Originally Posted by Goku
The 500W is plenty if you are not overclocking actually. The vendors just recommend that to people often having shitty PSUs. That one I linked you is great. You can get this 600W version for $10 more. I just wasn't sure what the build was going to come to, so I only did the 500W. Adding a few components that cost an extra $10 that maybe not worthwhile will cause you to be held back on other components potentially.
What are your thoughts on overclocking? Take a look at this guide here to have an idea as to how to do it. Predator (just built his computer) doing a few options in his bios got his 2500K to 4.2GHz without any issues, he can go a lot higher too. |
It's a possibility, but I'm wondering how much of the performance gains I'll actually notice in game. Additionally, what about the audio card? Have on-board audio cards improved enough in recent years where it's $60 better spent on a better video card / power supply?