Power supply question

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I'm looking to build a pc mostly for gaming for ~£750

Here's my build so far:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 WindForce 3x OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N770OC-2GD) £275.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8350 Black Edition 4.00GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £149.99
1 x Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0 AMD 990X (Socket AM3+) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Avexir Core Red Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CIR) £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £47.99
1 x Xigmatek Alfar Midi Tower Case - Black/White £44.99
Total : £698.53 (includes shipping : £8.00).




The only thing I'm lacking is a power supply but i have no idea exactly which one to get, obviously its got to fit within the budget and preferably not be too noisy

also if you have any general thoughts on my build that'd be helpful

cheers
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 WindForce 3x OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N770OC-2GD) £275.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £119.99
1 x Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 650W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £73.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £47.99
1 x Xigmatek Alfar Midi Tower Case - Black/White £44.99
Total : £758.52 (includes shipping : £8.00).




8320 + cooler because you can overclock it easily up to the 8350, and the stock coolers are pants!
also ram is faster, just change the xmp profile in the bios to run at 2133mhz
 
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A good 550w such as the Seasonic G550 would be enough to power that even with some overclocking. What i would do though is make some changes to get a SSD in the build.

1. Change the cpu to the 8320 saving £30. It will overclock just as far as the 8350.

2. Change the motherboard to the Gigabyte 990XA-UD3 saves another £20.

3. Change the GPU to the Sapphire Radeon R9 280X Vapor-X OC saving £30 for similar performance to the 770.

You should now be able to get a Toshiba 128GB SSD in the build at £72.
 
pastymuncher said:
A good 550w such as the Seasonic G550 would be enough to power that even with some overclocking. What i would do though is make some changes to get a SSD in the build.

1. Change the cpu to the 8320 saving £30. It will overclock just as far as the 8350.

2. Change the motherboard to the Gigabyte 990XA-UD3 saves another £20.

3. Change the GPU to the Sapphire Radeon R9 280X Vapor-X OC saving £30 for similar performance to the 770.

You should now be able to get a Toshiba 128GB SSD in the build at £72.
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not really concerned about an SSD at this point, I have plans to get one a little later in the year
 
Archieisted said:
Another question, of the build i linked in my first post, will that all fit in the case (along with the http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-004-SF )???
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yes but what i have linked is better than your first post :D
change the k2 and get this instead
and the m5a99x evo is better if you are wanting to xfire/sli if not the one i linked is fine

YOUR BASKET
1 x Be Quiet! Shadow Rock Pro SR1 CPU Cooler £39.95
Total : £49.55 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 
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OvEr_KiLL said:
yes but what i have linked is better than your first post :D
change the k2 and get this instead
and the m5a99x evo is better if you are wanting to xfire/sli if not the one i linked is fine

YOUR BASKET
1 x Be Quiet! Shadow Rock Pro SR1 CPU Cooler £39.95
Total : £49.55 (includes shipping : £8.00).

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of my friends who have build PC's none of them have said they've had to drop extra money on cooling

I'm also pretty inexperienced when it comes to overclocking, how complicated is it?
 
Archieisted said:
of my friends who have build PC's none of them have said they've had to drop extra money on cooling

I'm also pretty inexperienced when it comes to overclocking, how complicated is it?
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its easy, theres plenty of guides online! all i do is change the multiplier in the bios and then torture test stress it with prime 95 and monitor the temps. and if it blue screens or anything go back to bios lower multiplier and try again (i personally never mess with the volts)
the stock amd cooler is rubbish, it doesnt keep them as cool as an aftermarket one will and they sound loud! and also if you are overclocking then you will need an aftermarket cooler.
if you are not overclocking then fine go for what i have linked and get the 8350 and run the stock cooler.
 
Do you have a copy of an OS??

This is what I would get:

FX8320

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-337-AM

Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-502-AS

TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-052-TG

MSI Radeon R9 280X

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-246-MS

Seasonic G series 550w

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-018-SS

Antec Kúhler H2O 650 Liquid CPU Cooler

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-010-AN

Xigmatek Alfar Midi Tower Case

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-066-XG

Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-257-SE

LiteOn IHAS124-14 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black)

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-096-LO

The Superflower 650W PSU also looks good,but AFAIK Seasonic RMA is in the UK.

The total comes to around £733.46 including delivery.

If you want UK based RAM I would get this Gigabyte graphics card:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-122-GI

You will need to run the 2400MHZ DDR3 RAM at 1866MHZ as anything above that means overclocking the memory controller on the FX8320.
 
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