Should I upgrade my PSU?

finsaah · 18 Mar 2013 at 12:53

Building a new PC with the below bits;

Gigabyte GA-Z77M-D3H
i3 3225
8GB ram
samsung 120gb ssd
samsung 1tb hdd

I’ve been using the stock 380w psu from my Antec NSK2480 for the last 3 years, is there any need to upgrade the PSU? If so, what’s recommended?

As a sub question, can anyone recommend a cheap, low profile cpu cooler? Do I even need one?

stulid · 18 Mar 2013 at 12:57

If you are not planning on adding a GFX card, then that PSU should last a little while longer.

As for your sub question, the retail heatsink should do you.

DaleTheWhale · 18 Mar 2013 at 13:02

stulid said:
If you are not planning on adding a GFX card, then that PSU should last a little while longer.

As for your sub question, the retail heatsink should do you.

As said above really, if you're planning for future proof (Adding a graphics card in) then your going to need a 500w PSU ideally. But for that spec at the moment, you should be okay.

finsaah · 18 Mar 2013 at 13:36

Thanks both, that's just what I wanted to hear!

ubersonic · 18 Mar 2013 at 13:44

Its a bit doubtful he's planning to add a GFX card any time soon as hes gone for the i3 with the extra GPU power, so that PSU should be fine as everyone else has said.

finsaah · 18 Mar 2013 at 14:17

Yeah, very unlikely that I would add a graphics card - I don't game at all. May add a soundcard or dac later though.