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[Solved] How much is necessary?

Forum CPU & Components : Power Supplies, Cases & Mods [Solved] How much is necessary?

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SRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 LGA 1155 Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX
Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.7GHz Turbo LGA1155
Ddr3 Gskill 2x4gb Kit 1866mhz Sniper 8gb
GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5

what do i need? 600w is enough?

thanks!

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Hi :)

500 is plenty...

All the best Brett :)

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Brett928S2 wrote :

Hi :)

500 is plenty...

All the best Brett :)


Ok Thanks! what brand should i buy?

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500 watts is plenty for a single card. If you want to add another in Sli later then you will want 700-750 watts. Stick with Corsair, Seasonic, PC Power and Cooling, XFX, Silverstone, Enermax and Antec and you will pretty much have a good to great power supply.

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Thanks anort3 for the recommendation!!

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