I have all the components (to be listed shortly) that I want to put in for the time being. My question is how to get a decent, expandable cooling setup that will last. Ideally, that will last even past the MB, which seems like it should be possible since I liquid cool the CPU. In the past, I've kinda half-assed it and that has kind of bitten me in the ass, although I've been getting slowly through the years.
A probably irrelevant quick note: I started putting this together last summer, and then sundry health issues intervened and I haven't had a chance to get back to it since that time; so if the parts choices seem odd for a 2014, well now you know. Where I felt it would matter (or defray embarrassment) I've tossed in a couple of notes.
Internals
Motherboard: ASUS Z-87
CPU: Intel i7-4400K 3.5 GHz ###I have never overclocked a processor, but it might be nice to have the option
CPU cooler: Corsair H105
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 16GB kit.
Graphics: EVGA GeForce GTX690
Audio: Xonar Xense
Case: Corsair 900D
PSU: Corsair AX 860i
Storage
OS: 512 GB Agility
Steam:Crucial M500 960GB
[b]Mass: 4x4TB WD Black, RAID 5
Optical: 2x LG BD rewriter
I have a great many odds and ends around from consolidating eight years worth of random single purpose boxes into a general purpose Ubuntu WS, one Fileserver/backup/highly automated home webserver, and a Raspberry Pi XMBC box. The suggestion that I am pointing all this out so that people don't accuse me of having a porn habit of frighting proportions is a foul accuracy.
Okay. To restate the question, how to I cool this monster. The 900D was serious overkill; I liked my 650D because I could get my hands in it, and if some is good, more must be better, right? but it isn't the crux of the issue. The issue is I don't really understand what I'm doing. Where do I want static pressure? Where do I want airflow? how much? (for that matter, why do I want one or the other)? For that matter, is there a good guide on here for the clueless? I was in laptops from 2001 - 2008 and I really don't feel I've ever caught up.