Huh I guess pcpp had it's measurements wrong? O well but I do like the tt as it has rgb fans in it already so that's one less thing to buy so I guess just gonna leave that one in my build for now

And as far as the noctua fans go, I don't really mind the gray/silver ones as much which is y I had so many extra fans added in labeled as "case fans" cuz I was gonna go push pull and have the 2 80mms exhaust out the rear
But if I do go with an aio, which it looks like I will be for now, then I'm probably gonna try to find some all black 80mms to exhaust to match the all black theme

Where will you have fans in the case, and which will be intake/exhaust?

Was going to go with the aio as exhaust through the top and 2 80mms exhaust out of the back hoping that the open bottom of the case would naturally run the air through the entire case, and yes I know it has room for fans at the bottom but I haven't looked into any slim 120's yet or if it even needs slim ones

Yeah that's not going to happen. You are going to starve your the system for air.

well.. ya nobody is gonna be running the fans at 100% for dat jet engine noise.
louder in terms of the pump, as they should always be running at 100%. They get the pump from the same supplier asetek, just like the TT's i recently got. This shit is dead quiet, but i cant say the same for h100i from my memory. Perhaps the v2 improved it dramatically, but i doubt it.

Ya that's what Paul's hardware said was supposedly the way it worked

https://youtu.be/pvH5D0p0CpU

Which was had like part of my original build in it unintended... But ya idk I can probably look for fans to put under the case either way

And I'm about 3 hours away from a micro center if that means anything... I AM willing to make the journey if it's justifiable by saving maybe a few hundred?

You are not likely to save anything by going to micro center.



Would have been awesome with some results with and without bottom fans. But seen tests in a larger case where no intake fans meant significantly higher temperatures and lots of dust collecting.

Kool kool I put some this 120's into my build
Now should I still leave the 2 80mms in the build? Or will the 2 fans on the bottom and the radiator be enough?

I would drop the 2x 80mm fans. They will not add anything to the airflow in your build.