can my PSU 500 Watts Handle AMD Fx 8350 ?

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Muhammad Nichro

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Hi guys it's been a while :)
I'm really confused about this build
for now i have
Gigabyte ga-78lmt s2p
AMD Athlon ii x2 250
4 GB of value ram Kingston
Sapphire R7 265 dual x 2gb
and the most critical component PSU cooler master elite v2 500 watts

the questions
i think i will go for FX 8350 not willing to OC at least for now
and of course a mobo MSI 970 gaming
corsair vengeance LP 2*4 8gb

will my PSU handle that Build ??
and what a bout an Intel ?
I'm on a tight budget
Thanks
 
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The CM elite v2 is trash. It has the necessary LISTED capacity to run that system, but it's quality is poor and it's doubtful that it can supply the listed capacity continuously, or for long. I'd seriously consider a higher end unit and that motherboard is not fit to be paired with an FX 8 core chip. I'd stick to an FX-6300 or 6350 if you don't want to replace the motherboard. It will still have significantly higher performance than that Athlon X2.

Realistically, if you can afford to invest in an FX-8350, then this would be a much better option with markedly better performance in every area except a handful of video encoding processes.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($112.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($58.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($35.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $207.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-24 17:10 EDT-0400


And then find a tier 1 or 2, heck, even a tier 3 unit is probably better than that Elite v2, from the tier list:

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html
 
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Muhammad Nichro

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the major issue here is actually i do video editing and some motion graphics
Right now im deeply down :(
i think after all these suggestion i will go for the ram & PSU upgrade then the mobo and cpu i guess cuz i really need so performance here & i actually hate the I3 i will save some $$ for some serious components .
Last thing is my CPU good for some gaming till i get the i5 ?
 
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Muhammad Nichro

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at maximum i think it will not exceed the $250
so i will stick with my old cpu for now
thanks

 
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