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DatKid20 Wrote:Is it weird that MSI's OC genie can over clock my CPU to 4.3ghz with 1.25v yet I can't get 4.4ghz fully stable with 1.35v?

Not particularly no.

How much better is the 285 than the 270X? If it's a big jump, then he might want it, but there are a limited number of graphically intensive recent games that PEGI/ the BBFC think he's old enough to play, so the extra power isn't hugely necessary if it's not a huge difference.

Also, when I picked out his PSU, I did it with a 750 Ti in mind as the most likely thing he'd get, so there's already not a huge amount of headroom left for the more hungry 270X.

What psu did you get him and what are the other specs? I have a hard time believing that unless you really cheaped out big time.

The 285 costs only 10 pounds more, consumes 10 watts more (190w vs 180w), yet performs 1/4 better and is based on a newer architecture with more features (GCN 1.3 vs GCN 1.2). It's a better bang for your buck even if he doesn't need the extra performance.

It's a 430W corsiar CXM-series. http://www.scan.co.uk/products/430w-corsair-cxm-builder-series-hybrid-modular-80-plus-bronze-1x120mm-atx-psu

The CPU is a G3258, which isn't overclocked yet, but only because I had to go back to university a couple of days after the parts arrived, so there wasn't time, and there's not a huge lot else that has big power draw.

That's more than enough power. Just do the math (or use a power calculator to do the math for you).

I did a few, and got some to go as high as 429W (although for those I had to approximate a few things as more Watty things). That seemed a little close to the 430W to me, but I also didn't get anything back saying "This is assuming you're using an efficient PSU because you'll need this much power from it exactly". You know more about this than I do, though, so I'll trust you.

Gimme specs. I don't believe you unless you've got like 20 HDD in there.

The top one on Google: http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp gave me recommended 429W when I told it I'd be OCing to 4.5 GHz with 1.21V, had a high-end desktop motherboard (it's the cheapest Z97 Scan had when we bought it, but Z97 is higher-end than low-end), 1 SATA 7200RPM drive, a DVD burner, 2 120mm fans, a r9 280 (as it didn't have the 285 as an option) and everything else as default. However, I now see that the number in big letters is a recommended wattage, not a minimum, so it's already applied a safe headroom.

So I'm looking to get an SSD for my laptop. What would be better, this Evo 840 from Samsung, or this MyDigitial SSD for cheaper? Both are the same 120GB.