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What PSU should I buy ?

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Hi, what PSU should I buy for this rig? :

Mobo : ASRock 970 PRO3 R2.0
CPU : FX-6300
GPU : Asus R9 270 DirectCU II
RAM : HyperX Fury Red 8GB DDR3 1866 MHz CL10 Dual Channel Kit ( HX318C10FRK2/8 )
HDD : WD10EZEX
Case : Zalman Z3
Cooler : Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
 
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Power Supply SeaSonic SS-660XP2/Seasonic SS-760XP2
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Tell you what. I'll help, but you have to tell me what the TDP of your CPU is and what the PEAK power consumption is for your GPU. (look in the reviews here on TPU and if you can't find your exact model, find a similar one)
Then it's easy.
 
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Cooling Phanteks PH-TC14CS/H80
Memory Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) LP /4GB Kingston DDR3 1600
Video Card(s) Asus GTX 660 Ti/MSI HD7770
Storage Crucial MX100 256GB/120GB Samsung 830 & Seagate 2TB(died)
Display(s) Asus 24' LED/Samsung SyncMaster B1940
Case P100/Antec P280 It's huge!
Audio Device(s) on board
Power Supply SeaSonic SS-660XP2/Seasonic SS-760XP2
Software Win 7 Home Premiun 64 Bit
Darn, didn't turn in homework. CPU is 95 watts. GPU is 125 watts for 270, 140 for the 270X. So 235 watts. Add 50 watts (way over) for the rest of your system and you have 285 watts. Multiply that by 1.2 (Shouldn't plan on running a PSU over 80% IMHO) and you get ~350 watts. You only need a 350 watt PSU! And I still believe that it's best to size the PSU so that load is between 50-80% of rated capacity.
Non-modular unit:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817207013&Tpk=N82E16817207013
Modular unit: (ShellShocker deal a 1:00 PDT today so I don't know the final price)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139058

These are the deals that I cold find PDQ. The best PSU's are Seasonic.
 
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a quality one from a maker like Seasonic, Corsair, or XFX. Personally, I'd get this- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ..._-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

sure, it's more wattage than you need, but with the $15 mail in rebate, it's only $5 more than the 550 watt model I was going to recommend at first.

I would always recommend a 550W power supply from Seasonic, Corsair or XFX, preferably with 80+ Gold, but with a rebate like that, how can you say no to a 750W power supply! Sounds like a good choice, despite being way too much wattage.

Layton
 
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