Help me to get a proper rated PSU

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by the_tyrant

i believe 600w should be more than enough

That ^. I got a 750W just because it was the same price than their 600W.

And 6 or 8 GB RAM depends on whether your mainboard supports dual or triple channel.

[Castout]

Thanks My mobo supports dual channel. So does that mean I'm better off with even number of RAM stick?

As for the PSU I always aim a tad high because you need to put in the power factor of 0.8 and I'd like a stable power fed in. Higher power rating usually mean longer lasting PSU in general to my understanding.

I had had a horrible experience where my GPU was fried because the PSU failed. I was advised then to buy a local PSU and though it was rated a 700+W PSU it failed after 2 weeks. The main culprit was the total war game I played. So I only buy proper well known PSU now and with higher rating than what I need.

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by Castout

Thanks My mobo supports dual channel. So does that mean I'm better off with even number of RAM stick?

As for the PSU I always aim a tad high because you need to put in the power factor of 0.8 and I'd like a stable power fed in. Higher power rating usually mean longer lasting PSU in general to my understanding.

I had had a horrible experience where my GPU was fried because the PSU failed. I was advised then to buy a local PSU and though it was rated a 700+W PSU it failed after 2 weeks. The main culprit was the total war game I played. So I only buy proper well known PSU now and with higher rating than what I need.

Dual channel always: 2x or 4x RAM-Bar. These today have 2 or 4 GB per bar.

So with dual channel you either have 4, 8 or 16 RAM

RAM is cheap. Take 8 GB, therefore. I planned for 4 initially, but now I'm happy I did not make that a gospel. I took 8.

[Castout]

Yeah I will add another stick to make it 8.

It seems I have been mistaken about the CPU. I will be getting either i7 880 or i7 875K. It's the socket.
picked me a LGA1156 mobo and I didn't know better.

I can live with either i7 875K or 880. I assume 880 price has come down to reasonable value. If not I'll settle with 875K.

[Castout]

No i7 8 series available in stock .

I have decided to buy a whole new motherboard to go with i7 2600 rather than buying for socket LGA1366 i7 and mobo. The vendor picked me LGA1156 socket in December. Damn the guy for wasting my money. I was without internet so I couldn't research before buying. Well there's the cellphone but internet on cell is just yuck.
Any advice? I'll definitely buy Gigabyte's ultra durable series but I'm not sure which is the best for my setup.

So it will be

i7 2600
4x 2Gb DDR3
1 Tb 7200 rpm HDD
GTX 560 Ti 1Gb
850 W PSU

And

Gigabyte's ultra durable LGA1155 socket motherboard but which one would be best for my setup.

I'm ill equipped to understand motherboard.

Any advice is appreciated. I intend to upgrade the GPU about 3 years into the life. Maybe the memory too if needed. I only need to run Shogun 2 Total War and Arma 2 Combined Operation flawlessly currently. It doesn't need to run at the highest setting.

[Arclight]

Jeesh, er... anything with a P67 chipset, basically. Unless you want to use the onboard GPU of the new Sandy Bridge CPUs, in which case you want H67 chipset.

Beyond that you'll need to compare features and see which one satisfies your needs.


*and of course consider the brand of the PSU. Crappy 750W is no better than a good 500W one, not too mention it's more likely to damage your system.

[Castout]

Originally Posted by Arclight

Jeesh, er... anything with a P67 chipset, basically. Unless you want to use the onboard GPU of the new Sandy Bridge CPUs, in which case you want H67 chipset.

Beyond that you'll need to compare features and see which one satisfies your needs.


*and of course consider the brand of the PSU. Crappy 750W is no better than a good 500W one, not too mention it's more likely to damage your system.

Thanks Yeah I trust Enlight for my PSU. I realize it's not well known in the US but it has made a name here.

I'll keep the H67 in mind, won't need them but I'll check them out anyway. Thanks