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Eternios

Hello, 
So a friend of mine that has no idea towards PC specs but still loves to game a lot, asked me to make him a Gaming PC build for around 700€.
Sadly, due to my inexperience I'm not able to pick out a fitting PSU.
The Build so far:
GPU: PALIT GeForce® GTX 1060 Dual (6GB)
CPU: Ryzen 5 1400
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-A320M-S2H

HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB

Case: SILENTIUM PC Regnum RG2W Pure Black

RAM: G.Skill Aegis DDR4 8GB 3000MHz CL16 1.35V XMP 2.0
 

If anything, I'm free to suggestions of alternatives for certain parts that might be a cheaper combo too
Thanks in advance!
--edit--
I'm from a country called Lithuania in Europe so price usually go up by 10-20€.
Also i have free space for 105€ solely for PSU.


 

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I'd say a good budget PSU would be the CX550 or CX450M by Corsair. Also change the board to a B350 chipset, A320 boards are generally quite poor and not suited to anything more than a Ryzen 3 setup.

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It need to be the new version of CX550 as the last one was bad. Seasonic Focus Plus Gold is quality, but since I don't know from which country you are I can't say if it's in his budget. 

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8 minutes ago, voiha said:

It need to be the new version of CX550 as the last one was bad. Seasonic Focus Plus Gold is quality, but since I don't know from which country you are I can't say if it's in his budget. 

The CX550 has always been fine. The CX600 (pre-2014) and the CX430 were abominable, though. Focus Plus is probably about 20-25% more expensive.

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Ah, my bad with that, my country is Lithuania in Europe so usually any normal prices go up by 10-20€
The whole build I mentioned is around 615€ without PSU, of course, my friend agreed to it going higher than 720€ so I got a space for around of 105€ for PSU

23 minutes ago, NelizMastr said:

Also change the board to a B350 chipset, A320 boards are generally quite poor and not suited to anything more than a Ryzen 3 setup.

oooh, alright, thanks for the heads up there!

so either CX550/CX550M is good for this build? (costs around 50€/60€)

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Something like this will be more than enough:
http://www.skytech.lt/bn273-quiet-pure-power-500w-80plus-silver-activepfc-p-342271.html

Other than that, Focus+ Gold, FSP Hydro G are good choices as well.


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15 minutes ago, Eternios said:

Ah, my bad with that, my country is Lithuania in Europe so usually any normal prices go up by 10-20€
The whole build I mentioned is around 615€ without PSU, of course, my friend agreed to it going higher than 720€ so I got a space for around of 105€ for PSU

oooh, alright, thanks for the heads up there!

so either CX550/CX550M is good for this build? (costs around 50€/60€)

Yeah. I think you could get away fine with a Seasonic Focus Plus Gold 450 as well. It's slightly more expensive, but a very nice unit. 

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17 minutes ago, Quadriplegic said:

Something like this will be more than enough:
http://www.skytech.lt/bn273-quiet-pure-power-500w-80plus-silver-activepfc-p-342271.html

Other than that, Focus+ Gold, FSP Hydro G are good choices as well.


If you haven't bought the other parts yet, take the money saved from PSU and invest it into motherboard and RAM

alright I'll consider buying that then!
 

17 minutes ago, NelizMastr said:

Yeah. I think you could get away fine with a Seasonic Focus Plus Gold 450 as well. It's slightly more expensive, but a very nice unit. 

ey, sadly, Seasonic Focus Plus Gold 450 ain't on the local markets we can access here...

So I can either go with CX550/CX550M or the one that Quadriplegic mentioned hm..

Well thanks for the info so far!

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3 hours ago, Eternios said:



so either CX550/CX550M is good for this build? (costs around 50€/60€)

Yes, and it might save you money to get the 450W version, which would pair just fine with this system,

 

An SSD could be fit into your budget if you get the 450W, I would think. And building a PC in 2018 without an SSD is like buying a car in 2018 without A/C. It's something that you should have in this day and age.

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20 minutes ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

Yes, and it might save you money to get the 450W version, which would pair just fine with this system,

 

An SSD could be fit into your budget if you get the 450W, I would think. And building a PC in 2018 without an SSD is like buying a car in 2018 without A/C. It's something that you should have in this day and age.

oooh, I see, Thank you for the tip.
Since I highly doubt my friend will want to upgrade his set-up to something that needs more, indeed 450W and a SSD might be a better idea to go for!

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8 hours ago, Eternios said:

Ah, my bad with that, my country is Lithuania in Europe so usually any normal prices go up by 10-20€
The whole build I mentioned is around 615€ without PSU, of course, my friend agreed to it going higher than 720€ so I got a space for around of 105€ for PSU

oooh, alright, thanks for the heads up there!

so either CX550/CX550M is good for this build? (costs around 50€/60€)

CX550/M is good for the build. Even 450 is fine.

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