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DigitalDevilSummoner on 10 March 2013
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Captain_Tom said:
DigitalDevilSummoner said:

A "Diablotek 450W" psu, in other words a low wattage no name psu is not a good idea for a 7850, you should go with something decent like CORSAIR CX430

 and for a half decent gaming mouse and keyboard you must give at least 50 bucks


The 7850 uses 105w and the i3 uses 65w.  With everything else it would come to 200w-250w.  Does that really worry you?  If anything the PSU is just as high quality as the ones in consoles.

 

Not all graphics cards use a lot of power.  Through undervolting I am able to run my 7970 at stock speed with only 120w.


I agree that one doesn't need to go overboard with the PSU's power but both low wats AND a cheap brand is a bad combination.

The PSU is last place one should cut corners when building a new system.