suitable PSU wattage for desktop

[missyj14]

I need to change my current power supply, do I get one with the same wattage or can I get one with a higher wattage?

Processor - AMD Athlon(tm) 64x2 Dual Core Processor 5200+ 2.70 GHz
Graphic card - AMD Radeon HD 5450
motherboard - colorfire 4350-GD2

 

[Vic 40]

Don't know what wattage you have,but higher wattage doesn't hurt the pc it only might make things less efficient.
For a pc like that would a good quality 300watt already be fine,a Seasonic S12II 360watt for instance or the 430watt would be great.
For other good psu's could you use the next list for possibilities,
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html#15349669
look at tiers 1+2 preferably,but tier 3 should still be fine.

 

[missyj14]

Don't know what wattage you have,but higher wattage doesn't hurt the pc it only might make things less efficient.
For a pc like that would a good quality 300watt already be fine,a Seasonic S12II 360watt for instance or the 430watt would be great.
For other good psu's could you use the next list for possibilities,
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html#15349669
look at tiers 1+2 preferably,but tier 3 should still be fine.

Thanks for the list, it was helpful!
The wattage I currently have is 220v, 50Hz, 6A .... So its okay for me to get one with wattage from 300 - 400+ ?

 

[Vic 40]

Yes between 300/450watt should be fine. A little higher could be transferred to a new system and support a little beefier parts,but i don't know if you will build a new system in the future that might have that,by building i mean doing it yourself.
The ones i mentioned are good offers,the new Corsair CX450M seems to be decent too and not too expensive.

 

[missyj14]

Yes between 300/450watt should be fine. A little higher could be transferred to a new system and support a little beefier parts,but i don't know if you will build a new system in the future that might have that,by building i mean doing it yourself.
The ones i mentioned are good offers,the new Corsair CX450M seems to be decent too and not too expensive.

Great! thanks for you help!

 

[Vic 40]

You're welcome.

Yes between 300/450watt should be fine. A little higher could be transferred to a new system

With that i meant when going to use 450watts.