upgrade thoughts

Hawkesbury · 17 Aug 2013 at 12:09

Potty27 said:
Could get the Hyper 212 Evo but it's "Due Soon".

and now 'out of stock'

would a 550w XFX psu be powerful enough? I am getting conflicting information about how much power i will need. I know the new AMD card specs are unknown, but reading around some suggest 750W PSU and others 500W with the 8320 oc'ed.

teppic · 17 Aug 2013 at 12:59

750W is a ridiculous amount, the card would be drawing 500w for that to be necessary. 550w is more than enough.

Hawkesbury · 17 Aug 2013 at 13:39

once again thanks for the reassurance.

Hawkesbury · 17 Aug 2013 at 13:48

Is it worth waiting for the 212 cooler to come back into stock, or is the real world difference not enough?

teppic · 17 Aug 2013 at 13:53

Has anyone said you're indecisive before?

The 212 cooler is a good cooler, but most ones around £25-£30 are.

Hawkesbury · 17 Aug 2013 at 14:02

haha yes. This will be my last post until it all goes wrong and i need help.

Thanks x

Potty27 · 17 Aug 2013 at 18:41

Hawkesbury said:
Is it worth waiting for the 212 cooler to come back into stock, or is the real world difference not enough?

It's probably not worth waiting for, I'm biased towards that Cooler anyway, because I use one, the others mentioned here should be fine too.

Potty27 · 17 Aug 2013 at 18:43

The minimum safe PSU you'll need I expect is decent 500w.

550-650 watt is ideal, 750 is overkill.