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Case: Zalman Z11 Plus High Performance Mid Tower Case
Processor: AMD FX-8320

Graphics Card: Gigabyte AMD Radeon R9 280X 1000MHz 3GB PCI-Express 3.0 HDMI Windforce 3X OC
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AM3+ AMD 970 + SB950 DDR3 ATX
RAM: Kingston 8GB (2x4GB) 1600MHz DDR3

 

What I am concerned about is the power supply, which one of these should I purchase:

http://www.dabs.ie/products/corsair-600w-builder-series-cx-series-cx-80--bronze-atx-power-supply-8CDC.html?refs=12&src=3

http://www.dabs.ie/products/ocz-technology-zs-series-650w-80--bronze-power-supply-7H4C.html?refs=55430000-12&src=3

 

My concern was would the corsair be able to handle my build overclocked. My second concern was regarding an SSD. What SSD would be best on this page for a maximum of €60, give or take a couple of euro.

 

http://www.dabs.ie/category/components-and-storage,hard-drives,ssd/15014-41580000-450300000-12-4294963789

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That build is fine. I would get the Corsair. I have that exact PSU and it is a dream. Its also a corsair. Cant go wrong with Corsair. The Corsair will handle it OC'd. If you want to OC your CPU get something like a CM Hyper 212 EVO. As for the SSD, go for this one and only use it as a boot drive. SanDisk's are good. 

 

http://www.dabs.ie/products/sandisk-64gb-ssd-sata-6gb-s-2-5--solid-state-drive-870W.html?refs=41580000-450300000-12-4294963789&catid=15014&src=3

 

I see no HDD, that would be a better choice for wayyyy more storage. Get this instead of an SSD.

 

http://www.dabs.ie/products/wd-1tb-blue-sata-6gb-s-7200rpm-64mb-3-5--hard-drive-8757.html?refs=52780000&src=3

 

What is your Budget?

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1. go with the corsair psu no problem at all with overclocking. i have a 500w corsair and it stays cool all the time.
2. save up a few bucks and buy a samsung evo. minimum 120gb. my 64gb adata sucks.

get the ssd on another website. the ssd seem to be expensive there

                                                                                      wow... pretty empty here...

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I've noticed things are more exspenive on Irish / English websites, if I order something from the States ridiculous shipping fees will cancel out the reduced price. I forgot to mention HDDs, two Seagate 1TB Barracuda SATA 6Gb/s 64MB 7200RPM in RAID 0. I will also purchase another SSD for RAID 0, extra fans, coolers, etc. in a month or so.

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I'd go with the Corsair as well, but might I suggest this one:

 

http://www.dabs.ie/products/corsair-650w-cs650m-csm-semi-modular-80--gold-certified-power-supply-93PB.html?refs=55430000-50113&src=2

 

You get a modular PSU, a few more watts, and it's 80+ Gold over Bronze, and it's not much more expensive.

 

On the SSD, I'd choose the Kingston, but honestly you'd be better off saving up a bit more and getting a 120GB Samsung 840

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