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[demon8991]

Hi guys,

I am building a PC for a work colleague and wanted some thoughts on the below build. He doesn't need a GPU (using onboard graphics) and will be getting the Mouse, Keyboard & Monitor himself. I live in Australia so won't be getting it from OcUK unfortunately.

Not really sure on which motherboard to go so could do with some help I have a MSI B150M Bazooka Plus Motherboard specced over here but OcUK don't seem to stock it so I couldn't include it below.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Samsung 960 EVO Polaris 250GB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive= £139.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-17000C13 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK8GX4M2A2133= £55.99
• 1 x Corsair Carbide Series 100R Mid-Tower Case - Black (CC-9011075-WW)= £49.99
• 1 x Intel Core i5-6500 3.20GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £199.99
• 1 x Corsair VS 550W '80 Plus' Power Supply (CP-9020097-UK)= £47.99

Total: £505.65
(includes shipping: £11.70)
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[demon8991]

The psu is a very poor quality unit. This is a much better psu:-

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x EVGA Supernova GS 550W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply= £57.95

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It's a Seasonic built, fully modular, gold rated unit with a single 12v rail of 540w and a 5 year warranty.

This unit doesn't seem to be available over here.

Would you have any other recommendations for a similar price?

 

[demon8991]

Depends on what you have available really. Rather than go through a few PSUs to find one that is available to you, try looking here. You're looking for any PSU made by Seasonic or Superflower if you're after a top-tier unit

To be honest I am not really after a top tier unit just something reliable and cheapish.

However I appreciate the need for a good PSU so reliability is the preference then the cheaper the better.

The seasonic PSUs are pretty hard to get over here at a decent price point and Superflower doesn't exist.

 

[demon8991]

What are your thoughts on the below PSU which I can get for around a tenner more.

Antec High Current Gamer 520W Modular HCG-520M

I believe, according to this article it is a Seasonic unit.

http://www.orionpsudb.com/antec