Quick update on how my build is going. I had a few problems with my payments so the MIR were not even valid anymore, so I changed a few things and made my final decision. It should be ready at the end of next week.

Here are the parts I have (or are in transit) right now:

GPU:
MSI Radeon HD 7850 OC...
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Hi everyone, as some of you may know I'm building a PC and had chosen this as a case:

Zalman Z9 Plus
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I checked it out, and found out that I needed a SATA cable for my SSD.

I wondered, is there any difference between every cable out there?

Does SATA III,II, I cable make any difference? I searched and most of the cables I found were just Serial ATA, and wondered if that made any difference.
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Not long, what you are saying makes some sense (that they won't come out all of at once the 28th).

Now that I know that I will just the buy the i5-2500k soon, thank you for your help would've waited a long time.
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The case I chose was the Z9 Zalman Plus. I read very good things on it (and it was included in one of GN builds) and I got it really at 40 after MIR, which I thought was a semi-steal. I think I will be ok, since there is 4 fans included.

For the GPU I will wait a bit before chosing one, as I am still waiting on the new...
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Thank you Mikagmann2, I have ordered the PSU, the case, the RAM and the mobo.

The 560ti is indeed nice. I have no idea how to pick a GPU, but had already found another one

XFX Radeon HD 6950 800MHZ 2GB
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Thanks for the answers and sorry for not having enough precision.

Budget: 800+-50 bucks, the problem here is that I live in Canada and the prices are much higher here.

Use: Like I said games. Diablo3 for now, Minecraft... For the rest I have no idea yet but I would like this system to be able to play new...
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Here's my projected build (for games only)

Case: Zalman Z9 Plus (39,99 w/ MIR)

PSU: FSP Aurum Gold 750W (99,99 w/ MIR)

RAM: Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B Vengeance Blue 8GB 2X4GB DDR3-1600 (44,99)

Video card:ASUS Radeon HD 6870 DirectCU(144,99 w/ MIR)

SSD: OCZ...
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