Feedback on my PC Spec

[prindacerk]

Hi,

I've custom built this spec and I would like some feedback from the experts in the board. Any advice/opinions would be appreciated.

Case
COOLERMASTER CM690 MKII ADVANCED CASE

Overclocked CPU
Overclocked Intel® Core™i7-2600k Quad Core (3.40GHz @ max 4.80GHz)

Motherboard
ASUS® P8P67 PRO (NEW REV 3.0): USB 3.0/SATA 6Gb/s, CrossFireX™ & SLI

Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT)

Graphics Card
1.25GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 570 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - DX® 11, 3D Vision Ready

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
12x BLU-RAY RE-WRITER DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW (£89)

Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT

Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W TX SERIES (TX650) 80+ ULTRA QUIET PSU (£72)

Processor Cooling
COOLIT ECO A.L.C (ADVANCED LIQUID COOLER) (£49)

Thermal Paste
ARCTIC COOLING MX-3 HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)

Sound Card
Sound Blaster® Audigy™ SE (£19)

Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs

USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD

£1000.00 ex VAT.
£1200 inc VAT and Delivery.

I think it's a good build for high-end gaming and multi-tasking (developer). What do you guys think?

 

[LinearHD]

I'd notch up the PSU to a 750 so it allows for future SLI other than that looks pretty beast.

 

[Fear]

I'd notch up the PSU to a 750 so it allows for future SLI other than that looks pretty beast.

Needs 850W for sli 570's

 

[LinearHD]

Needs 850W for sli 570's

my bad, thanks for pointing that out

 

[Fear]

my bad, thanks for pointing that out

I spend far too much time on here

 

[PokerFace]

Needs 850W for sli 570's

Fear,

Just wondering, how do you work out the PSU needed for a particular build. Are you using the PCS configurator or do you use another method?

 

[LinearHD]

The configurator let's you know if you just put on the 350W psu and then clock proceed

 

[Teaz]

mostly configurator lol. but 850 would be a minimum in my view since its just got a small amount of breathing space just after that if he went with the 850.

 

[Fear]

Yes as posted by shaiqb and teaz above i use the config on the main forum using an underpowered PSU and that gives you the result but that is the maximum that it could draw with 20% extra added on, if you look at reviews on various other sites you will get a result of how much the system was drawing at most under the tests and you will find most of these are nowhere near the manufacturers reccommendations as they work on everything at maximum usage to cover themselves, it's always advisable to go above what is stated so if it is too close to the PSU's maximum go for the next PSU above as over time they can/will degrade.

 

[PokerFace]

Thanks all.