Shall I hit that order button?

iB CoMpL3XiTy · 23 Jul 2011 at 15:48

Reaper 392 said:
ooh, prehaps an 850W PSU is called for then:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-039-OC&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1098

i didnt realise the 570's used so much power

You could get away with a high quality 750W if you weren't overclocking, My core i7 960 uses a lot of power at 4.2Ghz and my GTX570's come pre overcloked and have a high VID (1.050V)

If your overclocking then yes a 850W or greater would be recommended.

danbt · 23 Jul 2011 at 15:53

iB CoMpL3XiTy said:
You could get away with a high quality 750W if you weren't overclocking, My core i7 960 uses a lot of power at 4.2Ghz and my GTX570's come pre overcloked and have a high VID (1.050V)

If your overclocking then yes a 850W or greater would be recommended.

Do you mean if I wasnt to overclock the CPU or the GPU's?

I've never OCed, im currently running an AM2 build with a Athlon x2 6000+ with a 9800gt
I think this build will be a huge improvement.

Also.

Would you guys recommend a build like this, or would I be better off in the long run to spend half the money on a build now, and then I could do a more up to date, but not top of the range, sooner in the future.

As I believe I believe I would be stuck with this build for like 2 years. Do you think it will stand that time quite well?

iB CoMpL3XiTy · 23 Jul 2011 at 17:46

danbt said:
Do you mean if I wasnt to overclock the CPU or the GPU's?

I've never OCed, im currently running an AM2 build with a Athlon x2 6000+ with a 9800gt
I think this build will be a huge improvement.

Also.

Would you guys recommend a build like this, or would I be better off in the long run to spend half the money on a build now, and then I could do a more up to date, but not top of the range, sooner in the future.

As I believe I believe I would be stuck with this build for like 2 years. Do you think it will stand that time quite well?

Yes thats what I meant, although you could get away with overclocking a 2500K with stock volts or less. ( I can get my 960 to 3.6Ghz on stock volts and the SB chips are better overclockers.)