07-11-2013 11:51 AM - last edited 3 weeks ago by ROGBot
07-11-2013 12:08 PM
07-11-2013 01:58 PM
07-11-2013 02:31 PM
07-12-2013 06:49 PM
07-12-2013 07:05 PM
vegasf1 wrote:
I bought a Noctua D14 for my hero VI and had to return it, but it was because my mid tower case was slightly too narrow so I had to go with a NH-U12S which should have no problems with the case or memory. We'll see this week when I attempt to put it together. *crosses fingers*
07-12-2013 07:42 PM
Chino wrote:
You shouldn't encounter any problems since the NH-U12S was designed with tall RAM compatibility in mind. Here you can see how it fits perfectly even on a mATX motherboard (Asus Maximus IV Gene-z).
07-13-2013 01:37 AM
07-13-2013 02:38 AM
H3r3tiC wrote:
I went ahead and pulled the trigger
these are the items I ordered so far
Intel i5-4670K
Seasonic G-650
Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO
Corsair 16GB DDR3-2400MHz Vengeance Pro
Plextor 256GB M5S
fractal arc midi r2
Microsoft Windows 8, 64bit, DVD, OEM, EN
i stuck with the ram cause it was the only one they had in stock the 1600 version would have to be back ordered.
i looked at the samsung drives and the seemed indeed very popular and well received however I choose to stick with the plextor.
the plextor uses MLC instead of TLC. I have had really good experience with the quality of plextor products in the past and it feels like a good thing to supports a smaller company instead of the giant samsung. i did however follow the suggestion to get a bigger drive assuming it would be better for me to have more ssd space than more ssd speed. Now i can stick a couple of games on there that would need quick map loading the rest can go on the 1tb wd blue i already have. I think its safe to assume that the plextor s5 will already be a big improvement over the 2 750gb samsung f1 in raid0 I'm using now.
Is there any benefit in partitioning an ssd?
for the power supply I used a calculator and added everything i possibly ever wanted and for that the advice was 625W watts. from what i can tell this psu is already strong enough to support an extra card if i wanted too. Since i have a unraid storage server i wont need to add many drives to this build. maybe 1 more disk for work or storage
I do think i will stick with single cards unless i get suddenly rich :P.
I hold out on both the cpu cooler and graphics card wanting to do some more research on that.
I know however the h110 will fit the arc midi case. since the case has a window it will be unlikely i choose a Noctua cooler since they are not exactly good looking. Imagine how much more Noctua would sell if the made more color options for their fans 🙂 . other options would be the swiftech h220 which has a copper radiator. often i read the advice to replace the fans with noctua ones which are really pricy if going that route it might be an option to research what a custom loop would cost
if all goes well the items will arrive this evening and i can start building
cheers!