Would 600w psu enough for my build?

Keaty · 10 Jun 2013 at 13:38

Hi i am building a gaming machine and wondering if 600watt be ok for my build. I5 3570k may overclock to 4.0ghz, asus p977 v lx, gtx660, g skill 8gb ram, 1tb hardrive.and other usal stuff .

ubersonic · 10 Jun 2013 at 13:40

Orcvader · 10 Jun 2013 at 13:43

More than enough. Just make sure it's a reliable branded PSU and not some random cheap one.

BluSky · 10 Jun 2013 at 13:43

Definitely. Even the rig in my sig only draws around 500w under load (with everything at stock). Your rig will run comfortably on 600w. Just make sure to get a quality supply that can actually provide what it says on the box.

Antowns · 10 Jun 2013 at 13:44

Should be OK, usually taking a look at something which offers you the ability to calculate your requirements is always a good rough indication:

http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp

Optimis0r · 10 Jun 2013 at 14:01

600W is more than enough for your build. Like others have said buy a quality PSU from a good known brand. I recommend Seasonic if you can budget for it!

Keaty · 10 Jun 2013 at 14:28

thank you and will be using cooler master hyper 212.(not sure if im allowed to say brand soory if not)

BluSky · 10 Jun 2013 at 14:44

you can mention brands just not competitor shops. The hyper 212 is a decent cooler if you already own it. If you are buying a new one then there are better options out there.

Keaty · 10 Jun 2013 at 15:01

Ok, could you recommend one at the same price thats better ?

honosuseri · 10 Jun 2013 at 15:06

Keaty said:
Ok, could you recommend one at the same price thats better ?

Give us a budget and we can balance a build out for you to consider. I would be looking at a 7870XT GPU rather than the 660 to be honest.

Keaty · 10 Jun 2013 at 15:16

I have about £750 and must include everthing from monitor to windows, including wirlesss card. The wife also needs to use it,so basically a family pc but able to run FSx on high to ultra settings

Keaty · 10 Jun 2013 at 15:21

I am a total newbie to computers so any advice will be appreciated.

honosuseri · 10 Jun 2013 at 15:40

FSX does favour Nvidia fella so the 660 kind of makes sense. That's a tough budget for what you are asking, you should consider using the windows 8 Enterprise (evaluation) Edition for free on a 3 month trial. This gives you £80 back now to put into parts. Windows 8.1 will be a service pack of sorts and it will add back the start menu, it too should get a preview to try out. You can then buy an OS later in the year having made an informed decision.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £185.99
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 660 WindForce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £169.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard + FREE Be Quiet! Shadow Rock Pro SR1 CPU Cooler! £107.99
1 x Iiyama ProLite E2278HD 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £107.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £52.99
1 x Thermaltake Smart Series 530w Modular '80Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £43.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
1 x TP-Link 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Express Adapter (TL-WN881ND) £16.99
Total : £801.90 (includes shipping : £12.50).

Over the £750 but I've tried to give you what you were aiming for.

Keaty · 10 Jun 2013 at 15:52

Ok thanks but could i not get away with the i5 3750k?

Keaty · 10 Jun 2013 at 15:54

i would prefer windows 7,and as newbie i would prefer a disc to put in and instill

honosuseri · 10 Jun 2013 at 16:00

Keaty said:
Ok thanks but could i not get away with the i5 3750k?

It's more expensive fella and the Haswell CPU comes with a game too.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £189.95
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £185.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard + FREE Be Quiet! Shadow Rock Pro SR1 CPU Cooler! £107.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
Total : £573.91 (includes shipping : FREE).

The Z77-D3H is better than the Asus LX. Ok the Z87 mobo is a little more expensive but does come with a pretty decent cooler so you could overclock

Keaty said:
i would prefer windows 7,and as newbie i would prefer a disc to put in and instill

You can download the iso file of Win8 and burn it to disk to install it that way. If you want the windows 7 OS now you need to part with £80 that eats into your budget

Optimis0r · 10 Jun 2013 at 16:23

If you are not going to be overclocking you could save a few more quid by going H77/87 motherboard and a non K cpu.

Keaty · 10 Jun 2013 at 16:51

thanks honosuseri and others for your help

honosuseri · 10 Jun 2013 at 16:59

Keaty said:
thanks honosuseri and others for your help

No worries fella. Remember these CPU have integrated graphics, Haswell as an improved IGP. If you are struggling to get what you want to the budget you could drop out the GPU for now and look to add one in later or search for a 2nd hand bargain.