Is a Corsair CX500 enough? Or should I get the CX600?

leouser · Aug 3, 2014

Asus M5A97 R2.0

Radeon R7 260x

AMD FX 8350

RAM: x2 8GB Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz

CD/DVD Burner

2TB Barracuda Seagate 7200RPM

120GB SSD

dingo07 · Aug 3, 2014

i personally wouldn't buy any less than a 650 silver or gold these days

Dark Lord of Tech · Aug 3, 2014

Neither , get this one:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($34.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $34.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-03 13:55 EDT-0400

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If you plan to upgrade the card or overclock in the future get a quality SEASONIC.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($54.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $54.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-03 14:00 EDT-0400

DarkSable · Aug 3, 2014

Go to pcpartpicker.com, plug in your build, and in the upper right hand side of the build, it'll show you an estimate for how much power the computer will draw without any overclocking.

If you want to overclock, add 100 to 150w.

DarkSable · Aug 3, 2014

dingo07 :

I feel you, but saying 'these days' makes me laugh... parts now are far more efficient than they used to be.

It's gotten to the point where most gaming computers out there only need a 550w PSU at most, but are buying 750w and 850w supplies because of those of us who remember when parts were power hogs and you needed a huge PSU to play it safe.

dingo07 · Aug 3, 2014

DarkSable :

I agree, a 750-or more is overkill unless you know what you're putting in, and PSU's have become more efficient in many respects. On the flip side... with at least a good to great 650 you have no worries for adding peripherals or more drives or even a power hungry gpu for more longevity, for a good amount of time into the future, and probably still be in the 60-80% load sweet-spot

DarkSable · Aug 3, 2014

dingo07 :

Oh no, I absolutely agree with you... I'm currently using a SeaSonic x-650 gold for a rig that probably draws about 450w... but I got it for the security of being one of the best power supplies out there when it comes to supplying clean power.

When it comes to buying things on a budget though, it's usually better to buy for what you have, I've found.

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