First Time Builder! Power Supply and Case.

[waltonaaron]

I am new to building a computer and just wanted to know two things.

Firstly, are all the following pieces compatable?

And secondly, can any one suggest a power supply and case, preferably with some sort of cooling, that I could use suitable for the following specs. My friend told me that I would need a 700watt power supply.


Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H
LINK (http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B007KZQFF2/ref=asc_df_B007KZQFF29432416?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&tag=googlecouk06-21&linkCode=asn&creative=22206&creativeASIN=B007KZQFF2)
£155.40

Processor
Intel Core i5-3570k 3.4GHz (quad-core)
LINK (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Intel-Generation-i5-3570K-3-40GHz-Technology/dp/B007RUZKK6/ref=lh_ni_t_mi)
£177.86

Ram
Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 8GB 1600MHz CL9 DDR3 Vengeance Memory Two Module Kit
LINK (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9-1600MHz-Vengeance-Memory/dp/B004CRSM4I/ref=pd_bxgy_computers_img_c)
£38.65

Video Card
eVGA Geforce GTX 560 1GB DDR5 PCI-E
LINK (http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0057NFTI8/ref=asc_df_B0057NFTI89432416?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&tag=googlecouk06-21&linkCode=asn&creative=22206&creativeASIN=B0057NFTI8)
£137.32

Solid State Drive
Crucial M4 128GB
LINK (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Crucial-CT128M4SSD2-128GB-M4-SSD/dp/B004W2JKZI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1346243223&sr=8-1)
£79.00

Hard Drive
Seagate 1TB SATA 3 Performance Hard Drive OEM ST1000DM003
LINK (http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1tb-seagate-st1000dm003-barracuda-720014-sata-6gb-s-7200rpm-64mb-cache-8ms-ncq-oem)
£59.65

Disk Drive
Sony AD-7280S-0B 24x Internal SATA DVD Multi Writer Black Bare
LINK (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sony-AD-7280S-0B-Internal-Multi-Writer/dp/B0057FRTPW/ref=pd_sim_computers_5)
£13.99

Power Supply

Case

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Thanks in advance for any help :)


Link List

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B007KZQFF2/ref=asc_df_B007KZQFF29432416?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&tag=googlecouk06-21&linkCode=asn&creative=22206&creativeASIN=B007KZQFF2
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Intel-Generation-i5-3570K-3-40GHz-Technology/dp/B007RUZKK6/ref=lh_ni_t_mi
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9-1600MHz-Vengeance-Memory/dp/B004CRSM4I/ref=pd_bxgy_computers_img_c
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0057NFTI8/ref=asc_df_B0057NFTI89432416?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&tag=googlecouk06-21&linkCode=asn&creative=22206&creativeASIN=B0057NFTI8
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Crucial-CT128M4SSD2-128GB-M4-SSD/dp/B004W2JKZI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1346243223&sr=8-1
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1tb-seagate-st1000dm003-barracuda-720014-sata-6gb-s-7200rpm-64mb-cache-8ms-ncq-oem
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sony-AD-7280S-0B-Internal-Multi-Writer/dp/B0057FRTPW/ref=pd_sim_computers_5

[zburns]

I will comment later today on the case / psu. I can say that the video card you choose requires only a 450 watt psu according to EVGA; this is because the Evga video card has only about 350 cuda cores which is an indication of a slow video card speed wise. The only way to improve on this is to bump up the price you are willing to pay. There are some good values for video cards in the $ 250 range. I will try to find one or two today. Ricky Tick will be reading this and he is a much better and quicker authority on Video cards, so I hope he will make a recommendation.

Your mother board is fine. Here is a link to the Gigabyte page for the specifications, and, I suggest you read thru it in case you have not already. This is the 'so called' 'Official' page for Gigabyte specifications. Here is the URL: http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4167&dl=1#sp

Note that the mobo provides: 'Support for AMD CrossFireX™ / NVIDIA SLI technology'. The reason I point out this spec page is the 'Expansion Slot' Specification. Please read thru it carefully. Note that the Gigabyte specification spells out the speed of each slot that will hold a PCIe x 16 card. The Newegg spec while pretty good, does not mention the speed of the PCI e slots. You have one slot at X 16 speed and the second PCIe x 8 slot when loaded along with the x16 slot will run at x8 speed in SLI. -- My only point here is that the Gigabyte specification tells you something more than the Newegg spec (assuming that is all you looked at).

