Will 500W be enough for this pc?

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#1 caiadas25
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ASROCK M3N78D - Socket AM3

GTX 460 -768 MB GDDR5

Corsair XMS3 Xtreme Performance 2x1024 MB DDR 3 SDRAM PC3-10666

Western Digital Caviar Black 500 GB - 7200 RPM

Athlon II X4 635 Quad Core - 2,9 GHz

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#2 Tezcatlipoca666
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Depends on the PSU. A good 500W will handle that while a cheap one might not. I'm pretty sure that you will be fine though.

Edit: if you are planning to build that PC I recommend 4GB of RAM.

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#3 caiadas25
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Depends on the PSU. A good 500W will handle that while a cheap one might not. I'm pretty sure that you will be fine though.

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OCZ StealthXstream II 500 W

OCZ is quite good. So it will have no problems right?

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#4 Tezcatlipoca666
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OCZ is good :)

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#5 caiadas25
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OCZ is good :)

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Also other question. Is the price diference between the 5750 and the 460 worth it?
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#6 Tezcatlipoca666
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IMHO yes, it is worth it.

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[QUOTE="Tezcatlipoca666"]

OCZ is good :)

caiadas25

Also other question. Is the price diference between the 5750 and the 460 worth it?

I think it's worth it without question. I second the other user's suggestion that you go for a 4gb (2x2gb) RAM kit. 2gb isn't getting it done in some games nowadays.

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#8 JohnF111
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Should be fine, the requirements are slightlyly overrated, my pc has a 450watt and a cheap one... Yet anyone i spoke with was like "Oh you need higher!!" or "Thats not safe!!!" And then i got a small application which measures the actual power consumption of all components to find i was only using about 300watt... EDIT: I build my pc myself about 2 years ago and it is exactly as it was then and still running strong, except i put an extra HDD into it.

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#9 Hekynn
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Make sure to get a high quality brand PSU that has 2 PCIE plugs for the gtx 460 and more than 24 amps then it will be enough to power everything.
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#10 ASY6950
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If you wanted to be sure, You could always look at the power requirements for each component you wish to use and add 20% to be safe.

Just remember, a cheap PSU can seriously damage other components if it decides to blow up. Always use a trusted brand.