Thinking of this build... Which PSU, or any other comments?

Chaffers · 4 Feb 2009 at 15:37

I haven't upgraded my system since adding a Nvidia 5700 to my AMD XP3200+ system... I have bought a laptop between then and now, but have been left out of the PC building game for a very long time...

I have been looking at OCuk, and have specc'ed the follow:-

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Product 				Price

Asus P6T Deluxe "OC Palm Edition"	£281.74
Intel Core i7 920 2.66Ghz 		£241.49
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 "Core 216 55nm"	£224.24
Corsair 6GB DDR3 XMS3 1600MHz (3x2GB)	£148.34
WDC Black 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache x2	£ 98.89 x2
Noctua NH-U12P SE1366 CPU Cooler	£ 57.49
Antec 300 Ultimate Gaming Case		£ 52.89
Pioneer 116DBK Drive 20x DVD±RW IDE	£ 19.54
Noctua NF-S12 1200RPM 120mm Case Fan x3 £ 13.79 x3
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £  6.89
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Shipping :				£ 10.99 
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Total :				      £1,284.39 

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Just wondering on what a good PSU would be, and what juice rating would I need for such a system.

Thinking of getting a monitor... Maybe a 22" or 24"... any recommendations?

Many Thanks in advance!

Ranto · 4 Feb 2009 at 15:46

PSU - Coolermaster 700w - reasonable price + will be plentlyfull for that system

Monitor - ASUS 22" HD - its one of ocuk's top sellers + looks very very nice

95thrifles · 4 Feb 2009 at 15:47

24" monitor definately, depends on your budget as to recomendations
PSU Id recomend mine, PC Power & Cooling 750W silencer, others that are good are Corsair and Zalman
You could drop the mobo down, do you need the palm edition? I doubt it, you could put that money towards upgrading case to the 1200, bigger, more room to work and better cooling

Chaffers · 4 Feb 2009 at 16:19

95thrifles said:
24" monitor definately, depends on your budget as to recomendations
PSU Id recomend mine, PC Power & Cooling 750W silencer, others that are good are Corsair and Zalman
You could drop the mobo down, do you need the palm edition? I doubt it, you could put that money towards upgrading case to the 1200, bigger, more room to work and better cooling

I have looked at the differences between the P6T deluxe and the P6T deluxe palm edition, and they look exactly the same spec, so I will change this to the normal deluxe one... thanks for that!

I was thinking of a Corsair 620W modular, or a Corsair 850W non-modular... Would 620W be enough for a system like this?

I don't really have a set budget for the monitor. Which one would be the best, and which one would be the best value for money?

Also, looked at the case recommendation... The Antec 1200 looks to be HUGE... What about the P182 or the Antec 900? Is the Antec 300 bad for cooling?

95thrifles · 4 Feb 2009 at 16:38

no the 300 is ok, the 182 certainly isnt any bigger, its quieter though, depends what you want
monitor you can either look at something like the samsung sm2443bw for £220 TWO £230 normal price(budget) or the HP L2475W £450(high end)
PSU the 620 would be fine for this system, but if you were thihnking you might add another gfx card later you'd be better getting the 850 just to make sure