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Enough Wattage?

Nasirdude3211
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Making a Gaming PC for my lil bro and idk if the minimum power requirements are what i should be following to pick a PSU.

 

I'm trying to get a GTX 760 or R9 285 ( both same price as of right now)

 

And they both say minimum power requirement is 500W

 

The remaining specs for the system are

 

AMD FX 6300

8 Gigs of memory

1x 1TB HDD

1 of the GPU's above

Wireless card

Asus M5A97

 

 

Would a 500 w PSU (The corsair CX500) be able to keep up? 

 

I know the system wont be drawing 500 W while idle but idk about when gaming, 3D games.

 

 

Thanks for any help!

CPU:Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core -----MoBo:Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 ATX LGA1150----Memory: G.Skill Sniper Gaming Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600---SSD: Samsung 840 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" SSD----GPU:Asus GTX780-DC2OC-3GD5---PSU:Cooler Master 850W ATX12V / EPS12V---Case:  NZXT Phantom 630 Gunmetal ATX Full Tower----CPU Cooler:Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid ----- Monitor: Asus VG248QE 24.0"w/ G Sync; Acer 24" Monitor


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500w would be plenty, and I'd take the 285. 

 

Also, if it's just for gaming then, an i5-4440/4460 would be a better choice. 

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Gaming pc = intel.

 

And then it would be enough.

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500w would be plenty, and I'd take the 285. 

 

Also, if it's just for gaming then, an i5-4440/4460 would be a better choice. 

Thanks man,

 

yah i saw the performance difference for it might have to switch to an 4440/4460

CPU:Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core -----MoBo:Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 ATX LGA1150----Memory: G.Skill Sniper Gaming Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600---SSD: Samsung 840 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" SSD----GPU:Asus GTX780-DC2OC-3GD5---PSU:Cooler Master 850W ATX12V / EPS12V---Case:  NZXT Phantom 630 Gunmetal ATX Full Tower----CPU Cooler:Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid ----- Monitor: Asus VG248QE 24.0"w/ G Sync; Acer 24" Monitor


My Completed Build: http://pcpartpicker.com/b/LH3


 

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