Advice on a 1440P Gaming PC build please..

sck451

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Rob21 said:
How come this has no fans. It doesn't mention top fan support?
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No idea why it isn't mentioned on the PCS site, but it has space for three 120mm fans in the front, two on top and one on the back, so it can fit a 240mm AIO on the top or a 360mm one on the front. I believe it has one front and one exhaust as standard.
 
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Rob21 said:
How come this has no fans. It doesn't mention top fan support?
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Where are you reading that? In the specs it's listed as having 2 front fans and one rear fan. You can see the rear fan in the first pic.

Or are you confusing fans with RGB?
 
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sck451 said:
No idea why it isn't mentioned on the PCS site, but it has space for three 120mm fans in the front, two on top and one on the back, so it can fit a 240mm AIO on the top or a 360mm one on the front. I believe it has one front and one exhaust as standard.
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I do like the case, it's says it's 10cm smaller in depth then the coolmaster option in my spec which would suit me better. I assume the smaller depth wouldn't be any cause for concern? I would need to order fans for it though? I would like 3 RGB on the front and the coolmaster lite 240 liquid cooler to be on the top. Meaning I won't need the back fan?


Scott said:
Where are you reading that? In the specs it's listed as having 2 front fans and one rear fan. You can see the rear fan in the first pic.

Or are you confusing fans with RGB?
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Apologies I over looked the fan at the back the first time. It doesn't mention top fan support in the description.
 
sck451

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If you want a case with RGB fans, get one of the ones with it included! I was just offering a more restrained alternative.
 
Scott

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All the mid-range cases are fine for your uses as long as you avoid the quiet ones. Anything with mesh on the front will have you covered. I believe all the mesh cases support roof mounting for the AIO. I wouldn't get too concerned about it though. Top mount doesn't perform as well for your CPU. It's swings and roundabouts as the difference is minimal.

It's difficult at times not to go down a rabbit hole, the reason we aren't making much of a deal of the top mount query is that there isn't really much to advise/consider.

If you really, REALLY, want to ensure top mount. Give PCS a call with your request and they will advise a combo that suits perfectly. Otherwise I wouldn't want to state anything as fact and then it turned out that PCS installed it on the front anyway.
 
loso64

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Scott said:
All the mid-range cases are fine for your uses as long as you avoid the quiet ones. Anything with mesh on the front will have you covered. I believe all the mesh cases support roof mounting for the AIO. I wouldn't get too concerned about it though. Top mount doesn't perform as well for your CPU. It's swings and roundabouts as the difference is minimal.

It's difficult at times not to go down a rabbit hole, the reason we aren't making much of a deal of the top mount query is that there isn't really much to advise/consider.

If you really, REALLY, want to ensure top mount. Give PCS a call with your request and they will advise a combo that suits perfectly. Otherwise I wouldn't want to state anything as fact and then it turned out that PCS installed it on the front anyway.
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I can definitely confirm, do not buy silence cases. They are horrible for cooling and in the end fans have to be set to higher RPM resulting for more noise anyway.

I have P400S case, performance was so bad the front panel was always off. Recently i finally got the Mesh front panel, ever since temps are super cool and pc is silent. Downside is dust tho xD

If you are choosing case, buy stuff with mash in front as a general rule of thumb, you cant really go wrong with that.
 
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loso64 said:
If you are choosing case, buy stuff with mash in front as a general rule of thumb, you cant really go wrong with that.
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That mash is going to make a real mess of the inside of the case, especially if it is served with gravy 🤣
 
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Rob21

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Thank you for your advise. After much thinking and tweeking I have placed my order.

I changed the RAM to the PRO RGB 3200 and it was cheaper? I changed the processor cooling to the H115i RGB, I will message them to put it on the top. They dont do a single RGB rear fan so I will get somewhere else and install it when it arrives. I changed the PSU from 750 to 850 for future expansion possibilities. This should be a solid build that will serve me for years to come :)

Any advise welcome...

Case
COOLERMASTER MASTERBOX TD500 MESH ARGB GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Six Core CPU (3.7GHz-4.6GHz/35MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF GAMING B550-PLUS (DDR4, USB 3.2, 6Gb/s) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3070 - HDMI, DP
1st M.2 SSD Drive
512GB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (2000 MB/R, 1100 MB/W)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (2000 MB/R, 1100 MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H115i ELITE CAPELLIX RGB Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
Wireless Network Card
WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 2,400Mbps/5GHz, 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD + BT 5.0
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
NO RECOVERY MEDIA REQUIRED
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Firefox™
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Subject to stock availability on pre-order products
Welcome Book
PCSpecialist Welcome Book - United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland
Logo Branding
PCSpecialist Logo

Price: £1795 including VAT and Delivery

Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/cT79wVps4H/
 
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loso64 said:
you have not heard me attempting to talk in danish lol xD i might as well be on the level of bigfoot danish xD
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My Danish is not good at all, although I used to be able to count and manage a few phrases in Norwegian, I was led to believe that Norwegians and Danish were quite similar, but I might be mistaken, I was pretty fluent in French, but am now very rusty and my German is even rustier. I did also learn Italian and Cantonese at evening classes, but nowadays the most translation I need is usually from Doric (north east dialect of Scots) into English.

I can speak Yeti and Sasquatch fluently, but my Snowman is abominable 🤣

I really shouldn’t make fun of language, especially on a forum with many non-English speakers (although most foreigners speak better English than the natives). In my defence, I have been laughed at in a shop in Italy. I don’t know what I said, but it seemed hilarious. Perhaps I mixed up some words.
 
loso64

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Bigfoot said:
My Danish is not good at all, although I used to be able to count and manage a few phrases in Norwegian, I was led to believe that Norwegians and Danish were quite similar, but I might be mistaken, I was pretty fluent in French, but am now very rusty and my German is even rustier. I did also learn Italian and Cantonese at evening classes, but nowadays the most translation I need is usually from Doric (north east dialect of Scots) into English.

I can speak Yeti and Sasquatch fluently, but my Snowman is abominable 🤣

I really shouldn’t make fun of language, especially on a forum with many non-English speakers (although most foreigners speak better English than the natives). In my defence, I have been laughed at in a shop in Italy. I don’t know what I said, but it seemed hilarious. Perhaps I mixed up some words.
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Well I only been learning for half a year, and am only in this country for 15 months. So getting there slowly xD
 
SpyderTracks

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Rob21 said:
I changed the RAM to the PRO RGB 3200 and it was cheaper?
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The irony of supply and demand, I guess more people are opting for the RGB RAM hence bringing prices down.

I would personally drop the cooler down to the H100i which is still overpowered for that chip, but nice and quiet. The H115i is complete overkill really.

The rest looks good.
 
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