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Respectable specifications for the price.
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I have to disagree on something again. The PSU. Please do not make the mistake in thinking that a bundled PSU will be any good. I wont even make that sound like it could be good, as it wont. If it was me, I would get a cheaper case and spend £40-50 on a PSU, I am again looking at the 430W Corsair.
EDIT: the rest of the spec looks great btw, its just the PSU I have my complaint about.
It's not something I'd choose as I would go for a Bequiet L7 or something similar plus maybe a different case but, is there any actual evidence to suggest the bundled installed PSU with the Coolermaster case is the cause of problems or failure?
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the number of times that case and PSU combo have been suggested to other people here i thought it was an ok one. it comes with this PSU
however, here is a revised build with a better PSU:
it is almost exactly the same as my own PC now, except i have a slightly better processor
Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 460 OC 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £124.99
(£104.16) £124.99
(£104.16)
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 840 "95W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £79.99
(£66.66) £79.99
(£66.66)
Asus M4A88T-M AMD 880G (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £53.98
(£44.98) £53.98
(£44.98)
BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply £39.98
(£33.32) £39.98
(£33.32)
OCZ Platinum 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Ultra Low Voltage Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3P1600C9ELV4GK) £29.99
(£24.99) £29.99
(£24.99)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £28.99
(£24.16) £28.99
(£24.16)
Coolermaster Elite 342 Case - Black £24.98
(£20.82) £24.98
(£20.82)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
(£11.66) £13.99
(£11.66)
Sub Total : £330.75
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.25
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £68.40
Total : £410.40
the case doesnt come with any cable tidy options really, but your not going to be able to see inside it, so i found that a few cable ties got everything out of the way.
also, you might have trouble fitting the hard drive inside, as it will hit the graphics card in a couple of the slots, and the power to the motherboard gets in the way. i found that plugging the power into the motherboard first, then inserting the hard drive into the top most slot, then inserting the graphics card worked for me
however, here is a revised build with a better PSU:
it is almost exactly the same as my own PC now, except i have a slightly better processor
Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 460 OC 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £124.99
(£104.16) £124.99
(£104.16)
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 840 "95W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £79.99
(£66.66) £79.99
(£66.66)
Asus M4A88T-M AMD 880G (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £53.98
(£44.98) £53.98
(£44.98)
BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply £39.98
(£33.32) £39.98
(£33.32)
OCZ Platinum 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Ultra Low Voltage Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3P1600C9ELV4GK) £29.99
(£24.99) £29.99
(£24.99)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £28.99
(£24.16) £28.99
(£24.16)
Coolermaster Elite 342 Case - Black £24.98
(£20.82) £24.98
(£20.82)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
(£11.66) £13.99
(£11.66)
Sub Total : £330.75
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.25
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £68.40
Total : £410.40
the case doesnt come with any cable tidy options really, but your not going to be able to see inside it, so i found that a few cable ties got everything out of the way.
also, you might have trouble fitting the hard drive inside, as it will hit the graphics card in a couple of the slots, and the power to the motherboard gets in the way. i found that plugging the power into the motherboard first, then inserting the hard drive into the top most slot, then inserting the graphics card worked for me
You've got tonnes of different options now!
I agree that the last spec stated is a decent one.
And no I dont have "hard evidence" of that actual PSU being bad, but as a general rule that is usually learnt the hard way, if there is something you do not skimp on when building a PC its the PSU. You dont need an expensive one, just a decent one.
And no I dont have "hard evidence" of that actual PSU being bad, but as a general rule that is usually learnt the hard way, if there is something you do not skimp on when building a PC its the PSU. You dont need an expensive one, just a decent one.