Spec Check

demon8991 · 28 Nov 2016 at 02:02

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)

mickyflinn · 28 Nov 2016 at 11:05

The motherboard has an m2 slot and all features needed to add expansion cards is there anything specific you want to know.

pastymuncher · 28 Nov 2016 at 11:28

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

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

MireMare · 28 Nov 2016 at 12:00

Sorry to jump on this thread but just saw your post pasttmuncher about that power supply, I'm looking to buy one on Overclockers this morning. My old fully modular OCZ 550W has gone and just checking if that EVGA GS 550W would be good enough (quality, power overhead) to replace it.

It's a gaming PC, Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155), Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge), 8GB RAM 1600MHz Dual Channel, and G1 Gigabyte GTX 970. Has a 1TB Seagate HDD in there too. Thanks.

ExRayTed · 28 Nov 2016 at 12:06

MireMare said:
Sorry to jump on this thread but just saw your post pasttmuncher about that power supply, I'm looking to buy one on Overclockers this morning. My old fully modular OCZ 550W has gone and just checking if that EVGA GS 550W would be good enough (quality, power overhead) to replace it.

It's a gaming PC, Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155), Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge), 8GB RAM 1600MHz Dual Channel, and G1 Gigabyte GTX 970. Has a 1TB Seagate HDD in there too. Thanks.

Yup, the EVGA will easily power that lot.

MireMare · 28 Nov 2016 at 12:07

Thanks.

demon8991 · 28 Nov 2016 at 21:44

pastymuncher said:
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

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?

ExRayTed · 28 Nov 2016 at 23:49

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

demon8991 · 29 Nov 2016 at 00:02

ExRayTed said:
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 · 29 Nov 2016 at 03:29

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