What PSU Will I Need For This...?

PhatEd · 10 Sep 2011 at 14:07

Hi,

Looking at the below build and was wondering what PSU i will be needing to run it all? I think I'm right in saying that they 6870 will have 2 x power inputs? I'm currently only running an 8800GTS which has 1 x 6 pin power from my PSU and I don't think I have another one available. The PSU I currently have is an OCZ 400W ModXstream Pro.

Advice appreciated.

Thanks

RJC · 10 Sep 2011 at 14:08

Edit: Yes I can now!

Have you thought about the Intel i5 2500k?

PhatEd · 10 Sep 2011 at 14:09

Fixed. Man your quick!

Ta

King Damager · 10 Sep 2011 at 14:11

You should really get a SB processor rather than an AMD... AMD are rubbish atm....

Also take a look at this:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18316770

kd

RJC · 10 Sep 2011 at 14:13

Done a re-design:

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £167.99
(£139.99) £167.99
(£139.99)
Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £134.99
(£112.49) £134.99
(£112.49)
OcUK ATI Radeon HD 6870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Deus Ex PC Game £124.98
(£104.15) £124.98
(£104.15)
Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** LOWEST UK PRICE ** £99.98
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)
Antec TruePower New Modular 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £69.98
(£58.32) £69.98
(£58.32)
Samsung SpinPoint F4 EcoGreen 2TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD204UI) £60.98
(£50.82) £243.92
(£203.28)
Corsair Hydro H60 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1155/1156/775/AM2/AM3) £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £47.99
(£39.99) £47.99
(£39.99)
Sub Total : £791.53
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £160.41
Total : £962.4

Comparison: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/146?vs=288

PhatEd · 10 Sep 2011 at 14:23

Ok thanks for the advice. Was looking at the AMD route purely as a price point. So do you guys not think that AMD is worth it? Another reason was that AMD seem to support their CPU sockets for a lot longer then Intel. Not planning on upgrading again for another 3-4 years you see.

King Damager · 10 Sep 2011 at 15:00

Can I just ask what an earth you're going to do with 8TB of space?

Guessing you already have a case?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £167.99
1 x Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £154.98
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £134.99
1 x OcUK ATI Radeon HD 6870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Deus Ex PC Game £124.98
4 x Samsung SpinPoint F4 EcoGreen 2TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD204UI) £60.98 (£243.92)
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £47.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £22.98
1 x Samsung SH-S222AB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £926.83 (includes shipping : £10.00).

This is what I'd recommend, very similar to RJC's, but I dropped the H60 out for a Gelid Tranquillo, and instead gave you a Z68 Gen 3 Mobo - this is supposed to support IvyBridge (Intel's next CPU, and PCI 3.0 - next gen GPU's...)

kd

fowler002 · 10 Sep 2011 at 17:08

King Damager said:
Can I just ask what an earth you're going to do with 8TB of space?

Guessing you already have a case?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £167.99
1 x Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £154.98
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £134.99
1 x OcUK ATI Radeon HD 6870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Deus Ex PC Game £124.98
4 x Samsung SpinPoint F4 EcoGreen 2TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD204UI) £60.98 (£243.92)
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £47.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £22.98
1 x Samsung SH-S222AB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £926.83 (includes shipping : £10.00).

This is what I'd recommend, very similar to RJC's, but I dropped the H60 out for a Gelid Tranquillo, and instead gave you a Z68 Gen 3 Mobo - this is supposed to support IvyBridge (Intel's next CPU, and PCI 3.0 - next gen GPU's...)

kd

so's the gigabyte mbs with a bios update but msi disagree, we wouldn't know for certain until the ivy& pci-e3.0 are out

btw whats the main usage for this pc?

Reaper 392 · 10 Sep 2011 at 17:51

fowler002 said:
so's the gigabyte mbs with a bios update but msi disagree, we wouldn't know for certain until the ivy& pci-e3.0 are out

its clear that the gigabyte mobos out now do not support PCIe G3. if you read the articles they do not have the correct chips in to support it.

asrock is the best G3 mobo for the price right now.

ps. damager, you might have a bit of trouble powering your recommendation up

i'd go with RJC's spec but with the gelid tranquillo instead of the H60 to keep the cost similar to what you had in mind before