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October 3, 2013 12:51:31 PM

Hi. My friend is quite low on budget and he's trying to build a new PC. So he decided to use a case w/750W for about 30$, which is very cheap. These are the other components:

CPU Core i3-3220 3.3GHz LGA 1155 3MB BOX

Gigabyte H77 MB

HDD 500gb 7200rpm (probably WD blue)

4gb Kingston hyper X Beast 1600MHZ

Geforce GTX650 1GB

DVD RW

This is the name of the case + PSU ATX Midi Tower Case Matrix NX-01 w/ 750W PSU Gaming Black and I think that this is the name of the PSU that it's in the case PSU 750W Matrix 20+4pin, 2xSATA, 8cm Fan, CE (price 18.83$)

Do you think that it is a good idea to run this specs on such a cheap PSU?

PS: I hope that all the components fit together and this is a PC that can be build

UPDATE : Thank you for the comments, I was trying to change his mind about this, unsuccessfully. Now I can use more arguments

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a b ) Power supply
October 3, 2013 1:09:35 PM

Yeah Corsair probably has the best budget PSUs out there at the moment. That is a great price for the TX series. This one is a little cheaper, it is their CX series. Which you want to steer clear of unless it is the M models. The regular CXs are made by a different company and have less reliable parts in them, but the CXMs are all good. Been using them for years and never had an issue with one.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

same price as the TX initially, but with a $20 rebate makes it a pretty sweet deal.

Though for that PC, 750W is way overkill :-/ I'd get a quality 4-450W PSU, that would be plenty

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
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October 3, 2013 1:10:53 PM

no. your psu is the heart of your machine.

If you had heart disease, and were a world class athlete, would you want a replacement heart from a cheap knockoff factory? or would you pay a bit extra and get a good quality heart which would give you confidence that it would deal with the stress that your sport would give to your heart?

it's a no brainer.

I understand if you need a replacement heart for an office machine, which would only do word and emails, the cheap psu would be fine. but for a thoroughbred machine you will sell yourself short by sticking anything less than decent in there.
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October 3, 2013 1:11:28 PM

That sounds like a real cheapie. 80mm fan? Only 2 SATA connectors? $19? Probably very poor +12V ratings. Tell him to keep a type C fire extinguisher nearby.
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October 3, 2013 2:05:02 PM

Foldalot said:
Hi. My friend is quite low on budget and he's trying to build a new PC. So he decided to use a case w/750W for about 30$, which is very cheap. These are the other components:

CPU Core i3-3220 3.3GHz LGA 1155 3MB BOX

Gigabyte H77 MB

HDD 500gb 7200rpm (probably WD blue)

4gb Kingston hyper X Beast 1600MHZ

Geforce GTX650 1GB

DVD RW

This is the name of the case + PSU ATX Midi Tower Case Matrix NX-01 w/ 750W PSU Gaming Black and I think that this is the name of the PSU that it's in the case PSU 750W Matrix 20+4pin, 2xSATA, 8cm Fan, CE (price 18.83$)

Do you think that it is a good idea to run this specs on such a cheap PSU?

PS: I hope that all the components fit together and this is a PC that can be build


No, not a good idea! If you're going to run a gaming GPU with that
PSU, take clutch's advice & have a fire extinguisher handy.

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a b ) Power supply
October 3, 2013 2:11:08 PM

You don't want to do it...swap that out with a cx430m or cx500m like suggested, you'll be much better off
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