Help before purchase

[Raged Ape]

Good morning,

If you build a pc with water cooling, do you need for example 3 front fans and a 2/3 fan radiator behind it, Or does the 2/3 fan radiator have to replace the front fans?

I am asking because I purchased a PC from ( I won't say ) and they are messing me about big time and I want to refund it in full. ( I choose them first as It was the first company I found so nothing personal )


Previous case for description below - Cooler Master MasterBox MB520 Mid-Tower Gaming Case

360mm cooler - Cooling a 3900 with 2080 super non stop breaking and I have had 2 so far they sent me all with the same problem.

But I noticed that they said to me to buy 4 extra fans since the case comes with only 1 outtake fan and a 360mm cooler which sits directly behind the 3 front fans, with 1 outtake at the back. Not sure if that is normal for a Liquid cooler to sit behind the 3 fans. Reason I ask is your build guide is telling me (The computer case you have selected can support up to 5 additional fan(s) and the processor cooler that you have selected will use 2 fan slots. Therefore the case can only support a further 3 additional fan(s). You have currently selected 5 additional case fan(s). Please reduce the quantity you have selected)

I am now buying from PC specialist and choose this PC case, I have no idea if it comes with RGB fans or I need to upgrade or buy extra. Please help me

Case
LIAN LI LANCOOL II GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 9 3900 12 Core CPU (3.1GHz-4.3GHz/70MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING (DDR4, USB 3.1, 6Gb/s) - RGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3000MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2070 SUPER - HDMI, 3x DP GeForce - RTX VR Ready!
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 3300MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 550W TXm SERIES™ SEMI-MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
CoolerMaster MasterLiquid Lite 240 High Performance Liquid Cooler
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00001]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
NO RECOVERY MEDIA REQUIRED
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
BullGuard™ Internet Security - Free 90 Day License inc. Gamer Mode
Browser
Google Chrome™
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)

P.S if you can improve my build, please be my guest. I am looking to game 1080p 144hz and wanting to max the future ps5 / xbox games.

Kind regards,.

 

[keithbeaks]

I don't think people can advise you on a non-pcs build, you can try Tom's hardware for that.

That CPU is probably overpowered for just gaming. You'd be fine with the 3600 I think. 3300x is out of stock unfortunately.

You want to up the motherboard to the 550 or even 570. The 450 is the old board and also not up to the 3900 CPU.

Your ram needs to be faster, 3200MHz is better. Do you need 32gb of ram? The consensus seems to be 16gb is more than enough for gaming.

The GPU is good for 1440p/144. 1080p is thought to be a dead resolution. Either drop the GPU or aim for 1440p. New GPU are out in autumn/winter.

Storage is good, though expensive.

Processor cooling should be upped to the 110/115i RGB platinum. However if you drop the CPU to the 3600 and it's for gaming only, the stock cooler is fine.

Don't need extra thermal paste

Don't need bullguard

Add silver warranty for £5


I don't know much, but this is what I've picked up from here. Sounds like you need to cancel your other order, or get advice from an independent forum. The mods and users can only discuss pcs systems on here.

Then post your desired pcs build into "check this spec" with your budget, needs and wants and the monitor you plan on using.

Ps I forgot the case and PSU. I don't know enough to advise there.

There's this really good guide you can look at:

Desktop Building Guide - April 2023

A "quick" reference guide to building the perfect system. This is the sort of logic I go through when suggesting systems, so thought I would jot it down on the page. Clearly this is an ever changing suite of options but I'll update periodically as my default go-to's change... I'm noticing the...

www.pcspecialist.co.uk

 

[WhiskyMac]

I am now buying from PC specialist and choose this PC case, I have no idea if it comes with RGB fans or I need to upgrade or buy extra. Please help me

Case
LIAN LI LANCOOL II GAMING CASE

Kind regards,.

No RGB fans on this but it has LED integrated RGB strips on the front which provides the glow on the pictures. From what I've read you don't need extra fans for the case for cooling purposes - only if you're looking for extra bling.