Suggestion for Power Supply £40-80 budget - and some other components

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I am looking for a suitable PSU for this system:

Currently using:
AMD Phenom II x4 965
4GB DDR3 Memory

3x SATA HDD's

I am also on the market for a new GPU and will most likely be getting the gigabyte GTX 560ti here:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-074-GI

I use two of these in my own system and I am extremely happy with the performance. If there are any great offers on the 6950 I should consider please let me know, but I am very happy with the tried and tested performance of the gigabyte 560ti

The PC will be used for games like Battlefield 3 @ 1920x1080 and hopefully will be capable of ~30fps with most of the settings maxed

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In addition to a PSU and GPU I am looking for a 20M Ethernet and 2M HDMI cable. The selection is quite overwhelming. I don't understand how more expensive cables will perform any better, do you have any suggestions?

For reference:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CB-049-OK 1.8M, HDMI @ 5.99

I like how it says "3D ready" but I am sure that is just a fancy way of saying it's "v1.4". And 1.4 HDMI cables can be found cheaper. The same can be said for ethernet cables. I don't want to buy cheap unreliable cables but at the same time I don't want to be paying extra for nothing, help me out please =)

Thanks for the suggestions
 
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Best in the class for your needs would be the TP-550, £60. Else you can always get something bigger, like a Corsair TX650 / TX750 V2. I would also consider the Lepa B-750 or the Antec TP-650 (TruePower New 650).

650W+ for SLI with 4 PCIE connectors.

EDIT : Actually the TP-650 is £65 now. That'd be my choice.
 
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i'm not sure about ethernet cables, but i can tell you that the gadget show did a test comparing a £2 HDMI cable and a £stupidly high HDMI cable, and they honestly couldnt tell the difference on MASSIVE screens. just get the cheapest one you can thats long enough :)

cant really add much about the PSU. i;d take the lepa W series 500W if your not planning on using a second graphics card, or the antec modular 650W that was mentioned above if you are planning on using a second card in SLI
 
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i'm not sure about ethernet cables, but i can tell you that the gadget show did a test comparing a £2 HDMI cable and a £stupidly high HDMI cable, and they honestly couldnt tell the difference on MASSIVE screens. just get the cheapest one you can thats long enough :)

cant really add much about the PSU. i;d take the lepa W series 500W if your not planning on using a second graphics card, or the antec modular 650W that was mentioned above if you are planning on using a second card in SLI
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Top man! Couldn't agree more!

I'm sure you can buy 20m of ethernet cable ready made easily enough. I bought a box of cat5e cable. It's useful stuff! I made up the cabling i needed for my network at home (already had the RJ45s to crimp on the ends) and used the rest to rewire the phone extensions in the house to boot.
 
Thank you for the responses!

PSU:
Antec TruePower New Modular 650W '80 Plus Bronze'

Modular with all the connections I'll need (specifically multiple connections for the 3 SATA drives) Also 650W (future proof, seems good enough for SLI 560ti upgrade and has enough 9V connections) The 560ti is not a very power hungry card at all.

ETHERNET:
OcUK Value RJ45 30m Network Cable

Lengthy! I should be able to tether this around the walls nicely.

GPU:
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 560Ti OC 1024MB GDDR5

yup.

HDMI....

this is the cheapest 2M one I found:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CB-053-OK

slightly concerned about bandwidth/versatility though, I would like to get at least a version 1.4 HDMI cable. Obviously bottlenecking quality equipment with a cheap lead is my concern.

I am inclined to go with this:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CB-049-OK&groupid=1929&catid=1753&subcat= £5.99

simply because it is version 1.4 specification.
 
honosuseri said:
Top man! Couldn't agree more!

I'm sure you can buy 20m of ethernet cable ready made easily enough. I bought a box of cat5e cable. It's useful stuff! I made up the cabling i needed for my network at home (already had the RJ45s to crimp on the ends) and used the rest to rewire the phone extensions in the house to boot.
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Its a digital cable, making it golden dont do anything like it does for analog.

I have plenty £1.50 hdmi cables and there all fantastic.
 
A friend of mine fits Home Theatre stuff, he knows his stuff......he said with HDMI on short runs there is no point on going for anything other than cheap.

He did say for long runs it can make a difference.......I never asked why though as I have no long runs.
 
Ethernet cables are all the same.....although i once bought a cheap one and it was wired wrong :D

But that was easily fixable, and it wasn't from OCUK :D
 
Thanks for the suggestions. I went with the parts listed above (post #6), apart from the HDMI cable, I went for the 5M one instead

It is a shame there is no free delivery option but it still worked out cheaper to buy from Overclockers, and the speedy next day delivery will be appreciated.
 
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