What size power supply for this spec ?

The Matrix · 6 Feb 2014 at 14:15

Would a Seasonic Platinum 660W be enough to power this, what sort of power would that spec draw ?

Corsair 350D Micro ATX
Gigabyte G1.Sniper M5 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX
Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor
Avexir Venom Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory
Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic
MSI Radeon R9 270 Gaming Edition OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Corsair H110 cooler
3 x 140mm case fans

DDave · 6 Feb 2014 at 14:24

660w would be a bit overkill, but it will be nice to have for future upgrades/xfire. That spec should be under 400w.

lee32uk · 6 Feb 2014 at 14:26

YOUR BASKET
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 450W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £53.99
Total : £63.59 (includes shipping : £8.00).

Saves you a bit of cash

The Matrix · 6 Feb 2014 at 14:40

Thanks Dave

He wants fully modular Lee.

Fulax · 6 Feb 2014 at 15:28

YOUR BASKET
1 x Seasonic G series 450w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £65.99
Total : £75.59 (includes shipping : £8.00).

Semi-modular, but nothing is hardwired that you won't be using anyway.

Has he bought that spec yet? He could get a better GPU with some adjustments.

lee32uk · 6 Feb 2014 at 16:07

I agree with Fulax. That spec is all over the place. Anyway the Seasonic 450W would be enough for a 270 and i5-4670K.

The Matrix · 6 Feb 2014 at 16:19

The components haven't been bought yet, feel free to tidy up the spec and offer some suggestions. The PC will mainly be used from streaming movies, watching TV, listening to music and the occasional light gaming. He wants to try and make it as future proof as you can be, he uses an X box at the min so once he's seen how good gaming is on a pc I'm sure he'll convert to pc gaming.

lee32uk · 6 Feb 2014 at 16:36

Do you know what case he has ? Just want to make sure a big air cooler will fit

lee32uk · 6 Feb 2014 at 16:55

Assuming the K2 will fit in your Friends case, I would go for something like this.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280X Gaming Edition OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £259.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper M5 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £148.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £143.99
1 x Avexir Venom Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21330904G-2CIG) - Green Light £79.99
1 x Corsair RM Series RM 550 '80+ Gold' 550W Power Supply (CP-9020053-UK) £79.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler £49.99
Total : £942.54 (includes shipping : £8.00).

The Matrix · 7 Feb 2014 at 09:14

lee32uk said:
I agree with Fulax. That spec is all over the place. Anyway the Seasonic 450W would be enough for a 270 and i5-4670K.

Cheers for the spec above Lee.

When you say the original spec was all over the place, which parts did you think were not right ? His budget is around £800 - £850, with that bigger card it could be pushing it a bit.

Fulax · 7 Feb 2014 at 09:37

Does he have a case already? If yes, which one? If no, does it have to be mATX?

Will he be overclocking?

The original spec saves on the GPU to make room for an expensive CPU cooler, motherboard, PSU, and SSD - it is a little unbalanced.

The Matrix · 7 Feb 2014 at 09:53

Cheers Fulax

The case will be a Corsair 350D which hasn't been bought yet, the biggest board it can take is a micro ATX. The reason i chose a sealed water cooler is because the case has a solid front panel which obviously isn't ideal for drawing in air, a lot of the builds ive seen with the 350D seem to go down the Corsair sealed water cooler route.

He won't be overclocking, he basically wants something thats powerful, as future proof as he can get, its mainly for streaming movies, listening to music, general web use with the option to go into gaming as he wants to take a look at PC gaming having been using an Xbox for a while. He already has the SSD and OS, so the budget needs to be around £800 for the rest.

Fulax · 7 Feb 2014 at 10:32

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280X Gaming Edition OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £259.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper M5 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £148.99
1 x Seasonic G series 750w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £99.95
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX21C11T3K2/8X) £71.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler £29.99
2 x Corsair AF140 Quiet Series Low Noise High Airflow - Single Pack (CO-9050009-WW) £14.99 (£29.98)
Total : £810.88 (includes shipping : FREE).

