PSU Powerful enough?

stulid said:
Your PSU is a cheap budget item, thus unlikely to ever put out its rated power and is a liability.

Such as,

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/low-cost-psu-pc-power-supply,2862.html
http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story&reid=123
http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story&reid=154
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I need some advice than on what build I should exactly go for.... I am worried that the i5 3570K will not be able to handle me streaming games at 720p without causing me to have severely low fps, and laggy streams. I have a maximum budget of £374, and I can not go a penny over.
 
The sticker on the side of your psu says 12v1 15A, 12v2 18A. That's a total of 33A. That's a over optimistic 396w on the 12v rails. As it's a cheap and nasty psu it's more likley to be 250-300w and will blow up the moment you stick it under load and most probably kill the rest of your rig at the same time.

Either go for the cheaper 3570k and spend the saved money on a quality psu or wait until you can afford a new psu as well as the other parts and then upgrade. If you ignore the solid advice you have been given, upgrade now and use the cheap psu don't expect any sympathy on here when it goes horribly wrong.
 
blackconverse said:
I have a budget of £374, and that has to include delivery I can not afford a single penny more.
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YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 600W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020048-UK) £56.99
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 (MB-364-GI) £35
1 x Thermalright HR-02 Macho CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1156/LGA1155/LGA1366) £33.59
1 x Avexir MPower Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CM) £29.99
Total : £352.56 (includes shipping : £10.00).



or

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-2600 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £239.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 600W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020048-UK) £56.99
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 (MB-364-GI) £35
1 x Avexir MPower Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CM) £29.99
Total : £373.97 (includes shipping : £10.00).

 
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blackconverse said:
Do you know if the http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BG-252-GI will my support my GPU ? Point of View GeForce GTX 260 896MB GDDR3 TV-OutDual DVI
(PCI-Express) - Retail
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Yes it will.


Look at my post above agian, i have added another spec I7, 3p under budget :)

Here it is agian in-case you missed it:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-2600 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £239.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 600W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020048-UK) £56.99
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 (MB-364-GI) £35
1 x Avexir MPower Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CM) £29.99
Total : £373.97 (includes shipping : £10.00).

 
You can afford all new parts,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £43.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99
Total : £360.96 (includes shipping : £10.00).




The Z77 will allow you to overclock the chip fully.

The Z68 doesnt have a full UEFI and thus will be stuck at a maximum of 38X (giving you 3.8GHz) unless there is a UEFI BIOS (had a quick look and cant see one) that you can do to make the switch over from Award to AMI.


Like so - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18404556
 
stulid said:
You can afford all new parts,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £43.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99
Total : £360.96 (includes shipping : £10.00).




The Z77 will allow you to overclock the chip fully.

The Z68 doesnt have a full UEFI and thus will be stuck at a maximum of 38X (giving you 3.8GHz) unless there is a UEFI BIOS (had a quick look and cant see one) that you can do to make the switch over from Award to AMI.


Like so - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18404556
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Do you know if the CPU will come with a stock cooler? I do not have a cpu cooler I could use so I imagine I won't be able to overclock it.
 
Retail CPU's include a stock cooler with thermal paste all ready applied.

OEM are just the chip in a plain box and a one year warranty (retail is 3yrs).
 
Thanks! I will place this order tomorrow morning :D - oh one more thing could you help me confirm if my case will be able to fit an ATX motherboard? I currently have a Micro ATX motherboard so I know that is a safe bet. I was told to look inside and I should see something saying ATX on the case, and I found the following - http://imgur.com/uXtQf so I am not sure if that means it will fit an ATX motherboard or if its wise to go with micro-atx
 
Looks like it can.

I assume theres a nice space under your existing board and some PCI rear slots that look like they cant currently be used ads they dont line up with anything currently?
 
stulid said:
Looks like it can.

I assume theres a nice space under your existing board and some PCI rear slots that look like they cant currently be used ads they dont line up with anything currently?
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Yes, my graphics card is using one PCI rear slot, and it's fan covers another but there are three below that which do not line up to anything just empty space below the motherboard. Could you recommend any micro atx motherboards just encase for some reason it does not fit?
 
stulid said:
well sounds like an ATX will fit fine and that will then line up with the extra slots, but if you are unsure - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-394-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=2261

Also worth remembering you can DSR the ATX board back to OcUK if for some outer space cosmic reason it doesn't fit.
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Thanks so much! You've been an absolutely life saver -I feel its better to be over cautious than under cautious as I do not want to get caught out.
 
Just one final thing - Do you see any potential issues as I plan to stream games such as black ops, BF3, World of Warcraft with the build you've linked me, and I do not want to purchase it all, and it can not handle streaming using XSplit at 720p
 
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