My First Build. Mistakes, suggestions?

PC Noob Theo said:
How about this? http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BG-026-BQ. It's BeQuiet, the brand everyone seems to reccomend :P, it has an 87% efficiency and it is 530W. Could this be enough? Perhaps even enough for a bit extra?
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Yes, Would be my minimum requirements. You'll be pulling 400W when really stressed (I pull that with a 1055T and a 560ti Twon Frozr II with furmark and Prime95 at the same time). And that's at the plug. So that will do that job. It has 35A on 12 V iirc.
 
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olivier renault said:
Yes, Would be my minimum requirements. You'll be pulling 350W when really stressed (I pull that with a 1055T and a 560ti Twon Frozr II with furmark and Prime95 at the same time). And that's at the plug. So that will do that job. It has 35A on 12 V iirc.
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Sorry, there is a reason I am called PC Noob Theo XD. You have lost me a bit there. Are you saying that it will be good enough or only just good enough?
 
Jony27 said:
spot the difference

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-042-BQ&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1083

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BG-026-BQ
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It's B grade :) I wouldn't bother with it and get a retail PSU (£44).

PC Noob Theo said:
Sorry, there is a reason I am called PC Noob Theo XD. You have lost me a bit there. Are you saying that it will be good enough or only just good enough?
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Make it 430W for my power consumption, got my numbers wrong. That is Furmark and Prime95, which is not your typical load even when gaming.

Anandtech has under 300W typical load on crysis for a 6950 + i7 (which is less energy efficient than a 2500K). I would tab on 350W though, so yes, it is good enough and has a bit of headroom.
 
ExecutorKevin said:
I recommended a £40 600w lepa psu, not the 500w.
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If you mean the Lepa W-600 then I agree. But not the Lepa N-600 imo. 18A+, one PCIE connector, Doesn't look like it's designed with power hungry graphics cards in mind.

And between the Lepa and the Antec HCG 620W, I would still take the Antec for a few quids more (Seasonic design, great efficiency and internal temps, it's Antec, blablabla...).
 
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Phew, Ok then. Thanks so much guys! Only a few hours ago I was stressing out but it seems like with the other savings you lot have helped me with the price barely goes up even with the PSU and Case!! Unless I have added it up wrong.

So here we go, revised build.

CPU: i5 2500k £163.71 Other Website
GPU: XFX ATI Radeon 6950 XXX £179.99 link
MOBO: MSI P67A-C45 Intel P67 £89.98 link
RAM: Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 £29.99 link
HDD: Samsung HD103SJ Spinpoint F3 1TB £40.98 Other Website
OPTICAL DRIVE: Sony Optiarc AD-5260S £14.99 Other Website
CASE: Cooler Master Elite 330 Midi Tower £28.99 link
PSU: BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W £44.99 link
MONITOR: OcUK V-Line 221V2SB 22" £83.99 link

Total: 677.61

I forgot to add that Windows 7 I already have avaliable.

What do you all think now? Looking better?
 
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