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All I can say is you'll have to try it. A local PC shop can flash it for you and it shouldn't cost much. Better yet, find a friend with a compatible processor and get him to let you borrow it.
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Your GPU recommends 450 watts with 17 amps on the 12v rail, minimum. A 550 watt or larger is what your looking for. Hard to beat the quality of this Seasonic for the price:

http://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=PSS12II520&c=CJ

Evga has a 550 watt, a little more expensive, but also very good.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438049&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-PCPartPicker,%20LLC-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=
 
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Oh my cousin told me that I should get a 750w. While I don't want to fry my parts by getting too little power, I also dont want to pay for what I don't need. Are you sure 550w won't be too little considering its an AMD build?
 
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Oh my cousin told me that I should get a 750w. While I don't want to fry my parts by getting too little power, I also dont want to pay for what I don't need. Are you sure 550w won't be too little considering its an AMD build?
 
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Best 550w on the market plenty of power.

Great price on the best 550w.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $69.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-05 19:02 EST-0500

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story6&reid=440
550W G2 review.

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Performance (40% of the final score) - you probably already know what I'm going to say here. Voltage regulation was excellent, averaging 0.9% in the hot box. No points deducted. Efficiency was a pass for Gold both times. No deduction. Ripple control was amazing, and probably the best I've ever seen, so definitely no deduction there. I saw no issues with anything else, so this unit gets a 10 here.

Functionality (20% of the final score) - this unit gets everything right. Even the CPU cable, which I thought was terrible on the 650W, is done right here today. Semi fanless mode works well, the manual is decent, we got lots of connectors to power anything a 550W unit should power, and the box came with more goodies than I tend to expect with such a small unit. 10.

Value (20% of the final score) - you can get one of these for $84.99 at Newegg right now. That's a fair bit for a unit this size these days, but as always EVGA is right at the bottom of the cost pile when it comes to 80 Plus Gold and full modularity. The nearest competition is their own 550W GS unit at one dollar more money. This is nuts. How are you making any money on these, EVGA? 10.

Build Quality (20% of the final score) - oh, snap... EVGA just got another perfect total score. There's nothing wrong with this unit. Nothing. 10.
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($89.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($62.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R7 370 4GB PCS+ Video Card ($138.98 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($36.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($55.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Monitor: Acer G226HQLBbd 60Hz 21.5" Monitor ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $549.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-05 19:01 EST-0500

Better overclocking motherboard , use of combo discounts , high quality PSU
I wanted to put in a 380 card , but it went into 640$+ (not using mail rebates) .
Base Total: $612.90
Combo Discounts: -$30.00
Mail-in Rebates: -$40.00
Shipping: $6.98
Total: $549.88
 
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If anyone can still help me out, pcpartpicker says my gpu is too long for my case. Any cases that are good around the same price as the nzxt source 210 that can fit a 258mm graphics card? In the compatibility notes, it says it might block drive bays. Not sure if this means it'll fit without a harddrive in that bay.
 
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Thanks I'll probably go with that motherboard but I'll stick with the EVGA PSU.

 
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Thanks, one last thing. Compatiblility notes also say "Some AMD 970 chipset motherboards may need a BIOS update prior to using Vishera CPUs." Do you know what to do about this?
 
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Do I need the latest bios? I dont have another processor...

 
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