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hi im buying a new spec soon (june/july), i need help with certain parts, heres the spec i have in my head, budget £1700

Case Antec 1200 or Coolermaster HAF 932
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R P
rocesser Intel Core i7 930
CPU Heatsink Prolimatech Megahalems Rev B
Memory Corsair XMS3 6GB
Graphics Card Asus ATI Radeon HD 5870
Power Supply ?
Optical Drive 1 Sony Optiarc AD-7240S
Optical Drive 2 Sony Optiarc AD-7240S
Hard Drive 1 OCZ Vertex 2 100GB
Hard Drive 2 Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB
Hard Drive 3 Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB
Fan Controller Zalman ZM-MFC3
fans for the case/cpu heatsink (red led if possible)
 

hi i've heard about the haf 932 being replaced but when is my question, also should have said i currently have a 600w psu now
 
hi all heres my spec now

Case Coolermaster HAF X
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R
Processer Intel Core i7 930 CPU
Heatsink Prolimatech Megahalems Rev B
Memory Corsair XMS3 6GB
Graphics Card Asus ATI Radeon HD 5870
Optical Drive 1 Sony Optiarc AD-7260S
Optical Drive 2 Sony Optiarc AD-7260S
Hard Drive 1 OCZ Vertex 2 100GB
Hard Drive 2 Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Hard
Drive 3 Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB
Fan Controller Zalman ZM-MFC3
 
hi here's what I have changed,

Case Coolermaster CM-690 II Advanced Dominator
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R
Processer Intel Core i7 930
CPU Heatsink Prolimatech Megahalems Rev B
Memory Corsair XMS3 6GB
Graphics Card XFX ATI Radeon HD 5870
Optical Drive 1 Sony Optiarc AD-7260S
Optical Drive 2 Sony Optiarc AD-7260S
Hard Drive 1 OCZ Vertex 2E 120GB
Hard Drive 2 Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB
Hard Drive 3 Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB
 
hi here's my final spec ordering it Saturday, but I have decided I should get a new psu possibly 800-900 watt for future proofing, is it worth it?

Case Coolermaster HAF X
CPU
Intel Core i7 930
CPU Heatsink
Prolimatech Megahalems Rev B
Graphics Card
Asus ATI Radeon HD 5870
Hard Drive 1
OCZ Vertex 2E 120GB
Hard Drive 2
Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB
Hard Drive 3
Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB
Memory
Corsair XMS3 6GB
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R
Optical Drive 1
Sony Optiarc AD-7260S
Optical Drive 2
Sony Optiarc AD-7260S
 
hi here's my final spec ordering it Saturday, but I have decided I should get a new psu possibly 800-900 watt for future proofing, is it worth it?

Case Coolermaster HAF X
CPU
Intel Core i7 930
CPU Heatsink
Prolimatech Megahalems Rev B
Graphics Card
Asus ATI Radeon HD 5870
Hard Drive 1
OCZ Vertex 2E 120GB
Hard Drive 2
Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB
Hard Drive 3
Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB
Memory
Corsair XMS3 6GB
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R
Optical Drive 1
Sony Optiarc AD-7260S
Optical Drive 2
Sony Optiarc AD-7260S

good stuff, this psu will power that lot and an additional 5870 if you ever wanted crossfire later on.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-116-AN&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1088
 
good stuff, this psu will power that lot and an additional 5870 if you ever wanted crossfire later on.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-116-AN&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1088
hi this is my current psu http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-009-ZA&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1102 is it really worth upgrading to a 750 watt, this is the psu I was looking at but don't know if there's better http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-013-CS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1084
 
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