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what do you guys think of the Antec BP550 Plus 550W. My system is as follows:

amd athlon x4 640
gigabyte 880g ud3h
sabrent media card reader
pny geforce gt 220
ocz agility 2 60gb
1tb caviar black
4gb gskill memory (1333)

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should be fine - the 220 needs little power.

Reply to stillerfan15

its solid enough for the price and more then enough power for your system, both the athlon II and GT 220 are thrifty when it comes to power needs.

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ct1615 wrote :

its solid enough for the price and more then enough power for your system, both the athlon II and GT 220 are thirty when it comes to power needs.


What's "thirty"?

Do you mean thirsty or thrifty?

Reply to ko888

thrifty, damn fingers have their own mind

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Reply to ct1615

thanks, and if i want to upgrade graphics cards in the future and add 4 more gb of ram i should be good right?

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stevenlikesfishing wrote :

thanks, and if i want to upgrade graphics cards in the future and add 4 more gb of ram i should be good right?


Yes you're good with the BP550.
A good psu as already mentioned.

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