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Hello. I'm planning to build my first rig and this case will be my first choice
I'm planning to buy H100 too but can anyone explain to me what is this "push/pull" thing?
I'm sorry because I'm kinda noob actually xD
This are my other parts that I'm planning to buy
CASE Storm Trooper (of course)
CPU i7 3770K
MOBO Sabertooth z77
GPU Evga 670 FTW
CPU Cooler Corsair H100
SSD Crucial m4 128gb
HDD WD Caviar Green 2tb
PSU Corsair AX850
Can you guys give comments about these parts? And what should I know/prepare for my first build?? I'm new and this is my first build so I really need help. Pleaseee help me as much as you can.. Thanks in advance!!
Push/Pull means the radiator for the H100 is sandwiched between 4 fans(two on either side) and all 4 pushing/pulling air in the same direction. The H100 only comes with two fans so in order to do this you'd have to buy two more 120mm fans and if you go with the Trooper you will need to modify the case to get this to fit. It requires the pull fans to be mounted on the outside-top of the case and the bracket for the handle to be modified. I recommend not going with this setup simply for the amount of work it requires especially since this is your first build. Adding the two extra fans is not going to help enough with the cooling to justify the hacking it requires to fit it.
Everything else looks great, only other recommendation I have is to go with a video card that does not have the reference design cooler as it makes a lot of noise apparently. I have the Gigabyte 670 with the Windforce cooler and it's amazing and I cannot here it at all.
One more extra thing, if you plan to install your games on the SSD, might as well get a bigger one. I went with the 128GB and with it's simply not going to suffice, Skyrim, BF3, and Max Payne 3 will eat it up completely.
