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VFR_KID

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Howdy doody chaps and chappets,

Just been handed a nice little 500 pounds. I don't want to go absolutely crazy daft and spend it all.

Looking to buy a new mobo,psu, ram, and case,

Currently im using and keeping Q6600 quad core and have an 8800GT gfx card, can anyone recommend a decent mobo ram, case and psu, was hoping to spend in region of 300-350,

Current spec: Akasa AK-ZEN-01-BK Rev.4 Zen Case, Q6600 2.4ghz quad running stock. 8800GT GFX, MSI quad core board (cheap as it was a base block to use the quad and 8800GT) PSU is horrible and loud as it was cheap, and 2 HDD one IDE WD 120gb and a Samsung f1 spin point Sata.

I have been considering dabbling in a bit water cooling and sli gfx so a mobo and case that support that would be advantageous.

Any help on this would be supper wonderful smashing great, and it will stop you being bored in the last few hours of work.:D:D:D
 
what memory do you have ?, reason i ask is i remember seeing something about the asus boards having a problem with ocz memory, might have been cleared up in which case its a nice board.

other option would be a gigabyte p45, got the ds3 version and its running my old 6300 at 3.5ghz.

if you want sli you'll need to go with the nvidia 7xx mobo's, wouldnt bother tho tbh.

case wise depends on personal taste maybe something like the Coolermaster HAF 932 Case, Coolermaster RC-1100 Cosmos S or an antec 1200 gaming.

psu wise have a look at the PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 Quad-Crossfire or the corsair 620w modular.
 
Well i would be upping the memory, currently i have budget 2gb corsair ram 2x1gb, i was hoping that i could go for 4gb ie 4x1 prefferably,

I prefer cases like the Antec P182 the sleek look but i was then looking for something with an open side so you can see inside as i would liek to go water cooled.
 
ive never done a sli machine but want the mobo so i have the option. the psu above seams slightly over kill but as i say, ive only ever built a standard machine on a quad core.
 
case wise have a look at the Lian Li PC-V1000Z, Hiper Anubis or the Silverstone Temjin TJ07B-W.

pretty dear cases for the v1000 and temjin, just depends if it suits you're needs.

psu wise the 620 modular may be a better bet if you want an open sided case over the PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 Quad-Crossfire, unless you're cable tidying skills are better than mine :D.
 
Cable tidy. eeew i dont like te sound of that, im very sad when it comes to how tidy my case is i has got to be tidy. my reasoning is for maximum air flow.

I will go have a look at all of the suggested items once i finish work.

Cheers for the help
 
sorry i ment to say on googling it there bout 2.5k upwards.

Edit: on looking at it there isnt much room for air circulation in the centre gfx card. there surprisingly close for my liking.
 
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