This Setup?

[StickyS]

1. you can still go corsair if you change to H80i cooler. this will also allow you to OC to your desire
2. split the 512 drives in a raid volume and get 2 x 256 drives. it will be super fast!
3. enjoy it.

H80i is louder/hotter than the NH-D14. There are VERY little failures, but they DO SOMETIMES leak. And for the ssd-even a RAID 0 for SSD is excessive...I think you will be fine with just a single 256gb. If you aren't though, I'd say do the 512gb: SSDS in RAID 0 is just silly...

 

[BRicci]

Cool, so I'm basically set. Just need to find a decent monitor.

 

[StickyS]

Cool, so I'm basically set. Just need to find a decent monitor.

Yup...I'm on the search for either 2/3 1080p monitors or one larger one...monitors seem to be the hardest thing to research because of the variety and how reviews are ALWAYS subjective...

 

[BRicci]

How does this monitor look? Linkkkkk

 

[StickyS]

How does this monitor look? Linkkkkk

Juicy. Asus looks like a very good manafacturer for monitors. Sadly, parents have told me that I have made enough "computer" purchases for now...so no new monitors for me =(

 

[BRicci]

Haha, that sucks.

I have two more questions for now:
1) Will I need thermal paste for this build?

2) Is there not a DSDT file for the Gigabyte UP5 TH?

 

[StickyS]

Haha, that sucks.

I have two more questions for now:
1) Will I need thermal paste for this build?

2) Is there not a DSDT file for the Gigabyte UP5 TH?

1: NH-D14 comes with a tube of thermal paste. DON'T PUT TOO MUCH ON! Corsair water coolers come with it preapplied-to give you an idea of about how much you want to put on, look at the preapplied stuff-it's VERY little.

2: Motherboards that don't show up on the Tonymacx86 DSDT database are either uncompatible/unknown/compatible without one. The UP5 TH is compatible without one.

 

[BRicci]

Okay, it just seems weird to me applying paste on pretty much the most expensive part of a build lol, oh well.

 

[Going Bald]

Okay, it just seems weird to me applying paste on pretty much the most expensive part of a build lol, oh well.

depends on definition of paste you use. In this case it is paste as in "consistency of the mix", not paste as in "glue or adhesive".