I am going to order my final parts (I have a motherboard - ASUS Crosshair Formula III) and would like your views on the parts :)
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I am going to order my final parts (I have a motherboard - ASUS Crosshair Formula III) and would like your views on the parts :)
http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/v...ad9bdc60-1.jpg
Sell the motherboard on and go SandyBridge?
If not, your parts look fine although personally i would get a Seasonic/Be Quiet PSU for the price of your Coolermaster PSU.
I don't want to go SB.
How is the quality on the Be Quiet PSU's?
I have managed to get everything on Today only so far :P
Way higher than a coolermaster. Coolermaster are pretty dire for PSUs.
Sweet thanks for the heads up!
Is there any you could recommend, i'd like modular for the cable tidying
You won't get modular in that price bracket, not form a decent brand anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by Predator
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/520w-...ps12v-v291-psu
This unit is built around a Seasonic AFAIK.
How about this:
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/650w-...-12v-120mm-fan
its 59.98 on today only
If you don't spending the extra then i don't see/know of anything wrong with that. :)
Cheers, so other than that it is all good? :)
Avoid XFX, due to the stupid returns policy they have with scan.
Get another brand. (Scan tech's word & mine)
Can you elaborate?Quote:
Originally Posted by modd1uk
XFX Have lifetime warranty? So i can RMA straight through them and not scan?
Pretty sure you have to go through scan, when i RMA'd a card that was in my mates system it went :Quote:
Originally Posted by Predator
Take to scan, scan witness fault.
Send to XFX
XFX 2 weeks later return card to scan, no fault found.
Scan engineers AGAIN witness the fault.
Goes back to XFX. Comes back no fault found.
Scan have had enough with this and just swap the card out for a gigabyte for me.
All in all..scan are excellent, i use them as i live locally and speak to the guys quite often. Im constantly building PC's (Its my business) and will never use an XFX card again.
Hmm I may research the asus one then!
Ok due to XFX return issues and the coolermaster PSU. This is my new list, I am waiting untill 1pm to order to check out todays 'Today Only' updates :)
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Just a quick word of warning about the antec psu, it's semi-modular, it still has modular but about 5 cables hard wired in.
still a good psu for the cost.
ps xfx lifetime warranty only counts in the US, for the rest of the world it's just a standard 1or2 years (depending on product)
Its the cheapest decent modular psu i could find, I am going to look on today only when it updates...
XFX Is out the window the Asus performs a bit better and better support and its not much more money
Ordered but should have done it earlier...waiting cost me £22 extra, for some reason scan cleared my basket (its been full a week) when i changed the payment method...annoyed about that!
But its on its way YAY
OK that's got me a little worried now! I checked out reviews before buying 4 months ago and the CM PSU's all seemed to get decent reviews. Not as good as Seasonic or Enermax, granted, but good nonetheless.Quote:
Originally Posted by nibbler
Is there something I should know about their PSU's?
Well installing the motherboard went well, I managed to break the LCD Poster, cut open my finger, lose £20 and find out that the motherboard doesn't actually come with screws...
Your case should have come with a good selection of screws.
Never had a motherboard come with screws before.
+1, usually in a small box or bag, sometimes taped to the inside of the case.Quote:
Originally Posted by Homeking