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tiny voices
Do not get a cx750. It is NOW a good unit. The Cx series is made with cheap capacitors that easily fail. The Corsair RM units are also made with these capacitors and are not great.

Your build doesn't need anything like 720w even with overclocking. 650w would be plenty here, and what I would recommend.

Stick with Antec, XFX, Seasonic.
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Do not get a cx750. It is NOW a good unit. The Cx series is made with cheap capacitors that easily fail. The Corsair RM units are also made with these capacitors and are not great.

Your build doesn't need anything like 720w even with overclocking. 650w would be plenty here, and what I would recommend.

Stick with Antec, XFX, Seasonic.
 
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Justin Blank

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Any in specific
And why is the one I put down bad
 
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The RM and CX corsair series use cheap chinese capacitors, they are not as reliable as their competitors because of this. If you want a Corsair psu then look at the HX, TX, AX series, they are much better quality.

For specific units:

Bronze 620w semi Modular:
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.00 @ Amazon)

Gold 650w semi modular psu:
Power Supply: SeaSonic 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($99.98 @ SuperBiiz)

Gold 750w Fully modular PSU:
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($99.99 @ NCIX US)
 
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Justin Blank

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Modular or semi would help please
Is there one like that
 
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tiny voices

tiny voices

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These are GREAT options.
 
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Justin Blank

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Ok how does this look over all now
Any thing else bad quality
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Deathbolt/saved/4Gn6t
 
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Heh.. I saw 'budget' and I thought you were looking at like, under $40 or something. Since you're going with a standard ATX chassis (the most relevant part in this case), you have a lot of options. After that it's the fact that your video card wants two 8-pin connectors. Beyond that, anything goes.

PCPartPicker says your system uses an estimated 428 Watts. The video card itself is around 230 W, so if you plan on SLI'ing sometime you'll have to account for that as well, meaning 668 Watts. You should be looking at a PSU upwards of 750W or so in that case. For this you can get
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817207033
XFX TS Series P1-750G-TS3X 750W, 80 PLUS Gold rated
Or for slightly more (130) you can get
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438017
EVGA SuperNOVA 750 G2 220-G2-0750-XR 750W, also 80 PLUS Gold rated, and with a ten-year warranty.

Personally I'd spend the extra ten bucks for the extra peace of mind. Also EVGA seems to have pretty good PSU's whereas I'm not sure on XFX (they're both known for video cards, but I hear more of EVGA for PSU's than I do XFX).
 
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Link does not work.
 
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