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Power Supply Unit help

gamerG30

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Jul 26, 2016
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Hi guys, I need your help. First off all, here is my system unit.

Processor: AMD A8-7600 Radeon R7, 10 Compute Cores 4c +6G, 8.0GB RAM, AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
Motherboard: Gigabyte F2A78M-HD2 Micro ATX Socket FM2
Memory: Kingston Hyper X 8GB DDR-3 1866MHz Fury Red Memory
Graphics Card: (Going to be Asus GTX 960 Strix 4Gb OC)
Storage: Seagate 500GB Barracuda 16MB 7200RPM 3.5" SATA Hard Disk
Case: Cooler Master N200 with four (4) 120mm fans
Power Supply: Generic 700Watts (I'm gonna replace)

I was about to buy an Asus GTX 960 Strix 4Gb OC Graphics/Video Card. STRIX-GTX960-DC2OC-4GD5

But I need your help guys on choosing what power supply to buy since this are the only available stocks for me.
Currently this are the available PSU.

Aerocool Rave 500W 80% Efficiency Power Supply
Aerocool Strike - X 500W 80Plus Bronze Power Supply
Aerocool Strike - X 500W 80Plus Bronze Modular Power Supply
Aerocool Strike - X 600W 80Plus Bronze Power Supply
Aerocool Strike - X 600W 80Plus Bronze Modular Power Supply
Cooler Master GX - 2 550W (CM RS550=ACAAB1-EU) 80+ SLI 550Watts Power Supply

Silverstone SST-ST 1000-G EVO 1000Watts 80Plus Gold Modular Power Supply
Silverstone SST-ST 1200-G EVO 1200Watts 80Plus Gold Modular Power Supply
Silverstone SST-ST85F-GS 80+ Gold S 850Watts Power Supply
Silverstone Strider Essentials SLI 80Plus 500Watts Power Supply
Silverstone Strider SST-ST60F-ESB 600Watts 80+ Bronze Power Supply
Thermal Take Litepower 700Watts Reg/Black Edition Power Supply
Thermal Take Smart SE 630W 80+ Power Supply


Please tell me if any of this qualifies to your standard guys.
I trust your opinion.
 
Solution
Aerocool, thermal take and Silverstone Strider is a no-go. If you really cant pick anything else than this, then you should go for the Cooler Master GX 2, its not the best quality but it will do the work, if you gonna upgrade your system to high end, you will also need to upgrade your PSU.

You'll find the GX 2 under Tier Three which is alright, unless you running on a high end system.
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html
Aerocool, thermal take and Silverstone Strider is a no-go. If you really cant pick anything else than this, then you should go for the Cooler Master GX 2, its not the best quality but it will do the work, if you gonna upgrade your system to high end, you will also need to upgrade your PSU.

You'll find the GX 2 under Tier Three which is alright, unless you running on a high end system.
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html
 
Solution


Thank you sir but I am not satisfied with a tier 3 PSU... I will keep on finding a store where I can buy tier 1 or 2 atleast PSU.

Thanks again.
 
MERGED QUESTION
Question from gamerG30 : "Please give me a second opinion"





Or switch to a GTX 950 powered off the PCI-E slot. I have 4 systems, but one with a 960 the one with a 950. They're almost on par with each other.

Just my .02