replacement PSU (noob)

bibbidibob · 4 Mar 2014 at 22:42

So i've ordered my first build and the PSU is out of stock for over a month however i wanted my comp sooner (this weekend). However being new to all of this, im unsure what wattage and general power i need, so gonna list my build including the out of stock build and hoping for recommendations for a replacement PSU.

MSI Radeon R9 270X Gaming Edition OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor

Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614)

Gigabyte 970A-UD3P AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard

Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive

>>>>>>SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply<<<<

BitFenix Shadow Tower Case - Midnight Black

Avexir Core Red Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CIR)

Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD

Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler

It is a copy and paste so apologies for any useless text. There is an arrow by the PSU.

tbyeah · 4 Mar 2014 at 22:46

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-166-CS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=2463

Should be a good alternative.

bibbidibob · 4 Mar 2014 at 23:37

Thanks, extra £10, but can afford it, thanks for the help.

Deewon · 4 Mar 2014 at 23:45

These also seem to be getting recommended a lot

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-017-SF&groupid=701&catid=123 - 550w £49.99

deFiniLoGy · 4 Mar 2014 at 23:53

tbyeah said:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-166-CS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=2463

Should be a good alternative.

+1 on that.
Corsair is a fair brand for your build.
But if you want to upgrade your build in the future you might want to look into brand like Seasonic?

bibbidibob · 5 Mar 2014 at 00:02

tbh, i probably wont be upgrading mine for a while, and when i do, depending on how much i like AMD, I'll probably be going back to intel/nvidia, i also might be better off financially, so will just get a whole new build, i plan on this one lasting a couple of years, the only reason i got this one is because my current computer is coming 7 years old and is well, supposed to be for a business person. This is going to be my first time building though. I've gone for the one in the first link, I don't mind the extra bit of money.