i5-Based £650 Spec

He says gaming.

So the i5 will be perfect, and how much is the cheapest hex core going to be? £200?
 
i5 is definitely where the sweet spot is for gaming imo.

In terms of cases, the vanilla CM 690 is very well regarded and pretty similar to the 690 II (although I do love that external SATA bay, not sure I'd use it that often but still: awesome), seems like a pretty major markup in price for not *that* much of a difference
 
Right, this is my final basket.. Any more changes? ;) Haha.

Yes there is a router in there as well as my household is in dire need of a more advanced home-router that isn't **** and drops connection constantly, or give me a **** low sync rate when I know my phone line is more than capable of higher speeds and so forth.. :)

That's £771.. I get shipping free..

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That's £771.. I get shipping free..
 
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You don't need the psu extension cable.

I have that very psu, cables are long enough for my ATCS840 case.
 
stulid said:
You don't need the psu extension cable.

I have that very psu, cables are long enough for my ATCS840 case.
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Alright, just heard sometimes the PSU cables aren't long enough to route behind the back to keep the cables neat.. :D

Now, the PSU extension cable aside, that okay? ;)
 
Perfect.

And I'm so confident that you don't need that extension cable, if you do need it, I will buy it for you.
 
bJN said:
Out of curiosity, what GPU are you sticking in it? Better be worth while ;) :p
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My old 4870 1GB.. Why? :p ..

Can't quite afford to buy a new GPU like the 5850 or anything yet.. :) May invest in a new GPU another time when NVIDIA and ATI bring out their next wave of graphics cards..
 
Sorry, my ram suggestion before was about the 1st, I never noticed the i7 in the spec :)

(was busy at the time :))

But looks very good, could you upload a few shots when its all done?
 
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I just ordered that exact spec 2 days ago (CPU, mobo and RAM) with 2x 5770's for crossfire. Hope your as excited as I am :D
 
Could you post some pics of your build?

Im intrigued to see what those cimflex magnetic dust filters look like because i wasted my money on those crappy akasa dust filters and now it doesnt fit with my fan, wot a load of rubbish.
 
David09 said:
Could you post some pics of your build?

Im intrigued to see what those cimflex magnetic dust filters look like because i wasted my money on those crappy akasa dust filters and now it doesnt fit with my fan, wot a load of rubbish.
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Sure thing.. :)

Probably won't even get the order delivered till end of this week probably or the start of the week after.. We will have to see.. ;)
 
So finally ordered it last night, had to make a few alterations as I had to adjust my budget slightly.. But overall I'm quite happy with the purchase, look forward to it.. :) I know I had to change some things like the PSU and case, but I kept my CPU/Mobo/RAM/Cooler combination as I really wanted to keep these..

Thoughts? :D

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