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Helping a friend out here, just need your opinons on this build.

Intel Core I5 4440
MSI B85 G43 Gaming Motherboard
Western Digital WD 1TB
Corsair 8GB Ram 1600mhz
Gigabyte GTX 750TI OC
Samsung SH 224DB 24x DVD RW
Thermaltkae V4 Black Edition Case 500w

Thanks for the help!
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It's a pretty good build, nothing spectacular. You might need a larger power supply though.
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Corso wrote It's a pretty good build, nothing spectacular. You might need a larger power supply though.


Any suggestions? I was thinking a 550w Corsair?
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I'd actually suggest a 450w PSU for that build. Neither the card nor the CPU will draw much power at all and the 750 Ti does not even require a PCI power connector.

If this is for gaming, I'd suggest a cheaper CPU so you can spend more on the graphics card. The R7 265 is significantly faster than the 750 Ti for about the same price as well. It comes at the expense of higher power consumption, but it doesn't matter in this case.
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SamM499 wrote
Corso wrote It's a pretty good build, nothing spectacular. You might need a larger power supply though.


Any suggestions? I was thinking a 550w Corsair?


Actually, you should be fine. I didn't realize that GPU used such a small amount of wattage.
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Ok so i read up on the R9 265 and it looks worth the change, anyone else disagree?
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r00t wrote I'd actually suggest a 450w PSU for that build. Neither the card nor the CPU will draw much power at all and the 750 Ti does not even require a PCI power connector.

If this is for gaming, I'd suggest a cheaper CPU so you can spend more on the graphics card. The R7 265 is significantly faster than the 750 Ti for about the same price as well. It comes at the expense of higher power consumption, but it doesn't matter in this case.
The reference design does not require a power connector, but for the asus model and other non-reference models do require a 6-pin connector. The reference design only requires like 60w of power which is spectacular!
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SamM499 wrote Ok so i read up on the R9 265 and it looks worth the change, anyone else disagree?
Yeah the r7 265 is 10-15%better than the 750ti, the only thing that is different between the two are the tdp.
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