PSU requirements

At stock settings? probably a good quality 380W is all you need.

$60 - Antec earthwatts EA380 ATX12V v2.0 380W
$75 - Seasonic S12 II SS-380GB ATX12V 380W

What's your budget?
Will you be overclocking?
Will the system be in a cool area?

This will help you choose a PSU:
http://www.jonnyguru.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1036

PSU Suggestions:
http://www.jonnyguru.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1460
http://www.jonnyguru.com/forums/showthread.php?t=103

If you're on a low budget, go for the XClio Goodpower:
$50 - XClio GoodPower 500W ATX 500W
 
enginurd said:
At stock settings? probably a good quality 380W is all you need.

$60 - Antec earthwatts EA380 ATX12V v2.0 380W
$75 - Seasonic S12 II SS-380GB ATX12V 380W
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If you're going to pay $60 for 380W of power... you might as well:

FSP AX-400 or 450 -$40-50
Corsair 450VX/550VX -$70/80
FSP Blue Storm II -$80

Prices vary a little, depending on where you get it.
 
Get a high rated efficiency PSU. You may need more than that under load, I'd not get less than what I have; 500. I found a PSU calculator (here and added up all my components (see sig) and under load I needed 480;

So that PSU BETTER DELIVER EFFICIENTLY, and skimping on cost is not a good way to get a high quality psu. Just get the one I have if you want, I'll guarantee it's quiet, efficient, and I've had no problems with a bigger sys. than you're building.

H just did a article on 50 dollar PSU's you might want to read.
 
Leman said:
If you're going to pay $60 for 380W of power... you might as well:

FSP AX-400 or 450 -$40-50
Corsair 450VX/550VX -$70/80
FSP Blue Storm II -$80

Prices vary a little, depending on where you get it.
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I'd get a Seasonic over any FSP. The Corsair VX450 is Seasonic, but the VX550 is CWT (higher end CWT than XClio's, I believe). But he was askin for wattage, and I gave him wattage, lol.

Check out David's short list of cost effective PSU solutions: http://forums.extremeoverclocking.com/showpost.php?p=1590883&postcount=193

oozish said:
Get a high rated efficiency PSU. You may need more than that under load, I'd not get less than what I have; 500. I found a PSU calculator (here and added up all my components (see sig) and under load I needed 480;
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Its not really about the total wattage, but where that power is delivered. Most of the modern system draws from the +12V rail(s), so you have to make sure you have enough amperage available on all of the +12V rails combined. Oh, and you can't just add the numbers together... check out the jonnyguru link I posted above to find out why.
 
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