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March 24, 2014 9:20:47 PM

I'm building my first PC in over 10 years, and hopefully putting it all together tomorrow. I'm suddenly a little worried that the PSU I bought isn't enough. Here are the specs of my system, starting with the PSU:

PSU: Corsair builder CX 500 500W 80+ bronze (I'll leave the amp specs/V in the first comment)

MoBo: Asus M5A97 R2.0

CPU: AMD FX6300 Black

GPU: Asus GeForce GTX 650Ti

RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws 8Gb (1x 8Gb) DDR3 1600/PC3 12800

HDD: WD Caviar Blue 1Tb SATA 6Gb/s 7200 RPM

Wifi: TP-Link 450 Mb/a PCIe N dual-band

Optical: LG BD-ROM/DVD RW, model no. UH12NS30

Keyboard (don't know if it even matters, but...): CoolerMaster CM Quickfire storm, backlit, Cherry MX Blue

So, do I have enough power?

Thanks, as always, for all your knowledge and help!

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March 24, 2014 9:22:55 PM

PSU specs:

+3.3V: 25A
+5V: 20A
+12V: 38A
-12V: 0.8A
+5Vsb: 3A
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March 24, 2014 9:29:19 PM

Perfectly fine.

I wouldn't normally recommend CX series PSUs, as they have cheap caps and thus might die early, but it's enough.
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March 24, 2014 9:58:38 PM

Someone Somewhere said:
Perfectly fine.

I wouldn't normally recommend CX series PSUs, as they have cheap caps and thus might die early, but it's enough.


Thanks! I had a feeling it would suffice for the time being. I'll be looking at a higher-end, modular one a couple years down the line.
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