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Hello, i am right now building my own pc,but i cant work out how big of a PSU i need,

Here is what i have now.

CM Storm Stryker Case

Asus Maximus VI Hero

Msi gtx 760 gaming 2gb

I7-4770k not OC yet

Corsair 100i

2 corsair sp120 fans

1 corsair af120 fan

32 gb ddr3 kingston hyperX blue 1600MHz

1 standard cd drive

1 tb WD Blue 3.5

Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 120GB 2.5

right now i am setting it up, but i dont know what PSU i need, from my previous build in this case i have a cooler master g500 500w PSU.

but i think i may have to buy a new psu, what du u think, new on this forum, so dont know where this goes

and also, what fans do u think i should have at the front intake of the case, have turned the hdd/ssd cages 90 degrees around so the air goes on the motherboard/gpu.

dont know if i shold have 2 sp or 2 af fans there? what u think?

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The PSU you have should be enough (if it is of good quality and you don't really want to upgrade the GPU).

 

If you do want to upgrade and OC the crap out of everything, then I would go with a nice Corsair or Seasonic 650 or 750 watt PSU.

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500watt should be fine if you aren't gonna do high overclocks and aren't planning on big upgrades but if you want to be on the safe side you could go with a 650 watt

current build and total cost   http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/150083-thrift-shop-build/

 

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650 would probably be enough but i tend to recommend 750 or 850 just because :P

I agree with ^

you want something in the 750 to 850 range as it means you can buy a second gpu card in 2 years when there cheaper and not have to worry about power issues.  its also a very small price difference if you buying well branded stuff.

 

but you could keep running the cooler master g500 500w if you wanted to

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