What is the best psu for the below config?

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Dear Reader,

My Config is,

Sabertooth 990FX R.2 MotherBoard
AMD FX 8370 Processor
FirePro V5900 Graphic Card 2 GB
4 x 4 Ram 16Gb DDR 3 Corsiar
1TB and 2 TB Hard drive
Phanteks Enthoo Pro
Noctua NH D15 air cooler

My question is, how many watts does the above config need? And please suggest me the best brand. Money dosnt matter. It should be best and good.

Lots of confusions. Please help me out
 
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Getting good PSUs, if they are overpriced is also not good.
Look for cheaper solutions, take a short look at the Tier list and find, if you can find cheaper PSUs, with similar, better or slightly worse quality.
Tier 2 is also still ok.
Modular solution is also only nice-to-have, if you want to reduce cost.
550W is plenty and you can still reduce it, if you can find cheaper PSUs....well..unless you plan to upgrade stufss later...
Gold/platinum rating is also not very important, you can buy bronze/silver with relax, as long as the PSU is good quality.
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Don't use Tier lists, they're more often than not wildly inaccurate or oversimplify PSU qualities. Don't use power calculators either; I know for a fact those things are inaccurate.
A good modular unit from FSP, Seasonic or Super Flower is what you're looking at here.
80+ rating doesn't really matter either, Titanium rating isn't going to give you more 'performance' over a good gold PSU, the only difference is slightly higher efficiency, like a dollar a year we're talking here.

 
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Superb info. Thanks bro.

finally 550 Watts is more than enough right? So I will go for EVGA 550w G2 or EVGA 650w G2.
This psu is tier 1 right?
 
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According to the calculator I posted, your system should consumes about 350W max, not very far from that posted above.
The calculation is not 100% accurate but it is useful to get a basic idea.
So, yes, 550W is already plenty.
Just be careful, if you plan to replace the GPU with something else, which need more power.
Also be careful if you decided to OC your rig.

To do quick check of which PSUs are good, the Tier list is extremely useful. This is also not accurate but you get the basic idea about which PSUs , which you can trust and which to avoid.
eVGA G2 is listed as Tier 1. Basically, eVGA G2 will serve you well.
 
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India selection tends to be a bit poor, for quality power supplies. Unless you can get one of the new CX550m/CX650m, from corsair, Seasonic is going to most likely be your only quality option.
 
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Perfect... confusions are gone.. Thanks bro..
I will not OC. To be in safer side, I will go for 650w EVGA G2.
 
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It'll draw about 300w under load give or take, even so, the G2 is a bit of a waste of money, you're paying twice the price for something with exactly the same function and a little higher head room.
Especially given you're OCing, getting anything over a 500w PSU purely for futureproofing or otherwise is a bit pointless.
Even if money is no object, you can get modular cables and high quality for less, gold rating doesn't change anything in the grand scheme of things.
 
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Getting good PSUs, if they are overpriced is also not good.
Look for cheaper solutions, take a short look at the Tier list and find, if you can find cheaper PSUs, with similar, better or slightly worse quality.
Tier 2 is also still ok.
Modular solution is also only nice-to-have, if you want to reduce cost.
550W is plenty and you can still reduce it, if you can find cheaper PSUs....well..unless you plan to upgrade stufss later...
Gold/platinum rating is also not very important, you can buy bronze/silver with relax, as long as the PSU is good quality.
 
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So EVGA Supernova 550 watts G2 is more than enough????? Is that right?
 
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