Hi, I plan on buying a MSI Computer Micro ATX DDR3 1066 LGA 1150 Motherboard CSM-H87M-G43 and I do not know what power supply

UMadBrad7

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Just need to know what power supply to use with this board, I know that not all power supplies work with every board, and I don't wanna be that guy who buys the wrong supply.
 

voltoid27

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Au contraire, the vast majority of power supplies will work with the vast majority of motherboards, enough that it's not anything that you need to worry about. What's more important than getting a PSU for a certain motherboard is deciding which parts you want in your system, like the processor or maybe a graphics card, and then selected a PSU based on how many watts you need it to supply. On the cheaper end of the spectrum there are $25 supplies like these two, which won't do well with high-powered enthusiast setups, but will do a stellar job for the average Joe: http://pcpartpicker.com/mr/newegg/evga-power-supply-100w10430kr and http://pcpartpicker.com/mr/newegg/corsair-power-supply-cs450m. You could also get a no-holds-barred PSU like this $395 one, but this is just overkill: http://pcpartpicker.com/mr/superbiiz/evga-power-supply-220t21600x1. In the end, you really don't need more than a $70 PSU like this one: http://pcpartpicker.com/mr/newegg/evga-power-supply-220gs0550v1.
 
Most boards and PSUs are ATX standard.Very very few are micro.

This board has a standard 24pin and 4pin EPS connection. There is a bit of info that will help us find you a good PSU:

1. What kind of case are you putting this in?
2. What are the other components such as GPU, HDD etc?
3. What kind of budget do you have?

Answer me those and I will help find you a good PSU
 

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Personally i like corsair but just recently i have decided against them on liw end psu's as there only made by someone els so ull find your not getting as good a deal on them. Read about them before you buy it. Seasonic or evga are good. As far as requirments are u want at least 20% spare head room so if ur pc will want 500 watts then the absolute minimum you should go for is 650 watt. Most people want 40% extra so thats like 800watt if your getting a medium rated cpu with a single medium rate gpu and just reasonable storage then i would go with 650 watts to 850watts im using a fx 8350 with r9 295x2 at i have one storage device 16 gb of ram and a 1000 watt psu thats the corsair rm 1000. Given the choice again i would get a seasonic since i had a problem psu and it was RMA'ed and replaced. As far as formfactor i know nothing and would like to learn more.