Build critique - PSU especially

[azteched]

I'm looking to upgrade from the system in my sig. Here's where I am now:-
(I'll be water cooling, everything is sorted on that front except the CPU block, as below). I'll be overclocking the 7950 and 4770
No need for case or other peripherals.

The build below has a Seasonic PSU, mainly because I have one now, and it's been rock solid. Is this really worth it, or should I just save some money and grab an XFX, Corsair, or something?

Any other suggestions welcome too.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £269.99
1 x MSI HD 7950 OC BE 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (R7950-3GD5/OC BE G) £217.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £154.99
1 x Seasonic X-Series 750w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £129.95
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (TXD316G2133HC11DC01) £99.95
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy Clean CSQ £51.95
1 x Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £8.99
1 x Akasa AK-TT12-80 Thermal Adhesive Tape £2.99
Total : £936.79 (includes shipping : FREE).

 

[snips86x]

Build looks good. What will the PC be used for?

XFX is made by Seasonic so something like this will be fine: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-003-XF&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=2597

Why do you have a waterblock there? You're missing the rest if you are planning to WC!

 

[Attu90]

Build looks good. What will the PC be used for?

XFX is made by Seasonic so something like this will be fine: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-003-XF&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=2597

Why do you have a waterblock there? You're missing the rest if you are planning to WC!

He's upgrading his sig ......

q6600, 4gb, 4850, custom water

 

[altrewin]

Looks like a solid build, as snips said you could downgrade to a 650w PSU if you want to save a bit, however if you plan on crossfiring the 7950 in the future a 750w or higher would be best

 

[dt97583]

I'd go for the new revision of the MSI card...

 

[biuro74]

OK, critique then.
I've seen some posts here where Seasonic PSUs blew up !

 

[azteched]

I'd go for the new revision of the MSI card...

Ahh, is the one I have the older rev of

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-190-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1673

?

I thought it was just a separate model with less fancy cooling (since I'll be taking the stock cooler off, it doesn't matter to me).

Re: PSU, thanks for the comments. I might plump for something like

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-013-XF&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=2597

as a compromise.

 

[azteched]

Build looks good. What will the PC be used for?

Basically gaming and all sorts of development (I like to play with multi-core stuff when coding, and plan to keep this for as long as I've kept the trusty q6600 system, hence the i7 -- plus, compile times are better).

 

[covenantuk]

Seasonic Gold series are rock solid. As mentioned earlier, if you're not going xfire/SLi the 650 will do fine.

 

[dt97583]

Ahh, is the one I have the older rev of

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-190-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1673

?

Correct. The first revision had fan issues - the 'new revision' has fixed these it's said.

 

[olivier renault]

PSU is fine. It's basically the same as the Corsair AX750.