Guild Wars 2

I5 3570k £180
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Intel-Generation-i5-3570K-3-40GHz-Technology/dp/B007RUZKK6

Asus P8Z77-V motherboard – £80
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B007KZQE7Q

Corsair Vengeance 16gb RAM – £70
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004E0ZKLQ
EVGA GeF GTX 670 – £300
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00829L3W0

Hitachi 500GB Deskstar Internal Hard Drive – £40
http://www.pcworldbusiness.co.uk/buy-rent/P147558P?cidp=Froogle
Hanns-G HS233H3B 23"LCD HDMI – £140 Yay 120hz
http://www.ebuyer.com/255455-hanns-g-hs233h3b-23-lcd-hdmi-3d-monitor-hs233h3b

Corsair 600w GS600 power supply – £60
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-CMPSU-600GUK-Gaming-Series-Performance/dp/B004WDWBUS

Tower Case – Antec Three Hundred Midi case – £40
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Antec-Three-Hundred-Midi-Case/dp/B0017Q8IAA

I’m pretty confident this build will prove to be fairly cost efficient and offers what I want really thanks for all the help will look at the thread a few more times to check there is like NOOO you’ll blow it up haha

And I don’t care much for any upgrading now decided this is going to be a one time purchase maybe overclocked when it gets old and a little outdated and just salvage whats useful still I’m sure 600w would run this system correctly? If not I’m gonna be kinda mad keep doing stuff over and over xD

gtx 670 specs right from nvidia site.

Thermal and Power Specs:
97 CMaximum GPU Temperature (in C)
170 WMaximum Graphics Card Power (W)
500 WMinimum System Power Requirement (W)4
Two 6-pinSupplementary Power Connectors

Mind you that minimum system power requirements are always on the very safe side. This because some bad psu producers will list peak wattage rather than sustained output.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/5818/nvidia-geforce-gtx-670-review-feat-evga/17

There a benchmark for actual measured power usage from the net. So not including the loss of power in the psu. The actual power usage by the system is thus even lower.

Btw in those same benchmarks we can see the cards you mention indeed draw more power. So you’d need a 600 watt psu for those. But either way those cards are eol. So unless you can get a very good deal on them I wouldn’t get them.

Btw specs dictate a max usage off 300 watt for graphics cards. 75 watt through the pci-express slot, 150 watt for an 8 pin connector and 75 watt for a 6 pin connecter. Some cards will come with two 8 pin power connectors to facilitate overclocking. But that’s naturally off-spec.

In games graphics cards will also never be at 100% load, so you’ll always be slightly under the specified usage in practice.

Looks good Thechin

Good luck with your new build on what you decide on

DABhand.2079:

@Waar – no its not, depending on the card the power requirements goes up. A 680/690 needs around 550W some even 600W, then there is 140-150W per motherboard+CPU, then the small amount of wattage per other card or device. All adds up doesn’t it :P

The cards can run on lesser wattage while in desktop mode, but if run it full pelt and you don’t have the required wattage available the card will lag, and eventually fail if run too long like that (long as in 6 months+).

This is not entirely accurate. The wattage in tests and reviews that you are seeing is being pulled from the wall. In other words, it is the cumulative wattage being used by all components. The 690 I can imagine using that much as it is 2 GPU’s if I am not mistaken. On top of that, the 600 series cards are notoriously power efficient. The card itself at full load is probably only drawing 175W. Here is a link to power consumption of a 680: http://www.guru3d.com/article/geforce-gtx-680-review/9

Roxim.1289:

This is not entirely accurate. The wattage in tests and reviews that you are seeing is being pulled from the wall. In other words, it is the cumulative wattage being used by all components. The 690 I can imagine using that much as it is 2 GPU’s if I am not mistaken. On top of that, the 600 series cards are notoriously power efficient. The card itself at full load is probably only drawing 175W. Here is a link to power consumption of a 680: http://www.guru3d.com/article/geforce-gtx-680-review/9

The wording I gave made it sound like it was the card requiring 550W + 140 for the motherboard.

But I did mean for it needing 550-600W all in, but advised getting an 800W just incase for future RAM, optical devices etc added later.

Plus 175W is idle power consumption, full load is 350-400W.

DABhand.2079:

Roxim.1289:

This is not entirely accurate. The wattage in tests and reviews that you are seeing is being pulled from the wall. In other words, it is the cumulative wattage being used by all components. The 690 I can imagine using that much as it is 2 GPU’s if I am not mistaken. On top of that, the 600 series cards are notoriously power efficient. The card itself at full load is probably only drawing 175W. Here is a link to power consumption of a 680: http://www.guru3d.com/article/geforce-gtx-680-review/9

The wording I gave made it sound like it was the card requiring 550W + 140 for the motherboard.

But I did mean for it needing 550-600W all in, but advised getting an 800W just incase for future RAM, optical devices etc added later.

Plus 175W is idle power consumption, full load is 350-400W.

I agree. The 175W I mentioned was the GPU only Wattage being used at full load, not the system. The full load 350-400W is the entire system.

Anyway, getting higher than 500W PSU is always a smart move for future builds/upgrades. But it will not hurt anything if he got the 500W. (as long as it is a high quality one)

Quidel.2401:

Dont wast your money on a i7, get a i5k and overclock it.

Get a gtx 670. I wouldnt settle for less then that if buying new.

its true… mmos do not utilize i7 capabilities, i5 will pretty much max it..

ideal set up which is pretty much maxing out your game on premium settings

i5
gtx560
8 gigs of ram

anything more and you will not see a difference noticeable to the eye.

Also, better to get a quality psu rather than a higher wattage psu. Not all are created equal. 750 is fantastic, unless you plan on crossfire/sli in which case you might wanna go 1000 to be safe. All psu will degrade wattage over time more than you would expect so do not go bare minimum.

Roxim.1289:

I agree. The 175W I mentioned was the GPU only Wattage being used at full load, not the system. The full load 350-400W is the entire system.

Anyway, getting higher than 500W PSU is always a smart move for future builds/upgrades. But it will not hurt anything if he got the 500W. (as long as it is a high quality one)

No Idle is when the GPU isn’t in use, full load is when its fully used with all hardware features running, then it requires the more wattage.

Same with Motherboards+CPUs idle its around 45W, full load its 140W-ish.

Just wanted to put a plug in for a great graphics card I just bought for about $200 (Canadian) … Xfx 6950 with dual fans. Solo card with i7 system and 8 gigs ram runs consistently at about 102 fps at max settings, have even seen it hit 120fps at some points.

LOVE this card and it’s not over the top expensive. And better still keeps at about 45 degrees F after 9 hours of gameplay … Lol, yes I know I play too much.