Will a 550W power supply be enough?

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McLovinHawaii

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I'm building a cheaper gaming pc and I' not going to OC anything as the GPU is a TI already, however I'm not sure whether or not a 550W power supply will run all these component. Mind you I want to connect a 1 TB HDD along the line. Hope you guys can help me out! :)


* EVGA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Gaming
* ASUS A68HM-K - Micro-ATX FM2+
* Athlon II X4 870K 3.9 GHz
* Kingston HyperX 8GB DDR3
* Samsung 750 EVO MZ-750120 120 GB
* TP-Link TL-WN781ND N150 WiFi PCI-E Adapter
 
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which psu?

do you have the latest bios version?
Version 1503
Description A68HM-K BIOS 1503
Improve system stability
https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/A68HMK/HelpDesk_Download/

do you have a good aftermarket cpu cooler?

your mobo is not built to support high heat since no vrm heatsink installed on the mobo


 
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DKK 512,00
https://www.computersalg.dk/i/584387/ts-series-xfx-550w-stromforsyning?sq=xfx
XFX 550W.

OR

DKK 531,00
https://www.computersalg.dk/i/1407194/corsair-cx-m-series-cx550m?sq=CX550M
CX550M and semi-modular
 
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Dark Lord of Tech

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Even this is more than enough power. :D

DKK 414,00
https://www.computersalg.dk/i/1340808/corsair-cx-m-series-cx450m?sq=CX450M
CX450M
 
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Thanks for your replies! I was planning on buying a Corsair 550.
I asked around and was told that the Athlon II X4 was a good cheaper alternative for Intel - was that not true? It's been years since I've built my last machine and haven't really kept up with the new hardware so I'm not sure at all on the Athlon but that's what I was told :heink:
 
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It's ok. It will do in a pinch but the i3 would have been a better choice. I think that 550W is too much. You have lower end parts that don't need a lot of power. Your system will probably need 250W or less while gaming. That's less then 50% of the output a 550W can do. A good 450W is a much better choice for your system.
 
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