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I am looking to buy a new SMPS which I will keep for long time and Radeon HD 7750 graphics card. This card doesn't need external power connector and only needs around 16amp on 12v rail. I want to buy something which I can use in my next build too (if any). I want to know which will be a good enough SMPS so that I don't pay extra for something I won't even use.
I am confused between Corsair CX500 and Corsair CX430.
CX430 has 28 amp on the 12v rail while CX500 has 34 amp. If I buy 430W SMPS mentioned above and GPU uses 16 amp, will the rest of 12 amp on 12v rail be enough for rest of my system?
Note - I don't play games much. I don't overclock. I am buying this GPU because of AMD VCE and DirectX 11.1. My computer is used as a Workstation for designing with Photoshop, Microsoft Blend/Visual Studio 2012 for Windows 8/Windows Phone development hence stability is important. Also, regular tasks like watching movies, web browsing etc. Even in future I will be buying mid-range GPU only.
- AMD A6 3500 APU
- MSI A75MA-G55 motherboard
- ADATA XPG SX900 64GB SSD
- 2x4GB kit of Crucial Ballistix Tactical DDR3 1866 RAM.
- Silverstone FP38 front USB 3.0 panel.
- Western digital 500 GB SATA 2 HDD.
- Cooler Master Hyper TX3 CPU Cooler.
I am looking to buy a new SMPS which I will keep for long time and Radeon HD 7750 graphics card. This card doesn't need external power connector and only needs around 16amp on 12v rail. I want to buy something which I can use in my next build too (if any). I want to know which will be a good enough SMPS so that I don't pay extra for something I won't even use.
I am confused between Corsair CX500 and Corsair CX430.
CX430 has 28 amp on the 12v rail while CX500 has 34 amp. If I buy 430W SMPS mentioned above and GPU uses 16 amp, will the rest of 12 amp on 12v rail be enough for rest of my system?
Note - I don't play games much. I don't overclock. I am buying this GPU because of AMD VCE and DirectX 11.1. My computer is used as a Workstation for designing with Photoshop, Microsoft Blend/Visual Studio 2012 for Windows 8/Windows Phone development hence stability is important. Also, regular tasks like watching movies, web browsing etc. Even in future I will be buying mid-range GPU only.
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