How to figure out the power supply wattage for building a pc


  1. beecher
    Posts : 63
    windows 7 home X64
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    How to figure out the power supply wattage for building a pc


    Alright I'm planning on building a computer
    And I'm right now learning how to build a computer
    The motherboard I'm going to buy is a gigabyte GA-H61M-USB3-B3
    And the cpu I'm going to use is a intel core i3-2100
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  3. profdlp
    Posts : 3,187
    Main - Windows 7 Pro SP1 64-Bit; 2nd - Windows Server 2008 R2
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    Try this:

    Newegg.com - Recommended Power Supply Calculator.

    Make sure you set the right quantities. :)
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  4. pincushion
    Posts : 472
    Windows 7 x64 SP1
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    Also, could check with this too - click on Lite version to get online calculator.

    eXtreme Power Supply Calculator v2.5

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