Help buying PSU

daredevil360

Hi ,
I want to build my son a PC for study and light gaming and have no clue about power supply watts,amps and volts , looking for a decent brand like Evga power supply that will do the job. i will be using Amazon.co.uk to purchase .I currently have these parts listed below .

I used PC parts picker to show the parts and get the wattage it says 382W . so would a 450W /500W 80+ be ok ? or need to go higher ? i think the GPU recommends 500W min. Any help is greatly appreciated

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz Quad-Core OEM/Tray Processor
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£23.80 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L ATX LGA775 Motherboard
Memory: OCZ Titanium XTC 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2-800 Memory
Memory: OCZ Titanium XTC 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2-800 Memory
Storage: Seagate 500GB 2.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£38.90 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 6870 1GB Video Card
Case: Antec Three Hundred ATX Mid Tower Case
Case Fan: ARCTIC Arctic F12 74.0 CFM 120mm Fan (£3.29 @ Amazon UK)
Case Fan: ARCTIC Arctic F12 74.0 CFM 120mm Fan (£3.29 @ Amazon UK)
Case Fan: ARCTIC Arctic F12 74.0 CFM 120mm Fan (£3.29 @ Amazon UK)
Monitor: Dell U2412M 60Hz 24.0" Monitor (£179.99 @ Aria PC)
Keyboard: Logitech Wireless Combo MK270 Wireless Standard Keyboard w/Optical Mouse
Total: £252.56
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-26 20:43 GMT+0000

Digital Solitude

You're much better off going with a newer Haswell based build, that PC is already obsolete.

E.G.

Pentium G3220 €60
H81M motherboard €50
4gb RAM €30
1tb HDD €50
120gb SSD €60
Case €40
400w PSU €50
Total €350

Maybe €120 for a monitor and he's away, lots of room for upgrading if he wants to make it a full gaming machine. It's only a GPU away really, and possibly a CPU upgrade depending

This'll be grand for indie games and the older stuff, it'll need a graphics card before he can reasonably play anything new.

you haven't posted a final budget, but if you give one I'll change my build to fit it.

daredevil360

Digital Solitude wrote: »

You're much better off going with a newer Haswell based build, that PC is already obsolete.

E.G.

Pentium G3220 €60
H81M motherboard €50
4gb RAM €30
1tb HDD €50
120gb SSD €60
Case €40
400w PSU €50
Total €350

Maybe €120 for a monitor and he's away, lots of room for upgrading if he wants to make it a full gaming machine. It's only a GPU away really, and possibly GPU.

This'll be grand for indie games and the older stuff, it'll need a graphics card before he can reasonably play anything new.

you haven't posted a final budget, but if you give one I'll change my build to fit it.

My apologies I didn't mention I have all these parts already ,I just need a suitable PSU to go with the build

Digital Solitude

Ah okay, get him an SSD anyways

Anything above 400w is grand, don't need more than 500w at all

Corsair, BeQuiet, SeaSonic and EVGA are all grand manufacturers

daredevil360

Digital Solitude wrote: »

Ah okay, get him an SSD anyways

Anything above 400w is grand, don't need more than 500w at all

Corsair, BeQuiet, SeaSonic and EVGA are all grand manufacturers

Ok thanks I was thinking an Evga 500w 80+bronze just to be sure , and I will be picking up a SSD for sure while am at it

TerrorFirmer

You are aware that no new games will actually run on that machine? Indie titles, and games like Minecraft, Farming Simulator, CS: GO will be OK, but newer games like Call of Duty Advanced Warfare/Black Ops 3, Battlefield, Battlefront, GTA, Fallout, etc haven't a hope of running on that CPU. Just so he doesn't have unrealistic expectations.

daredevil360

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

You are aware that no new games will actually run on that machine? Indie titles, and games like Minecraft, Farming Simulator, CS: GO will be OK, but newer games like Call of Duty Advanced Warfare/Black Ops 3, Battlefield, Battlefront, GTA, Fallout, etc haven't a hope of running on that CPU. Just so he doesn't have unrealistic expectations.

Yes fully aware , even overclocked to 3GHz that CPU and GPU combo wouldn't expect it to run any AAA title.