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I am a beginner at pc building and am building my first gaming pc. I was wondering if my psu was good quality and if it could support all my components. Here is the psu: http://www.amazon.com/Bxp600-ps-Bearing-115-230-Efficiency-Protection/dp/B00JGUR84Q/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1438840912&sr=8-5&keywords=600+watt+psu

and here is the rest of my build:
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/FvPyNG
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/FvPyNG/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($69.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-D3H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($52.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($41.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 380 4GB Nitro Video Card ($227.55 @ Newegg)
Total: $392.52
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-06 02:21 EDT-0400
 
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It could work. The CPU will probably bottleneck the GPU a bit.

I don't think that sentey will work very well or very long. The PSU has only 1 6pin plug which isn't really a good sign. Sure the card might come with a adapter for molex to 6pin... but i don't think it'll be a good idea. On top of that, the 12v rail supports a max of 240w, which is a definite bad sign for a card that's designed for ~250w. at least i think it's 250w. somewhere around there. your system draw under load might be around 300w. Ideally you want the 12v rail to support that if i'm not mistaken.
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It could work. The CPU will probably bottleneck the GPU a bit.

I don't think that sentey will work very well or very long. The PSU has only 1 6pin plug which isn't really a good sign. Sure the card might come with a adapter for molex to 6pin... but i don't think it'll be a good idea. On top of that, the 12v rail supports a max of 240w, which is a definite bad sign for a card that's designed for ~250w. at least i think it's 250w. somewhere around there. your system draw under load might be around 300w. Ideally you want the 12v rail to support that if i'm not mistaken.
 
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Corsair 200R if you can find one for that price. NZXT source 210. NZXT source 210 elite.

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-case-200r

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/nzxt-case-s210001

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/nzxt-case-s210e001

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/cougar-case-spike

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/cougar-case-mx300

The cougar mx 300 is probably my choice if i had to pick between these. There are more that you could probably find on pcpartpicker. Just make sure everything is compatible and you'll be good.
 
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Don't touch that Sentey PSU. I can't find any reviews and if you look at the specs it's only 240W on the 12V Rail. It should be labelled as a 260-280W PSU at the most. Downright dangerous!

Those EVGA B1 units recommended above aren't the best. Why not this EVGA B2 750W semi-modular unit for the same price: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-power-supply-110b20750vr

It's better quality, higher power (complete overkill in fact, but at the current price it's a bargain), and semi-modular which is a value add too.
 
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Corsair CX series are plagued with problems. You might be lucky in having one that'll last a while. Or you might get the short end of the stick. It's like playing russian roulette. And a psu going down might take other parts with it. I don't think the risk is worth the price.
 
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the shortest answer: I wouldn't spend any less than $40 on a PSU. I would go for the EVGA.

The main thing when dealing with PSU's is the wattage. In my experience, the quality doesn't vary too much with different brand names. The differences in PSU prices are based primarily on wattage, then brand name, then capabilities (like modular PSUs or energy effieicency)

The brands I like to stick to are Corsair, EVGA, rosewill, and coolermaster. never go for some generic looking PSU for the lower price (again stay over $30-40).



for the case:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811353074

I like DIYPC as a brand for cases, decent quality and most of the cases are reasonably priced.
 
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Just out of curiosity, why would you got the 600W EVGA one when the higher quality, semi-modular 750W unit is the same price?

If you can't use the Mail-in-rebate, that's fine, but otherwise you're spending the same money on a lower power, fixed cable and poorer quality PSU. That doesn't make any sense.

Alternatively there's a high quality XFX 750W unit going for a crazy $40 at the moment if you can use the rebate: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-pro750wp1750snlb9
It's not modular, but it is $10 cheaper.

There's no harm in having an over-specced PSU in your build. It'll only provide the power required. I wouldn't normally talk people into getting a high powered PSU, but when it's cheaper and (much more importantly) a better quality unit, it's a no-brainer.
 
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Well if you don't want to count MIRs, get this 550W XFX unit for $54: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1550sxxb9

The EVGA B2, G2 and GS units are all either Seasonic or SuperFlower made and are all fantastic. But the original "B" models are not so great. They're not junk either to be fair, but where there are Seasonic made units like the 550W XFX or semi-modular 750W Superflower made units like the EVGA B2 (that's the one I'd go for) at the same or similar price, it's not a difficult decision IMHO.
 
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Just to clarify Firemaster, because I don't think this was ever answered, a real 600W PSU is plenty. But that model your originally picked was absolutely NOT a 600W unit (despite the label).

Under the ATX spec PSUs have to provide power across a range of voltages (3.3V, 5V, 12V, -12V), but the vast, vast majority of the power actually drawn by your computer will come from the 12V rail (or rails of it's a mult-rail unit). So the most important metric in terms of raw power output, is how much power a PSU can provide at 12V. If you look at the specs of that unit, it says 20A at 12V. If you remember back to high school electronics, you might remember that Watts (power) = V (volts) x A (amps)... so that PSU can only provide 12 x 20 = 240W on the 12V rail. That's nowhere near enough. More worryingly, it's also a pretty good sign of a dodgy PSU, because no one who's put together a quality unit would need to trick consumers into buying it with misleading labelling.

That "550W" XFX unit, for example, provides 44A at 12V, = 528W on the 12V rail. Any reputable PSU should provide 90% or more of it's rated power at 12V.

That's why that Sentey unit should really be labelled as a 260 or 280W PSU... because in reality that's what it is.

Unfortunately there are heaps of dodgy brands out there that try and pull this labelling stunt and it's easy to get caught out.
 
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The EVGA 600B is more than enough for that system. Your system will draw roughly 354w according to partpicker. Realistically you'll probably be pulling around 80-70% of that most likely just because of that cpu bottleneck. That's just my rough estimate. I could be completely wrong.

That Sentey will definitely not work though. Regardless of the calculations. It may work for an idle system, but that's it, even then... you don't want to use it. If that thing blows, bye bye system.

The 600B has a good amount of current supplied to the 12v rail. It's a good enough power supply to provide power to your system and have a bit to spare for headroom.

If you want to get either of the XFX units, those units are even better than the 600B. The 550w is a higher quality unit than the 600B. The 600B, TS 550w. and the 750w XFX units will all handle your system fine.
 
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I'm not saying, nor have I ever said, that the 600B is a bad unit or that it's not up to handling his system. It's just not the best choice at the moment. Here's why:

- If we're counting MIRs, it's the same price as the XFX 750W (no brainer - go the 750W)!
- If we don't count MIRs, then it's only $7 more to get the XFX 550W, surely that's worthwhile for a better quality unit!?
 
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Yeah - my apologies. I certainly didn't write my post with the intention of being either defensive or accusatory... but on a second read I can see how it can be read as both. My apologies.
 
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and just to clarify, i don't want one with a mail in rebate as i am on a tight budget and most of those are bs anyways. i just want a quality psu under 60 bucks that can power my system and have headroom for overclock. Thanks everyone for all the info. learning lots of new stuff
 
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