Gaming Spec Advice - £650-700 Budget

According to Intel's presentation at IDF, the new Haswell processors enter a sleep state called C7 that can drop processor power usage as low as 0.05A. Even if the sleeping CPU is the only load on the +12V rail, most power supplies can handle a load this low. The potential problem comes up when there is still a substantial load on the power supply's non-primary rails (the +3.3V and +5V). If the load on these non-primary rails are above a certain threshold (which varies by PSU), the +12V can go out of spec (voltages greater than +12.6V). If the +12V is out of spec when the motherboard comes out of the sleep state, the PSU's protection may prevent the PSU from running and will cause the power supply to "latch off". This will require the user to cycle the power on their power supply using the power switch on the back of the unit.


We should be clear about one thing: you don't, strictly speaking, need one of these "Haswell-ready" PSUs to build a Haswell system. Corsair told us that it "fully expects" motherboard makers to let users disable the new low-power power state in the firmware. Cooler Master went even further, stating that, to its knowledge, "all mainboard vendors" will disable the new low-power state in their boards by default. In other words, you may never encounter any issues even if you pair a Haswell platform with an incompatible power supply.

That said, Haswell's lower-power sleep state is one of the perks of the new platform. Compared to the prior generation, it cuts minimum sleep power consumption from 6W to about 0.6W. Those kinds of power savings may not add up to much on your power bill, and they probably aren't worth the price of a brand-new PSU. However, if your current unit is already compliant, you might as well enjoy the reduction in sleep power. Also, of course, folks building a Haswell system from scratch are better off getting a compatible unit to begin with.
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A bit of an explaination for you. :D
 
Well you know what I think. The Team RAM is similar timings but rated upto a higher speed.


It is taller I cant deny that.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x VTX3D HD 7870 Black Boost Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £164.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £84.95
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Windowed Case - Black £69.95
1 x Gigabyte 970A-DS3P AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £59.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £53.99
1 x Akasa Venom 550w Modular '80 Plus' Power Supply £53.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £49.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Guarantee £43
Total : £692.24 (includes shipping : £17.85).



*edit* just noticed your comment about the case... Hang on, need to totally re-jig the spec :p

A tad over because of the aftermarket cooler. Should allow you to overclock to 4.4GHz ish? (not familiar with Haswell)

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £197.99
1 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III Boost Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **NEW REVISION** with FREE GAMES £189.95
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £84.95
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £53.99
1 x Akasa Venom 550w Modular '80 Plus' Power Supply £53.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Guarantee £43
Total : £733.85 (includes shipping : FREE).

 
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acme15 said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x VTX3D HD 7870 Black Boost Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £164.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £84.95
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Windowed Case - Black £69.95
1 x Gigabyte 970A-DS3P AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £59.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £53.99
1 x Akasa Venom 550w Modular '80 Plus' Power Supply £53.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £49.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Guarantee £43
Total : £692.24 (includes shipping : £17.85).



*edit* just noticed your comment about the case... Hang on, need to totally re-jig the spec :p

A tad over because of the aftermarket cooler. Should allow you to overclock to 4.4GHz ish? (not familiar with Haswell)

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £197.99
1 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III Boost Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **NEW REVISION** with FREE GAMES £189.95
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £84.95
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £53.99
1 x Akasa Venom 550w Modular '80 Plus' Power Supply £53.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Guarantee £43
Total : £733.85 (includes shipping : FREE).

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Also I already have a baraccuda :P Thanks for the AMD spec!

For some reason I am just very inclined to Intel though. Also, the h100 cooler doesn't fit in a 300R does it?
 
Ewaf said:
Also I already have a baraccuda :P Thanks for the AMD spec!

For some reason I am just very inclined to Intel though. Also, the h100 cooler doesn't fit in a 300R does it?
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Yeah sorry, I literally just googled that to make sure and it seems that it won't fit. Although some people are reporting that it will fit if you use different fans.

What is your current PSU?
 
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I'm guessing Seasonic is top notch then? I would be more inclined to go with the corsair due to being modular.

Almost ready to order. Still deciding whether I should get the 300R Case or not!


EDIT: I've read problems about the recommended graphics card : http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-190-MS, something about a faulty batch? Anyone shed some light on this? Also not sure when OcUK will get stock..
 
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They were a bit iffy (fan speed issues), the "new revision" is fixed.

Ask in the CS section as to when stock becomes available.
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I see, thanks for clarifying that! It does say 30th as an ETA so I'll hold on to before asking CS when they are back.


Now.. to decide on a case and I'm done! Noticed the 300R has just gone out of stock.. doh!
 
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