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    Buying my gear tonight. Final thoughts?

    So im buying my stuff tonight, changed my brand from MSI to Gigabyte because they're in stock and i'll never get round to going SLi.
    Just wanted some final thoughts before i buy, particularly on the Power supply.

    http://www.scan.co.uk/savedbasket/49...df6178c886c67c

    edit:
    Case is actually this one from amazon (since mobo doesn't have a USB 3.0 header)
    http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

    edit again:
    OS comes from my university (MSDN alliance)

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    • Willzzz's system
      • Motherboard:
      • Gigabyte
      • CPU:
      • 4670K
      • PSU:
      • FD Newton R3 600W
      • Case:
      • Corsair 350D

    Re: Buying my gear tonight. Final thoughts?

    Get the 6300 instead of the 6100.
    You don't need a 600W power supply, get a 500W, you could even go for a semi modular and still save money.

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    • Obscurity's system
      • Motherboard:
      • Gigabyte Z77X-D3H
      • CPU:
      • i5 3570K @ 4.6Ghz
      • Memory:
      • 16Gb Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz
      • Storage:
      • 360Gb across 2 SSD's. 2TB HDD
      • Graphics card(s):
      • MSI 7850 2GBDDR5
      • PSU:
      • Corsair CX500
      • Case:
      • Corsair 200R
      • Operating System:
      • Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
      • Monitor(s):
      • Iiyama ProLite E2409HDS. Iiyama XB2380HS
      • Internet:
      • 60Mb/s

    Re: Buying my gear tonight. Final thoughts?

    I second Willzzz.
    The CPU upgrade is fairly worthwhile at minimal cost.

    The screen is "okay".
    Only "okay" though.
    I'd upgrade to something such as http://www.scan.co.uk/products/23-ii...001-5ms-black?
    (This screen has the same kind of IPS, a lower form of IPS than true AH-IPS. It improves viewing angles, but not colour reproduction. Iiyama don't tend to advertise it as IPS.)
    http://www.scan.co.uk/products/24-ii...1-5ms-speakers Or maybe like this?
    Last edited by Obscurity; 19-01-2013 at 03:07 AM.
    Current specs:
    CPU: Intel i5 3570k Overclocked @ 4.6Ghz GPU: MSI Twin Frozr 7850 @ 1000Mhz Cooler: Arctic Cooling Freezer 13 RAM: 16Gb Corsair Vengeance 1600Mhz
    Motherboard: Gigabyte GA Z77X-D3H

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