My psu just died. What should I get now?

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chadreed93

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About 2 years ago, I bought a cheap 880 watt psu "gamer Series". That just died once I put in my new graphics card, the radeon 7950 by msi. I don't really trust the psu calculators cause I would rather have a human opinion on it. My current specs are:
Asrock 770i motherboard
3 regular Sata hard drives
4 120mm fans
4 sticks of ddr3 (4gbx4)
Amd 6130 6 core processor
Msi twin frozr iii radeon 7950 3gb
5.1 audio card
And a dvd drive

I am also gonna upgrade to a ssd soon.

If you can just give me an approximate amount of watts I need or a psu I should be getting and some good brands, that would be great :)
 
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Sakkura

Future upgrades will more likely reduce the power draw rather than increase it. Besides, with 600W there already ARE a few hundred spare watts.

And overkill does make the PSU a little less efficient, as well as more expensive obviously.
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Sakkura

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That's overkill. You could go for the 600W version. Or you could spend the money on higher quality (the Corsair GS series is okay, but no more than that).
 
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TheAntagonist

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No such this as overkill with a PSU unless you go over 1000w haha, Always a good idea to get a couple 100w higher then what you're required for future upgrades and system demand.
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $44.99
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-10-24 16:48 EDT-0400)


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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 650W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($69.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $69.99
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-10-24 16:54 EDT-0400)
 
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Sakkura

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Future upgrades will more likely reduce the power draw rather than increase it. Besides, with 600W there already ARE a few hundred spare watts.

And overkill does make the PSU a little less efficient, as well as more expensive obviously.
 
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