Spec Check ~£700 build

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Can people just check this spec please:
Don't need os, optical drive, monitor keyboard, mouse or speakers.
I plan on upgrading it later on and overclocking btw (titan fenrir, more case fans more hdds)
So far the only thing i'm not sure about is the case.
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Notes:
GPU: good enough for gaming at 1920x1080
CPU: presume this is the best for this budget
RAM: Can't get the ocz reaper cause of the mobo (low profile ram is required if a big cooler (e.g titan fenrir) is installed.
MOBO: Apparently good at overclocking and quite cheap, don't need sata 6Gb/s or usb 3.0 but they would be nice.
PSU: Cheap should be enough for all the hardware including overclocking the cpu and gpu and about 3 hdds
HDD: Good 500GB hdd

CASE: leaning towards the antec 300 but i want ideally; black interior, cable management holes, good airflow, simple looks, psu intake at the bottom, quite small, good build quality. Any recommendations?
So far i have considered:
Antec 300: no black interior, no cable management, no psu intake at bottom.
NZXT Beta Evo: has pretty much everything i want but cheap build quality and not so nice plasti front.
CM 690 II advanced: a bit big, quite expensive, doesn't look so good with an optical drive in spoiling the looks.
Xigmatek Utgard: The orange looks nice but i'm not sure if i could live with it tbh.
Fractal design r2: is heavy, not too keen on the white but could live with it, reports of it smelling of bitumen(sp?), air cooling not so great.
ATM i'm inbetween the antec 300 and the cm 690, just trying to convince myself its worth it.

So Any help overclockers?, i'm pretty sure my spec is fine just need convincing on a case...
 
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Been looking at that case aswell, looks nice and seems to beat the antec 300, but there aren't many reviews and it doesn't seem to have a big reputation. Whats the build quality like?

Probaibly get that gpu then, does it have a reference design cooler?
 
1234543212345 said:
Been looking at that case aswell, looks nice and seems to beat the antec 300, but there aren't many reviews and it doesn't seem to have a big reputation. Whats the build quality like?

Probaibly get that gpu then, does it have a reference design cooler?
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the ocuk cards are actually just either inno3d or palit, sometimes point of view, it just depends which one they buy a lot of, to then sell cheaper. so should be reference.

silverstone are a good make, not cheap at all.
 
stulid said:
the ocuk cards are actually just either inno3d or palit sometimes point of view, it just depends which one they buy a lot of, to then sell cheaper. so should be reference.

silverstone are a good make, not cheap at all.
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Thats good to know aobut the gpu, thanks for that.

I know silverstone are a good make but this is one of there cheap cases, so i can't expect it to have the build quality of one of there higher range. I plan on ordering it on tuesday so i have a little while to decide yet.
 
danewesley said:
cm storm scout ?
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I don't think it looks nice.

Note: Something very important i seem to have left out my original post is what it will be used for. Which is gaming, programming, vmware, tiny bit of photoshop, general use aswell.

I'm probabily being too picky about the case, atm its either antec 300, silverstone ps03 or the cm 690 II advanced (means i can go into watercooling if that takes my fancy later on).
 
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