Upgrade time again.

dray · 5 Dec 2009 at 10:53

Just got my hands on a 275 gfx card to put in my old system and was looking to upgrade in the new year, but my wife is going to buy me my new upgrade for xmas, god bless her, only cost me an iphone and a laptop but hey who's complaining.

Looking at this oc'd bundle http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-003-OB.

Atm ive got a 700w ocz gamexstream psu, just need to know if that would be enough for the bundle plus the 275 gfx card, 2x500gb sata hdd's and a dvd rom?

95thrifles · 5 Dec 2009 at 10:57

Yeah it'll be fine, enjoy

Nocky24 · 5 Dec 2009 at 11:01

Yep very good bundle, of course you could always try overclocking yourself and buy seperately

dray · 5 Dec 2009 at 11:07

Thnx for the replies, seeing as the wife is buying that leaves me spare cash for another 275 and running sli, but im guessing that would need a psu upgrade, what would i be looking at over the 700w?

95thrifles · 5 Dec 2009 at 11:35

you might need a little more for SLi yeah, in this test system SLI'd 275s uses 643W at load, with OC and additional drives it may push it close

Ast3r · 5 Dec 2009 at 11:42

If you want to SLI 2xGTX275s with that bundle plus the other components you'll need a good 750W PSU.....http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-011-CS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1084

Nocky24 · 5 Dec 2009 at 11:44

The Corsair HX 750w is a good choice if you're looking at a sli setup.

dray · 5 Dec 2009 at 11:46

Thnx again, I think I'll err on the side of caution and go for a 800w psu.

Nocky24 · 5 Dec 2009 at 11:51

dray said:
Thnx again, I think I'll err on the side of caution and go for a 800w psu.

Yeah if you want headroom and want it to last you a good while through future setups then i'd be looking at +850w myself

Ast3r · 5 Dec 2009 at 11:51

Then get this http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-013-CS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=

dray · 6 Dec 2009 at 10:35

As my gaming vices are only really eve online and L4D I'm thinking that the oc'd bundle plus 2x 275 might be a bit overkill so I might shelve the sli setup and go for a 128GB solid state drive, looking at the crucial m225

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-003-CR&tool=3

Thats around the same amount of cash I'd spend on another gfx card and psu.

Basically do I go with the dual sli or the solid state.

will0812 · 6 Dec 2009 at 10:56

For the games you play one 275 should be enough, as you say 2 would be a bit overkill.

SSD is a much better idea, i expect you'd notice the extra performance a lot more.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-005-IN&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=1427 would possibly be a better choice, but is more expensive

dray · 6 Dec 2009 at 12:07

I read a couple of reviews on the Intel 160g ssd and decided thats what I'd go for with the bundle, orders in and roll on Tuesday.

Thanks for the replies and advice.

Numbnuts · 6 Dec 2009 at 12:13

My mates just bought that kit and its flying

will0812 · 6 Dec 2009 at 12:20

The 160gb intel SSD will be awesome. Make sure to download the update that has TRIM support, you can find topics on this in the memory section of the forum