How Much Wattage from a PSU for This Build I Need

[Jinn-Gon Qui]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Nxwr9W

I'm not talking about the 199W I see above on the top right. This includes GPU (GTX 970), which leaves room for GPU upgrade - and basically overclocking the CPU and RAM.

[Omega]

550w will be more then enough. Buy from a quality brand of course.

[Jinn-Gon Qui]

Publicado originalmente por Omega:

550w will be more then enough. Buy from a quality brand of course.

YUP! I was thinking of going with the Corsair TXM 550W. But I mean, 550W would be enough - regardless of a quality PSU, if I were to upgrade to a GTX 1080/Ti?

[Omega]

Publicado originalmente por Blazko Boy:

Publicado originalmente por Omega:

550w will be more then enough. Buy from a quality brand of course.

YUP! I was thinking of going with the Corsair TXM 550W. But I mean, 550W would be enough - regardless of a quality PSU, if I were to upgrade to a GTX 1080/Ti?

Yes.

[Jinn-Gon Qui]

Publicado originalmente por Omega:

Publicado originalmente por Blazko Boy:

YUP! I was thinking of going with the Corsair TXM 550W. But I mean, 550W would be enough - regardless of a quality PSU, if I were to upgrade to a GTX 1080/Ti?

Yes.

Well, then :)

Thanks! I feel more and more optimisitc about that series.

[Monk]

if you haven't bought it already, spend the extra and get the prime A over the prime P its a much better board and doesn't cost much more.

[Mewfii]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/d36MPs

Some things are upgraded

[Jinn-Gon Qui]

Publicado originalmente por Monk:

if you haven't bought it already, spend the extra and get the prime A over the prime P its a much better board and doesn't cost much more.

Not in my country. I'm actually debating whether this or the Gigabyte HD3/D3 - because both boards are fairly at the same price, just from different PC shops.

The story is that I want to upgrade my brother's PC for the upcoming future for better gaming and productivity ahead of him, and to leave room for upgrades in the future + overclocking. So while I return and get a refund for my crappy PSU, it'll leave enough money for me to get myself the TX550M, while getting for my brother a better PSU as well. For about the same price I could get him either the same PSU as I want, or I was thinking of the Seasonic M12II 520W, Brone Certified, Fully Modular.

[Jinn-Gon Qui]

Publicado originalmente por Mewtron:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/d36MPs

Some things are upgraded

Way overpriced for the budget.

[[☥] - CJ -]

Publicado originalmente por Mewtron:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/d36MPs

Some things are upgraded

im curious as to how you consider that an upgrade over what the OP chose...

[tacoshy]

Publicado originalmente por Mewtron:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/d36MPs

Some things are upgraded

Terrible build...

A 1100$ CPU that is barely on par with the OP's CPU and already really old.

Far worse RAM which is also really bad in performance and reliability.

Bad CPU cooler. An AiO with only small 120mm radiator space is not going to cut it compared to good CPU coolers at the same price that has a far larger heatspreader.

A 1050W PSU? What the hell do you need that for when that build won't even pull 500W in OCed state...

A SSHD instead of SSD HDDD combo is far slower.

=> more like a huge downgrade with terrible part choice instead of an upgrade

[Jinn-Gon Qui]

I would probably only take the PSU out and sell it for what it's worth. It really looks like a bad and old build.

[Hare+Guu!]

You should consider 600+. Overclocking requires a lot of power unless you get lucky with a chip, which obviously isn't guaranteed. And over time, if you use up near max the entire time, the psu will degrade faster and deliver lower power.

[tacoshy]

Publicado originalmente por Hare+Guu!:

You should consider 600+. Overclocking requires a lot of power unless you get lucky with a chip, which obviously isn't guaranteed. And over time, if you use up near max the entire time, the psu will degrade faster and deliver lower power.

Even we he does heavy OC he won't reach 500W without SLI.
And quality PSU's dont degenerate faster when getting close to Max wattage as the quality is good enough and also that's just the haunted wattage. Real wattage limit is far higher.
A degraded PSU don't deliver less power it just raises the risk of burning out or exploding.

[Delta Bravo]

I've always added 20% to the amount of wattage that I knew I needed and used that approximate figure to select a PSU for whatever rig I'm building. In this case, a 550W PSU would now be 660W, or approximated to a 650W. It gives me a bit of overhead on the power supply, although I'd probably never run SLI again on anything.

Never, ever, never, ever, ever, ever cheap out on your power supply. That's a recipe for disaster.

[Jinn-Gon Qui]

I think I'll get myself a 550W (the Corsair TX550M - which should be enough if I ever want to overclock my 1070 and 7600K) and my brother a 650W (because of the CPU, RAM, and whatever GPU he will upgrade, to overclock these components). Thought about the Corsair CX650M.