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I want to run battlefield3 on my pc
core2 quad q8300 2.5
gigabyte ga41m motherboard
6 gb ddr3 ram
graphics card 550ti 1 gb ddr3

should i need to have a smps of 600/650 watt
please suggest
Guys I am planning to buy 550 2 gb ddr5 please suggest what smps I will need

Corsair GS 500 is enough for your sys.

Pls also tell us about your budget

And what is that GTX-550Ti DDR3 version? Afaik 550Ti doesn't have any DDR3 version.

And for your setup even Corsair CX-430v2 or VS-450 is enough.

A good 450Watt PSU is enough for your system.
There is no need of getting 600 or 650Watt PSU, which will be totally overkill.
Get any one of these:
Corsair CX430V2 @2.4K
or
Corsair VS450 @2.2K

^^ Nobody can predict the present & future availability of Antec products in India. Although the suggested PSU is good, but for the reason stated by me, avoid it.

^^ very true and If someone has the budget buying a powerful PSu ( compared to present requirements ) it's a good idea actually and can be considered as a long time future proof investment.

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Sorry it will be ddr5

^^ Read the previous posts.

dipankar.2012 said:
Sorry it will be ddr5

power consumption between GDDr5 and GDDr3 will be hardly ~10W - so don't think much about this and you said "will be" - so if you have not bought the gfx card yet get a HD7770.

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What is your budget for psu ?
If it is 3k , then get the seasonic ss-400es for 2.8k through ebay.in
And yes get the 7770 if you haven't bought gc

hitesh said:
What is your budget for psu ?
If it is 3k , then get the seasonic ss-400es for 2.8k through ebay.in
And yes get the 7770 if you haven't bought gc

AFAIK op has GTX 550ti so no point suggesting it...
Pls dont suggest Seasonic because they have poor RMA experience..
Better if OP invests in Corsair or Antec

hitesh said:
What is your budget for psu ?
If it is 3k , then get the seasonic ss-400es for 2.8k through ebay.in
And yes get the 7770 if you haven't bought gc

Under 3k Antec - VP450 and Corsair CX430v2 is a much better choice.

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topgear said:
Under 3k Antec - VP450 and Corsair CX430v2 is a much better choice.

I disagree. Reasons-
1 - Seasonic one is bronze certified whereas corsair one is not.
2 - ss-400es gives 30A and 360 watt over +12volt rail whereas 28A and 336watt in the corsair one. So technically ss-400es gives more current and power.
Don't always go by the name.

And yes rma experience is bad . But not too bad that you stop using their products .

^^ If PSU goes bad, then you would like to suffer from the RMA service? huh.

Another good choice is Corsair VS450 @2.2K

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d6bmg said:
^^ If PSU goes bad, then you would like to suffer from the RMA service? huh.

Another good choice is Corsair VS450 @2.2K

So you'll just buy an inferior product where there are more chances of psu going bad ? huh

Tagan Psus offered 3 years warranty but as they are no longer in PSU business ( at-least what I've heard ) the distributor is saying the warranty period is just one year.

Coming to the Seasonic PSU - they are very good indeed but can you point me to some review of this and even Corsair VS450 can provide 360W over +12v rail but this does not makes it better than cx430v2 as there's absolutely no review of VS450 is available - so at-least I'm reluctant about suggesting PSus without any review unless there's budget constraint or availability issue.

hitesh said:
I disagree. Reasons-
1 - Seasonic one is bronze certified whereas corsair one is not.
2 - ss-400es gives 30A and 360 watt over +12volt rail whereas 28A and 336watt in the corsair one. So technically ss-400es gives more current and power.
Don't always go by the name.

And yes rma experience is bad . But not too bad that you stop using their products .

I disagree with you if more current/wattage on +12v is required one may increase budget & get a Higher wattage PSU..
But better service cannot be compared...

Also you cannot call corsair inferior...
they are nice products

Corsair products are more than just nice. The performance combined with the post sales service make them a very good buy.

@topgear: No review of VS450 is available as it is made for Asia pacific region only.

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Chaitanya said:
I disagree with you if more current/wattage on +12v is required one may increase budget & get a Higher wattage PSU..
But better service cannot be compared...

Also you cannot call corsair inferior...
they are nice products

Bad knowledge about psus mate. You are missing one point here. Current/wattage supplied should be close to power taken from the source , for higher efficiency .

I never called corsair inferior. I was comparing 2 specific products.
Corsair's psu are best out there , considering service and products.
It is only that cx series is not great. Also unlike other corsair products it is not manufactured by seasonic but by cwt(?).

And still 80+ certified, which means >~82% efficiency during >90% of load.
Good enough for normal uses.

CORSAIR 500CXV2UK - Rs 3276. Dont buy the VS 450 its utter crap. Get the one I mentioned,always leave some headroom for the PSU to funtion with efficiency.This one thing you shouldnt skimp on for a few hundred rupees.

hitesh said:
Bad knowledge about psus mate. You are missing one point here. Current/wattage supplied should be close to power taken from the source , for higher efficiency .

SS-400ES is 80+ bronze certified so efficiency is between 80% & 85%
Link

Corsair CX430 V2 Power Supply Review | Hardware Secrets

According to this review CX430v2 has efficiency between 81.2% - 85.4%
so doesn't this convey same efficiency as seasonic one??

d6bmg said:
@topgear: No review of VS450 is available as it is made for Asia pacific region only.

is not there anyone in the whole Asia Pacific region who can review a PSU unit properly -- Strange !!

topgear said:
is not there anyone in the whole Asia Pacific region who can review a PSU unit properly -- Strange !!

Ask The Sorcerer.