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Started by kariotommy | | 6 answers
Help with a pc build (PSU doubts)
Hello.
I'm currently building a budget gaming pc, but I'm not hardcore gamer.
I want to buy a PSU but I don't know exactly what I need or what to use for what I'm building.

These are the specs:
AMD FX 6300 3.5ghz Black Edition
MSI 970A-G46 (Board)
MSI GT 730 GDDR5 1GB
Team Elite DDr3 1333mhz 4gb
Hitachi 400gb HDD
Dell Wide monitor 17 or 19" (haven't decided)
Thermaltake V3 Case

it goes around that, I thought of FX 4300 first, but I wasn't sure and I saw 6300 for 11 bucks more...
I want to know how much W would this pc consume more or less, and what brand PSU I can buy for less than 50$. I've seen EVGA 500 or 550 one for 44.99$ on newegg.com and Corsair CX 430w one... but Corsair CX have many negative reviews about noise and other stuff (CX series does it seems) and EVGA one had some trouble with cables I think (I don't know anything about PSU, forgive me for my ignorance).

Please take a bit of your time and give me some advices (and links to check).
Note: I'm buying from newegg.com website and Amazon.com, don't know about other ones.
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a c 283 4 Gaming
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October 13, 2014 12:22:32 AM

Allow a bit of leeway because "I'm living outside U.S."
October 13, 2014 12:20:16 AM

i7Baby said:
XFX 550 - $45 at NCIX US


The XFX 650W is $49.99 at NCIX US, may as well pay $5 more for 100W more.
a c 283 4 Gaming
a c 122 ) Power supply
October 13, 2014 12:06:59 AM

XFX 550 - $45 at NCIX US
October 12, 2014 7:24:52 PM

"I want to know how much W would this pc consume more or less, and what brand PSU I can buy for less than 50$."

Only 300w ? wew, then with some 400W+ PSU I can survive... Awesome.

My total budget is around 500$. But I'm almost at the limit of it because I'm living outside U.S. so I have to use additional service and add that with everything else... sadly. I just want a good PSU that can last and don't get forced with the pc. Since I have 1 week left I wanted to do thorough research before buying everything so I don't regret.

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a c 283 4 Gaming
a c 122 ) Power supply
October 12, 2014 6:32:26 PM

You only need 300+W. It's cheaper to get a good quality 500W eg Seasonic M12II 520 - $67 at Newegg
a b 4 Gaming
a b ) Power supply
October 12, 2014 6:30:27 PM

Can you tell us what's your budget and what's included in it ?

The EVGA 430W is a very good PSU.

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