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Nicolas_21

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At Memory express, I was told I needed a wifi adapter, and offered me the GC-WB867D-I. I don't know if they were jsut trying to sell stuff, or If I really need it. My specs are as follows:

Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler
MSI Z170A SLI ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
Crucial 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory
Mushkin ECO3 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GAMING Video Card
Rosewill Galaxy-03 ATX Mid Tower Case
Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply


 
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Is what the moderator tries to tell. ;)

If you spend so much money on a build would spending some extra be wise for a first grade psu,but i also stand by what i said,a 450watt psu should do fine for those components.
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Nicolas_21

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Yeah, I'm gonna be needing wi-fi. I think I asked the question in a wrong manner.
It actually is: Is this device (wi fi module) compatible with my build? Would you recommend another one, instead of this one?

I was told, in one of these forums, that the build required approx 300W, and that the PSU should work fine.
Do you mean that it might not work?
 
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basroil

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Plenty of other (possibly cheaper) ones you can find, but that one is compatible. You can get 802.11AC (newest) ones for ~$50 or less.

As for PSU, the main issue is that there are no valid reviews yet, and the results from the few out there are mixed. It's better to buy something you know will work rather than just hope it'll work for the time you need it. Older CX units were pretty bad, rumors say the CXm is good, but I would wait until reasonable reviews are done (petition the testers at tomshardware, I'm sure I would add my name if we could get a few units reviewed at once)
 
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The CX is the lower model of the Corsair series, you don't want the power supply running on near the max load. A 550 vs a 450 watt PSU wold be maybe another $10, for the total price of the build to have a better working power supply that is nothing.

You may want to look into a higher quality PSU alltogether, 6600k, 1060 video card and a bargain PSU, not the best choice.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16817438028
 
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Is what the moderator tries to tell. ;)

If you spend so much money on a build would spending some extra be wise for a first grade psu,but i also stand by what i said,a 450watt psu should do fine for those components.
 
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