If the case also has to be included in the £800 budget:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 270X DEVIL 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £169.99
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper M5 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £148.99
1 x Seasonic G series 750w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £99.95
1 x Corsair Obsidian 350D Windowed Micro ATX Case - Black (CC-9011029-WW) £94.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX21C11T3K2/8X) £71.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler £29.99
2 x Corsair AF140 Quiet Series Low Noise High Airflow - Single Pack (CO-9050009-WW) £14.99 (£29.98)
Total : £815.87 (includes shipping : FREE).

Both will allow the option of some mild overclocking in the future. He could save a bit if he doesn't want that option (cheaper motherboard, stock cooler). You could save a bit on the motherboard anyway, unless he specifically wants the Sniper (which is a very good board, of course).

The PSU is semi-modular, and will have the capacity to take another GPU. There's a saving of £25 to be made by going for the non-modular Superflower 650w, which would also allow for Crossfire. You could also get a cheaper PSU with lower wattage if he does not expect to add another GPU in the future.

Smoogels · 7 Feb 2014 at 10:49

My overclocked 8350 and 280X is 400W from the wall in BF4 so a i5 4670K should take a fair bit less

The Matrix · 7 Feb 2014 at 10:57

Fulax, i like the look of that GPU.

I just watched a review on the card on youtube, the guy said the power requirement for 1 card is 500W, he said 880W when they are under full load. Surely that aint right ?

Watch the video and fast forward it to 4mins

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PexMh6xklKk

Fulax · 7 Feb 2014 at 11:03

180w, he said. It is a very cool card, and it comes with 5 free games if you buy from OcUK.

Alternative: without the Sniper motherboard and modular PSU you can get a 280X in:

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280X Gaming Edition OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £259.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x Asus Z87M-PLUS Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £106.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 350D Windowed Micro ATX Case - Black (CC-9011029-WW) £94.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 650W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £73.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G2133HC11ADC01) £69.95
1 x Deepcool GAMMAXX 300 CPU-Cooler - 120mm £16.99
2 x Corsair AF140 Quiet Series Low Noise High Airflow - Single Pack (CO-9050009-WW) £14.99 (£29.98)
Total : £822.88 (includes shipping : FREE).

The Matrix · 7 Feb 2014 at 11:08

Fulax said:
180w, he said.

He deffo says 1 card uses 500W and 880W under load, maybe he's got his figures mixed up.

Nice card though.

The Matrix · 7 Feb 2014 at 11:36

Fulax

I like your spec, the one at £815.57

He does want the psu to be fully modular, if 650W will power that spec how do you rate the Seasonic X series as this one isn't much more than the G series one.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-027-SS

I'm using the platinum series myself, the Seasonic warranty i think is 7 years.

The Only Beardy · 7 Feb 2014 at 11:52

He definitely has his figures wrong... OCUK sell 2 280X's with a 650w PSU... I can't imagine they would do that if they weren't sure it would run them... I'd probably want a 500w PSU for a single GPU... imo the only reason to get a 650w psu for a single GPU is if your planning on going CF or you have something like a titan... but then if you plan on going CF I would play it safe and get something like a 750 - 850w... i think the 550w seasonic g is going to be the best bang for buck in this spec

Fulax · 7 Feb 2014 at 12:07

The Matrix said:
Fulax

I like your spec, the one at £815.57

He does want the psu to be fully modular, if 650W will power that spec how do you rate the Seasonic X series as this one isn't much more than the G series one.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-027-SS

I'm using the platinum series myself, the Seasonic warranty i think is 7 years.

650w would comfortbaly be enough for two 270Xs - I put a 750w PSU in because it is currently the same price as the 650w version.

Is that X-Series worth the extra £20? I don't think so. Yes, the G-Series isn't fully modular, but the only hardwired cables are the 24-pin, 8-pin CPU, and two 6+2 pins - and if you're not using them, you're doing something wrong.

For a single 270X save a bit of money and get the 450w or 550w Seasonic G-Series.

EDIT: I tried, but the OCD in me can't ignore the clash betwen the red/black GPU and the green motherboard. Here's a red/black motherboard for your consideration:

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Z87M Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £119.99
Total : £129.59 (includes shipping : £8.00).

Review: http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/msi_z87m_review_gaming,21.html