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[christopher-7]

Hello,
I am going to try to use these parts in my ten year old Tower,( if possible ) ( These parts i have were from another PC that was updated and are now mine to use )

What power supply would operate these?
EVGA GeForce GTX 960 02G-P4-2966-KR 2GB SSC GAMING w/ACX 2.0+
, Whisper Silent Cooling Graphics Card.

MB- 990FXA-UD3 Gigabyte

AMD FX 8-core

two sata hard drives 500 Gb and 1Tb also a cd drive


will they fit in a mid size 10 year old tower too?

thank you so much

Thank you

 

[vapour]

corsair CX450 or CX550, make sure it is grey labeled.
as long as your tower is ATX, you should be fine, what cooler do you have for CPU?

 

[Barty1884]

Depends on the tower? 10 years ago, there was even more variance in MB form-factors etc than there is now!

Which "8 core FX"? Do you know? That board should be ok, even including the 125W parts..... just not the 200+W 9590, 9570 etc.


As for the PSU, where are you located? A quality 500W or greater unit will be more than sufficient - but regional availability will dictate what makes the most sense.

The TX550, TX650, CX550, CX650 (or 50"M") from Corsair would all be solid, affordable offerings in most countries.
https://pcpartpicker.com/products/compare/3hkwrH,R2mxFT,FdRFf7,3F2rxr/

The S12II 520W or 620W from SeaSonic, while older platforms, can be found pretty cheap these days - and have pretty good availability worldwide.
https://pcpartpicker.com/products/compare/fZyFf7,nB3RsY/

 

[christopher-7]

Thank you so much for all your help, i decided on a 600W and a cheap Corsair case,
All is good so far,
Now i am deciding whether i want to install a SSD , do i really want that headache of re-installing stuff, .lol