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Kenny

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I'm ordering my PC today but I don't know what to get?

I was looking at the Fractal R3 because it looks smart and is supposed to have good cooling, but people have said the Cool Master 690? or the Cool Master HAF 912?

What are your guys thoughts?

P.S Video editing, not much gaming
 
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Kenny

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To be honest I quite like the look of the InWin Dragon Rider case!

But I just want the case best for cooling, as well as looks
 
keynes

keynes

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Kenny said:
To be honest I quite like the look of the InWin Dragon Rider case!

But I just want the case best for cooling, as well as looks
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The Inwin Dragon or the 690 II coolermaster are both good cases, either will provide good air flow. Since the primary use is video editing I'd try to get a good cpu cooler.
 
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Kenny

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rubensolo said:
The Inwin Dragon or the 690 II coolermaster are both good cases, either will provide good air flow. Since the primary use is video editing I'd try to get a good cpu cooler.
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I'm getting the TITAN FENRIR EVO EXTREME HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£39), what do you recon?
 
keynes

keynes

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Kenny said:
It says on the website that it's all compatible, If so the side fan might be moved to another place in the case?
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I didn't mean to say it is not compatible, the titan will fit in the case but the side panel would be removed, I was considering that case with the titan and I was told by PCS that the side panel fan would be removed (If I remember correctly). If you want an official response you could contact them.
 
tom_gr7

tom_gr7

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Kenny said:
It says on the website that it's all compatible, If so the side fan might be moved to another place in the case?
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just the large 200mm fan that covers the titan fenrir, you could still add a few 120mm fans to the side panel though.

I'm not sure if they would fit it elsewhere in the case, as its a big fan.
 
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Kenny

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I just spoke to their live chat, and was recommend the R3 so I think i'll go with that! Ruben would you mind looking over my final spec? Or anyone else

Case
FRACTAL DEFINE R3 - BLACK PEARL CASE

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-3770 (3.4GHz) 8MB Cache

Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z77-V LX: USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, ATI®CrossFireX

Memory (RAM)
16GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (4 x 4GB KIT)

Graphics Card
1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 550 Ti - DVI,HDMI,VGA - 3D Vision Ready

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB INTEL® 330 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 500MB/sR | 450MB/sW)

2nd Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT

Power Supply
450W Quiet 80 PLUS Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan

Processor Cooling
TITAN FENRIR EVO EXTREME HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£39)

Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Network Facilities
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs

USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD

Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence

Office Software
FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)

Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL

Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
 
keynes

keynes

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Looks good. I am not sure if you would benefit from the 1600mhz, you could perhaps consider the 1333mhz samsung. I found this article quite interesting regarding different memory bandwidth:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4503/sandy-bridge-memory-scaling-choosing-the-best-ddr3/8

As a corollary, we've seen that some applications do react differently to higher memory speeds than others. The compression and video encoding tests benefited the most from the increased memory bandwidth while the overall synthetic benchmark and 3D rendering test did not.
Read more at http://www.anandtech.com/show/4503/...-choosing-the-best-ddr3/8#05pHpHOXWOMjVORM.99
 
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Kenny

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rubensolo said:
Looks good. I am not sure if you would benefit from the 1600mhz, you could perhaps consider the 1333mhz samsung. I found this article quite interesting regarding different memory bandwidth:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4503/sandy-bridge-memory-scaling-choosing-the-best-ddr3/8

As a corollary, we've seen that some applications do react differently to higher memory speeds than others. The compression and video encoding tests benefited the most from the increased memory bandwidth while the overall synthetic benchmark and 3D rendering test did not.
Read more at http://www.anandtech.com/show/4503/...-choosing-the-best-ddr3/8#05pHpHOXWOMjVORM.99
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From what I can see they are saying 1600mhz is the 'sweet spot' where it's justified price just from 1333mhz but not worth it for the 2133mhz, but the 2133mhz is the same price, however I don't think I need it!
 
tom_gr7

tom_gr7

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nice spec, but I'd strongly suggest the corsair 650w psu, looks better, better energy efficiency, very reliable and theres and extra bit of power left IF you ever want a better gpu, more hard drives, etc etc
 
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