Reddit mentions of Cooler Master HAF X - Full Tower Computer Case with USB 3.0 Ports and Windowed Side Panel (RC-942-KKN1)

I have a cooler master HAF932. fits two of those just fine

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https://www.amazon.com/Cooler-Master-HAF-Computer-RC-942-KKN1/dp/B003S68Q0Y/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=haf+932&qid=1555912972&s=pc&sr=1-1

I'll just preface this by saying I spent a lot of time browsing the Octane Render forums when I was trying to figure out my build. I don't have links to any threads but there are plenty there discussing system requirements for the renderer.

These are just some of the glaring mistakes. I would recommend you spend way more time researching parts as it is clear that you have spent very little time doing so. It took me around a week of extensive researching to put my build together. Expect to spend the same time doing so.

Get a Noctua cooler. Look at the Amazon review breakdown of this one. 92% 5-star reviews our of 409 reviews. I'm not sure if this one will fit for you though.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00L7UZMAK/

You're wasting money on that memory. Your motherboard only supports up to 3200 MHz memory. Your CPU only supports up to 2133 MHz.

https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/X99DELUXE/specifications/

http://ark.intel.com/products/82931/Intel-Core-i7-5930K-Processor-15M-Cache-up-to-3_70-GHz

Get this memory instead.

http://gskill.com/en/finder?cat=31&series=0&prop_3=2133MHz&prop_4=0&prop_1=0&prop_14=DDR4&prop_2=64GB+%288GBx8%29

ASUS has a new version of your motherboard anyway. I wouldn't buy the old one.

https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/X99-DELUXE-II/specifications/

Do you need the Deluxe? Look at the non-Deluxe version below.

https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/X99-A-II/specifications/

If you're using Octane you could use up to 4 video cards with a different motherboard.

https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/X99E_WS/

Although, if you went that route you would have to do liquid cooling and it would probably only fit in the biggest CaseLabs case. A system like that would run you over $10,000. Such a system would only be necessary if you were working and rendering by yourself on a single system. If that is not the case, 2 cards will suit you just fine.

Western Drives are more reliable. Read the Amazon reviews of this one.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B011LVAVEQ/

The choice of power supply is great.

If I was going to do an air cooled system, I would go with this case. I'm not sure if you need it though.

https://www.amazon.com/Cooler-Master-HAF-Computer-RC-942-KKN1/dp/B003S68Q0Y

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With all that money you're saving on memory you could get a better CPU.

http://pcpartpicker.com/product/NXyxFT/intel-cpu-bx80671i76900k

This CPU supports up to 2400 MHz memory, meaning you could also upgrade your memory.

http://pcpartpicker.com/product/YK8H99/gskill-memory-f42400c15q264grk

I'm not sure about the case or how you're cooling the GPUs. I know from researching on the Octane forums that anything above 2 cards needs to be water cooled otherwise your cards will overheat and you will lose performance. Look into the founders edition because of its blower-style cooler.

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I forgot to mention that when I was looking into this for myself I was trying to build a system for animation. If you're only using Octane for stills 2 cards will be great.

Are you gonna liquid cool? I ask because that case is generally for liquid cooling. The airflow of that case it not that great. Here's another option, a lot better suited for air cooling: HAF X.

For CPU cooler, here's a pretty good one, the Hyper 212 Plus. It's not much more than the one you listed and it's regularly considered one of the best air coolers, especially for the price. If you can, try to pick up a 2nd 120 mm fan and do push/pull with it.

Also if you are doing serious heavy duty video editing, I'm always a proponent of getting as much RAM as you can. May want to think about getting the 16 gb kit.

Besides that it looks pretty good. Some might say it'd be better (and cheaper) to get 2 Samsung F3 1 tb drives and run it in RAID. Also there's people out there who might have some issue with the 590 card (either say it's overkill, or better to get two 580s) but I don't have a particularly strong stance on either position so I'll leave that to them.

Just a sidenote though, if you can afford to add it to your system, I'd highly recommend getting a SSD as a boot drive/program drive. It was the most noticeable change I ever got from a single component upgrade. I'd recommend at least a 128 gb if you're gonna put all your programs + windows on it. You could probably get away with 64 gb but you'd always have to be super frugal about space. My personal recommendation is the Crucial M4. Just make sure you update the firmware to revision 9 before you start installing anything on it (google it, it's super easy to do).

