Upgrade Time (with a question)

[Xinn]

Looking to upgrade to the below

Currently running E8400, 8GB, HD 4890, 64GB Crucial M4.

Will this lot run on a Corsair HX 620W or will I need to upgrade that too?

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III OC V2 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE FARCRY3, Hitman Absolution, Sleeping Dogs & 20% off MOH Warfighter PC Games £251.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x MSI Z77A-GD65 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £159.98
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT256M4SSD2) £155.99
2 x Kingston HyperX Blu 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1333C9D3B1K2/8G) £41.99 (£83.98)
Total : £836.93 (includes shipping : FREE).

 

[stulid]

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III OC V2 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE FARCRY3, Hitman Absolution, Sleeping Dogs & 20% off MOH Warfighter PC Games £251.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Series SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - (MZ-7PC256B/WW) £149.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £26.99
Total : £738.95 (includes shipping : £10.00).





• Your HX620W PSU will still be great for a single card, if you want to add another, then look at getting a 750W PSU.

• If this PC is for gaming (looks that way) then 8GB is plenty.

 

[Xinn]

Thanks for the quick reply Stulid, I'll swap out the items with your suggestions.

Any reason why for the Samsung over the Crucial for the SSD or is it purely because it's cheaper.

Also thanks for the advice on the PSU, I doubt I'll go for more than 1 GPU so I guess I'll be fine.

 

[stulid]

Its both cheaper/faster/reliable.

Actually thats three things not two

 

[Xinn]

Awesome, oh I best check if it will fit in an Antec P182 with the length of the graphics card too.

 

[stulid]

http://uk.msi.com/product/vga/R7950-Twin-Frozr-3GD5-OC.html#?div=Specification

Card Dimension(mm) 261 x 111 x 38mm

The board is just a standard ATX size.


With the money saved you can add a cooler (the retail CPU includes a standard one)?

 

[Xinn]

Fantastico! I'll get the measuring stick out tonight!

Thanks for the fast help, much love!

Edit: Should fit fine, it don't have the removable bay in the case anyway. Plenty of room!

 

[stulid]

Cool.

So how about finishing of the spec with a nice aftermarket cooler?

 

[Xinn]

I'll be doing that for sure, I just wanted to get the basic kit down first.

Anything you'd recommend that it's too tall for the P182 (210mm apparently)?

 

[stulid]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Thermalright Silver Arrow SB-E CPU Cooler (Socket LGA 2011/1366/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA775/AM2/AM3/FM1) £49.20
1 x BeQuiet Dark Rock 2 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366/2011/AMD FM1/AM2/AM2+/AM3/AM3+) £45.98
1 x Thermalright Venomous X Silent CPU Cooler (Socket 775/1156/1155/1366/AM2) £41.99
1 x Thermalright True Spirit 140 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA775/AM2/AM3) £39.95
1 x Xigmatek Dark Knight SD-1283 Night Hawk Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA 2011/1366/1156/1155/775 and AMD FM1/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £34.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £32.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA2011/1366/1155/1156/775/ AMD AM3/AM3+/AM2/AM2+/FM1) £29.99
Total : £287.09 (includes shipping : £10.00).

 

[Xinn]

Hmm according to Antec support forums max hight for CPU cooler is 160mm that will fit in the case. That only leaves the Alpenföhn from that lot.

 

[stulid]

The Dark Night is under,

http://www.xigmatek.com/product.php?productid=162&type=specification

120(W) x 50(D) x 159(H) mm

 

[Xinn]

Sexy suave, so it is.