PSU and compatibility

Goncalo Lopes

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TWO QUESTIONS!!

First are these comaptible?
Asus Sabertooth Z87
intel i5 4670k
Patriot PC Master Viper 3 Series 8gb
COOLER MASTER Seidon 120M
PNY GeForce GTX 760 - 2 GB
WD Caviar Green 500gb
toshiba 240gb (old disk from laptop)

and second question is what psu should i need for that system? also i might sli in future
 
Solution
All your parts are compatible, and your estimated wattage is around 400W, if you want to SLI in the future your wattage jumps up to about 600W. You may want to shoot for a 650W PSU.


Personally, I don't sway far from corsair. That said I have heard a lot for good praise for SeaSonic recently, which is a brand I had never heard of. As for XFX, I would give them a shot based on past experience with their graphics cards.
 
Your motherboard and processor are both socket type LG 1150, so you are good so far. RAM is DDR3 1866, and your motherboard accepts 1600/1866, so you are good there. While your GTX 760 is PCIe 3.0 and your motherboard only contains PCIe 2.0 slots, but the technology is backward compatible and apparently the difference you will lose is so small, it is negligible. Using your laptop hard drive will use the same SATA connectors as your WD 500GB, but you may need a housing adapter unless your case has a place to mount a 2.5'' drive.

As far as a PSU, I would say 650W. The GTX 760 looks like it comes with a molex to 6+2 pin converter for power, and you will need one more for your motherboard. So a total of two should be fine when choosing a unit. I have had pretty good success with Diablotek, so I'll pick one of them to recommend.
Diablotek PDA Series PDA-650BW 650W, but ultimately it is your decision. I prefer the Bronze Certified power supplies as they are more energy efficient. Best of luck and hope the build works out for you.

*Edit* Bleh, spent too long typing and the questions are already answered.