How big of a power supply is needed for the system i am about to put together?

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brettnile72

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I already have an EVGA Geforce GT 730 Video Graphics card (2GB DDR3, PCI 2.0) and 4 120mm led case fans-950 Rpm's that will be part of the build. I am adding an Msi A88x-G45 Gaming Mother Board , An Amd A10-7850k Kaveri Quad-core 3.7 processor), a WD 1 TB hard drive and 16 gbs of of G. Skill Rip Jaws memory ( 2x 8gb) DDR3 1866 -(Pc3 14900). I have a 600w Thermaltake powersupply already. Is this big enough/ Also I have not ordered the new components yet so comments on them are much appreciated as well. Thank-You so much. Brett
 
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The gt 730 is not a good card. In fact the integrated GPU on the 7850k scores better on 3Dmark11 by a noticeable factor. It would be a total waste of money to buy it.

The PSU is fine.
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Further, my advice would be to just get 8GB of RAM and put the extra money into buying a decent GPU (like perhaps a 750ti) or an SSD. 8GB is still plenty for everything a normal person does. I suspect you won't be doing heavy transcoding of video or anything with that setup.

My personal advice therefore is keep the PSU, reduce the RAM to 8GB use the extra for better GPU or SSD.
 
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