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Yes, the psu is more than enough.

Is the optical drive really necessary?

 

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Hi im building my first gaming and need thoughts on my build. One of the main things is the power supply i would like to know if my XFX 550w 80+ Bronze psu can handle everything mainly because the gpu is a EVGA gtx 960 Super SC 2gb. I will provide a link below for my build.

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/QPTf4D

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Yes, the psu is more than enough.

Is the optical drive really necessary?

 

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Yes, the psu is more than enough.

Is the optical drive really necessary?

 

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Thank you for letting me know the power supply will work. As for the optical drive, i just like having one lol. I know you can just flash files now but it cant hurt to have it on hand just in case.

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its a good solid build. im sure somebody is going to tell you the r9 280 is better but personally i like nvidia for all their other features like physx and what not

I was going back and forth between the two and decided on the gtx 960 cause i get the witcher 3 for free when buying it off amazon also it already supports directx 12.i wasnt sure if the r9 280 did or not.

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Thank you for letting me know the power supply will work. As for the optical drive, i just like having one lol. I know you can just flash files now but it cant hurt to have it on hand just in case.

In that case, recommended edits: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/7Lcnqs

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In that case, recommended edits: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/7Lcnqs

Thank you for the recommendation greatly appreciate it. i had a build that was similar except it didn't have a ssd and the gpu was 270x. The main reason i went with the i5 4590 is because there is micro center 20 minutes away from me and its on sale for $165 and that's including tax.

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Thank you for the recommendation greatly appreciate it. i had a build that was similar except it didn't have a ssd and the gpu was 270x. The main reason i went with the i5 4590 is because there is micro center 20 minutes away from me and its on sale for $165 and that's including tax.

You should be able to stick with the 960 by just grabbing the 4590 and swapping the board: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-h97manniversary

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