New build Part 2 case + psu + heatsink.

[Rand]

Finished by build today.. donated my old case psu and heatsink to a friend.

also if anyone is interested newegg started a corsair sale today.

most power supplies are 15% off and have a MIR also.

some of their cases are also on sale..

and if you are a member of fatwallet.. you can stack 2-4% cashback on top of any credit card rewards.


What I got... any opinions?

Corsair 650D case

The top is specially designed for the H100 with upto 4 fans.

Corsair AX650 80+gold power supply. -- this is also very efficient at the 60~~watts my system idles at.. my old PC power and cooling was only 60% eff. at idle load.(it hit 75% at 100watts and 83%@300w)

Corsair H100
new cooler.. was really unhappy with the bad finish on my hyper 212+(and poor performance) and didnt feel like taking it into work to C&C Mill it.

Price was 370$ after cashback and still have a 30$ mir on top of that.

deal included 2 email codes 2 different cashbacks and 2 mirs

final price if they actually send the MIR = about 340$


And a free hdmi cable.. for some reason they give you a free monster 4ft hdmi cable with the H100 cooler...

 

[dparm]

Nice case but it will be very noisy.

 

[SLCraig]

If you got poor performance from a Hyper 212 there was soemthing wrong with it, it is THE go to budget CPU cooler.
I have one on my i7 and the CPU runs luke warm even under full load. It is a great piece of hardware. Nonetheless, I have a TX750 Corsair PSU and the thing is a rock. 100% stability, no issues at all. I definitely like their PSU's.

Can't comment on the case, although I do like the looks of some of their cases. I have a Silverstone myself.

 

[Rand]

I know I've used about 5 of them now. I think they had a bad batch.. 2 of them (including this one) had terrible bottom finish they switched to a design where the heatpipes contact the chip and the heatpipes arent close to level with the surrounding metal.

My dad wire edm cut his flat.. I didnt feel like doing that or milling it.

Also dparm what makes you think its going to be loud..

my current setup has 5 120's and a 200mm fan.. they all run pretty silent.. with quiet fan on.
(on old build i manually set the voltage/power temp ranges)

it not really audible until I'm gaming and the gpu is still the loudest.

Its not something I would use for a htpc though for sure.

all fans will be on manual fan controller or hooked to motherboard for fan control. I expect it to be quiet but not silent.

the secret is using quiet fans like enermax magma 120's 70+cfm and 20db.

 

[pzev]

Don't believe the db numbers posted on any fan, for all you know they measure the noise from 10ft away....which is about the only way you can get a 120mm fan to blow 70cfm @ 20db.
If you are concerned with noise, stick with fans that are 1k rpm or lower in the 120mm size. Yate Loon low speed 120mm fans are a classic option that are very quiet, and very inexpensive.
For heatsink or radiator duty, Scythe Gentle Typhoon AP-13 or 14 fans work wonders (these are industrial grade fans made by Nidec, and rebranded for consumer sale by scythe).
There isn't a fan out there that can beat the CFM/noise ratio of Gentle Typhoons when forcing air through a dense heatsink or radiator. This is why on all the PC water cooling forums, these are the fans to get (also why they are forever sold out).