Power Supply Advice

[sethk]

Need advice on power supply for new build. Here's what I plan on purchasing:


ZALMAN Z9 Black Mid-Tower Case, ATX, No PSU, Steel/Plastic
POWER SUPPLY - ?
GIGABYTE GA-H77M-D3H, LGA1155, Intel® H77, DDR3-1600 32GB /4, PCIe x16, SATA 3Gb/s RAID 5 /4, 6Gb/s /2, DP + HDMI + DVI + VGA, USB 3.0 /4, HDA, GbLAN, mATX, Retail
INTEL Core™ i5-3330 Quad-Core 3.0 - 3.2GHz TB, HD Graphics 2500, LGA1155, 6MB L3 Cache, DDR3-1600, 22nm, 77W, EM64T EIST VT-d VT-x XD, Retail
COOLER MASTER Hyper 101i CPU Cooler, Socket 1155/1156/775, Copper/Aluminum
INNOVATION COOLING Diamond 7 Carat Thermal Compound, Electrically Non-Conductive
KINGSTON 8GB (2 x 4GB) HyperX Blu Red XMP PC3-12800 DDR3 1600MHz CL9 1.65V SDRAM DIMM, Non-ECC
VISIONTEK Radeon™ HD 7770, 1GB GDDR5, PCIe x16 CrossFire, 2x mini-DP+ HDMI + DVI, Retail
SEAGATE 1TB Barracuda®, SATA 6 Gb/s, 7200 RPM, 64MB cache
RAID No RAID, Independent HDD Drives
LG ELECTRONICS GH24NS95R Black 24x DVD±R/RW Dual-Layer Burner, SATA, w/ M-Disc Support, Retail
MICROSOFT Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Edition w/ SP1, OEM w/ Media

I was going to buy a Seasonic M12II 650W Bronze power supply, but if that is overkill for a system like this, than I would go for a Seasonic SSR-550W G Series power supply. What would you advise???

I will not be a adding a second video card, nor will I be overclocking. Just simple computing plus a little gaming.

Thank you.

 

[ilysaml]

Yes even a 550W is a very sufficient PSU and can handle HD 7970 in.

 

[jts23]

That would run nicely on a quality 500w unit.

Brands such as corsair, seasonic, antec, xfx are the ones to look for.

 

[Feldmarschall]

Hi,

Go for Seasonic M12II 650W. You'll get modular supply for same price. Both are great supplies and you can't make mistake with Seasonic.

Best regards

 

[sethk]

Thank you for the fast reply. Sorry, I forgot something. I will add a second hard drive (my current 5200 rpm 500 GB hard drive) to that build, along with my Hauppauge AVR-950 tv card. I doubt that will change your advice, but I wanted to include it to be complete.

 

[Deleted member 217926]

The Seasonic G 550w is about the best power supply you can buy for less than $100. Great unit and an updated platform from the S12/M12. The G is also modular and 80 Plus Gold certified vs 80 Plus Bronze for the M12.

As said above 550 watts will allow you to upgrade to any single GPU including a GTX 680/HD 7970.

 

[boulbox]

Get this PSU
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1450sx2b9

can handle a good amount and it would fit your build nicely.

If you want to save money
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-power-supply-cx430m

Both of these can run your build fairly easy