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What Size Power Supply Do I Need?

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April 7, 2014 1:30:08 AM

I will soon be building a computer, but I don't know what power supply size I should go with.

Motherboard: MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate Intel S1150
CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 LGA 1150
CPU Cooler: Coolermaster Hyper 212 Evo
Graphics Card: Sapphire SA-R9270X-2GD5-OC Dual-X
Ram: GSkill Ripjaw-X 8GB Kit (4GBx2) DDR3-1600 F3-12800ClL9D-8GBXL
Network Card: TP-LINK TL-WN851ND PCI 2T2R Wireless-N 300 Network Card
SSD: Kingston 120GB Solid State Drive 2.5”
HDD: Western Digital 3.5” Green 2TB SATA3 HDD
Case: Cooler Master NSE-5600-KWN2 N Series N600 USB 3.0 Side Window Case
DVD: Asus DRW-24D3ST Black 24x DVD-RW Writer (OEM)
Operating System: Microsoft MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit O(EM)
Monitor: Benq 21.5” GL2250 1920x1080 5ms D-Sub DVI-D

Would the Corsair CS550m be enough because it's modular and I have heard lots of good things about the CS range.

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April 7, 2014 1:37:26 AM

Any decent PSU 450W+ should be fine.

I'd avoid Corsair's low end ones, though. They cheaped out on the capacitors, so might die early.
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April 7, 2014 1:38:50 AM

Ok thank you, What might be a better quality PSU?
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April 7, 2014 1:41:14 AM

XFX's Pro series, anything Seasonic, most Antec ones. See the second link in my sig.
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