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Axzevos

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Hello. I know theres only 15-20 days till AMD 9000 series comes out, but I don't got that fore that. So I decided to just buy my computer now. Anyway, please tell me if theres something I should change.

Corsair 650D
CHIEFTEC A135 Series APS-850CB 850W PSU
ASROCK Z87 Extreme 4M MATX, Z87
i5 4670k/i7 4770k
COOLERMASTER Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo
2x KFA2 GTX780 3GB
KINGSTON HyperX 3K 120GB SSD
SEAGATE Barracuda® 1TB SATA
MICROSOFT Win 8 Pro
NZXT Sleeved LED Kit Cable 2M Green
ASUS ASUS DRW-24B5ST, DVD±RW Writer
KINGSTON DDR3 HyperX 1600 MHz 16GB Black

Anyway, my next question is this: Is 1x NZXT Sleeved LED Kit Cable 2M Green enough or will it look alot more awesome with 2?
 
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There are tons of different brands and manufacturers out there, each one with varying qualities of the components they use for these PSUs. If you've ever heard the phrase, "You get what you pay for," that applies very heavily to choosing a power supply, which is why so many of us devote a lot of time to testing and researching different models and determining which manufacturers (not to be confused with brands) make reliable units.

A PSU with poor quality components, paired with a gaming PC that will pull much more power much more often vs. a regular office PC, is a recipe for disaster. At best, a bad PSU won't last long at all or won't even be able to provide enough stable power when you put any sort of load on it. At worst, it will...


Actually the PCPAC units are made by Super Flower, not Seasonic: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/psu-manufacturer-oem,review-32046-8.html

But that is a good thing as Super Flower makes some of the best units money can buy.

As for the rest of the build, since you say you are on a budget, you may want to consider the i5-4670k instead. You would get virtually identical game performance with it, and you'd save about 875 NOK. Then, I would use some of that money to buy an ATX board instead of that microATX. The ATX extreme4 is another 150 NOK.

You'll get no argument from me, I would definitely go with the 4670K over the i7 - you don't really need it.

You can also use some of that money toward a Samsung 840 Pro or EVO instead of the Kingston. You'll still have a little bit of money left over. I trust Samsung and Crucial drives above all others, simply based on experience. Other people might have different opinions, but those two SSD brands are in general highly revered.

That Kingston drive is based on the old, slow, buggy, and outdated Sandforce 2.0 platform - it's not very good. You want an SSD based on Marvell (Crucial M500, Sandisk Extreme II), Indilinx (OCZ Vector), or the Samsung 840 Pro.