Compability questions for power supply and pci

[xrhstos7003]

Hi,
My friend wants to build a gaming pc and told me to build it. I have plans around 550 euros
specs:
CPU - AMD FX-8320 8 cores
Motherboard - Asrock 960GM-VGS3 FX
RAM - Kingston HyperX Fury Red 8GB DDR3-1866MHz or Consair Venheance 8GB DDR3-1600MHz
HDD - Western Digital Blue 750GB SATA 6GB/s
SSD - Crucial 32GB v4 2.5" 9.5mm SATA II (for faster windows loading)
GPU - MSI GeForce GT630 2GB
Power supply - XFX ProSeries 550W Core Edition Full Wired (Bronze)
CD-DVD Reader - Samsung SH-224DB
and some coolers

1. I am worrying because I think that the wats of the power supply are not enough.
I don't know how chosing up a power supply for a pc so I need your help. I want a 600W or 650W power supply.

I am thinking buying an "Aerocool Strike-X 600W Modular" (or the simple [full wired]). What's your opinion?

2. Motherboard's description said "best combatible with PCI Express x16 2.x" so I chose a PCIE x16 2.1 GPU. Because it is a gaming PC, I need a more powerfull GPU but this is the most powerfull with 2.x. Is the motherboard combatible with a PCIE x16 v3 GPU (Nvidia GTX 750 2GB - ATI R7 2GB) ?

 

[Hjgrove]

The minimum PSU requirements for that graphics card is 300W so a 600-650 will work wonders, I would recommend this one: http://www.corsair.com/en/tx750w - its very efficient and is very stable.
As for the GPU support (Your GPU is a PCI-E 2.1 X16) and your motherboard has a X16 slot (Blue one) and if you plug it in it will work fine because 2.1 PCI-E cards work fine in a 2.0 capable slot. (run at a slightly lower speed)
Hope this helps!

 

[EasyLover]

First few recommendations:

Drop 32gigs SSD. Won't do good. If have budget go for minimum 120 gigs. Get 1TB WD Blue Caviar as it will do good.

Better get G.Skill Ripjaws series RAM

For your requirement 650w PSU would be enough. I would recommend Seasonic 650W 80+Gold PSU for you:

http://es.pcpartpicker.com/part/seasonic-power-supply-ssr650rm

Your mobo has support for
- 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot (PCIE1 @ x16 mode)
- 1 x PCI slot

So yes it has x16 rated bus interface. Still you should consider buying minimum GTX 660 or 750. Remember GPUs with PCIe 3.0 are fully compatible with PCIe 2.x slots. So, no issue there.

 

[xrhstos7003]

Thanks for all of the help. Hjgrove you found the right power supply. And you EasyLover you solve my GPU compatibility problem. And I need the SSD not only for windows, but also for running fraps much faster.

 

[xrhstos7003]

Can you offer me something cheaper?

 

[EasyLover]

Better get 1TB hdd now and later on get the SSD when you have budget.

 

[xrhstos7003]

The minimum PSU requirements for that graphics card is 300W so a 600-650 will work wonders, I would recommend this one: http://www.corsair.com/en/tx750w - its very efficient and is very stable.
As for the GPU support (Your GPU is a PCI-E 2.1 X16) and your motherboard has a X16 slot (Blue one) and if you plug it in it will work fine because 2.1 PCI-E cards work fine in a 2.0 capable slot. (run at a slightly lower speed)
Hope this helps!

It is a little bit expensive. What do you think about "Aerocool Strike-X 600W"?
Should I buy the full wired or the semi-modular?

 

[Hjgrove]

Semi-modular is better because you can disconnect certain leads that are not needed resulting in a more tidy and better air flow in your system and yes that would work fine in your system

 

[EasyLover]

Modular/Semi Modular PSUs enable you to ensure the optimal cable management in your PC case resultantly it affects in positive manner the good air flow inside the case.

 

[xrhstos7003]

thanks