Rule of the thumb for power supplies, get a name brand, get slightly above what you need and if you plan to make your computer bigger/better you will have to take that future into account now. Prices obviously increase as the power output does.Guild wrote: The one thing I'm not sure on is the power, since I've come this far with your wisdom I once again defer to your knowledge, http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-po ... 20pg0750gr went for a 750 watts power supply, do you think this will be enough to run everything smoothly enough ?
There hasn't really been much advancement on power supplies, apart from being more 'compatible' with the rest of the computers needs. They just shave off efficiency.
I personally have 700 W and it holds up fine, I would recommend the same for your build. You can use this calc to get a rough idea:
http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp
I just threw yours up plus additional crap like fans, PCI cards and a few hard drives and it reckons minimum is 600 W, recommended is 650 W so 700+ should be ample unless you plan to expand.
Looking through what that website has and the cheapest name brands are 750 W anyway (at least cheaper than the one you picked):
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-po ... 20pb0750kr
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-po ... 10b10750vr
Also you probably wouldn't need win 7, there are other ways to get it