Is Corsair CX500 a good enough PSU?

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ausybee

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Is a Corsair CX500 80+ Bronze good enough for my build? The graphics card I bought says it requires a 500w power supply so I'm wondering if I'll need more wattage for other parts/expansion. If not, what kind of PSU should I have in mind? I'm trying to make a budget build.
My specs:
AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor
Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard
Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Gigabyte Radeon HD 7850 2GB Video Card
Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600

 
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Zerk2012
In my opinion it's a junk PSU poor voltage regulation and only a 3 year warranty you can spend 15 bucks or so more and buy a high quality power supply that's why I would never recommend it. In some instances the same price. The 80+ Bronze rating is a absolute lie Google it, it's from a copy and paste from the decent CX 400 Watt they had made for them.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Productcompare.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007657%2050002177%2050001459%20600014066%20600014072%20&IsNodeId=1&bop=And&CompareItemList=58%7C17%2D139%2D027%5E17%2D139%2D027%2DTS%2C17%2D182%2D068%5E17%2D182%2D068%2DTS&percm=17%2D139%2D027%3A%24%24%24%24%24%24%24%3B17%2D182%2D068%3A%24%24%24%24%24%24%24...
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In my opinion it's a junk PSU poor voltage regulation and only a 3 year warranty you can spend 15 bucks or so more and buy a high quality power supply that's why I would never recommend it. In some instances the same price. The 80+ Bronze rating is a absolute lie Google it, it's from a copy and paste from the decent CX 400 Watt they had made for them.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Productcompare.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007657%2050002177%2050001459%20600014066%20600014072%20&IsNodeId=1&bop=And&CompareItemList=58%7C17%2D139%2D027%5E17%2D139%2D027%2DTS%2C17%2D182%2D068%5E17%2D182%2D068%2DTS&percm=17%2D139%2D027%3A%24%24%24%24%24%24%24%3B17%2D182%2D068%3A%24%24%24%24%24%24%24
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/parts/compare/corsair-power-supply-cx500%2Cxfx-power-supply-p1550sxxb9/
500 Watts would work fine for the parts you have listed.
130 card 95 processor about 75 for everything else running a full system stress test. 300Watts more in the 250 area during gaming.
 
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