DancinJack wrote:You're really going to have to throttle that many fans to keep the build quiet. Overclocking won't exactly help either.
It looks like a great build, just not a silent one. Do you have any other storage than the SSD? Regardless if you have that many games, It's always good to have a big mechanical HDD to store some more games, photos, and videos.
I have a 2TB External via usb, it is fast enough for backup & Video playback, All my no video related stuff totals only about 100 GB so I am perfectly fine with SSD only(plus without an internal HDD I can remove the 8X HDD cage to clear up airflow path.
The Default(2fan) temperature isn't that bad:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/6102/fractal-design-define-r4-case-review-evolution-not-revolution/6Review Tested with this setting:
CPU Intel Core i7-2700K
(95W TDP, tested at stock speed and overclocked to 4.3GHz @ 1.38V)
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-Z68MX-UD2H-B3
Graphics Card ASUS GeForce GTX 560 Ti DCII TOP
(tested at stock speed and overclocked to 1GHz/overvolted to 1.13V)
CPU Cooler Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo with Cooler Master ThermalFusion 400
Power Supply SilverStone Strider Plus 750W 80 Plus Silver
Overclocked CPU &GPU with only 2 case fans with OK temps means by doubling the airflow I can easily get the case to an acceptable level.
Ivy should run hotter than a 2700K, but I will be at a lesser Vcore with a Top-End Cooler(PH-TC14PE, 6-7C better than 212 Evo).
The 41 db OC noise is good but I really like that 30 db idle(reviewer said their soundmeter don't register below 30), when I am running my machine full load the noise from my speakers will mask it anyway. Silent is relative, and a low 30 db idle is really what I am trying to get to. Also increasing case fan sometime drop noise because the GPU/CPU fan no longer need to run as fast. With all these fans either connected to my ASUS mobo(Fanexpert 2 & 5 4 pin headers) or my 3 speed fan controller I should be able to find a good balance between silence and cooling.
For reference:
This was done inside a Define XL(full tower size R4 with an additional 180mm top fan), my case with 2 additional fan should have superior airflow to compared to an XL since it is smaller(higher airflow speed inside).
Temp taken with 3570K at 4.6Ghz in OCCT.
From the HTL R4 review, stock setting, PH-TC14PE, Bulldozer FX-8150(OCed) & a ASUS GTX 680 Top(Not OCed):
Temps might not be directly comparable, but as a base reference it isn't too bad.
System: i7-3770K/PH-TC14PE/ 2X 4 G Samsung MV-3V4G3D/US/Gigabyte Z77X-UP5-TH/EVGA GTX 780/Samsung 840 Pro256GB/2X Seagate Baracuda 2TB/Seasonic Platinum 660 W /Phantom 630