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I'm helping my friend build a budget PC, and it's my job to find all of the parts. The goal is to build something under £240/$370. I've already decided on a Pentium G3258, a Radeon R7 260x, 8GB Crucial Ballistix Sport RAM, Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200 RPM HDD, an MSI H81M-P33 motherboard, and a Rosewill FBM-02 or 01 case. So far, it all adds up to £215. Now I just need to find a PSU. I know that one of the last things you want to do is buy a cheap power supply, so how much would you guys suggest be spent on it? I really don't want to step too far outside of the £240 budget.

 

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A 350w PSU will be more than enough to power this machine.

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it depends (not really sure how the pound is standing compared to dollar and euro...), but i would try a shot at the £40-£50, at that price point decent 500w psu's should be available.

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I'm helping my friend build a budget PC, and it's my job to find all of the parts. The goal is to build something under £240/$370. I've already decided on a Pentium G3258, a Radeon R7 260x, 8GB Crucial Ballistix Sport RAM, Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200 RPM HDD, an MSI H81M-P33 motherboard, and a Rosewill FBM-02 or 01 case. So far, it all adds up to £215. Now I just need to find a PSU. I know that one of the last things you want to do is buy a cheap power supply, so how much would you guys suggest be spent on it? I really don't want to step too far outside of the £240 budget.

depends on wattage and modularity but just don't cheap out on it

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You could get a good psu for 50 pounds, you don't need a ton of power for your rig

 

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I'm helping my friend build a budget PC, and it's my job to find all of the parts. The goal is to build something under £240/$370. I've already decided on a Pentium G3258, a Radeon R7 260x, 8GB Crucial Ballistix Sport RAM, Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200 RPM HDD, an MSI H81M-P33 motherboard, and a Rosewill FBM-02 or 01 case. So far, it all adds up to £215. Now I just need to find a PSU. I know that one of the last things you want to do is buy a cheap power supply, so how much would you guys suggest be spent on it? I really don't want to step too far outside of the £240 budget.

depends on how much wattage you need.

 

500w is more than enough for your use.

 

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For a build like that you can cheap out all you want. It's not going to use any power anyway. EVGA 500B is a smart option.

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Roughly 5-10% of your total budget.

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http://www.scan.co.uk/products/430w-evga-100-w1-0430-kr-80-plus-single-rail-1x120mm-fan-atx-psu

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