Need Help buying 600w PSU

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Aniket Bhoir

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So Hello guys, thanks to your suggestions iam going to upgrade my PSU.

My Current Rig is:
Processor: Intel core i5 e2500 3.30ghz
Mainboard: Intel DH61WW
Ram: Corsair XMS 4gb x2
GPU: Power Color HD 6670 -> Going to Upgrade it to R9 270x or GTX 760
PSU: Cooler Master extreme power plus 460w - 120mm Fan version
Cabinet: Cooler Master elite 310
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB
Couple of 120mm fans and USB devices

currently i have shortlisted following PSUs that are available locally.

Corsair CMPSU-650TX
Corsair VS650 650 Watt PSU
Corsair CMPSU-GS600W 600 Watts PSU
Cooler Master Thunder 600 Watts PSU
Cooler Master GX 650 Watts
Cooler Master GXII 650 W
Corsair HX650 650 Watts .

Iam looking for a GPU for performance wise and long run, doesn't matters if its silent or not.
i just hope it works with my stupid Mobo
 
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I listed them in order of quality. I would get the HX. It's 80 Plus Gold certified and modular.
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1) Corsair HX650
2) Corsair 650TX
3) Corsair GS650
4 Corsair VS650
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.Down here somewhere all the Coolermaster units.

Any of them will work with your motherboard.
 
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which one would you go for incase you were buying it?

 
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I listed them in order of quality. I would get the HX. It's 80 Plus Gold certified and modular.
 
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The TX is a fine unit. I am running a 750TX but it's an old first generation one from 2007. Back then 80 Plus Bronze was the norm. Now it's 80 Plus Gold. Gold and Bronze are only measures of efficiency though and not quality. The TX is still a great unit. I will never buy another non modular power supply though. The one thing I hate about mine is the huge mess of cables.

Glad to help! :)
 
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thanks for adding the modular part, i guess i will just save up for HX since iam not in much rush.
I hope 650w would be enough to run GTX 760, wont be running multi GPU on current PC


 
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An SSD uses .....wait for it.....up to 5 watts all by itself! Although that is on the high end and most use a max of about 3 watts. A mechanical hard drive can use 8 - 10 watts.

So no need to go with a more powerful power supply because you are adding storage unless you are adding like 10 hard drives. Then you might want to go with 550-600 watts.

Even then the 500w number on the list I posted has some overhead built into it. So you can safely overclock with 500 watts. You are not going to hurt anything by going with 650w but if you can save some money you might as well.
 
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Yep, you are all good. Cases, power supplies and even motherboards are built to a standard called ATX that ensures compatibility.

No harm in getting a power supply that is more than you need. I have done it for years. I have a 750TX as I said above and I got it so I could add a second graphics card but I never did. So I really only need a 500w unit myself. All I hurt was my wallet! You will have room to upgrade in the future too.

Edit: You are just getting an i5 2500 right? Not a 2500K? You will not be able to overclock with that board. In fact if you get a P67, Z68, Z75 or Z77 motherboard you can overclock even a non K i5 2500 up to 4 bins or 400Mhz over stock via Turbo Boost. It's up to you if the extra cost for one of those boards is worth the mild overclock. An overclock that small could even be done with stock cooling though so you would not have to spend extra on a CPU cooler.

Edit 2: I just read again and you already have the CPU and board I think so never mind the above.
 
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yeh i already have board and mobo,
and iam going to buy new pc next year so i dont wanna invest more in the current one.

i guess i will be good for a while after upgrading my PSU and gpu to GTX 760
 
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