PSU for Sandy Bridge set up??

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Hi. I'm wanting to build a new set up for the purpose of photo/video editing & digital music editing, recording, mixing only, (please bear in mind that I'm not an overclocker or a gamer),yet I haven't built a pc since the days of the AMD Athlon 3800 & technology has come a long way since then, therefore I have no idea anymore! I'm still a novice so would appreciate Lamens terms please. I'm thinking of going for the new Sandy Bridge 2600 cpu with the Asus P8P67 Pro mobo. I have no idea of anything else & would really appreciate some advice on a PSU, any suggestions?? Continuous wattage?? Thanks in advance, appreciate any help :)
 
You could go for one of the H67 mobos rather than a P67 as the H67 uses onboard gfx whereas the P67 does not, conversly the P67 offers OCing which the H67 does not, for your needs I think youd be best with the H67 series, then you can do away with a dedicated gfx card
PSU wise you wont need much wattage, most wattage nowadays is in the high end gfx card department, a good 400W would suffice, look at Corsair CX430, OCZ StealthXStream2 500W, BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W or Antec High Current Gamer 400W, all good makes and all will suffice
 
95thrifles said:
You could go for one of the H67 mobos rather than a P67 as the H67 uses onboard gfx whereas the P67 does not, conversly the P67 offers OCing which the H67 does not, for your needs I think youd be best with the H67 series, then you can do away with a dedicated gfx card
PSU wise you wont need much wattage, most wattage nowadays is in the high end gfx card department, a good 400W would suffice, look at Corsair CX430, OCZ StealthXStream2 500W, BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W or Antec High Current Gamer 400W, all good makes and all will suffice
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Thanks for the advice. Are you sure the H67 integrated graphics would easily handle what I want it to do? I've been told that video/photo editing & digital music production are both demanding therefore need a dedicated graphics card. Can you explain this to me please? Sorry for my ignorance!!
 
An OCZ 500w stealth is a great choice, or you could even go for the 530w BeQuiet.

Video editing/photo editing and music creation is heavily reliant on CPU and RAM not GPU.
 
Thanks for the advice guys.

I will go with the H67 mobo & 2600K chip so that I can take advantage of intel's integrated HD 3000 graphics with 'quick sync', this will help with the video/photo editing. I need a psu that will easily handle the new set up, however I guess I've got to decide on the rest of the components before I can decide on the right psu/wattage.Your posts have given me a starting point for which psu's to look for so thanks guys :-)
 
Thanks for the advice smiley1987. I'll go away now & have a look at your suggestion. One question though....what are the best brands to go for to ensure I buy a well built psu???
 
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Thanks for the advice smiley1987. I'll go away now & have a look at your suggestion. One question though....what are the best brands to go for to ensure I buy a well built psu???
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Enermax/Corsair/BeQuiet/Antec/XFX/OCZ/Seasonic

Coolermaster have some good ones but they are the higher end models.(the gold editions are their best)
 
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No reason to get a 2600K with an H67 as the H67 won't allow overclocking it. Just get the normal 2600 or get a P67 to go with a 2600K but then you'd need a dedicated GPU.
 
1. Am I best to go for a modular or non modular PSU? I will have (in time) 2/3 internal hard drives, maybe SSD too. No graphics cards so don't know whether airflow & space will be an issue for me anyway??

2. If I went for a modular PSU, do they come with the cables?

Thanks in advance.
 
Modular PSUs come with all the cables you need.

Modular PSUs just make things cleaner inside you case as there aren't excess wires hanging about.

Non modular ones can be slightly cheaper but its easier to work with modular ones in my opinion.

Also, the z68 based motherboards offer overclocking and the use of the integrated graphics chip on the CPU so if you decide to overclock sometime in the future you have the option.
 
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I've just ordered all of the components for my new pc, except one...the PSU! I don't want to over spend unnecessarily on a PSU, so don't want to overkill on wattage (although I know you should buy sllightly more wattage than you need). I'm not an overclocker or gamer therefore I don't have a discrete graphics card to power (although there may be a chance that I will add a discrete card in the future, but nothing fancy, probably entry level). Can someone recommend a suitable wattage of PSU for this final spec please:

i7 2600K
Asus P8z68-V
2 x 1TB Samsung F3 Spinpoint HDD's
16GB (4x4gb) Corsair Vengeance LP Ram
Samsung S222AL/BEBE DVDRW
Coolermaster CM690 II Advanced Case

Thanks.
 
Hi Stulid. These are the 2 PSU's I've been looking at so that's good! Is 650W overkill for me though do you think bearing in mind I don't overclock or game (may want to add a graphics card in future but this would only be for video editing so only entry level or a bit better card would be needed)? Would 550W comfortably handle my needs plus some more? Thanks.
 
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