Hi all,
I'm currently running (without a PSU - looking to purchase on Monday) an AMD Phenom II 955, 4gb G.Skill 4gb DDR3, Asus M4A88TD-V Evo mobo, gtx 460 or ATI HD5830 (not sure on the gfx yet). Plus 3 hard drives and an optical drive.
My main question is how much will I be looking at on the power front? 600w was my planned area to look into however the only problem is I've got a £65 budget for this item. I figure I can get a half decent model for this but most seem to be pushing my budget. Ones I've seen in my price range are the 550w Corsairs not sure whether to go CX or VX/TX! Or the OCZ psu's any advice would be great!
As for the cooling question.. I've currently got one intake fan at the front of the case (came installed on my Coolermaster elite 430) I've got a Coolermaster hyper 212 HS. I'm looking at adding a exhaust at the rear so the CPU fan will be blowing air straight into that however would it be better to add either an intake/exhaust on the side or top of the case to help with the graphics cooling? I want this to be well cooled and not have any excess fans doing a whole lot of nothing to help keep it cool. Currently the CPU runs at around 30/35C idle however the lower section of the case (bare in mind this was without the intake connected) was hitting much higher - I realise the intake + graphics cooling will help this - I was using the IGP which was heating up so damn much.
Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Oh! I plan to overclock in the future so having a nice power overhead would be good, similarly for the cooling I'd like it to stay around this level and not really get higher than 55 (which it currently hits on load)
I'm currently running (without a PSU - looking to purchase on Monday) an AMD Phenom II 955, 4gb G.Skill 4gb DDR3, Asus M4A88TD-V Evo mobo, gtx 460 or ATI HD5830 (not sure on the gfx yet). Plus 3 hard drives and an optical drive.
My main question is how much will I be looking at on the power front? 600w was my planned area to look into however the only problem is I've got a £65 budget for this item. I figure I can get a half decent model for this but most seem to be pushing my budget. Ones I've seen in my price range are the 550w Corsairs not sure whether to go CX or VX/TX! Or the OCZ psu's any advice would be great!
As for the cooling question.. I've currently got one intake fan at the front of the case (came installed on my Coolermaster elite 430) I've got a Coolermaster hyper 212 HS. I'm looking at adding a exhaust at the rear so the CPU fan will be blowing air straight into that however would it be better to add either an intake/exhaust on the side or top of the case to help with the graphics cooling? I want this to be well cooled and not have any excess fans doing a whole lot of nothing to help keep it cool. Currently the CPU runs at around 30/35C idle however the lower section of the case (bare in mind this was without the intake connected) was hitting much higher - I realise the intake + graphics cooling will help this - I was using the IGP which was heating up so damn much.
Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Oh! I plan to overclock in the future so having a nice power overhead would be good, similarly for the cooling I'd like it to stay around this level and not really get higher than 55 (which it currently hits on load)