question about psu watts

surv1vor69

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hi i would like to ask you a question i am am about to build a pc but i dont know how many whatts my psu should be.And i hope you could answer me or tip me abouit anything else of my build.
I will buy the amd am3+ 9370 with the asus sabertooth 990fx r2
and for gpu i want the power color r9 290x oc(which wants psu 750 whatts) i will place and an hydrocooler for cpu cause amd's cpu are little hot H100i i think is good enought i got one stick of ram i dont know even if i must tell more for the psu and i got 1 hdd adn one ssd (7200 rpm the hdd) and for all that i dont know what to buy an 750w that i am nearly to buy or an 800 850 w i hope to answer me:p over some sites that they calculate your psu they show me ta i need 700+ but gpu wants 750 and for that i have a big doubt abou it
 
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Your choices for the 9370:

ASRock 990FX Extreme9
Asus Crosshair V Formula-Z
Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0
Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2.0
Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3
Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5
Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD7
MSI 990FXA-GD80V2

AMD.COM

Warning: This power draw of this CPU is almost twice that of the average CPU. Due to this, AMD recommends using at minimum a 1000W power supply. For cooling, AMD recommends using either either closed loop liquid cooling or full system liquid cooling.



PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 1000G2 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($136.81 @ Newegg)
Total: $136.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts...

Dark Lord of Tech

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Your choices for the 9370:

ASRock 990FX Extreme9
Asus Crosshair V Formula-Z
Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0
Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2.0
Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3
Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5
Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD7
MSI 990FXA-GD80V2

AMD.COM

Warning: This power draw of this CPU is almost twice that of the average CPU. Due to this, AMD recommends using at minimum a 1000W power supply. For cooling, AMD recommends using either either closed loop liquid cooling or full system liquid cooling.



PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 1000G2 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($136.81 @ Newegg)
Total: $136.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Best deal on the market.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 1300 G2 1300W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($149.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $149.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
 
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