PSU Recommend or existing OK

Kurgen

Kurgen

Kurgen

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ok my turn to be beaten in the PSU thread, I have a small budget around £400 -£450 to build a PC base unit for a vinyl cutter, office etc. so nothing demanding. I have specced out below what i think is the best value, i left out ryzen since you need a separate GPU

Whats the min PSU i need for this setup and a list of a couple to choose from and/or is the existing one any good

Existing PSU https://seasonic.com/product/eco-430/

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With 396w on the 12v rail it should be more than enough for your needs.

One thing I will say though is that I would not buy that i3 6100T. For the same price you can have the Coffeelake i3 8100 which is a proper quad core for the same price. The downside is that you need a Z370 motherboard as none of the cheaper chipsets are out yet so that bumps the price for the motherboard up £40. You could save some money by trying to pick up some memory from the members market.
 
 
 
final update the NZXT case doesn't have any SSD mounts, which suggests its ancient.. so updated to a Bequiet case keeps me within £450

I want 2 exposed 5,25" drives for card reader and DVD Writer so choice is limited and don't want it looking like a gaming case

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Kurgen said:
also is coffee lake stupid pushpins? rather add an entry level cooler that isn't pushpins

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Intel coolers have been push pin for 13 years.. Not changing any time soon. They are very simple to use once you understand how they work and they hold the lightweight stock cooler on securely. The Cooler Master hyper 212 is not push pin and actually has a very secure mounting system but has been surpassed by other coolers from companies like Cryorig, which, also, do not use push pins.

Honestly though if you're just running an i3 you should be fine with the stock cooler. You're not overclocking. If you have good case air flow the stock cooler is fine and there is no need to throw any money at it as it's a non issue... unless you really hate push pins.

Still gonna add a good 5-15 minutes to your build time to forego the stock cooler which installs in about 10 seconds though. Up to you.
 
I wouldn't buy the A30 cooler. I had a evaluation pre sale sample of the C400 and the mounting system is awful. It has a large ring that has to be installed in the motherboard. That was the main problem for me as although the ring fitted my motherboard I just couldn't mount the cooler as it was right up against the heatsinks around the cpu socket. I had to try it on the wifes Gigabyte B85M-D3H board and even then could only fit the cooler one way. The cooler is held on by awful little pushpins by the way and it is not a tight fit. The cooler actually felt quite loose to me.
 
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