Not sure what PSU to get...
Hey, right im thinking of this set up for my next PC but im not sure on what PSU to get,
im thinking XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular PSU - 13.5cm Fan 80plus Silver Certified
but im not too sure, dont really want to spend more that £100, below are specs of the PC:-
Processor Intel Core i7 3770K 3.5GHz Socket 1155 8MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor
Heat sink Corsair Hydro Series H55 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
Motherboard Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 Socket 1155 HDMI DisplayPort 8 Channel Audio ATX
Memory Corsair 16GB DDR3 1600MHz Vengeance Performance Memory
Hard Drive Samsung 840 Pro Series 256 GB Internal SSD Serial ATA-600 2.5"
Graphics Card Asus GTX 660 DirectCU II OC 2GB GDDR5 Dual DVI HDMI DisplayPort PCI-E
Josh
Re: Not sure what PSU to get...
A decent 550W to 650W would do the job if you intend to go SLI. However,for gaming I would probably get a Core i5 3570K.
I would also get this motherboard:
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/gigab...dvi-d-hdmi-atx
In fact this would give your more money towards a better graphics card. I would look at an HD7950 3GB or a GTX670 2GB.
Re: Not sure what PSU to get...
Do you feel that the i7 would be a waste then?, that motherboard looks quite good though :)
Re: Not sure what PSU to get...
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Originally Posted by
joshy989
Do you feel that the i7 would be a waste then?, that motherboard looks quite good though :)
If you're doing nothing but gaming, yes it probably is a waste.
Re: Not sure what PSU to get...
You probably don't want to go cheap on the PSU. I did and it failed after only a few weeks. I'm thinking about getting a Seasonic one now.
Re: Not sure what PSU to get...
Aye, don't cheap out on a PSU. Just don't buy a needlessly big one.
Re: Not sure what PSU to get...
Drop down to a 3570K and a XFX 550W should do the job