EDIT: Also was looking at your motherboard. From everything I could see, this Gigabyte board seems to be pretty much the same features wise and cheaper to boot.

Here is the tower i got, may be overkill, however.

http://www.amazon.com/Cooler-Master-SuperSpeed-Interior-RC-942-KKN1/dp/B003S68Q0Y

Comes with 4 Case fans and they're pretty big. If you want to see the true scale of this, look it up on youtube.

Nice! I would only offer one piece of cautionary advice with rigid tubing though; if you plan on upgrading frequently the rigid tubing could become a hassle during part changes (depends on how it's set up, is the tubing you're looking at completely rigid or semi-rigid?). If your cooling 2 GPUs and your CPU with rigid tubing I would definitely look into a full-tower, it would make your life a lot easier, haha. For full tower cases: Corsair Graphite 780T (again :D), Cooler Master HAF X, Corsair 750D, Nzxt Phantom etc. Also, with full tower cases, space can't really be a limitation; they can get very large. Lastly, these are only a handful of cases, there are a ton of them, but they will run for a bit more money than mid-towers.

addendum: Although the air 540 is a 'mid-tower' the design of the case may have the space for what you want to do, I wouldn't rule out mids like those (I'll update my opinion on this when my case shows up.)

Yes! The rest of my parts are in various stages of delivery, but hopefully I will have the computer put together by the end of the week. I will PM you with pics and specs/clearance in the case :D

As for cases...
http://amzn.to/1depaCv < - more expensive route

http://amzn.to/1i5U6cs <- cheaper route

Is the Cooler Master HAF X a good investment?

Ive been saving for this Black Friday & Cyber Monday to get the ASUS ROG Crosshair 8 Hero and the AMD Ryzen 9 3900 65-watt TDP (If it ever comes out) and if it doesnt, Im gonna be forced to get the AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

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• CPU - https://www.amazon.com/AMD-Ryzen-3700X-16-Thread-Processor/dp/B07SXMZLPK
  
  

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• MoBo - https://www.amazon.com/ROG-Crosshair-VIII-Motherboard-802-11Ax/dp/B07SZXBTNW
  
  Paired with 128-GB DDR4 RAM at 3200-MHz :)
  This is the case its going into:
  

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     Thats gonna be my New Years 2020 Computer Build :)

Razer BlackWidow Ultimate Mechanical Keyboard Blue LED

Gigabyte z87 UD4H Motherboard

Corsair TX 950, 950 watt non modular PSU

Noctua NH-D14 CPU heatsink

Western Digital Blue 1tb 7200 RPM sata 6 Gb/s HDD

NZXT Sentry Mix 2 fan controller

Cooler Master HAF X Full Tower case that comes loaded with four coolermaster/nzxt 200mm fans and one Xigmatek 140mm rear exhaust fan

If you're going for overkill, and just want the ultimate future proof case. I recommend this one

Cooler Master HAF X - Full Tower Computer Case with USB 3.0 Ports and Windowed Side Panel (RC-942-KKN1) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003S68Q0Y/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_eTxBzbGPX9PPK

I love it. It's huge and intimidating. But tons of room inside for drive bays, fans, liquid cooling, etc. I wasn't sure at first but I will probably keep using this case for years and change the internals.

So I need to get a new case, my Thermaltake V51 got broken recently while moving. I luckily saved my old case but it has terrible ventilation. I'm currently considering a Themaltake V5, a Coolermaster HAF X, or a Rosewill Armor Evo does anyone have experience with these cases? Or have any better case recommendations?

Thank you so much, i'm going to go through your history and give you 50 upvotes for helping me so much.

I'm going to go with the H60 and the PSU you recommended. Is the additional memory important as well?

What about these two cases?

What can you do to take advantage of USB 3.0 because that's pretty much the only reason I'm looking into this case.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003S68Q0Y/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&seller=

Otherwise thoughts about this one?

http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-CC600TWM-WHT-Special-Graphite-Computer/dp/B004O0PAKW/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1311958917&sr=1-3

These are the extra peripherals I'm thinking about getting. Anything you prefer over these?

Key Board

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823126053&Tpk=g19

Headphones

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=26-104-399&SortField=0&SummaryType=0&Pagesize=10&PurchaseMark=&SelectedRating=5&VideoOnlyMark=False&VendorMark=&IsFeedbackTab=true&Keywords=%28keywords%29&Page=1#scrollFullInfo