lets not make it a 10 page spec please. again

Xigmatec Asgard. Although there are PSU-bottom cases available for very little more (well there are now - not so many when I bought mine) I preferred the look of the Asgard so I went with that knowing the PSU position makes naff-all difference to cooling anyway. I'd probably spec a PSU-bottom case in any spec-me thread now, just to avoid big.wayne's annoying 'thermally advantaged' nonsense preaching :) :)
To my understanding, the benefit of bottom mount PSU cases is that those cases might/tends to have a fan/fan mounts for addition exhaust fan on the roof, as well as the PSU can intake cool air from the bottom directly, rather then the warn/hot air inside the case.
 
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oh lol,,i dont smoke :D
i mustve been thinking bout another thread where stulid specced a £628 system :D
hahaha soz jake :D
 
i dont believe you. you looked at the sub total without tax, admit it. you thought youd try and stick a boot in like you always do.

Add: his other build includes windows 7 i see, but still he should be going i5 if hes spending around the £700 mark
 
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jake i was in a thread with someone asking for a spec
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18195852&page=2 ( stulids spec was £628) and look at the time i posted, it was half an hour before my last post in this thread. so im not lying that i mustve been thinking about another thread

edit: and no i wont admit it because i know myself that i was thinking about another thread..
 
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While the MSI P55-GD80 does support Crossfire and SLI, it hasn't got USB3.0 nor SATA3.0 port.

personaly i dont think he will need it but if hes 100% sure hes going to flood himself with usb 3.0 devices and SSDs then be my guess with the extra £70 left from the £800 budget and get him a board with it.
 
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I too would go i5 at this sort of budget. It's a fair bit more powerful than the Phenom II quad and overclocks better. I wouldn't use that mobo in Jake's spec as it's a bit pricey to not have USB3 and SATA6. This seems to be an amazing value P55 board with USB3/SATA6 and 'proper' x-fire/sli support...

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-140-MS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1495

i can only see "Supporting ATI Crossfire Technology" on that board?

am i being blind?
 

not showed in the features clearly but it looks like it does. i guess your onto a winner here then Scone snap it up.

my god with that saving on the board he could probably get 2 460s now for around his £800 budget. but im xspecting sum1 to crap on this idea.
 
i can only see "Supporting ATI Crossfire Technology" on that board?

am i being blind?

I checked it out on the MSI website. Says 'Y' to SLI and also says PCI-E Gen: Gen2 (1x16, 1x8). Suggests the slots can run 8x/8x (I didn't think 16x/8x was possible for P55??) though isn't crystal clear is it? Kinda seems too good to be true but thought I'd throw it in there. Here's an example build...

OcUK Value GeForce GTX 470 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with MAFIA 2 £211.49
Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail £149.99
MSI P55A-G55 Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard £84.99
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £80.99
Patriot Viper 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C7 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVS34G1600LLK) £70.49
Sapphire Pure 625W Modular Power Supply £49.98
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £42.99
Zalman Z7 Plus Midi Tower Case - Black £42.99
Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM3) £32.98
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Sub Total : £664.59
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £118.36
Total : £794.70

i5, 470 and Windows. Happy days
 
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