Power Supply with regards to 8320 Processor

Mikey Williams · Dec 3, 2014

Evening all, long time reader, first time poster.

My issue is that I'm about to buy a new processor and mono to upgrade my current Phenom XII 550. My rig also contains:

8 gig Vengeance RAM
120 gig SSD
500Gb HDD
Radeon 7950 boost
550 watt PSI

now my question is, been looking at getting an FX8320 or 8350 (with a 212 evo), along with GA-990FXA-UD3 mobo, will I also need to chuck in a new Psu to the fray? I'm looking at creating a solid next gen system, am not fussy on stupid levels of frame rate just want something nice and smooth to game on. With a budget of around 300 quid. Any help would be awesome.
Thanks all, this site truly is a bastion of awesome.
Mikey.

uplink-svk · Dec 3, 2014

Greetings Mikey,

What model/type is Your current 550 Watt PSU?

Mikey Williams · Dec 3, 2014

Hey man, thank you for your quick response. Just done a check(it was a good year or so ago when I bought this psu) it's actually an Arctic 700, I'm assuming 700 watt PSU, I recall it being near a hundred pounds at time of purchase, apologies for my incorrect info.

uplink-svk · Dec 3, 2014

Is it Arctic Power, or Arctic Cooling? But I guess it's Arctic Power, this one in particular: http://www.compucase-hec.co.uk/psu_arctic_power_500-600-700.htm

If so, in this case You don't need to change PSU, but since it's a bad brand, I'd go for some Seasonic, XFX, or Corsair PSU, or Antec. 650-700 Watts will do just fine.

Mikey Williams · Dec 3, 2014

Yeah Arctic Power man, always thought it was a dodgy brand. Do you think I would get away with leaving it as it is and upgrading it in the future?
Could you suggest a build or an alternative to what I've mentioned for an under 300 bracket? Just want really good performance as was wondering whether or not to just buy a PS4. But can't turn my back on my PC heritage.
Thank you very much for your help, uplink. It really is appreciated.

uplink-svk · Dec 4, 2014

Greetings,

This is the solution if You're willing to bleed a little more and want to get to completely new level:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($208.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($104.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX XTR 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($76.18 @ Newegg)
Total: $390.16
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-04 05:23 EST-0500

It's gonna rip apart FX 8320,

and this is Your cash range solution:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8370 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($164.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair Professional 750W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($129.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $294.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-04 05:31 EST-0500

These two will sing in Your computer a mighty anthem of power and victory. My only regret is that Your motherboard doesn't support 220Watt Vishera processors. That would be some real mayhem.

To the regards of the future, I'd go after Intel, to the regards to the fact, that You have pretty solid motherboard there for AMD, and to Your wallet, AMD solution is pretty damn good. I chose overpriced PSU, You can get what You need for up to 70 bucks, but it's futureproof and it will run for eons come.

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