cx650 or cx550m for my build

[MIchaelnew]

hi, this year i want to build my first pc,

and I am confused whether the cx650 cable will fit in this case because its matx case

this is my build

psu : cx650 or cx550m

ram : patriot viper steel (16x2) 3600 mhz

motherboard : MSI - B550M PRO-VDH WIFI 

cpu : Ryzen 7 3700x

gpu : zotac gtx 1660 super 

case : TECWARE FORGE M ARGB

 

both psu have a same price in my country 

 

[RadiatingLight]

the 'm' in CXM simply means "Modular", meaning unused cables can be detached form the power supply in order to make cable-management easier.

If you have a PSU basement (where you can stuff the unused wires), then I would get the CX650, especially since newer GPUs tend to use more power. -- if your case exposes the PSU and you care about cable management, then CX550M might be a better choice, even though it is less powerful.

 

Both will be more than enough power for your current system.

[MIchaelnew]

1 minute ago, RadiatingLight said:

the 'm' in CXM simply means "Modular", meaning unused cables can be detached form the power supply in order to make cable-management easier.

If you have a PSU basement (where you can stuff the unused wires), then I would get the CX650, especially since newer GPUs tend to use more power. -- if your case exposes the PSU and you care about cable management, then CX550M might be a better choice, even though it is less powerful.

 

Both will be more than enough power for your current system.

thanks for helping me, i will go for cx650 then

[Action_Johnson]

In my opinion, you should get less CPU, and more video card. 

[MIchaelnew]

Just now, Action_Johnson said:

In my opinion, you should get less CPU, and more video card. 

i want to use my pc for cpu intensive task and slight gaming, so i spend more with the cpu and maybe i will upgrade my gpu later on

[RadiatingLight]

7 minutes ago, MIchaelnew said:

i want to use my pc for cpu intensive task and slight gaming, so i spend more with the cpu and maybe i will upgrade my gpu later on

If so, then good choice on the CPU/GPU balance. For CPU-intensive workloads, this is a very well balanced system!