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wowlogan22

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Hello everybody! I am about to start my very first DIY gaming computer! I've spent a little more then a week researching and have finally made up my mind finalized my build, but before I go buying it all I would like a final word on the build and would also like to know if my PSU will be able to handle it and if not what kind of PSU would work better.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/187XF
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/187XF/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/187XF/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($214.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Performance ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($139.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 660 2GB Video Card ($199.99 @ Microcenter)
Case: Cooler Master HAF 922 ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Rosewill Stallion 450W ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($17.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $681.94
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-06-19 14:51 EDT-0400)

Note: I've already purchased the case, a hard drive (Seagate 1Tb), the GPU, the CPU and the Optical Drive. I didn't include RAM because I have some already at home.

I don't really have a problem with money but... I would like this to be cheap as can be because I am stingy with money. I don't plan on overclocking and plan on playing games such as WoW, PlanetSide2, BF4, etc...

Thank you for your time it is very much appreciated!
 
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His build most likely won't even break 200W so a good 450W (AFAIK, Rosewill would be one of those) would be more than enough.

People tend to grossly over-estimate their PCs' real power requirements due to GPU manufacturers grossly over-stated requirements.

My PC has an i5-3470, one DVD-RW drive, three HDDs, 32GB RAM, HD-5770, four fans and uses less than 180W at full-load including my LED-backlit LCD. Since this is measured with my UPS, that 180W also includes PSU losses so my actual PSU's output power would be in the neighborhood of 140W.
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Titan
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His build most likely won't even break 200W so a good 450W (AFAIK, Rosewill would be one of those) would be more than enough.

People tend to grossly over-estimate their PCs' real power requirements due to GPU manufacturers grossly over-stated requirements.

My PC has an i5-3470, one DVD-RW drive, three HDDs, 32GB RAM, HD-5770, four fans and uses less than 180W at full-load including my LED-backlit LCD. Since this is measured with my UPS, that 180W also includes PSU losses so my actual PSU's output power would be in the neighborhood of 140W.
 
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drtoast

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Basically, Jinay is just beeing bad... again... on another post. Even the makers say it only needs a 450w PSU, not even counting InvalidError's point that that is an overestimate.

Jin, your already on the internet, how hard is it to check your facts before you post?
 
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Since you got a non-K CPU, you won't be doing any remotely significant overclocking anyway even if you wanted to.

You could shave a few bucks off by going with a h77 board instead. All you lose in doing so is the ability to overclock K-chips which you aren't interested in and support for SLI/CFX which I'm guessing you aren't particularly interested in either. If you have no particular need for PCIe slots, you could also shave a few more bucks by looking at micro-ATX boards.
 
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