Rate/Suggest My New Build

MCleveland said:

Will 750w be enough? I do want to SLI eventually. The Newegg PSU calculator said everything I want to eventually do will take around 825w.

Yes. the Seasonic x750 is a very high quality, high effeciency PSU. Its even listed as a certified SLI PSU for 570s. Also, the new generation of Nvidia GPUs (the 670s) use a bit less power so youd be fine there as well.
There are actually reports the x650 will run SLI 570s, but its likely pushing it.

The 850W will allow more headroom though. But you may not need it unless running higher power draw GPUs than a 570.

Now for 580s, you might be getting close to its limits.

But SLI 570s will pull around 650-750 watts from the wall in game at the high end.
Lets say your pulling 750W, the PSU will be about 88% efficient or so.

So that means, if pulling 750W from the wall, at only 85% effeciency, you only using arounf 630W from the PSU. Well within its range.
And thats a bit exaggerated. realistically, you'll only be pulling 650-700 at most from the wall.

They are also capable of delivering more than the rated power for a time. Though I wouldn't want to let it do that for any length of time, or avoid it if possible.

Now, if you run Furmark and Prime95 at the same time to stress the system, you may have issues. But bear in mind, No app or game will ever come anywhere close to that type of power draw.



--On the SSD
I know many have thier own opinions and thats fine, no one is wrong is what they prefer.
But personally, I prefer a 80GB SSd for the OS and Apps only. Pagefile, Temp, all programs (except games) go here.

I use a dedicated spinner for most games, and for games that Im currently playing or have high disk use, I have a secondary SSD thats dedicated to games as well.

A 2nd spinner for User DATA and Media.

And finally a 3rd Spinner for Backups only.

I prefer to keep games off of my OS SSD, as it makes System Images/restores faster and easier.
But thats just my way of doing it. I know some do prefer one large SSD, rather than 2.

I agree with Wishmaster but like everyone else I have my Opinion too

I bought a 80 Gb SSD just for Os and My STEAM gaming application

everything else is on a spinner ,I honestly don't see any more get up from going from SSD to spinner maybe because I do more streaming and Gaming vs Burning/Apps /Editing etc ....

My other Rig I have it set up for just streaming movies but very capable of doing everything like my other unit still I figure there is no need for a SSD on there because most people don't even notice till you point it out

It does open everything quicker and shave off start up time but in the end QUANITY over takes QUALITY in the end ! less money for more space but not super speedy performance

Solarstarshines said:

My other Rig I have it set up for just streaming movies but very capable of doing everything like my other unit still I figure there is no need for a SSD on there because most people don't even notice till you point it out

SSD's are still a luxury and not a required item. But as far as bang for the buck goes, it's one of the best upgrades out there for the money. It's likely going to contribute more than a slightly faster CPU, faster or more RAM, a slight upgrade on a video card, etc.

I would agree.
In the past upgrading CPU and/or Memory saw gains, but they were marginal, and in some cases only in certain areas or apps.
Same with GPU, only the gain was with games.

SSD on the other hand seemed like a huige overall boost, that was apparent on 1st boot. At least to me.

MCleveland,
It's real easy to add up your programs and do some quick math. You'll find 128 will work well but I agree if you find a larger drive and it fits in the build budget then go for it. Also you can save some monies and get the larger PSU but get a semi-modular design. With this the cables you must use are connected internally and then the others are modular, great idea and saves serious coin without giving up a thing!
Newegg.com - CORSAIR Professional Series HX1050 1050W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS SILVER Certified Semi Modular Power Supply
I just saved you enough for your 240gb SSD!

Wishmaster said:

Also, the new generation of Nvidia GPUs (the 670s) use a bit less power so youd be fine there as well.

If you can afford it (and find stock) I'd seriously consider a 670 over a 570. You might find you may not need to go SLI for quite a awhile.

And a 128GB SSD is the sweet spot (119GB usable). Plenty of rooms for pretty much all your apps and several large games.

(Some games, particularly those with long level/frequent load times) benefit the most from SSDs. Others are quite happy to be run off a spinner without out any real noticeable difference).

seems that's since the SSD's are getting cheaper paying 120.00 to 130.00 on a 120 to 128 Gb ssd would be something to go for since htey are dropping pretty fast

I'm considering getting a newer one just to get better read and write times i am using a sata 2 when i should be use-ing a sata 3 so I will be looking into this and reformating my machine to see the overall boost a sata 3 vs sata 2 gives me because i am under utilizing my board

Micro Center - OCZ Technology Agility 3 AGT3-25SAT3-120G 120GB SATA 6Gb/s 2.5" Solid State Drive (SSD) with SandForce 2281 Controller AGT3-25SAT3-120

Only thing about the second one the times are degraded by a few points
not really a big deal Micro Center - OCZ Technology Agility 3 AGT3-25SAT3-240G 240GB SATA 6Gb/s 2.5" Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) with SandForce 2281 Controller AGT3-25SAT3-240 or split for 2 of the 120 and toss the 80 gb in the old board fit for a sata 2 controlled ssd