Hi,
I'm doing my first build (been buying of the shelf for a very long time) and I have like a ton of questions.
The purpose of the build would be mainly to edit pictures over lightroom & photoshop and the occasional visit to the dungeons to kill Diablo.
I have spec-ed the components as follows:
3770K
sabertooth Z77
32GB Gskill 1600 (8x4)
Noctua NH-D14
Asus GTX680
PSU (yet to figure this out)
Intel 520 SSD
2x 2TB Green WD - Raid 0
2x 2TB Green WD - Raid 0 (for future expansion)
All this goodies is suppose to go into a CoolerMaster 912 case
I will be overclocking the this setup a bit (hopefully by just a bit, or event keep it to stock) as I read having all memory dimms full does not give me too excellent results ??
My initial setup will be - Intel SSD - OS , 16GB RAM DISK allocation for Lightroom / Photoshop
I live in Singapore which means its
1) All YEAR round Summer with high humidity
2) Very dusty from the never ending construction going around
Air cooling would be a priority for me.
I examined the 912 case thoroughly and I have a few question, which I hope anyone here can kindly share your experience / advise:
Can I change the 5.25" bays with the 3.5"?
Any easy means to unscrew the 5.25" Cages and move the 3.5" all the way up.
From the diagram provided from CoolerMaster (Ref: http://www.coolermaster.com/upload/product/6693/featured/top5.jpg?1758707919) it seems that the fan is pretty much blocked by the HDD if its fully loaded.
I studied the manual, and noted that the 3.5" backs can be moved, wonder can the 5.25" come out without the use of a power tool!
i do not mind opening up the case when some installation via DVD is required, as DVD use is at best minimal - so Junking the 5.25" bays is a possibility
Positive pressure
I have been reading around that positive pressure helps keep the case nice and dust free.
How can this be achieved on the 912 case - hence my inquiry to modify the HDD bay placements
I am planning for
Front - 2x Noctua 120mm (filtered) - INTAKE
Side - 1x Noctua 140mm (filtered) - INTAKE
Up - 2x Noctua 120mm (non filtered) - EXHAUSt
Rear - 1xNoctua 120mm (non filtered) - EXHAUSt
I am still a bit uncertain here, but will the above setup work?
I do have the Noctua NH-D14 attempting to cool my processor down...
I'm doing my first build (been buying of the shelf for a very long time) and I have like a ton of questions.
The purpose of the build would be mainly to edit pictures over lightroom & photoshop and the occasional visit to the dungeons to kill Diablo.
I have spec-ed the components as follows:
3770K
sabertooth Z77
32GB Gskill 1600 (8x4)
Noctua NH-D14
Asus GTX680
PSU (yet to figure this out)
Intel 520 SSD
2x 2TB Green WD - Raid 0
2x 2TB Green WD - Raid 0 (for future expansion)
All this goodies is suppose to go into a CoolerMaster 912 case
I will be overclocking the this setup a bit (hopefully by just a bit, or event keep it to stock) as I read having all memory dimms full does not give me too excellent results ??
My initial setup will be - Intel SSD - OS , 16GB RAM DISK allocation for Lightroom / Photoshop
I live in Singapore which means its
1) All YEAR round Summer with high humidity
2) Very dusty from the never ending construction going around
Air cooling would be a priority for me.
I examined the 912 case thoroughly and I have a few question, which I hope anyone here can kindly share your experience / advise:
Can I change the 5.25" bays with the 3.5"?
Any easy means to unscrew the 5.25" Cages and move the 3.5" all the way up.
From the diagram provided from CoolerMaster (Ref: http://www.coolermaster.com/upload/product/6693/featured/top5.jpg?1758707919) it seems that the fan is pretty much blocked by the HDD if its fully loaded.
I studied the manual, and noted that the 3.5" backs can be moved, wonder can the 5.25" come out without the use of a power tool!
i do not mind opening up the case when some installation via DVD is required, as DVD use is at best minimal - so Junking the 5.25" bays is a possibility
Positive pressure
I have been reading around that positive pressure helps keep the case nice and dust free.
How can this be achieved on the 912 case - hence my inquiry to modify the HDD bay placements
I am planning for
Front - 2x Noctua 120mm (filtered) - INTAKE
Side - 1x Noctua 140mm (filtered) - INTAKE
Up - 2x Noctua 120mm (non filtered) - EXHAUSt
Rear - 1xNoctua 120mm (non filtered) - EXHAUSt
I am still a bit uncertain here, but will the above setup work?
I do have the Noctua NH-D14 attempting to cool my processor down...
