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Post Date: 2015-11-02
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Poll Question: Which should I choose?
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    Posted: 02 Nov 2015 at 7:48am
So ordering time has arrived & I am going to order sometime between now to Nov. 7. Of course I have the terrible decision if choosing between 3 amazing computers and whether or not I will get an AIO or Noctua air coolers.

Thus I want the opinion of you people, giving advice to me, a(former) computer pleb, on what amazing selection of hardware I will order from digital storm. My main needs are 1440p gaming at 60 hertz/fps with reasonable auditory output(a little on the quieter side) and good thermals in an house that ranges between 70 - 80 degs(F) depending on how much I want to spend on electricity.

Here are the base tickets:
Air 540: 1309458
Slade: 1309459
Apollo: 1309455

Let me know on any hardware preferences and changes you would have me make before I order.
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My vote is the Air 540 with Noctua.     The Air 540 is one of my favorites at the moment and its front fans are real close to the mobo/gpu for excellent cooling.   

Noctua works just as well as the AIO and is quieter and reliability is tops.  They just work without any worries for years.

I would swap the Silverstone for the Corsair HX1000i.  3 year vs 7 year warranty last I checked.   Tells you what the manufacturer thinks of its own product.  

Can't go wrong with any of the choices above.  Big%20Smile
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Air 540 with the corsair cooler, as it looks cleaner imo without the bulky cooler
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Ordered: 11-27-12
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Stage 4: 12-4-12
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Stage 6: 12-10-12
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I just ordered my new computer, 540 case with Noctua cooler. 2 of my 3 systems ordered from DS have had the noctua cooler, can barely tell they are running.
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i7-6700k @ 4.5 gHz
Asus Maximus VIII Hero
16 gb 2666 MHz ram
Corsair HX1000i
800 GB Intel 750 series NVM-e
(2) GTX 980ti Asus Strix Edition graphics
Noctua NH-D15 Cooler
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Plus the Huge Noctua looks great. Others disagree, hence vanilla and chocolate ice cream as Snaike will remind us.
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Posts: 14 		  Quote combatmaster1o3 Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 03 Nov 2015 at 5:26pm
Solid. Gonna order tonight, or tomorrow morning depending upon homework and monitor research. I know this is not the right part of the forum for this question but do you guys have any recommended 1440p monitors?
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Posts: 9462 		  Quote Snaike Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 03 Nov 2015 at 11:11pm
Originally posted by bprat22

Plus the Huge Noctua looks great. Others disagree, hence vanilla and chocolate ice cream as Snaike will remind us.


Don't have to now...   
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Posts: 2115 		  Quote db188 Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 04 Nov 2015 at 2:06am
holding out for this (Asus ROG PG348Q 34" Ultra-Wide G-Sync with 100Hz):  http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/images/asus-pg348q-monitor-front.jpg

Edited by db188 - 04 Nov 2015 at 2:08am
Aventum 3
I7-6700K
Gigabyte G1 Z170X Gaming GT
16GB Corsair Dominator 3000MHz
Corsair Hx1000i 1000W
Samsung M.2 980 Pro 2TB;Samsung 850 EVO 1TB
MSI RTX 3080 Ventus OC 10G LHR
Gigabyte M28U 4K
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