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    Yay or nay ??

    Is this a decent build for a light gamer, I'm going add a 6850 after. budget of £400 (£450 max)

    case: Corsair Carbide Series 300R Black Mid Tower Gaming Performance Case with USB 3.0, w/o PSU

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    PSU: 650W Powercool PC650UM, Modular, 80%Eff', 80 PLUS, SLI/CrossFire, EPS 12V, 120mm Quiet Fan, ATX v2.2/3, PSU

    any suggestions will help

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    Re: Yay or nay ??

    Get this CPU:

    http://www.scan.co.uk/products/intel...t-cache-retail

    It is also worth considering this SSD:

    http://www.scan.co.uk/products/120gb...mb-s-85k-iops-

    Faster RAM might be useful,although I suspect 1333MHZ DDR3 will be fine.

    Get one of these PSUs:

    http://www.scan.co.uk/products/550w-...v-quiet-fan-at

    http://www.scan.co.uk/products/550w-...12v-fan-atx-v2

    TBH,a decent 400W PSU would be fine with your system.

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    Re: Yay or nay ??

    Nice little build I can only recommend a better PSU such as one suggested by CAT

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    Re: Yay or nay ??

    never cheat on your PSU!

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    Re: Yay or nay ??

    always buy 1600 speed ram over 1333 as its been shown that 1600 is the sweet spot for performance with ram.

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