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Ok, and the CX450M of Corsair is better?

It's okay. It won't set your system on fire like people think it will, and it's definitely not as bad as ThermalTake's Smart serious (seriously it was awful from the day I bought it).

 

Here's a community list on the forum of recommended power supplies across different budgets.

 

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I plan to buy a Thermaltake 550W Smart Series Bronze but i don't know if it will be good for my system i don't have a high budget.

 

But i want to know if this Power supply is good.

 

PD: The pc will have a i3 7100 and a gtx 1050 ti, 8 GB Ram, 2 TB HDD etc.

But also i wanna upgrade the pc in 1-2 years.

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I'd try and get at least a Tier 3 from the PSU Tier List.

A good 1 that isn't expensive is the seasonic M12ii 520

Going w/ a lesser quality PSU just brings too many risks regarding possible failure in the PSU, potentially causing damage to your whole system. Not to mention possible house fires.

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Just now, IsraChido said:

Ok, and the CX450M of Corsair is better?

It's okay. It won't set your system on fire like people think it will, and it's definitely not as bad as ThermalTake's Smart serious (seriously it was awful from the day I bought it).

 

Here's a community list on the forum of recommended power supplies across different budgets.

 

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1 minute ago, IsraChido said:

Ok, and the CX450M of Corsair is better?

That or a Seasonic S12ii 430W, whichever is cheaper.

7 minutes ago, IsraChido said:

PD: The pc will have a i3 7100 and a gtx 1050 ti, 8 GB Ram, 2 TB HDD etc.

 

I'd get the G4560 (very close performance to the similar i3-6100) or a G4620 (literally IS a cheaper i3-6100) and use that extra cash for an RX470 or RX480 4GB

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10 minutes ago, IsraChido said:

Ok, and the CX450M of Corsair is better?

According to the tier list "yes." I'd try and find a Corsair CXM (Grey Unit) (Tier 3)

Current System Specs:

CPU: Intel I5-7660K; CPU Cooler: Coolermaster Hyper 212X; Thermal Paste: IC Diamond 7 Carat; Motherboard: MSI Z270 Gaming Pro Carbon;

RAM: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8gb) DDR4 - 2400; SSD Storage: 1TB Samsung 850 EVO; Storage: 2TB Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm;

GPU: Gigabyte Geforce GTX 1070 8gb G1 Gaming; Case: NZXT Phantom 530 Black; PSU: EVGA Supernova G2 650W 80+ Gold, OS: Windows 10 Home

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17 minutes ago, IsraChido said:

I plan to buy a Thermaltake 550W Smart Series Bronze but i don't know if it will be good for my system i don't have a high budget.

 

But i want to know if this Power supply is good.

 

PD: The pc will have a i3 7100 and a gtx 1050 ti, 8 GB Ram, 2 TB HDD etc.

But also i wanna upgrade the pc in 1-2 years.

Also try and fit an SSD in there if you can, will definitely help speed up the PC.

Current System Specs:

CPU: Intel I5-7660K; CPU Cooler: Coolermaster Hyper 212X; Thermal Paste: IC Diamond 7 Carat; Motherboard: MSI Z270 Gaming Pro Carbon;

RAM: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8gb) DDR4 - 2400; SSD Storage: 1TB Samsung 850 EVO; Storage: 2TB Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm;

GPU: Gigabyte Geforce GTX 1070 8gb G1 Gaming; Case: NZXT Phantom 530 Black; PSU: EVGA Supernova G2 650W 80+ Gold, OS: Windows 10 Home

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