Thanks for your input King Damager!
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It's a no brainer really. The 7850 has more VRAM aswell, there is a £140 7850 but it only has 1GB of VRAM. You want 2GB to be looking forwards. I suggested the MSI 7850 as it's clocked well and includes games and has a 3 year warranty, you can OC these GPUs very well
Could you please explain and show evidence in support of above statement?
Thanks again Uncle Petey, Looking at them fans now!No worries mate.
If I can offer an actual purchase suggestion, I'd say first choice: Go with the Silver Arrow SB-E (No price hinting.) or 2nd: The K2.
Both offer PWM and the very low noise levels that you're after.
Phanteks is great, but some complain of a certain hum or tonality to the fans.
The D14 is a good choice too, but it's too ugly for my eyes with those fans
With above recommendations you can run all fans at 8-900rpm with almost no noise.
Be careful what PSU you get. Loudest bit in my system is PSU.
R3 is great case but for a £10 more I would get R4.. more room for big coolers, more room for cable management and most importantly 140mm fans instead of 120mm fan. Either way plan on buying a few more case fans so you have 2x fans in front and 1x fan bottom intake with 1x rear exhaust. Keeping top vents closed will keep case quieter. Raising case so you have 50mm clearance quiets bottom fans and increases airflow.
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I made myself a caster base for clearance and ease of movement.
all mounts and PWM fans
