Would a CX600 work well with this build?

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The CX600 is actually a rather ok PSU. It's not top of the line, [strike]but there is no major issue with it.[/strike] My bad, didn't know it wasn't haswell compatible. I wouldn't recommend it in that case.
If you can pay a bit more and really don't want the corsair I recommend this one. EVGA is a very well known brand, and this one is 80+ Gold and has a 10 year warranty.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438026&ignorebbr=1
 
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So the sea sonic or the evga? I just want one that is quiet, not going to blow up, and cheap. And what do you mean by "not haswell compatible". My friend has the same build and it's working perfectly.
 
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If you want the best 550w on the market , made by Super Flower.

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Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($78.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $78.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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It's the best 550w PSU on the market based on the award winning Super Flower Leadex Gold series with a 7 year warranty.


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550W G2 review.

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Performance (40% of the final score) - you probably already know what I'm going to say here. Voltage regulation was excellent, averaging 0.9% in the hot box. No points deducted. Efficiency was a pass for Gold both times. No deduction. Ripple control was amazing, and probably the best I've ever seen, so definitely no deduction there. I saw no issues with anything else, so this unit gets a 10 here.

Functionality (20% of the final score) - this unit gets everything right. Even the CPU cable, which I thought was terrible on the 650W, is done right here today. Semi fanless mode works well, the manual is decent, we got lots of connectors to power anything a 550W unit should power, and the box came with more goodies than I tend to expect with such a small unit. 10.

Value (20% of the final score) - you can get one of these for $84.99 at Newegg right now. That's a fair bit for a unit this size these days, but as always EVGA is right at the bottom of the cost pile when it comes to 80 Plus Gold and full modularity. The nearest competition is their own 550W GS unit at one dollar more money. This is nuts. How are you making any money on these, EVGA? 10.

Build Quality (20% of the final score) - oh, snap... EVGA just got another perfect total score. There's nothing wrong with this unit. Nothing. 10.
 
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Sleep states cause the CPU to power down when not in use. Haswell introduced new, deeper sleep states that could cause older PSUs to trip because they couldn't steadily supply such a small amount of power. While it isn't required to get a haswell compatible PSU I'd recommend it.
 
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The whole "Haswell compatibility" with the sleep states arises because during these sleep states there is an extremely low load on the 12V rail while the 3.3V rail may have some load since it stores memory. Point be told, this is a crossload, and in PSUs that are group regulated will have voltages too far out of spec to be handled. So, only independently regulated PSUs and DC-DC are Haswell compatible. This all has to do with how the output voltages are created. In DC-DC, the 5V and 3.3V are rectified directly from the 12V.
 
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