Nzxt Phantom Build. Help needed!

[Lothair]

http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=10676569

I know I missed plenty of things. Like fan filters. Will someone link me to anything I missed? Thanks! Also, check to make sure I have everything for a complete build? Also make sure it's all compatible and what not.

[SXRguyinMA]

linky no worky lol. you don't need filters with the Phantom, its got them already. I may suggest getting a 200mm fan for the side intake and a 140mm fan for the front intake as well as they're not included

[Lothair]

Hmmm. I made it public. How do you post it? It's called "Phantom Build".

[Lothair]

http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=10676569

Does that work?

Edit: I think that did it. Updated original link.

[Lothair]

Order placed. Hope I didn't miss anything. lol

I'm sure I messed up somewhere. Oh well.

Edit: oh and $12 3-day shipping! How awesome is that?

[blaze15301]

Order placed. Hope I didn't miss anything. lol

I'm sure I messed up somewhere. Oh well.

Edit: oh and $12 3-day shipping! How awesome is that?

everything looks great. i would have gotten this drive tho for the price of that ssd. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148591 more space and its the fastest hd you can buy.

[x88x]

its the fastest hd you can buy.

Yeah, but that's the problem...it's only the fastest HDD. Still gets clobbered by the Vertex 2. ;)

Looks good Lothair. You will probably be tempted to add another Vertex 2 though. 60GB gets a bit tight.

[Lothair]

It's really just for the OS and main programs. I should still have a good 20GB afterwards. That's why I did the 1TB @ 6GB/s.

How does the Vertex 2 perform against Hybrid Drives?

[dr.walrus]

I'm pretty sure you won't be able to fit the side panel fan on if you have a Frio, it's very tall.

[x88x]

Check out this review of the Momentus XT. One of the drives they compare it to is a 100GB Agility 2, which has very similar performance to the Vertex 2 you got. In general, with comparably sized drives, the Vertex 2 will edge out the Agility 2 by a bit (as well as last a fair bit longer, they use longer life chips), but sometimes the higher capacity SSDs perform better than the lower capacity ones, idk how the deal is with the 60GB Vertex 2 vs the 100GB Agility 2.

To sum up, yes, the Momentus is amazing for a platter HDD...but the 100GB Agility 2 they compare it to soundly thrashes it at every turn.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/3734/seagates-momentus-xt-review-finally-a-good-hybrid-hdd/1

[Lothair]

I'm pretty sure you won't be able to fit the side panel fan on if you have a Frio, it's very tall.

Ah, good point. I guess we'll see, eh? Another issue I might have is with the ram. The heat spreaders might hit the heatsink. Might have to do a bit of modding with this build after-all.

[Lothair]

What's the best air cooler on the market? Anyone know?

[x88x]

I think the consensus was the Cooler Master V6, but I haven't really touched air in a while.

[diluzio91]

i was under the impresion that the coolermaster hyper (~30) was beating out $90+ coolers
and wasnt knocked off until recently by 1 degree with a roughly $50 difference

link

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065

test

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/reviews/cooler_master_hyper_212_plus

[Lothair]

I did a bit of research for 2010 coolers and the best one seems to be the ProlimaTech Megahalems. They tested a pretty large list of coolers too. But Frio wasnt in the list. So I googled the two together to see a direct comparison test and it seems like the Frio is better.

http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=432&Itemid=62

[SXRguyinMA]

the frio will fit with a side panel fan. my brother in law has a phantom with a frio and the same side panel fan. he said it's mighty close though

[Lothair]

Nice! What about RAM? Does he have any contact issues or can he see if there would be an issue or not? I'm worried I might have to either take off the heat spreaders or cut/bend the tops down so they fit.

[Lothair]

This might be an odd question, I don't know anything about over-clocking, but apparently this board has an easy overclocking feature. So, with this gear, how high do you guys think I could safely run that processor at? I don't want to end up frying or breaking something. This build isn't exactly cheap. lol

[SXRguyinMA]

I forget what he got for RAM, but I didnt hear anything about any clearance issues