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November 3, 2013 5:40:02 PM

Which of these 2 power supply is better?
Cooler Master Extreme Power Plus - 550W Power Supply or a Corsair CX 500 Watt 80+ bronze certified power supply.
This is the PC im planning to build. Also note I would be overclocking so which power supply would do the job and also have enough power to overclock some parts.
MSI 970A-G43 AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
8GB of Crucial Ballistix Tacticall 240-Pin DDR3 RAM
AMD FX 6300 Six Core CPU
Radeon R9-270X 2GB GDDR5 Overclocked edition
Western Digital 500GB Hardrive at 7200RPM

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November 3, 2013 5:48:13 PM

Corsair CX-500 is a bit higher quality. Go for the CX-500M if you can. The M means it is modular so you don't need all the cables attached at once :) 
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November 3, 2013 5:48:58 PM

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/4cQt
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/4cQt/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/4cQt/benchmarks/

Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 520W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($50.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $50.99
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-03 20:48 EST-0500)

this is a better one if you have a choice, it uses seasonic components and is $50
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November 3, 2013 5:50:36 PM

wtalk2 said:
Corsair CX-500 is a bit higher quality. Go for the CX-500M if you can. The M means it is modular so you don't need all the cables attached at once :) 
I would but im on a tight budget so Ill go with CX 500, thanks for answering! :) 

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November 3, 2013 6:02:50 PM

Newegg has the CX500 for $60 less 15 with code EMCWWXW48 until 11/7. There's also a $20 (Corsair is very good with rebates) for a net of $25.
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