Budget build help

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DFWM

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Building a new computer, and I was gonna just make it small and simple, but I decided I'd rather spend a bit more money to make a budget gaming pc.

I've already bought the case [NZXT Gamma, two 140mm Xigmatek fans for top exhaust, one 120mm Vizio fan for front intake, no two side fans because of the heatsink] and a 550 watt Antec PSU.

I was just wondering if all of this would work together, especially the graphics card, considering my power supply.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127534 [or http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150515 or even http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130611]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103809

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157243 [whenever it's back in stock]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226095

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136795 [two of these. One for my every day usage, mp3s, movies, documents. And one to save my games and what not on]

I'd mainly be playing games like CoD: WaW, CoD: BO, S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Call of Pripyat, GTA IV, maybe DiRT 2.
Not much of a heavy gamer, those would just be the main ones.

Thanks!
First time builder btw.
 
CPU - get Phenom IIx 4 955
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...03808&cm_re=Phenom_955-_-19-103-808-_-Product

RAM - G.SKILL Sniper 2 x 4GB DDR3 1600 @ $70 worth considering
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...6&cm_re=G.SKILL_Sniper-_-20-231-416-_-Product

HDD - seagate 1TB at same price
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148697

Heatsink - Corsair A70 is free shipping. It will cost cheaper if you take MIR into consideration
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181011

mobo - could consider gigabyte if you want it now
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128490

BTW, Antec 550W could work with any of the video card you mentioned
 
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Thanks a bunch :D You sure a 550 will work?
I was told on another forum that it wouldn't, and this was the reply [the guy calculated everything and told me I need a bigger PSU]

"Cpu 95w
Card 450/500w
HDD 10w (each if you have more than 1)
DVD 5w - 20w
USB about 20w

Total 595w / 645w and more could be needed due to hdd's etc and sound card and stuff that you don't realise is powered from the pc.

So you see a 550w PSU is not enough even for a GTX 460.

You should ask 1st what you will need when planning a upgrade as not be insulting but you don't seem to know what you are on about considering you don't realise that the motherboard need's power just like everything in the pc and a 550w PSU will not cut it in a gaming pc.


Sorry to be blunt but you need atleast a 750w PSU to be safe for running everything in your PC and with room for a little more in the future, until then you are going to run in to serious problems and will eventually burn the PSU out from being over taxed as it will be trying to feed more power out, than it is rated at and don't forget also that most PSU are only rated at 80-90% effiency."
 
Lol exactly.. it said for the recommended minimum power supply or something you need 450 watts. I checked the nvidia website, and it only uses 160 watts..
 
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