For anyone who's thinking about fans - I'm currently a bit obsessed with it! - the following links might be useful:

120mm fan reviews

120mm fan comparisons

120mm fan comparisons and 140mm fan comparisons

 

N.B. for airflow, to convert cubic meters per hour to cubic feet per minute (CFM):

CFM = (m^3 per hr) / 1.7

No idea.... but you're still on the lookout for a new rig huh?  I know the feeling hehe

I was thinking, with Skylake just around the corner, when would it be the best time to purchase an i7-4790K to get a good deal?

 

(Also re my last post, this is so silly, a better estimate is: CFM = (m^3 per hr) x 0.588 ... in case anyone even cares!)

Just an update (did I ever mention that I tend to procrastinate a little!):

 

CPU = i7-4790K (OC to 4.6 - 4.8GHz)

Cooler = Air ? [Not convinced I need a monster dual tower cooler.]

Thermal paste = MX-4

GPU = GTX780Ti 3GB

MB = Asus Z97-A

RAM = G.Skill F3-2133C11D-16GZL 16GB DDR3-2133 (11-11-11-31 @ 1.5v) kit

SSD = Samsung Evo 250MB SATA3

HD1 = Western Digital Caviar Black WD1003FZEX 1TB (64MB) SATA3

HD2 = 2TB (64MB) SATA3 ?

       OR Western Digital Caviar Black WD1003FZEX 1TB (64MB) SATA3

PSU = Seasonic S12G-750 750W

Case = Coolermaster CM690 III CMS-693-KWN1

        OR Fractal Design Ark Midi R2

Case fans = X6 ? [Feeling cynical about 140mm fans, particularly wrt static pressure!]

Re SSDs for the OS:

SanDisk Extreme Pro 240 GB - £90

Samsung 850 Pro 256GB - £98

Samsung 850 Evo 250GB - £60

I think I'll probably go for the Evo, unless anyone has thoughts???

Evo will be fine.  Think you'd be hard pressed to see a difference between any of them in real world usage

Yes, for my Skylake build I was going for the Samsung 850 Pro, In the end I saved money and went for the Evo,

Re HDs for FS and storage, does anyone have informed opinions about Toshiba X300 SATA drives vs WD Black? The 4TB X300 is around £90.

Are you ever actually going to build this thing?

Are you ever actually going to build this thing?

Yeah LOL, it's just been one thing after another taking up my time, but now I have the time to build this thing and do more flight sim. Also every time I get back to this there's new hardware to think about.

Skylake?

 

NH-D15 S

 

All that have built Skylake here on Avsim love it.