Is a 400 watt power supply good enough for these parts?

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CPU: AMD A8-6600K 3.90GHz Quad-Core APU w/ Integrated Radeon HD 8570D
HDD: 500GB SATA-III 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Drive)
MEMORY: 8GB (4GBx2) DDR3/2133MHz Dual Channel Memory (ADATA XPG V3)
MOTHERBOARD: MSI A88XI AC FM2+ mITX, AC Wi-Fi 802.11 + Bluetooth, USB 3+ SATA 6GB/s GbLAN, 1 Gen3 PCIe x16
SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
VIDEO: AMD Radeon R5 230 1GB GDDR3 PCIe 3.0 x16 Video Card (Single Card)
 
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400w is plenty. your only going to pull 150w in a worst case scenerio with that setup.

is this zeus mini a100 a power supply you already have or are you buying it? what country are you in?

i dont understand why you have an a8 processor with integrated 8570d graphics and also an r5-230. the integrated graphics are just as fast as the r5 video card. ditch the video card and just get the integrated graphics or go with a different cpu altogether.
 
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Im buying it, and im in Canada. I'm really not an expert in this stuff, so i thought having a video card would be better. The other option was a Integrated AMD Fusion APU onboard, is that any better?

 
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The link is this, http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/ZEUS_Mini-A100/
The specs i selected aren't the default ones, and the link will bring you to the customization page. You can see which parts i selected at the parts selection section.
 
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My budget is 720$, and I'm really not a techy guy. I don't really want to get involved with the building processes. And the processor i selected is all i really need, im not going to play that many graphics-intensive games or do that many intensive tasks.

 
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then your best bet is to get the a10-7850k. add the 430w corsair power supply for +12, add the 1tb western digital blue drive for +10 and thats about it. it shows $641 on my end, though i think that is usd prices.

you should check ncix.ca or newegg.ca to see if they have any ibuypower or cyberpower prebuilt units already made that are similar in specs. they will be in your canadian prices too.
 
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With the shipping that costs more that i have, and isn't that processer 3.7 gh, while the one i want is 3.9? I though that more GH the better.

 
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So that thing is better than the one i have listed?

 
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intel cpus are faster per ghz than amd processors by a large margin. more ghz doesn't always mean faster.

that pc has an i5-4690k which is faster than any cpu than amd currently makes. it is also an unlocked processor that can be overclock fairly easy up to 4.2ghz. it is a very high performing processor and the best gaming processor around.

the r7-240 amd graphics card in that computer is slightly slower than the hd8750 intergrated graphics card.
http://www.hardwareheaven.com/content/reviews/graphics-cards/29703/xfx-r7-240-and-r7-250-vs-gt-640-and-gt-630-esports-performance-review/5
http://www.hardwareheaven.com/content/reviews/cpus/29731/amd-a10-7850k-kaveri-apu-review-featuring-gigabyte-g1-sniper-a88x/7

you should note that the prebuild computer on newegg has the 350w power supply and a 500gb hard drive. if you ever want to upgrade to a better graphics card, you would need to upgrade the power supply. 500gb isn't very much storage space by todays standard. as far as gaming goes both systems are roughly equal.
 
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But the one i linked was cheaper, so you think i should get it? And thanks for being so helpful, I've been having a lot of trouble getting the answers i need, but you're making it so clear to me. So thanks!
 
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what games are you trying to play? what other non gaming computer work will you be doing?

if your trying to play battlefield 4 neither computers will do that very well. if your not going to be transcoding bluray quality videos or running cad then the 4690k is probably far more cpu than you will ever need. though its nice to have the option if you may want to do that in the future.

here is an example of a well balanced system build yourself.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor ($138.98 @ DirectCanada)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($55.95 @ Vuugo)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($57.21 @ NCIX)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($62.98 @ DirectCanada)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card ($164.99 @ NCIX)
Case: Rosewill RANGER-M MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($39.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Power Supply: Antec 450W ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Memory Express)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($23.05 @ Vuugo)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) ($108.34 @ TigerDirect Canada)
Total: $691.47
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-14 20:43 EST-0500
 
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I was just going to play some AAA games on at best medium setting, with a bit of video editing on the side. That would pretty much be it. Nothing to intensive.

 
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