Good ol' HAF X

Budget: probably not higher than 3200$
Expectations: smoothly run games at 2560x1600
Usage: Battlefield 3, rendering 3d models, programming.


Specifications:
Chassis Model: Special Deal Hot Seller - Cooler Master 942 HAF X
Exterior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish
Trim Accents: - Standard Factory Finish
Processor: Intel Core i7 3930K 3.2GHz (Unlocked CPU for Extreme Overclocking) (Six-Core)
Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth X79 (Intel X79 Chipset) (Features USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gb/s)
System Memory: 16GB DDR3 1600MHz Digital Storm Certified Performance Series (Highly Recommended) (Hand Tested)
Power Supply: 1050W Corsair Pro Silver 1050HX (Dual/Triple/Quad SLI Compatible)
Expansion Bay: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 1x (120GB Solid State (By: Corsair) (Model: Neutron GTX Series) (SATA 6Gbps)
Set 1 Raid Options: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: 1x (1TB Western Digital Caviar (7200 RPM) (Model: Black Edition)
Hard Drive Set 3: Backup\Misc.: - No Thanks
Optical Drive 1: DVD-R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 24x / CD-Writer 48x) <b></b>
Optical Drive 2: - No Thanks
Internet Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
Video Card: 2x SLI Dual (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 2GB (Includes PhysX) <b></b>
Add-on Card: - No Thanks
Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio
Extreme Cooling: AIR: Stage 2: Noctua NH-D14 SE2011 Extreme Performance <b></b>
H20 Tube Color:- Not Applicable, I do not have a FrostChill or Sub-Zero LCS Cooling System Selected
Chassis Airflow: Standard Factory Chassis Fans
Internal Lighting: - No Thanks
Enhancements: - No Thanks
Chassis Mods: - No Thanks
Noise Reduction: - No Thanks
LaserMark: - No Thanks
Boost Processor: Standard Intel Turbo Boost 2.0 Automatic Overclocking <b></b>
Boost Video Card: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my video card(s)
Boost Memory: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my memory
Boost OS: - No Thanks, Please do not tweak the services on the operating system
Windows OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (64-Bit Edition)
Recovery Tools: Windows Recovery Toolkit (Bundled with Windows 7 CD)
Virus Protection: - No Thanks
Office: - No Thanks
Game: - No Thanks
Display: - No Thanks
Surge Shield: - No Thanks
Speakers: - No Thanks
Keyboard: - No Thanks
Mouse: - No Thanks
External Storage: - No Thanks
Exclusive T-Shirt: - No Thanks
Priority Build: - No Thanks, Ship Within 10-15 Business Days After Order Is Successfully Processed
Warranty: Life-time Expert Customer Care with 3 Year Limited Warranty

This is my second buy and this time I decided not to go with liquid cooling :D .

Nebidimka, I've been contemplating on a first time build with water cooling. All the PC's I've owned in the past have been air cooled. I would like to hear your thoughts on why you are going back to an air cooled system after owning a water cooled system.

Originally posted by bprat22 Hi Nebidimka    That rig is right on in my opinion. The quad channel X79 mobo will handle the3D rendering and the sli gtx670 will play nice with that resolution. I would go with stage 1 ovrclocking at least.   The 3930k chip and D14 cooler are made for it. One major blunder... no free t-shirt.    Congrats and keep us updated.

I can overclock myself :D And I also have t-shirt from my previous system lol.

Originally posted by JerryW Nebidimka, I've been contemplating on a first time build with water cooling. All the PC's I've owned in the past have been air cooled. I would like to hear your thoughts on why you are going back to an air cooled system after owning a water cooled system.

Budget and easy of selling/upgrading. Selling because computer parts sell faster than assembled computer, and it's a bit harder to disassemble liquid cooling+DSO does not provide video card air coolers which makes selling video cards a bit harder too. Same goes for upgrading, hard to disassemble and assemble, one of my fans died (on the radiator) and I had to switch it, I needed to unscrew the whole radiator first and be careful with tubing.
HOWEVER, the overclocking potential is insane as well as the "wow" factor, also you can use the pump, tubing and reservoir for future systems (waterblocks change, sadly)

You probably don't need any extra fans on the HafX , but if you want to then the top where there is a 200mm stock can also accomodate another 200mm fan for total of two on top.   CoolerMaster MegaFlow 200 Silent non-led fan... about $ 30 unless they use a different one lately.

Edited by bprat22 - 16 Oct 2012 at 8:37am