Decent PSU for £60-£70ish?

[pyratepunk]

Hello everyone was looking to upgrade my PSU and could do with some advice. At the moment the PSU will be going my dell vostro (i3, 2x1.5v ram dimms, hd7790, 2tb hdd,ODD) but I am planning on putting a build together with these specs
Asrock z97m oc formula
Pentium g3258 (oc'd obvs, will eventually upgrade to broadwell k series i5 or 4690k)
2x4gb crucial ballistix (1.5v)
250gb ssd
2tb hdd
2x hd7790 (at first, but will upgrade to something better like r9 280x/ r9 290. Would be nice if the psu had enough amps to add a second in future)
Aerocool dead silence case
Couple of case fans
Cheap liquid cooler or 212evo.
Looking for a PSU that can support all that, is not longer than 160mm, not to loud, and would prefer semi/modular.
Have been looking at
bequiet pure power 630w (£54) looks good, very quiet, very cheap, modular, but not that many amps on 12v

Xfx pro 750w (core edition) (£65ish) seasonic made, loads of amps on 12v, cheap, but non modular and not sure how loud it is?

Sorry for the long post, I have a tendency to ramble. Thanks in advance for any help :-)

[scicrazy]

If you want to crossfire two R9 290 you're not getting away with less than 700W, not including overhead or overclocking (with Evo). With that, you're more like 830W. You'd be cutting it close to get something for £70.

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/tNHGhM

[sqwerty]

I'll just add dont get a cheap aio liquid cooler for cpu, they are disappointing. The thermalright true 140 power will not only cool as well, it will be quieter and half the price.

[kalniel]

At the moment the PSU will be going my dell vostro

That could be quite a constraint. Dell *used* to require propitiatory PSUs, I don't know if that's still the case. It would certainly be worth checking if there are any space restrictions too.

[pyratepunk]

Thanks for the response. If we forget about crossfire, do either of these PSUs look ok? What would you recomend in this price bracket?
When I say cheap aio cooler was thinking a refurb h80i or something, they get quite cheap and if it comea with a warranty I don't see the problem. The antec kuhler 950 is £37 on amazon aswell.
I have checked the PSU in the dell and its standard atx dimensions and doesn't have any proprietary connections.

[sqwerty]

37 for the kuhler may seem a good deal.
http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/...noctua-nh-d14/

The thermalright is neck and neck with the nh-d14 with 1 fan and slightly better with a second.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Hello everyone was looking to upgrade my PSU and could do with some advice. At the moment the PSU will be going my dell vostro (i3, 2x1.5v ram dimms, hd7790, 2tb hdd,ODD) but I am planning on putting a build together with these specs
Asrock z97m oc formula
Pentium g3258 (oc'd obvs, will eventually upgrade to broadwell k series i5 or 4690k)
2x4gb crucial ballistix (1.5v)
250gb ssd
2tb hdd
2x hd7790 (at first, but will upgrade to something better like r9 280x/ r9 290. Would be nice if the psu had enough amps to add a second in future)
Aerocool dead silence case
Couple of case fans
Cheap liquid cooler or 212evo.
Looking for a PSU that can support all that, is not longer than 160mm, not to loud, and would prefer semi/modular.
Have been looking at
bequiet pure power 630w (£54) looks good, very quiet, very cheap, modular, but not that many amps on 12v

Xfx pro 750w (core edition) (£65ish) seasonic made, loads of amps on 12v, cheap, but non modular and not sure how loud it is?

Sorry for the long post, I have a tendency to ramble. Thanks in advance for any help :-)

What is your total budget??

By the time you add the extra cost of the motherboard and aftermarket cooler,it is cheaper to get a Core i3 and I suspect you could get a lower end Core i5 and a B series motherboard into your budget.

The Pentium dual core is not that great value if you need to spend a reasonable amount on a cooler and motherboard. A Core i3 usually faster even when compared to a 4.5GHZ Pentium G3258 in most games,and usually has better frametimes too.

Even the use of lower end motherboards with the hacked BIOSes is hit and miss since most retailers ship the boards with earlier BIOS versions which cannot boot the G3258(for some weird reason).

Edit!!

What Core i3 do you have??

[pyratepunk]

I realise pairing a Pentium G3258 with an expensive z97 mobo won't give great bang for buck, but it does allow me to get the mobo and cpu now and upgrade to a Broadwell i5 or Devils Canyon chip further down the line. I can't really afford to get an i5 and a decent mobo at the same time. I don't really have a set budget as I'm buying parts piece by piece. Getting the power supply now, then mobo and cpu, then case etc. Here is a rough parts list of what I'm going for initially:

uk. pcpartpicker. com /user/pyratepunk/saved/sh7G3C

Parts list shows 2x MSI r7 260x, I actually have a MSI 7790 2gb OC but they wen't listed on partpicker for some reason, will crossfire with another MSI 7790 2gb OC or MSI r7 260x.

Will later add the i5, and then a more powerful GPU like a Sapphire Tri-X R9 290 (second hand). Does this sound sensible enough?

I currently have an i3 2100 (Sandy Bridge).

Does anyone have any opinions on the PSU's I listed, or other recommendations? Something that can deal with 2x 7790's in crossfire and has room to upgrade to an R9 290 or similar in future?

Thanks for the help.

P.S. Not allowed to post URLs yet so you will have to remove the spaces.

[sqwerty]

Of the two listed I would pick the XFX. It will do 7790 xfire and a single 290 later no problem.
That being said there is probably a better quality unit for around that price if you shop around.

(I got a Xigmatek Centauro 700w for ~ £60.)

[scaryjim]

.... it does allow me to get the mobo and cpu now and upgrade to a Broadwell i5 or Devils Canyon chip further down the line. ...

Got any firm comfirmation that future intel parts will use s1150? They've not got the best reputation for maintaining socket compatibility between generations....

Buying upgrades piecemeal rarely works out well, because by the time you get to buying the next piece something new will have come out, which may mean your earlier purchases are no longer appropriate to your needs. I know it sounds boring, but if I was you I'd open a savings account, put whatever money you were planning to spend on components each month into the account, then buy a compelte new PC when you've got enough saved up. Then you'll have all the new tech to choose from, instead of being limited to whatever works with the bits you bought 4 months ago and are kind of obsolete already...

[pyratepunk]

This is from the product page for the motherboard:

Supports 5th Generation Intel® Core™ i7/i5/i3/Pentium®/Celeron® Processors (Socket 1150)
Supports New 4th and 4th Generation Intel® Xeon®/Core™ i7/i5/i3/Pentium®/Celeron® Processors (Socket 1150)

Seems to suggest it will support Broadwell. Wouldn't be surprised if the Broadwell K series are made with crappy TIM like Haswell, and then they can release yet [I]another[I] chipset and 'Devils Canyon 2', but if that happens I'll just get a 4690k.
I hear what your saying about buying piecemeal but I'm gonna ignore you all the same :-) Saving money isn't my strong point and I'm not waiting for Skylake. Will get mobo and cpu soon anyway and then I'll have a working build, and can just upgrade it over time.

@sqwerty which thermalright cooler where you talking about?

Had a look at the Xigmatek and it doesn't look better than the XFX really besides being modular? If no one has any more suggestions then I may just get the XFX for £59, or just keep looking..

[sqwerty]

This one
With regards to PSU's; it's what's on the inside that counts.

[pyratepunk]

Ah yes sorry you did say in your second post. That seems VERY good value if it performs that well, and its not fugly like the noctua. Might put it on the list. Doesn't match my colour scheme though.