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TheStevieJ

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Case - CM Storm trooper full tower -£127
Heat sink fan - Cooler master hyper 212 evo - £25
Crucial CT480M500SSD (SSD) - £150
MSI Z87-GD65-GAMING ATX Motherboard - £130
Intel Core i7 4770K (cheaper than the 3770k right now) (dont wanna change this) - £240
Corsair CX750 Builder Series CX (PSU) - £70
A 60m ethernet cable (£40)

I already have my GPU and RAM purchased, is there anything I could go lower on that would be just as good to save a little amount of money, the above purchased come to a total of £780 roughly, pounds, any help would be appreciated in saving some money, any reccomendations on changes would be appreciated.
 
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Thanks for a quick response, I'm just looking for a good case for a good price, the reviews I found said that case, so i'm not set on that case, aslong as it looks nice and is relatively quietish and can cool well then i'm open to any case :) Just trying to bring the money down a bit.

Would you say the choices I made on the components were good also?

Also is that ethernet you linked equally as good as this one? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Superior-Quality-Outdoor-Exterior-Ethernet-Black/dp/B00A5TCU8G
 
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The cable does not need to run outside, I just thought it couldn't harm as it may be near pipes and extra protection coating around it would do no harm, I found it relativly quick and from the description it looked to be a solid choice, looked better than any other I found, they all work the same? It states its 100% copper core, are all like that? Also guaranteed to run at gigabyte speeds?

What kind of PSU should I be looking at? Not very knowledgeable with PSU's at all, any recommendations for a good price would be helpful, I want something that will last and is good, dont wanna go lower on price for something worse.

I picked a i7 over an i5 cause I thought it would last longer and wont have to upgrade as fast, and is better, and the price range for a CPU for that is fine for me :)

My GPU is a MSI r9 280x twin frozr

(Im also looking for a full tower case not a mid) :) I heard cooler master was one of the best for cases?
 
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Is 650w enough for the system I'm going for? I chose 750w intitally incase of future upgrades, and I currently have a mid tower and have issues with cable management and temperatures, a full tower will provide me with more space and air flow :)
 
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^ 620w is easily enough unless you were considering 280x crossfire (in which case the corsair would be a bad choice anyway)

What's your current case??
The corsair & FD cases I listed have plenty of room ,good cooling & good cable management - unless your running 2 gpu's I honestly can't see any problem with them at all.

If you must go full tower the the stryker you've chosen is a good case.
Cheaper options for full size

Phantek enphoo pro
CM storm trooper
Fractal Design define xl r2

They're the only ones I've seen in the flesh so couldn't recommend any others.

I would personally go 240gb ssd & a separate 2tb platter drive ,£70 ish each works out the same price.
Far more sensible configuration IMO.
 
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I might end up going crossfire in the future, I'm not too sure, that's why Id rather buy a bigger size PSU now rather than fork out another whole amount for a whole new PSU :)

My current case is a CiT Vantage mesh, the computer im currently using was a really low budget PC hence the low case.

Now that I have a job im going full out and buying a decent rig.
 
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