Is 350W enough?

[Balter]

I'm new to the forum and hope that i'm posting this in the right place. Here's my problem, I'm new and I ordered customized  desktop and I'm convinced it won't have enough power.

Here's the build,

 

MOTHERBOARD: GIGABYTE X79-UP4 ATX w/ Ultra Durable 5, GblAN, 4 GEn3 PCIe

CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-4820K Quad-Core 3.70 GHz 10MB Intel Smart Cache LGA2011

MEMORY: 8GB (2GBx4) DDR3/1600MHz Quad Channel Memory (Corsair or Major Brand)

FAN: Asetek 510LC 120mm Liquid Cooling CPU Cooler - Enhance Cooling

CD: 24X Double Layer Dual Format DVD+-R/+-RW + CD-R/RW Drive (BLACK COLOR)

VIDEO: EVGA FTW Edition NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750Ti 2GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 Video

POWERSUPPLY: 350 Watts - 350W Power Supply

FLASHMEDIA: INTERNAL 12in1 Flash Media Reader/Writer

HDD: 1TB SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 32MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Drive)

IUSB: Built-in USB 2.0 Ports x16, 2 PCIe x1, 1 PCI

NETWORK: Onboard Gigabit LAN Network

SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO Card 

 

Any help is appreciated.

 

 

[aricleather]

Recommended for 750 Ti is 300w. You're good.

[Enderman]

Whoever sold you that system is an idiot. You could have saves hundreds of $ on your Mobo and CPU choice and bought a way better graphics card.

[JeyPee12]

I'd go with a 450W At least... Give yourself the room if you can. 

[Balter]

Whoever sold you that system is an idiot. You could have saves hundreds of $ on your Mobo and CPU choice and bought a way better graphics card.

What's wrong with the mobo and cpu?

[Balter]

Recommended for 750 Ti is 300w. You're good.

Thanks!

 

I'd go with a 450W At least... Give yourself the room if you can. 

I agree.

[Enderman]

What's wrong with the mobo and cpu?

You could save over $200 by buying a 4670k and a z87 motherboard and get better performance than a 4820k.

Also that extra $200 could have gotten you a GTX760 or 770 which performs over 2x better than a 750ti.

[pk-man]

that mobo and  cpu are enthusiast-tier stuff. Way too expensive and overkill for your needs.

 

i would get a 500w psu

[Balter]

You could save over $200 by buying a 4670k and a z87 motherboard and get better performance than a 4820k.

Also that extra $200 could have gotten you a GTX760 or 770 which performs over 2x better than a 750ti.

That's good to know, we ordered this for my wife in order for me to be able to get mine done. 

[Balter]

that mobo and  cpu are enthusiast-tier stuff. Way too expensive and overkill for your needs.

 

i would get a 500w psu

what can i do to insure that it's not overkill and be used to it's max potential?

[MuffinTopMike]

What will you being doing with this computer? Games? video editing? word processing?

[Enderman]

what can i do to insure that it's not overkill and be used to it's max potential?

Post a topic on this forum asking for what parts to buy. Make sure you include budget, location, if you need OS/screens/peripherals, and you will get a bunch of awesome parts lists that will be the best performance to fit your budget.

[Wyre]

http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp

 

I have found this to be a very valuable tool. Just plug in the required hardware and click the 'calculate' button.

[ZacDaMan72]

A Z97 and 4690k would be fine...

[brob]

pcpartpicker puts the draw at 305W. Given how specific the list is I would expect a very cheap psu which may have issues delivering enough power safely.

 

I would suggest an 80+ Bronze rated psu. If there is no plan to upgrade the system a Corsair CX-430 or CX-430M will do the job admirably. Presuming the case will accommodate an ATX power supply. If it is a standard ATX case it will.

 

BTW the 2x4GB "quad channel" is an outright falsehood. One needs at least 4 memory modules to run quad channel. Frankly, if you can cancel the order and get a full refund I would suggest doing so. Not that the system will not work. It will but is very out of balance and far from an optimal purchase.

[Balter]

What will you being doing with this computer? Games? video editing? word processing?

We're going to be gaming with Watchdogs, Crisis, and Titanfall. Editing; we'll be using CS6, Lightroom, and Adobe ill. Word processing MS Office 13, most word, excel and pp.

[Balter]

pcpartpicker puts the draw at 305W. Given how specific the list is I would expect a very cheap psu which may have issues delivering enough power safely.

 

I would suggest an 80+ Bronze rated psu. If there is no plan to upgrade the system a Corsair CX-430 or CX-430M will do the job admirably. Presuming the case will accommodate an ATX power supply. If it is a standard ATX case it will.

 

BTW the 2x4GB "quad channel" is an outright falsehood. One needs at least 4 memory modules to run quad channel. Frankly, if you can cancel the order and get a full refund I would suggest doing so. Not that the system will not work. It will but is very out of balance and far from an optimal purchase.

If i can, and I will make a fuss about it. I'll ask for a refund on the ram for their falsely hood about it. 

[DoubleY]

We're going to be gaming with Watchdogs, Crisis, and Titanfall. Editing; we'll be using CS6, Lightroom, and Adobe ill. Word processing MS Office 13, most word, excel and pp.

Don't expect to run too many games at high detail with your system. The 750ti isn't exactly a powerful GPU. And the CPU is overkill

 

Next time, ask here before buying a pre-built. The one that you bought was a horrible idea

 

Hopefully I didn't sound rude, I'm just trying to help

[UnknownEngineer]

What ever you payed, get it back.

The build is out of balance, the mobo is quite a high tier one, LGA 2011 is not a necessity. You could have gone 1150 and saved some for the GPU.

The PSU is not a place to cheap out like that........

 

It will run, and it will work, but considering the fact that it is a 350W PSU means it is most likely not a high quality one, that could spell disaster.

[pk-man]

Just curious, how much did you pay for that rig?

 

As others mentioned, get a refund if you can. That build is not optimized at all.

[Balter]

Just curious, how much did you pay for that rig?

 

As others mentioned, get a refund if you can. That build is not optimized at all.

We paid about 900 plus shipping.

[brob]

We paid about 900 plus shipping.

 

That actually is not a bad price for what you got. I put the build in pcpartpicker, selecting inexpensive parts where the brand/model was not known. Note it doesn't include the 12 in 1 card reader.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4820K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($318.99 @ SuperBiiz)

CPU Cooler: Corsair H55 57.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($49.99 @ NCIX US)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4 ATX LGA2011 Motherboard  ($239.98 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: Corsair 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($74.99 @ NCIX US)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.99 @ Amazon)

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB FTW ACX Video Card  ($159.99 @ Newegg)

Case: Gigabyte GZ-F5HEB ATX Mid Tower Case  ($25.99 @ Amazon)

Power Supply: Diablotek 350W ATX Power Supply  ($15.99 @ Amazon)

Total: $935.91

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-07-25 01:49 EDT-0400

[daemonowner]

Can you give the exact model number and brand for that 350W power supply. There are very few good sub-400W power supplies, so I immediately expect a piece of garbage.

[coen113]

Can you give the exact model number and brand for that 350W power supply. There are very few good sub-400W power supplies, so I immediately expect a piece of garbage.

Please get a good psu. Diabloteks are unreliable and can start a fire

[brob]

Please get a good psu. Diabloteks are unreliable and can start a fire

 

The model psu is unknown. The Diablotek in the build was just to introduce a rough price. It's a wonder that unit like the Diablotek can get a UL listing.