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Hi, I'm building a gaming system on a kinda tight budget... I am planning on buying an amd fx-8320 3.5ghz , gigabyte radeon r9 280x and an asus abertooth 990fx r2.0 among other components, so my question is, will a super flower golden green pro SF-550P14XE 550W psu will be enough? If not what would you recomend but it shouldn't be too expensive. Also what do you think if I put a zalman CNPS10X optima cooler on my cpu? Will that do the job or do I need a more powerfull cooler? thanks
 
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For a system using a single Radeon R9 280X graphics card AMD specifies a minimum of a 600 Watt or greater system power supply. The power supply should also have a maximum combined +12 Volt continuous current rating of 42 Amps or greater and have at least one 6-pin and one 8-pin PCI Express supplementary power connectors.

Total Power Supply Wattage is NOT the crucial factor in power supply selection!!! Sufficient Total Combined Continuous Power/Current Available on the +12V Rail(s) rated at 45°C - 50°C ambient temperature, is the most critical factor.

Overclocking of the CPU and/or GPU(s) may require an additional increase to the maximum combined...
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For a system using a single Radeon R9 280X graphics card AMD specifies a minimum of a 600 Watt or greater system power supply. The power supply should also have a maximum combined +12 Volt continuous current rating of 42 Amps or greater and have at least one 6-pin and one 8-pin PCI Express supplementary power connectors.

Total Power Supply Wattage is NOT the crucial factor in power supply selection!!! Sufficient Total Combined Continuous Power/Current Available on the +12V Rail(s) rated at 45°C - 50°C ambient temperature, is the most critical factor.

Overclocking of the CPU and/or GPU(s) may require an additional increase to the maximum combined +12 Volt continuous current ratings, recommended above, to meet the increase in power required for the overclock. The additional amount required will depend on the magnitude of the overclock being attempted.

The Super Flower Golden Green Pro 550W (SF-550P14XE) power supply unit, with its maximum combined +12 Volt continuous current rating of 45 Amps and with two 6-pin and two (6+2)-pin PCI Express supplementary power connectors, is sufficient to power your system configuration with a single Radeon R9 280X graphics card.

It's essentially the same platform that is used for the Rosewill Capstone-550.
http://www.rosewill.com/products/1804/productDetail.htm
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182068
 
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