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mikeeginger

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I am going to build a gaming/rendering/photo editing system

Ps I am in the uk

1 Cant pick between the Corsair c70 vengeance or the Fractal design R4

Ps How easy is it to mount a H100i with push/pull on the top or front in both of these


2 Are these still good parts for the money?

GIGABYTE GA-Z77X-D3H

Core 15 3570k

Corsair h100i with plush pull (Four Noctua NFF12's )

corsair venage ram 2x4

ASUS VN247H

7950 sapphire OC Duel x

Samsung 840pro 256 gig

Sea Sonic X series 850w

Razer blackwidow ultimate 2013
 
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I would go with the c70 as I think it's a little nicer for the money and will be great with the H100i.

The build looks good. My only suggestion would be to go with a little less on the PSU unless you are planning to Crossfire the 7950 in the future. 600w would be more than enough to power that build.
 
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I would strongly recommend the Corsair 500R / HX850 ($270) combo over your choices ($260)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.1278902
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.1278901

C70 - 9.0 rating
http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=942&Itemid=61&limit=1&limitstart=5

Fractal R4 - 8.65 rating
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=benchmarkreviews+Fractal+R4&ei=UTF-8&fr=moz35

Corsair 500R - 9.25 rating
http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=767&Itemid=61&limit=1&limitstart=5

The Seasonic X series and Corsair HX series both get 10.0 jonnyguru performance ratings

w/ 2 x 4GB, Id suggest these low voltage jobs
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233199

As for the GFX, Id take the 660Ti over the 7950 ... slight lead in fps, huge lead in latency
http://techreport.com/review/23981/radeon-hd-7950-vs-geforce-gtx-660-ti-revisited/11

And I'm guessing that "Dual" means Crossfire, and CF is a place I wouldn't go right now.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/6857/amd-stuttering-issues-driver-roadmap-fraps/6
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/graphics-card-benchmarking-frame-rate,3466.html
http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/Frame-Rating-Part-3-First-Results-New-GPU-Performance-Tools?page=2#comments

i'd recommend this Asus Board for $5 less. It ahs 2 PCI-E x16 slots compared to 1 on the Giga, better sound and, if its interesting to ya, a display port
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131837

The Corsair faux water cooler is at least 4 times louder than the better air coolers. The marginal extra cooling to my mind comes no where near offsetting the noise and the risk of leak. For me to put water in a box, I want 5 -10C not 0.5C
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835709001

No Hard Drive ? WD black w/ 5 year warranty
 
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On the 660ti you are wrong when OC'd the 7950 beats the 660ti in every game apart from Nvida optimised games
look at Linus videos the 7950 OC's like a beast

You missed the 840 pro SSD
 
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