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[Solved] CORSAIR CMPSU-400CX 400W good?

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I am building a low budget game rig for our daughter,
Will this PS be good?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817139008

This is what Im running

motherboard-GIGABYTE GA-MA790GPT-UD3H
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813128398

cpu-AMD Athlon II X4 620 Propus 2.6GHz
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] _-19103706

memory-OCZ Obsidian 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820227495

hard drive-Western Digital Caviar Black WD5001AALS 500GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822136320

gpu-GIGABYTE GV-R455D3-512I Radeon HD 4550 512MB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814125250

2-120mm case fans from coolermaster

tx
Ken

well might i make a suggestion on your build?

amd 620+ gigabyte 770

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] mbo.272067

4gb ocz + ati 4670

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] mbo.267601

samsung f3 500gb

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822152181

corsair 450 watt

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817139003

$431 and $376 amir

dunno if you bought the stuff yet but this would be a better gaming build

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The Corsair 400CX power supply with 30 amps on the 12 volt rail can easily power the system. The ATI HD 4550 video card is not a power hungry card so you should not have any problems.

Reply to JohnnyLucky
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well might i make a suggestion on your build?

amd 620+ gigabyte 770

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] mbo.272067

4gb ocz + ati 4670

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] mbo.267601

samsung f3 500gb

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822152181

corsair 450 watt

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817139003

$431 and $376 amir

dunno if you bought the stuff yet but this would be a better gaming build

Reply to obsidian86

So far I have the Hd, I was going to order that PS tomorrow if it will do,

other then that Im open for suggestions,

The main game that will be played on it for now is Left 4 Dead and left for dead2 in November

The gpu was just a guess, I have always owned Nvidia gpu's. My gaming rig has 2x evga gtx285 w/ I7-920 oc'd, but this rig needs to be low budget. I heard you can get a ok gaming gpu for less with ATI the nvidia, I dont know tho

tx
Ken

Reply to XRWKEN

well the 4550 aint really a gaming card the 4670 is a just under a 9600gt you can have a look here to get up to speed on ati cards http://www.tomshardware.com/review [...] 404-7.html it doesn have the ati 5xxx on but dont think you would need it on a budget

Reply to obsidian86

I just remembered I have one of the original XFX 8800 GTS 512mb gpu's,
How will that card do?

http://www.xfxforce.com/en-gb/prod [...] 00GTS.aspx

tx
Ken

Reply to XRWKEN

should be fine its above the 4670

Reply to obsidian86

I know the 8800 series got confusing because there are actually 2 different gens of the 8800 series, This is the first gen after mine the came out with like the 320 meg and 640 meg ver.

Reply to XRWKEN

thats nvidia for you but it should run well on most games for now,get the 450 watt for a higher upgrade ceiling in future

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