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HI,

I am looking to get the folowing setup but need a few answers please. I run a 22" monitor at 1080.


Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail £139.99

Asus GeForce GTX 460 Direct CU TOP 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with HAWX2 PC-Game £114.99

MSI P55-GD65 Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard with Free USB 3.0 PCI Controller Card £99.99

Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £65.99

******* Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £62.99 *******

******* Corsair CX 600W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-600CXUK) Corsair CX 600W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-600CXUK) £54.99 *******

LG CH10LS20 10x BluRay-ROM / 16x DVD±RW Drive - Black (Retail) £52.86

Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - Retail £40.98

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 939 / AM2 / AM3 / 775 / 1156 / 1366) £18.99


£600.00 inc V.A.T. give or take a few pounds.

Apart from the usual "Is this all compatable" question, can I drop the 650w PSU and keep the case with 500w PSU? and is the freezer 7 Pro up to the job at stock?

TIA,
 
yeah you only need one PSU and the bundled one whilst not great will be ok
The freezer 7 is a good little cooler
Only thing Id change is HDD, get a Samsung F3, rest looks spot on
 
Not sure the case/PSU combo mixes all that well with the motherboard selected. The motherboard's main strength is that it lets you run SLI or Crossfire at 8x/8x, but with that 500W PSU I doubt I would ever want to stick even a double 460 solution in there, especially if you do not leave CPU at stock.

I would definitely go with a strong single card motherboard that either is cheaper or has more features like USB3 or SATA6. Or go with a dedicated PSU to allow you to SLI the 460 in the future.
 
yes it's compatible.

You can drop the psu. However, the board you have selected as Porcelina has pointed out can run two cards at decent speeds. So you need to ask yourself Am I going to use more than one card in future?

If yes you would probably want to drop the "with Elite power 500watt" version of the case for the without.

Then purchase a psu with closer to 650-700 watts of power.

If no, then you can save a few quid on the board, or keep it as its a good board.

Either way your set. You can drop that 650 psu if you want.

Edit: +1 to change of the HDD to samsung F3.

Personally this is better than your cooler if you can afford it:

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