need help building a gaming pc

RJC said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Crysis 3 & Bioshock PC Games £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £199.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x Plextor M5 Pro 128GB Extreme Series Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5P) £99.95
1 x XFX Pro 750W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £84.98
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £59.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black £49.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9) £41.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £29.99
Total : £933.36 (includes shipping : £11.25).

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Can you tell what other compatible case I can get instead of that one... To be honest it looks like it will let too much dust in and just a lil bit plain :P
I can ogo up to about £80
 
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allnamestaken84 said:
Can you tell what other compatible case I can get instead of that one... To be honest it looks like it will let too much dust in and just a lil bit plain :P
I can ogo up to about £80
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YOUR BASKET
1 x NZXT Phantom 410 Enthusiast Midi Tower Case - Black £84.98
1 x Zalman Z9 USB 3.0 Midi Tower Case - Black £54.98
1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Case - Black £49.99
Total : £210.18 (includes shipping : £16.85).




I like the Z9 myself. :)

EDIT: or as above. :)
 
Yeh the z9 would prolly be my first choice out of those.
Is this one compatible?
Cooler Master CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - Black

Sorry I'm on an ipad. Haven't worked out how to post links :P
 
Ok, the z9 it is.
One more question though... I've decided to opt out of getting the ssd for the time being. Is there another area I could improve upon with the spare £100?
 
Personally I would stick with a SSD, having used one for 2 years I would not go back to a mechanical drive for Windows.
 
I've read so many negative things about them, I'm a bit nervous. Someone told me that anything you put on an ssd you can't delete unless you do a complete format, which has got me thinking that its not really practical for games that get regularly updated...
And that they deteriorate over time, people saying that they've had theirs a year and its started running extremely slow.
Plus if its only the load times that it improves, I think I can live without that for the time being.
Please put me in my place if I'm wrong.
 
I've been running a SSD's for 2 years and not come across any of those issues, what I think they are talking about is secure erase.

Time the SSD is deteriorating you probably be looking for a new one anyway :D, some users have had SSD'S fail but its no different to a mechanical drive or PSU failing prematurely.

I use my SSD for frequent used programs and Windows, games ect I put on the other drive.
 
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Yes but that's my point, I'll be using this pc for gaming 90percent of the time and if all my games will be on the hdd anyway, the only benefit I'll get from an ssd is having windows start up a bit faster... Doesn't really seem worth the £100 for what I'd use it for :S
 
Fair enough, I would not worry about changing anything else (perhaps a 2tb drive instead of 1tb)
 
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