Last point and maybe it is important: Go the Gigabyte page for the motherboard: http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4167&dl=1#sp Look in upper right corner and you will see 'Memory Support List'. Please check this list for your choice of memory. I do not see your choice on this list; suggest you pick Corsair memory from this list.
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Note: Do not hesitate to question any comment above, if there is any confusion or if I need to explain further!!

[zburns]

Good afternoon, in England I assume!

(EDIT: Removed the psu comment) My recommending a specific case to you is not the best route to follow. I hope this explanation helps. Desktop computers, must meet an international specification which is called the ATX specification. This specification requires that all components (motherboard, power supplies, video cards, etc, CASE . . . )must meet the ATX specification for that particular component. This means that all component mounting dimensions inside 'any' ATX case are identical. For example, you can probably purchase any one motherboard out of about a 100 choices of (current) ATX mobos from various mfgs. Any (ATX) motherboard will fit inside any (ATX) case.

So what is the difference between cases. Mechanically, the more expensive cases use more precision manufacturing techniques for ease of assembly. Cases can be purchased from about $ 45.00 to several hundred dollars. ATX cases for what you are looking for are either 'Full Tower' (maximum ATX dimentsions) and has a lot of room inside for up to 2, 3 or 4 way SLI or Crossfire (up to 4 video cards) configurations. Some video cards are lengthy (10 inches), many smaller (8 1/2 inches).

Full tower cases are designed for a maximum number of components, and therefore, the largest amount of heat (larger power supplies, more heat, multiple video cards, also, a lot more heat).

For a single low power video card (your choice), slightly smaller ATX cases are available, called 'mid tower' (as compared to 'full tower'). The manufacture of any case will describe that case as Full or Mid tower, generally.

Prominent Case manufacturers are Antec, Corsair, Cooler Master and NZXT. Gamers, a lot of the time go for the cases with 'cool' colors of LEDs for effect, and instead of a completely closed metal case, clear or tinted plexiglass is used to show the 'LED' light effect.

A popular Full Tower Case is the NZXT case. Here is the URL to get you to the NZXT website: http://www.nzxt.com/new/products/crafted_series/switch_810 (I am not recommending this case, just saying it is a popular gaming case)

Antec Home page for their gaming cases is at this URL: http://www.antec.com/product.php?Family=4 Antec has a huge range of cases at a wide variety of prices.

Case prices. Stay away from the low price cases. My case is a Sonata III mid tower case. Newegg price $ 129.00. This is a very high quality case, meaning all the architectural parallel 'lines' of the case are exactly parallel and when I assembled the components into the case, everything fit with no surprises, etc.

I am partial to Antec for psus and cases. However, as previously mentioned, Corsair, Cooler Master, NZXT do a good job also.
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Sort of change the topic. On cases look for reviews, preferably by several reviewers for each case. A good review will be 'pages' in length. No such thing as 'a good one page review'.
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I am assuming you are unaware of the wide range of 'continuity' caused by the ATX specification -- simply means that several thousand components will all fit into all cases -- provided ATX spec is consistently met.

Bottom line is the price of the case. Look at a wide range, look at the prices. If you are budget limited, pick something 'in the middle' -- never buy a $ 40 to $ 50 case.
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Power supplies.

Preferably the Antec Platinum EA 550. If that is too high budget wise, drop down to the EA 500. If you plan to increase the size of the video card, you might want to look at a more powerful psu. If you ever want to go to SLI operation, you will need to reconsider the psu wattage size.

The Antec psus, most of the product line, have multiple +12 volt rails. Many of the cheaper psus have only one +12 volt rail and, consequently (relative to multiple rails) have a very high 'overcurrent trip point' -- in effect a 'huge' circuit breaker that covers all components, not just one or two.

EDIT, 12:30 pmEST: I wrote the above assuming that perhaps you did not understand the simplicity of the ATX standard and the ease with which you may pick and mix and match components, and, so on!! Picking a case is easy. Use a reputable manufacturer. Do not try to buy a cheap case and then 'expect a lot'. Appearance may mean a lot to the user; therefore, you should look at a lot of cases. But I do suggest you stick with the users I mentioned.

If you are unsure about anything, do not hesitate to ask. We are here to help!!

[zburns]

I just noticed your build list does not include a cooler for the cpu. This is a popular cooler, lots of builders have used: Cooler Master Hyper 212+ CPU Cooler

If you wanted to use liquid cooling, the Corsair liquid cooling H60 would work at your video card level. Best to look to the future and get the H 80 for slightly more money!!