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Mobo,PSU,Case + Ram

Changed my mind slightly on a few items, and taken advantage of some recently going on offer.

I've come up with this and ready to hit the buy button, I know it's only a 120gb SSD but I've got a couple of 2TB I can chuck in aswell, and I can always add another should I run out of space at a later date.

Does anyone see any obvious problems or issues with this spec?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4440 3.10GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £131.99
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 270 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11220-00-20G) £109.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £68.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Gold (HX21C11BGK2/8-OC) £59.99
1 x Crucial MX100 128GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT128MX100SSD1) £56.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 400W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £39.95
1 x BitFenix Neos ATX Tower Black/Black £29.99
2 x Noctua NF-S12B REDUX PWM 1200RPM 120mm Quiet Case Fan £11.99 (£23.98)
1 x Akasa SSD & HDD adapter 2.5" - AK-HDA-03 £4.99
1 x OcUK Value 2m Male - Male Gold Plated Swivel Head HDMI Cable (CDLHD-902) £4.79
Total : £531.64 (includes shipping : ).

 
Looks good, however it isn't really necessary to spend that much on fans, you could spend less and get almost equal performance, would make a decent difference on a budget like this and it might be able to make you push the extra £20 for the 256gb MX100
 
It did cross my mind to go for a cheaper fan but after clicking on about 25 last night to read airflow and noise the noctua was the best I could find. I can't have a loud fan as the pc will be in a bedroom. Which is why I thought the noctua would be good choice it's high airflow/low noise and it's pwm controllable. The only other option I could see was the corsair af range or the be quiet they are all pretty much the same price though.
 
Thanks I wasn't sure whether it would come with an adapter or not.

Just checked the Silverstone fan but unfortunately they are 26.6 dB(A) compared with the Noctua 18.1 dB(A) :(
 
The case already comes with a rear exit fan which is the only one you need with that setup.

In all honesty I'm not sure why you're bothering as the GPU will end up loud at full load and the stock CPU fan will be pretty loud as well.

I'd just 5V mod the free rear case fan and forget about it :p
 
JonSmith said:
The case already comes with a rear exit fan which is the only one you need with that setup.

In all honesty I'm not sure why you're bothering as the GPU will end up loud at full load and the stock CPU fan will be pretty loud as well.

I'd just 5V mod the free rear case fan and forget about it :p
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Well said, so a few db's won't matter.

The stock cooler will be loads louder.

I think you will need a (atleast one) front fan.. :)
 
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