side 200 to fit my h70 in the case

 

[tinytomlogan]

What's the highest stable clock you've got outta it?

Also does anybody know if the nh-d14 will fit in the phantom with a 200mm fan on the side panel?

It wont, just move the fan upto the spare slot in the roof and have an extra exhaust instead

 

[FunkyMonkey90]

Kk thanks .. Would it be worth getting an air penetrator for the front fan? Or should I jus get another 140mm nzxt one?

 

[Stryker64]

Kk thanks .. Would it be worth getting an air penetrator for the front fan? Or should I jus get another 140mm nzxt one?

Since there are hard drive bays in the front, I would opt for an air penetrator.

 

[FunkyMonkey90]

Already ordered a prolimatek 1 :-( lol.. Gunna be looking for a slim 200mm fan now for the side as my nh-d14 came today with my hale90 850w