Opinions on this system?

[NZero]

Hello,

I'm buying the following and I'm pretty sure it's all compatible and should meet my needs. My primary concern is the power supply. I don't know what sort I need at all. What would you suggest? (And note that I'm on a strict budget.)

Asrock Z77 Pro3 motherboard
Intel i3 3225 processor
32gb of DDR3 1600 RAM

What kind of how much power will I need for this set up? I'm clueless in this regard.

 

[larrym]

Do you need a HDD, GPU, OS, any other parts? What is your budget? And what will you be doing with it?

 

[NZero]

I should also point out that I will be adding a video card at some point and have an internal hard drive and a DVD/W. Not sure how much of that could be assumed or if any of that will effect what sort of power source I need.

 

[NZero]

I don't think I'll be using it for any incredibly intensive number crunching or anything like that. Just running basic programs and some old games on low settings. But I am comfortable with the processor and it's graphics capabilities for now (I will probably add a video card later).

 

[azathoth]

What on earth are you doing that requires 32GB of RAM?

 

[larrym]

Do you know what video card you will add, it's hard to recommend a PSU when we don't know the video card. But you can check what wattage you need here...
http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp. Corsair and Sea Sonic make nice PSU's.