Summer Upgrade

Fleety

Fleety

Fleety

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I'm looking to do a much needed upgrade on my pc in time for when BF3 comes out. I'm going to leave the CPU and Graphics card closer to November so that hopefully bulldozer is out and I can see how it compares to an i5 2500k.

In the mean time i thought I'd get the case/PSU/cooler and another hdd and just run my current system in that.

I'm pretty much set on getting the following:

Silverstone TJ08-E
Antec Kúhler H2O 620
WB Black 1TB

The PSU however is still up in the air, have got it narrowed down to the following:

Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W
Antec TruePower New Modular 650W

When the system is fully built it will be running, around 4 hdd (1x ssd, 2x laptop drives, and the WD black), blu ray drive and probably graphics wise a 6950/560 ti, or whatever is new and shiny at the time around £200.

Only requirement I really have for the PSU is that its quiet and modular. I wont be running SLI, but a will probably OC which ever CPU I get. Price wise I didn't really want to spend more than £90 on the PSU but i'm flexible on that if its something that will last. Which PSU would people recommend?
 
the next generation of cards are looking like they will consume far less power than this generation, so unless you plan on buying a GTX 570, 580 or 480 i'd go with what stulid suggested and get the antec
 
Fleety said:
Antec it is then, cheers guys. Now to wait for the case to come into stock!!
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i'd order it today or early tomorrow morning (before 8am) because the case is on preorder (due tomorrow). generally you get a much better price if you buy it at preorder prices. the one example that i can remember is the OcUK V-line 22" monitor getting a £20 price hike after preorders stopped
 
No real reason for going for the black, just wanted something that was quick. Will eventually get a SSD when i get the rest of the system. May get the 2TB WD Green instead now as it seems like a better deal and could mean not needing to run the other 2 laptop drives.
 
Fleety said:
No real reason for going for the black, just wanted something that was quick. Will eventually get a SSD when i get the rest of the system. May get the 2TB WD Green instead now as it seems like a better deal and could mean not needing to run the other 2 laptop drives.
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If you want a quick 2TB drive get the Samsung SpinPoint F4 EcoGreen.

This is a bench of one of my 2TB Samsung F4's:


This is a bench of one of my 2TB WD20EARS's:
 
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