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I've not found modular to be _that_ much better than not.... although I went modular on my last upgrade. If I only had £200 though and needed to make some cutbacks then a modular PSU is one thing I'd chuck, it's dead easy hiding PSU cables. Most of the cables end up plugged in anyway - at least for me anyway. You need the GFX card cables, the motherboard cable, at least one 4 pin molex chain and one SATA power chain, by the time all that's in there's not really much that's modular.

The CX600W would serve you well for years, but if you feel you want to go for something beefier then don't go for anything over 700W, it's overkill. Short of more than 2 graphics cards and serious overclocking a 125W CPU you can't use over 700W. JonnyGuru is the best place to read PSU reviews, I'd never buy one without going there or SilentPCReview and reading a review first. No review? No purchase. PSU manufacturers have to send out samples to get reviews done. No reviews means they haven't sent out samples which for me is a good enough reason to avoid em.
 
Modular has nothing to do with braided cables.... It's about efficiency and and the way electrical sin wave is used by the psu....basically it provides safer stronger move efficient waves which cost you less in your bill.....
 
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Modular has nothing to do with braided cables.... It's about efficiency and and the way electrical sin wave is used by the psu....basically it provides safer stronger move efficient waves which cost you less in your bill.....
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What?

I didn't mention braided cables, modular has nothing to do with braided cables - although every single modular PSU I can remember seeing has em. It however has nothing at all to do with sine waves, efficiency, or indeed any performance at all.

Modular simply means you only need to connect the cables you want. "Fully modular" typically means that the motherboard power cables are also modular.
 
If I was going to spend £105 on a PSU it wouldn't be 850W and it wouldn't be a Coolermaster. It'd be this or this instead (Corsair modular PSUs, 750W or 650W). The 750W is overkill. In fact you only need a 500W for the PC you have just now, and could get away with less.
 
Sorry, I said nothing about the case - do you have a list of requirements? Are you wanting a very quiet case, are you wanting a very cool one? I shopped for a case myself recently so I might be able to give you a few prods.
 
what wrong with coolermaster? plus that psu has all of the connecters i need, mainly the 6+2 pins and if i were to upgrade in the future (6 months time) i would prefer something more powerfull anyway, more future proof
 
i want a case with lots of room, quiet, cool with room for a lot of fans

EDIT: and possibly wc in future , the cm 690 ii seems to offer all this
 
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The coolermaster is ok, they make decent PSUs (well, FSP make decent PSUs for them), but reviews I've read show the ripple suppression (voltage regulation) isn't the very best out there. 500W would give you some room. 650W would give you room for anything you could change - I ran 11 hard drives, an optical drive, an overclocked quad, a watercooling pump, a dozen fans, high end graphics card etc etc on a 620W PSU with no issues at all, and there was plenty of room. 750W would give you overkill room for anything. 850W isn't a spec based on reality. :) The two brands I know as "go to" brands for PSUs without needing to do any additional research are Corsair and Seasonic that's not to say that there are no other good brands out there, but those two are the ones I'm aware of as "the best". You do pay a premium for it though, when you buy a Corsair or Seasonic PSU you're paying a little extra because they are in demand. Coolermaster shouldn't be charging those kinds of prices though, and the one you linked will be a worse unit than the Corsairs at that price point, and the only advantage is it has extra watts which you'll never, ever, use.

Edit : The case is faultless, as far as I'm aware. I'd try and steer you away from watercooling, I did it for 5 years and 6 months ago dumped it, and I'm glad I did. Unless you're prepared to spend a fortune on it then I don't think it's worth it for lots of reasons. If you do want a case that's suitable for watercooling then you'd struggle with any mid tower if you put a 120.3 in it, a full tower makes it much easier.
 
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The coolermaster is ok, they make decent PSUs (well, FSP make decent PSUs for them), but reviews I've read show the ripple suppression (voltage regulation) isn't the very best out there. 500W would give you some room. 650W would give you room for anything you could change - I ran 11 hard drives, an optical drive, an overclocked quad, a watercooling pump, a dozen fans, high end graphics card etc etc on a 620W PSU with no issues at all, and there was plenty of room. 750W would give you overkill room for anything. 850W isn't a spec based on reality. :) The two brands I know as "go to" brands for PSUs without needing to do any additional research are Corsair and Seasonic that's not to say that there are no other good brands out there, but those two are the ones I'm aware of as "the best". You do pay a premium for it though, when you buy a Corsair or Seasonic PSU you're paying a little extra because they are in demand. Coolermaster shouldn't be charging those kinds of prices though, and the one you linked will be a worse unit than the Corsairs at that price point, and the only advantage is it has extra watts which you'll never, ever, use.

Edit : The case is faultless, as far as I'm aware. I'd try and steer you away from watercooling, I did it for 5 years and 6 months ago dumped it, and I'm glad I did. Unless you're prepared to spend a fortune on it then I don't think it's worth it for lots of reasons. If you do want a case that's suitable for watercooling then you'd struggle with any mid tower if you put a 120.3 in it, a full tower makes it much easier.
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fair piont but compare this to a system that uses tri or quad 480's it easily taks up 1050watts on load
 
ok so im not going to watercool in the future, i was saying this because i currently have a coolit eco and my temps with it are amazing
 
You could run 2 480s and a 140W CPU on a 750W _good_ PSU. In fact I'd rather run that on a 750W Corsair than an 850W Coolermaster.

Are you planning on dropping £600 on graphics cards though? :)

I found this review to be very helpful on cases. It seems rare for reviews to compare cases against each other for temps, in fact it's rare for people to comment much on cases temps.

I ended up going for the R3. But you can see the case you've selected comes out very well.
 
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kk lol i get your point on psu's but im still going to go for that coolermaster psu on the piont that it has the connecters that i need for price point, thanks a lot for your help but with the cm 690 ii i dont no if i should get the advanced or lite and save some money?
 
Really no idea on that. Still disagree on the PSU! Get a cheaper one and buy the extra cables separately. It's not a dog, but it's overpriced.
 
Spend some time reading some reviews at JonnyGuru then, it's worth it, it's reasonably interesting, and you'll learn something worthwhile. :)
 
sounds like a good idea, will do that after playing abit of bfbc2 on my bottem of the range low end old gen 5830 which im blatenly lieing about the fps i get with it lol :P
 
did a bit of browsing on jonnyguru and it seems fairly helpful thank you for that, i will use it for future reference, but im still probably going to go for that coolermaster psu
 
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