What type of watt power Supply?

mmolitor

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How many watts of power supply that is cheap that i should have to hold the • XFX RADEON Double D R9 280X
• Corsair Vengeance Blue 8 GB
• AMD FD8320FRHKBOX FX-8320 FX-Series 8-Core
• LG Electronics Optical DVD Drive GH24NSB0
• StarTech.com 1 Port PCI 10/100/1000 32 Bit Gigabit Ethernet Network Adapter Card (ST1000BT32)
ATX Motherboard 970A-G43
 

lukereimer

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There are some handy wattage requirement calculators out there that can help. I plugged in your specifications to the best of my knowledge into the eXtreme Power Supply Calculator Lite (http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp) and came up with:

496 W minimum recommended. So, to be safe, you could go for a 600 W. Cooler Master is my personal favorite, and one of their 600 W power supplies runs for $60-100. Here's a sample New Egg search link:

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007656%2050001333%20600014078&IsNodeId=1&name=600W
 


You are not seriously recommending this?
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171039
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/Cooler-Master-eXtreme-Power-Plus-600-W-Power-Supply-Review/1034/9
Cooler Master makes some good PSU's but they have some that are crap and majority is just so so! Which can be seen in the professional reviews here http://www.realhardtechx.com/index_archivos/Page364.htm
The Extreme power PLUS falls in the crap category.
 

lukereimer

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Just trying to get him started with as low a price point as possible and a brand that I know has been very reliable for me at the higher end. I'll leave PS threads to those more informed.