Is this your PSU Mike? Doesn't look good at all. A good quality 550-600W is more than enough for that system. Same to you Tim, I don't know what GPU you want, but your Corsair 650W can even handle an OCed GTX580 and OCed CPU. No need for 950W lol

Thanks for the reply dude. So I finally decided to also buy a PSU. I was looking at this one, what do you think? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139006And yes, that is my PSU LOL

Yah that's fine - I prefer Seasonic (just picked up a 750w myself, modular cables are nice!), but the Corsair will be fine.

Yah that's fine - I prefer Seasonic (just picked up a 750w myself, modular cables are nice!), but the Corsair will be fine.

Actually Seasonic makes the v2 TX series from Corsair. I'm pretty sure that TX750 is a Seasonic :biggrin:Good choice and good price too!

Actually Seasonic makes the v2 TX series from Corsair. I'm pretty sure that TX750 is a Seasonic :biggrin:Good choice and good price too!

Yep, I read that actually. Seasonic makes certain Corsair PSU's. Dazz, what is your opinion on my previous question regarding the Arctic Square heat sink and the P67 mobo? Will it work out?

It's a CPU heatsink, so no, you can't use it to cool the mobo. It looks like it doesn't have LGA1156/1155 mounting brackets, so you won't be able to use it for your new 2500K anywayThere's no need to cool the mobo really, even less now with Sandy Bridge that doesn't overclock via BCLK. It's possible, but will hardly OC a 5-10% and it's not advised to do so. Better to use the multiplier: L3 cache is now tied to the multiplier instead of the BCLK / uncore like in previous generations, so there's no need to raise the BCLK

Okay, got it. So no heatsink to cool the mobo. I was planning on OCing the chip the old fashioned way regardless. How far do you think I can get with the i5 2500k with the H70 cooler? I was hoping 4.5+

With the H70 your temps will be fine. How much OC you get will depend on how lucky you are cause you'll be limited by voltage well before temps become an issue. 4.5GHz should be doable, many do 4.7-4.8GHz

Was your post a real question or just some means to brag around here?Go have a look into sites that have a real -factual- understanding about computer power consumption.Bert Van Bulck

Was your post a real question or just some means to brag around here?Go have a look into sites that have a real -factual- understanding about computer power consumption.Bert Van Bulck

Yes exactly. The sole purpose of this post was to brag and make you feel bad. -_-The reason for my post was to find out if my PSU would work well with my future rig, which spurred other questions I had. Take your negativity somewhere else.

The i5 2500K.......amazing, its also what I bought and it hasnt given me the slightest issue.

+1overclocked mine easily to 4ghz.

I've built 3 2500k systems, just set them all to 4.6Ghz straight away and Bobs your Uncle. The limit factor is the core voltage. Aim to run it around 1.375 24/7 and your fine, it reaches that around 4.6Ghz although one of the systems I built (with the cheapest parts) hits 4.8Ghz at that voltage, CPU temps never come into play with any half decent cooler.Iain

Absolutely no reason to get a 950W power supply on that system. 850W is as high as I'd personally go there and that's really only if you have any desire to do multi-GPUs for other games besides FS in the future. There's no single GPU card in existence that requires anywhere near that much power. I'm running a 4.0GHz i7 overclock with a GTX570 off of a Corsair 620W PSU right now and I rarely see it draw more than 400 or 450W, even in really intense games. (I have a Kill-A-Watt meter that the PSU passes through, shows me the real time wattage draw) As long as you get a good PSU with good efficiency, you don't need some crazy amount of wattage on it.

Absolutely no reason to get a 950W power supply on that system. 850W is as high as I'd personally go there and that's really only if you have any desire to do multi-GPUs for other games besides FS in the future. There's no single GPU card in existence that requires anywhere near that much power. I'm running a 4.0GHz i7 overclock with a GTX570 off of a Corsair 620W PSU right now and I rarely see it draw more than 400 or 450W, even in really intense games. (I have a Kill-A-Watt meter that the PSU passes through, shows me the real time wattage draw) As long as you get a good PSU with good efficiency, you don't need some crazy amount of wattage on it.

Thank you for the input, Ryan. I actually put through an order for the Corsair TX750W since I figured that would be MORE than enough for my new build. The reason I asked about the PSU in the first place was to figure out if the quality sufficed. I read somewhere that my current PSU was rated at 600W stable at room temp and didn't even get close to 950W stable which led me to think that the build quality was sub par; thus forcing me to buy the new one. :-)