Agree, but system does not even have a GPU, so it will be alright, when you get a GPU, upgrade PSU right away though!
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Agree, but system does not even have a GPU, so it will be alright, when you get a GPU, upgrade PSU right away though!
Ok ill rephrase,i would not even run a system with integrated graphics with a cheap PSU
Why risk it and have the chance of taking the whole system for the sake of a extra £20-40
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Ok ill rephrase,i would not even run a system with integrated graphics with a cheap PSU
Why risk it and have the chance of taking the whole system for the sake of a extra £20-40
Neither would I, and you are 100% right. The OP should obviously buy a better PSU.
@OP - this is a nice one as kmufc mentioned;
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...23&subcat=1497
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I would strongy suggest you go with the XFX over the corsair PSU. The XFX is a newer design, is more efficient and is a bit cheaper. Here is an in-depth review.
However, if you have a system with no discrete graphics card and won't be overclocking, then you really don't need a 650W PSU. This Corsair 430W is much cheaper and still good quality (here is an in-depth review).
That said, if you plan to do a lot of video editing then I would not suggest going down the H67 road - as this chipset does not allow any overclocking, and with the Sandy Bridge "K series" CPUs overclocking is very easy to do and the performance improvement yielded by the overclock is significant in the types of things you will be doing.
If you decide to go down this road then you would need an i5 2500K, a P67 revision B3 board and a cheap discrete graphics card (this one is fine and provides about the same performance as the onboard sandy bridge graphics and doesn't have the video playing problem that sandy bridge IGP suffers with). Additionally, go for a nice CPU cooler like this to keep the overclocked CPU nice and cool. With this level of cooler you should be able to hit ~4.5GHz, quite a performance jump compared to the stock 2500(K) at 3.3GHz.
Also, this RAM is a good deal.
Finally, may I ask why you need a discrete Gigabit Ethernet PCI network adapter? There is a good quality Gigabit Ethernet adapter built in to all of the motherboards.
However, if you have a system with no discrete graphics card and won't be overclocking, then you really don't need a 650W PSU. This Corsair 430W is much cheaper and still good quality (here is an in-depth review).
That said, if you plan to do a lot of video editing then I would not suggest going down the H67 road - as this chipset does not allow any overclocking, and with the Sandy Bridge "K series" CPUs overclocking is very easy to do and the performance improvement yielded by the overclock is significant in the types of things you will be doing.
If you decide to go down this road then you would need an i5 2500K, a P67 revision B3 board and a cheap discrete graphics card (this one is fine and provides about the same performance as the onboard sandy bridge graphics and doesn't have the video playing problem that sandy bridge IGP suffers with). Additionally, go for a nice CPU cooler like this to keep the overclocked CPU nice and cool. With this level of cooler you should be able to hit ~4.5GHz, quite a performance jump compared to the stock 2500(K) at 3.3GHz.
Also, this RAM is a good deal.
Finally, may I ask why you need a discrete Gigabit Ethernet PCI network adapter? There is a good quality Gigabit Ethernet adapter built in to all of the motherboards.
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