Building a PC...maybe

[Rogean]

Originally Posted by Grimjaw [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

fastest ram i've seen but also highest timings. is it worth it? i wouldnt know to be honest, just something i've heard to consider.

I'm not an expert specifically with RAM And how it relates to the overall overclocking situation, but I've done a little research and from what I understand the idea is to get as close to the max supported speed by the motherboard that is still within an acceptable true latency.

True Latency can be determined with a formula involving the CAS Latency and the Frequency.

Comparing the lowest CAS of each RAM Frequency resulted in:

4133 @ 19 = 9.19ns
4000 @ 18 = 9ns
3733 @ 17 = 9.10ns
(If a Frequency was skipped, it had the same lowest CAS than the Frequency above it).

So overall I'm really not losing much true latency at all with 4133, and it is the max supported speed by my motherboard, which should give me the greatest room for Overclocking.

Originally Posted by Grimjaw [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

nice list! wow noctuas that dont look hidious. that case must be a brand new model, nice.

Honestly I could care less about the look of the case or the fans, or the colors / LED's.. none of that stuff interests me. However, what I did when I started my case search was to determine what I truly wanted. What it came down to was, I really want a case that is filled with front fans and, more specifically, had a fan at the TOP of the case in place of where the 5.25 bays normally were. I have literally nothing being placed in the front of the case.. no CD Drives, no Hard Drives (I'm using M.2's and that's it, my data / media drives will stay on my old PC). Therefor, I wanted something with all that space cleared out for maximum airflow, and a fan at the top of the case that can blow right over the motherboard (Something a *ton* of cases don't have these days. Almost all of them have fans in the bottom of the front but not right at the top).

So the airflow plan for my case is 3 fans in the front doing Intake. I will be mounting the 280mm Radiator for the CPU in the top of the case, blowing out the top. The GPU Radiator will mount on the fan slot in the back and also blow outward. So I get a true front to back airflow system.

This is the only case I found that will let me do that without all the crap in the way (5.25 bays, hard drive bays). The idea is that I will not be putting those glass panes back on the front and top, so it doesn't block any airflow.

Originally Posted by Grimjaw [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

you going to set it up in RAID 0 or RAID 1?

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[Ella`Ella]

Originally Posted by Rogean [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Honestly I could care less about the look of the case or the fans, or the colors / LED's.. none of that stuff interests me. However, what I did when I started my case search was to determine what I truly wanted. What it came down to was, I really want a case that is filled with front fans and, more specifically, had a fan at the TOP of the case in place of where the 5.25 bays normally were. I have literally nothing being placed in the front of the case.. no CD Drives, no Hard Drives (I'm using M.2's and that's it, my data / media drives will stay on my old PC). Therefor, I wanted something with all that space cleared out for maximum airflow, and a fan at the top of the case that can blow right over the motherboard (Something a *ton* of cases don't have these days. Almost all of them have fans in the bottom of the front but not right at the top).

So the airflow plan for my case is 3 fans in the front doing Intake. I will be mounting the 280mm Radiator for the CPU in the top of the case, blowing out the top. The GPU Radiator will mount on the fan slot in the back and also blow outward. So I get a true front to back airflow system.

So, by your count of 6 Noctua fans, I am assuming that you're replacing the stock fans on all the radiators (2 on the CPU cooler and 1 on the GPU cooler)? Plus the three fans in the front?

[Rogean]

Originally Posted by Ella`Ella [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

So, by your count of 6 Noctua fans, I am assuming that you're replacing the stock fans on all the radiators (2 on the CPU cooler and 1 on the GPU cooler)? Plus the three fans in the front?

Yar