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The X-series don't seem available at Alternate, and what Seasonic PSU's they have are quite expensive. So I'll be sticking with Corsair methinks :)

efficiency is related to percent load of the power supply
so that means that efficiency will be a lot worse if this powersupply isn't loaded enough ...
so 750W might be a bit too much unless you really go extreme


on the other side of the fence, seasonic power supplies are known for their silence

at 120v input (worse efficiency than 240v), its 88% efficient @ 25% load. and there is a 650w version.

its a good 10% better than mine, from what i can recall

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Would you look at that, the Element S without sidefan is in stock now :D. I think that should make it complete.

Let's check the rest then...

I think I'll just switch the motherboard to the Gigabyte X58-UD3R instead of the X58-UD5 for the following reasons:

- More favourable PCI slot layout. Will allow for 2 PCI cards instead of just one when a big video card is installed. Will allow for 1 PCI card when dual video cards are installed, as opposed to 0 for the UD5. I have a soundcard requiring a PCI slot. The UD5 should be fine for me personally with just one video card, but for any possible future changes, the UD3R looks more favourable.
- Apparently it has a floppy drive connector, which the UD5 doesn't seem to have. It's a nice extra I think.
- Cheaper

Extras the UD5 has but which I don't need:

- SLI support
- Second RJ-45 jack
- 2 additional PCIe x16 slots

And probably some more things. Anyway, UD3R seems like the better choice at this moment. Any reasons why I should really not go this route?



Processor: yes, I'm stubborn. I just want more power right out of the box, without any overclocking woes, easy as it may seem. Maybe I could overclock the 950 when I feel like it, but I'd rather not start out with it. Expensive choice, but it's not like it's making the whole pc price.



Hmmm, that's interesting, it still claims the Element S (the one without sidefan) has a huge fan preventing the cooler from fitting. Must be a bug in the program I think, but perhaps I'd better check this with the store before actually ordering things. It should fit, from what I've read.


Gaaaah! The 5870 GPU is out of stock now, for all brands no less. *sigh* Oh well... maybe in a couple of days :?


Current component list:

- Thermaltake Element S VK60001N2Z - €119
- Corsair CMPSU-750HX - €125
- GigaByte EX58-UD3R - €169
- Intel® Core™ i7 950 - €469
- Noctua NH-U12P SE2 - €69
- Corsair 6GB DDR3-1333 Tri-Kit - €134
- Intel® SSDSA2MH160G2R5 - €399
- Sapphire HD5870 1024MB - €369 *
- Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - €77.77 **

* Out of stock at the moment
** Apparently they have a slightly more expensive edition as well... I picked the cheapest of course.

Missing:
- DVD drive - to be harvested from my current rig.
- Floppy drive - ditto.
- Sound card - ditto.
- 300GB Seagate harddisk - you guessed it.
- Flatbed scanner - my parents have one they only just got before they bought an all-in-one peripheral. As good as new, I think I'll buy it from them.

Wait for the Core i7 960, if you're gonna bite soon.

It's a direct replacement of the 950 - they're EOL'ing the 950, and replacing it with a non-'Extreme Edition' version of the 965.

Go with the UD3R. It's a good board. (I'm thinking about using it for a build for a friend...)

The 960 looks great indeed. I think i can wait that one out. Seems the Asus 5870 is in stock right now, so things are looking favourable :)

Now to wait for the 960 to actually become available. Seems like the perfect deal.

160GB Intel G2 with TRIM firmware is now 40% faster at random writes, not that it justifies the price IMO. :P

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160GB Intel G2 with TRIM firmware is now 40% faster at random writes, not that it justifies the price IMO. :P

It's been released then? Good news I suppose :)

Still waiting for that i7 960 to be available... and a 5870 GPU :roll:

Intel TRIM G2 SSD Data corruption:

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=16638

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The page won't load apart from the header, but I get the message... that sucks. But I'm sure they'll come up with a good version some time before I get my items. The i7 960 is still unavailable at this moment. Keeping a regular eye on that one.

basically the new firmware is dodgy, but old works.

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P8Z68-V Pro | 2600K | HR02 | HD5850 | 2x4GB Vengeance LP | 128GB M4 + 6TB | X-Fi > HD595 | AX850 | Tai Chi | PB278Q | G110 + Deathadder 2013
P8Z77-V | 3570K | Mugen 2 | HD5850 | 2x4GB Vengeance LP | 500GB | X-750 | Fractal R3 | U2212HM | G110 + G400
P8H77-I | G860 | 4650 | 2x2GB XMS | 320GB | CX500 | Prodigy | T22B350EW | MX518
DC3217IYE | 1x4GB Vengeance | 64GB M4 | TX-42VT20E