Building for a friend

[insan3guy]

He's got a $1200 budget, wants whatever he can get for it.  No OS or periphs, except for speakers if you can recommend any good ones.

 

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the s340 also comes in black... I don't know if that would work better with this.  

I'm leaning towards black with white accents and some lights dotted here and there.

[blueballs]

I'd grab a 800-850w psu if he plan on sli.

[DarkBlade2117]

Looks great, except I'd go with a BeQuiet! Pure Rock for the cooler

[DarkBlade2117]

I'd grab a 800-850w psu if he plan on sli.

750w is more then plenty for 980s in SLI. If this were a 980ti I'd say yes go for a 850w

[Voldy21]

I can't really spot a problem except that you might want to invest in a few fans because the case only comes with 2. Otherwise, everything looks good. I'm assuming that you got the psu for expansion possibilities in the future?

[insan3guy]

The psu was primarily because I saw it recommended in a thread the other day and for expansion potential.  

 

Looks great, except I'd go with a BeQuiet! Pure Rock for the cooler

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Say that he upgraded to a 4790k and wanted to sli 980s, would the 750 still be enough?

[DarkBlade2117]

The psu was primarily because I saw it recommended in a thread the other day and for expansion potential.

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Say that he upgraded to a 4790k and wanted to sli 980s, would the 750 still be enough?

Plenty, it's when you go into 980tis or Titan X's in SLI or 290xs ect that a 850wwould come in handy, you'd have to buy a additional 6-pin connector for SLI as the PSU doesn't come with it. Those can easily be found on EVGAs website though.

[insan3guy]

Plenty, it's when you go into 980tis or Titan X's in SLI or 290xs ect that a 850wwould come in handy,

 Gotcha.  I doubt he'd want to go any higher than a 980 anyway. 

 

Thanks guys!

[blueballs]

750w is more then plenty for 980s in SLI. If this were a 980ti I'd say yes go for a 850w

980 SLI consumes 446W system wattage, when overclocked that rises to 589W (Total system wattage - without video card = 90W)

so if we add another 200W for cpu oc and everything else I'd recommend a 850W

[DarkBlade2117]

980 SLI consumes 446W system wattage, when overclocked that rises to 589W

 

you clearly don't know what you're talking about

You are obviously forgetting about power consumption of other parts such as the mobo, HDDS or SSDs, the CPU, The CPU cooler, what peripheals are plugged in like a keyboard or mouse. A 750w CAN do 980tis but a 850w would leave room for when under load and overclocks with both the CPU and GPU.

Think before you speak.

[insan3guy]

980 SLI consumes 446W system wattage, when overclocked that rises to 589W

 

you clearly don't know what you're talking about

 

Either way... He's probably not going to sli.

[blueballs]

You are obviously forgetting about power consumption of other parts such as the mobo, HDDS or SSDs, the CPU, The CPU cooler, what peripheals are plugged in like a keyboard or mouse. A 750w CAN do 980tis but a 850w would leave room for when under load and overclocks with both the CPU and GPU.

Think before you speak.

I edited my post.