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What about 600 watt? Much more safer than 550 watt? Sorry for wrong put punctuation.

Choosing the right power supply is not as simple as picking one with the biggest number. For a PSU, the quality of the power supply is, by far, THE most important thing about your system. I still believe that the PSU is the most important part of your system, and skimping out on it could be a very costly mistake. 

For mere mortal consumers, like you and I, we are not able to determine the quality of a PSU. Furthermore, we should not rely on a brand name to deliver a quality product; the Corsair CX-series is a prime example of this. For the best quality power suppliers, use this list (http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html) as a quick guide, but use review sites such as JonnyGuru or HardOCP to clarify that it is, indeed, a good power supply.

On that whitelist, anything Tier 3 and up should be fine for a budget system such as the one you propose. So in this case, I would have no problem suggesting something like an EVGA 500B. Whilst this PSU choice would be okay, if you have the budget for it, a higher quality PSU IS better. 

The wattage is also an important aspect (but as discussed, not as important as the quality) when you consider the parts you put into your system. For a single card setup (not including dual-GPU graphics cards), a 650W power supply should have you covered for pretty much any configuration fully overclocked. You do need to be more mindful if you're planning multiple cards, at which point I would suggest something around the 850W range. If you build your PC in PCPartPicker, it has a rough wattage calculator when you spec out your system. Getting a power supply that's too small can cause crashes, BSODs, and can even damage your components.

On the flipside, it's also not entirely appropriate to buy a massive power supply. This is where the 80+ efficiency rating comes into play, which is better explained by the Lord, our God, GabeN Linus.

 

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Your system will run fine on a 450w psu. Most of the component barely use any power.

Mainboard:ROG-STRIX-B360-G-GAMING/Cpu:I5 8400 /Gpu: Galax RTX 2070 /Ram: Corsair Vengeance 16 GB DDR4/ Storage:1TB HDD 2 Corsair SSD PSU : Corsair 550W/Cooling: Silverstone Air Cooler/ / Case : Corsair/Keyboard:Razer Chroma TKL/Mouse:Mionix Castor+Steelseries Qck Mass/Headphone:V Moda M100 

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You can get away with a 450W, but if you are planning on upgrading that graphics card to something more powerful, go for 500W.

CPU: Ryzen 5 3600X            | Cooler: Deepcool AK400  | Motherboard: B550 Elite AX V2  | Storage: Samsung 980 Pro 1TB  |

RAM: Corsair Vengeance 16GB   | GPU: MSI RTX 3060 Ti    | Case: NZXT H440 (Red/Black)    | PSU: EVGA 650W G2             |

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Ok. Which one I should choose Gigabyte Herculues 500 or Raid Max RX500 ATX?

neither - both likely to catch fire. XFX TS 550W

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Celestial (Laptop 1) CPU:i7 4720HQ GPU:GTX 860M 4GB RAM:2x4GB SK Hynix DDR3Storage: 250GB 850 EVO Model:Lenovo Y50-70
Seraph (Laptop 2) CPU:i7 6700HQ GPU:GTX 970M 3GB RAM:2x8GB DDR4Storage: 256GB Samsung 951 + 1TB Toshiba HDD Model:Asus GL502VT
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Processor:i5 4460

Graphic Card:Asus Nvidia Geforce GTX 950 Strix

RAM:Kingston 8GB Hyper X Fury 1600 Dimm

Motherboard:Asus H97 Pro Gamer/ B85 Pro Gamer

How many watt require for my spec above?

Please give me suggestions,please.

Pretty much what @don_svetlio suggested. If you want full modularity, the EVGA 550GS is also worth a look. 

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What about 600 watt? Much more safer than 550 watt? Sorry for wrong put punctuation.

Choosing the right power supply is not as simple as picking one with the biggest number. For a PSU, the quality of the power supply is, by far, THE most important thing about your system. I still believe that the PSU is the most important part of your system, and skimping out on it could be a very costly mistake. 

For mere mortal consumers, like you and I, we are not able to determine the quality of a PSU. Furthermore, we should not rely on a brand name to deliver a quality product; the Corsair CX-series is a prime example of this. For the best quality power suppliers, use this list (http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html) as a quick guide, but use review sites such as JonnyGuru or HardOCP to clarify that it is, indeed, a good power supply.

On that whitelist, anything Tier 3 and up should be fine for a budget system such as the one you propose. So in this case, I would have no problem suggesting something like an EVGA 500B. Whilst this PSU choice would be okay, if you have the budget for it, a higher quality PSU IS better. 

The wattage is also an important aspect (but as discussed, not as important as the quality) when you consider the parts you put into your system. For a single card setup (not including dual-GPU graphics cards), a 650W power supply should have you covered for pretty much any configuration fully overclocked. You do need to be more mindful if you're planning multiple cards, at which point I would suggest something around the 850W range. If you build your PC in PCPartPicker, it has a rough wattage calculator when you spec out your system. Getting a power supply that's too small can cause crashes, BSODs, and can even damage your components.

On the flipside, it's also not entirely appropriate to buy a massive power supply. This is where the 80+ efficiency rating comes into play, which is better explained by the Lord, our God, GabeN Linus.

 

Incipere V5.0

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CPU | i7-4790k | GPU | Nvidia GTX Titan X | Motherboard | MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition | Memory | 2x8GB Kingston HyperX Fury DDR3 1866MHz | PSU | EVGA 650 G2 | Storage | Crucial BX200 240GB + Toshiba 3TB | Case | Cooler Master MasterCase Pro 5 | CPU Cooler | Noctua NH-D15

Parvulus V1.0

Spoiler

CPU | i5-4690k | GPU | Zotac GTX 960 | Motherboard | ASRock Z97M-ITX/ac | Memory | 2x4GB G.Skill Ripjaws X DDR3 1600MHz | PSU | EVGA 650 GS | Storage | Crucial BX200 240GB + WD 1TB Blue 2.5" | Case | Silverstone Sugo SG13

If you want to join a group chat of like-minded techies, gaming, and all things dank, join our Discord group. Message me or get into contact with Galaxy. http://linustechtips.com/main/user/107351-gaiaxy/

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