Help Choosing PSU and UPS

Caio Khauam

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Hi, so... I am building my first computer and I need help with the PSU and the UPS, I don't know how to choose due to power supply demand and the conectors
My Computer Specs
Motherboard: Asrock 970 Extreme3 R2.0
Ram: 2x8gb 1600mhz cl9 G.Skill Ripjaws
SSD: Kingstom V300 240gb
HD: Seagate Barracuda Sata 1Tb 7200rpm
Processor: AMD FX 8350 4.0ghz
Graphics Card: EVGA GTX 970 SC ACX 4gb (3.5gb+0.5gb)
Webcam: Logitech C920
UPS: SMS Station II 800va
Mouse: Bloody Terminator TL8
Keyboard: just a normal keyboard with 3 leds color so far
Headset: Sony Pulse Wired
Cooler: 1x Hyper 212x and 2x 120mm, 1x 200mm blue led fans in the case
DVD-R: one from samsung
Monitors: 2 Monitors 1x 28 inch and 1x 21 inch

I went to the http://powersupplycalculator.net/ and the recommended PSU was 582W (but it doesn't take into account 2 monitors connected only one and it assumes I use a power saving mode I plan to use perfomance mode)
so I searched for 650w PSU's just for precaution

I found in my budget this one:

Cooler Master Storm GX650 Gamer 650W ATX RS650-ACAAB3-WO 80 Plus Bronze

- 1x 20 + 4 pin MB
- 1x CPU 12V 4 + 4 pin
- 4x PCI-e 6 + 2 Pin
- 8x SATA
- 6x 4 Pin peripherals
- 1x 4 Pin Floppy

will the 800va UPS be enough? plus will this 650w PSU be able to handle my computer? and does it have all the conectors (pins)? cause my graphics card say 2x PCI-e 6 but the PSU say 6+2, do I need to find one that says only 6?
I don't really know much about the Pins usually I just plug them accordingly.

Thanks for reading till here and any help will be welcome.



 
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Yeah pins are fine, the PCIe cables have a 6 pin +2, so if you need an 8 pin you add he plus 2, otherwise you leave it off.

1000va UPS is fine, no need for 1200.

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Your monitors are not driven off of your PSU so you do not need to calculate them in there.

That particular PSU is ok, the reality is you could run a 550w PSU perfectly fine there. Where are you buying from maybe I can find you a better one for what you can afford?

Now as for the 800va UPS thats a bit low, a 1000va ups will deliver 600 watts max power (approximately). The 800va there is a chance you will over drive the UPS under heavy gaming loads. Even though you aren't running on the battery all the time a UPS can only deliver what its rated at even off wall power.
 

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Yeah pins are fine, the PCIe cables have a 6 pin +2, so if you need an 8 pin you add he plus 2, otherwise you leave it off.

1000va UPS is fine, no need for 1200.
 
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