Xen on 10 June 2011
| mibuokami said: I'm a paranoid person so I'd personally stick with a 600w PSU but honestly 450w is plenty for what you're proposing. Unless you plan to have a lot of addons for this comp? Will you be using TV tuner, additional HDD etc with it? 500gb HDD actually runs out fairly quick... I'd recommend using at least 1TB hdd. (or better yet a small 64gb SSD with a 2TB HDD for storage). Cheers. |
As am I man, as am I. I've decided to go with the Intel setup, since if I ever need an update, it's done very easily thanks to LGA 1155. Who knows what'll become of this PC? I could add more ram, another GPU... I did go with a different mobo in the end, the ASUS P8H67 B3 s1155.
I've removed any and all GPU's so I don't have to waste money on them for now. The i3 has one built in for films and surfing, I guess Mom can wait for games ;)
@JEMC: 1080p. I won't stress gaming on inbuilt gfx though... for now, basic uses. A few months in, I think I'll treat it to a solid GPU. Thanks for the calc! I didn't think anything like this existed. I'll check it up and then think of my future options to see which PSU i'm gonna go with eventually.
