Powersource for motherboard

[George Lazu]

Hello, i want to purchase this motherboard

http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/FM2A55M-HD+/

But i do not know what power source should i buy. What wattage should it have? I do not want a very expensive power source, only one that would to the job.


Also, would this motherboard work with this CPU?

http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Bulldozer/AMD-A10-Series%20A10-7700K.html

Since the processor is quite good and the motherboard has integrated graphics card, would i need to buy an external graphics card for next-gen gaming?

 

[tyflikw]

You would need to give a bit more info on your hardware to know how much power you need. Do you have a dedicated graphics card? How many hard drives? Liquid cooled?

If you get a 450w you should be good.

The A10 is a good choice if you aren't getting a dedicated gpu, but if you are thinking about it, I would certainly recommend a different cpu. Something like Phenom II x4 and a 7750 (no power house gpu by any means) would out perform the A10.

 

[Hawkshot]

The motherboard and the Processor both work well togeather, and also if you want to do serious gaming and get good FPS then you will need an external card cheap ones such as R9 270x or the GTX 650ti or maybe even the GTX 660ti depending on budget, also with these you will need something at about 500W + go for anything that is 80+ Gold maybe XFX series from cosair ~/

 

[George Lazu]

You would need to give a bit more info on your hardware to know how much power you need. Do you have a dedicated graphics card? How many hard drives? Liquid cooled?

If you get a 450w you should be good.

The A10 is a good choice if you aren't getting a dedicated gpu, but if you are thinking about it, I would certainly recommend a different cpu. Something like Phenom II x4 and a 7750 (no power house gpu by any means) would out perform the A10.

I will have only 2 HDDs [both 160 GB SATA], 1 DVD rom, 2x 4GB RAM, no graphics card, but i will buy one in the future. But that future could be 6 months from now, so i don't want to count on a GPU for now. No liquid cooling, 2 fans on the case and 1 fan on the processor

 

[tyflikw]

For the time, you can certainly get by on 450w (maybe even 350?) The PSU is not usually something you want to skimp on, but if you plan to upgrade in the future, you could go with a cheap(ish) one now and look for something better (such as the one Hawkshot suggests) then.