- Feb 22, 2013
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Hey lovely people, recently I've been looking into building myself a decent gaming computer. Specifically a Mini-ITX build as I need to remain (semi-)portable at the moment, the issue is that this is my first build and while I've been lurking on forums for months I still have a few questions.
This is currently my build:
PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/zHdsFT
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/zHdsFT/by_merchant/
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£177.50 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£88.99 @ Dabs)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste (£11.27 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Motherboard: Asus Z97I-PLUS Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard (£111.58 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£44.98 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£69.98 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£57.68 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Twin Frozr Video Card (£389.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Corsair 250D Mini ITX Tower Case (£70.49 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/RSBS DVD/CD Writer (£12.36 @ CCL Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 OEM (64-bit) (£67.95 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £1102.76
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-27 17:48 BST+0100
As you can see I lack only a power supply and I honestly have no idea where to begin with it.
So can someone make me a recommendation of a decent power supply? As I've been recommended everything from a 400 to a 600 watt.
Also while I have spent a lot of time researching my components for the best performance without overspending (I plan on doing a little overclocking on my CPU), I would greatly appreciate any other recommendations to do with my build.
Thanks in advance for any help!
This is currently my build:
PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/zHdsFT
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/zHdsFT/by_merchant/
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£177.50 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£88.99 @ Dabs)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste (£11.27 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Motherboard: Asus Z97I-PLUS Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard (£111.58 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£44.98 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£69.98 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£57.68 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Twin Frozr Video Card (£389.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Corsair 250D Mini ITX Tower Case (£70.49 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/RSBS DVD/CD Writer (£12.36 @ CCL Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 OEM (64-bit) (£67.95 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £1102.76
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-27 17:48 BST+0100
As you can see I lack only a power supply and I honestly have no idea where to begin with it.
So can someone make me a recommendation of a decent power supply? As I've been recommended everything from a 400 to a 600 watt.
Also while I have spent a lot of time researching my components for the best performance without overspending (I plan on doing a little overclocking on my CPU), I would greatly appreciate any other recommendations to do with my build.
Thanks in advance for any help!
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