Im about to build a rig with this specification:


Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium - Licence and media - 1 PC - OEM - DVD - 64-bit - English

Corsair 4GB Kit (2x2GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 XMS2 Memory Non-ECC Unbuffered CL5(5-5-5-18) Heat Spreader Lifetime Warranty

Sony DRU-190S 20X DVD±RW DL & DVD-RAM Serial ATA - Retail Multi Bezel & Nero CD ROM

Western Digital WD3200AAKS 320GB SATAII 16MB Cache 7200 RPM - OEM

Samsung SM2032BW 20"TFT Monitor Widescreen 1680x1050 3000:1 300cd/m2 2ms VGA/DVI-D Glossy Black 3 Years Warrany

PowerColor HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 Dual DVI HDTV Out PCI-E Graphics Card

MSI P35 Neo-F Socket 775 FSB1333 onboard 8 channel audio ATX Motherboard

Coolermaster Centurion 5 All Black Case + 550W eXtreme Power Plus PSU

Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 (3.16GHz) Socket 775 Wolfdale 1333FSB 6MB L2 Cache Retail Boxed Processor


My question is will the included power supply be fine for this rig ?
Heres the link to it and the case on Ebuyer : http://www.ebuyer.com/product/141707


Cheers

Should be fine.

Yes, that should power that computer just fine, its a good budget powersupply. My brother has the 600W version of that in his computer. It's not the best powersupply in the world, but its cheap and well built. It does not have wrapped power wires so it can get a little messy looking if your case has a window. Even so, it's still entirely possible to keep them neatly organized.

I also like how your Centurion 5 is the all black model, I have the one that is black with a dash of silver for my desktop system. In the US I could not find the all black one. I may do a paint mod later and make it all black though

Yeah the black one is great

This is a great package for me as my budget is pretty tight

Yea that PSU should be fine...
however, one thing i really cant figure out is why are u paying an extra 70-80 bucks on that E8500, when its only 160mhz extra compared to the e8400?? u can overclock and get better performance than that e8500 (which btw would only offer minimal performance increase), at a much lesser price...

That PSU should be sufficient, probably 450W continuous.

GtoX (capt Guns) said:
E8500 OC even better than E8400

so should I drop to the E8400 , grab an artic cooling freezer 7 and OC it , or will my PSU/mobo/RAM not be up to it ?

I dont really want to overclock unless i have to

How much of a performance sacrifice am i making by dropping to an E8400 if i only use stock settings

The stock difference between a E8400 and a E8500 is barely anything. You'll never notice a 160Mhz CPU difference. However, both chips overclock really well, and the E8500 is the better overclocker. The E8400 is the better bang for your buck.

Right , not im torn between going for the :

Coolermaster Centurion 5 All Black Case + 550W eXtreme Power Plus PSU

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/141707

OR something like

Hi-Power Black 700W 14cm Blue LED Fan PSU

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/135197

With a cheap £34 case (suggestions?)


P.S

Cheers Adam ! This should be a pretty decent performer , however once again im torn

Q6600 vs E8400 !

Ill have to go post something over in the processor section ...