Corsair CX430M for this build - enough?

Marchyello

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Hello everyone!

The goal of my build was to put together a low power consuming, energy efficient machine that could also put on a bit of a performance if needed and stay relevant to some extent for a couple of years.
Main components are:

> i5-3350P;
> Gigabyte GTX 750;
> Gigabyte GA-H77-DS3H;
> 2 sticks of 4GB Crucial Ballistix DDR3 @1600MHz, 1.5 V;
> Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 7200RPM;
> Asus DVDRW 24x SATA.

No overclocking is in mind for neither component, possible upgrades later on could include additional sticks of RAM and an SSD drive.

The question here is whether or not Corsair CX430M power supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139049
is going to be enough for this one and if not then what would you suggest?

Thank you!
 
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maurelie

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Hi,
The Corsair CX 430 will be more than enough for your system. Maybe it is better to get PSU with bigger wattage, so in the future when you will be buying new GPU, you wont have to bother to buy new PSU. The XFX 550w is now on sale for $50, it is pretty good PSU and it will handle more power hungry GPUs in the future.
Here is a link for XFX 550w
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1550sxxb9
 
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Marchyello

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Thanks for the answer. Unfortunately i'm from Europe so all the goodies, price cuts and sales from the States go right past me as almost none of the big retailers ship internationally and those who do, well, let's just say taxes and customs fees make their offers a lot less attractive.

Also i really, really doubt that i'll need the gpu upgrade for this particular build so that's not really a problem either.

I'll take your answer as a green light and go for it. Thanks.