Do I need a bigger power supply

[Jasss22]

My setup: http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Jasss22/saved/LqmmP6

I am currently using a 1000 watt power supply. Do I need a power supply with more watts?

[Clyne]

850w is enough unless your gonna oc or allow room for future upgrades

[AMD Lover]

Up at the top it even says "estimated wattage 781w" 1000w is basically overkill for everything unless your rich. Get a 850w like the RM850 from Corsair

[loccilucas]

no, you can save some money and just get a 850w

[TheKDub]

1000w is fine, you could probably get away with a 850W psu.

[TheSLSAMG]

Up at the top it even says "estimated wattage 781w" 1000w is basically overkill for everything unless your rich. Get a 850w like the RM850 from Corsair

Haven't heard anyone recommend the most underwhelming line of Corsair PSUs in a while.

 

Don't get me wrong. They're not terrible, they are not Diablotek level. But they are not amazingly good for the money. They have crappy secondary capacitors in a unit which is supposed to be high quality. If buying Corsair, go HX,HXi, AX or AXi unless on a budget.

 

There are better supplies out there for the money, even some of Corsair's own.

[dizmo]

I'd stick with the 1000w. There's nothing wrong with more power.

 

Have you considered the 5820k? You could get that for probably less money than you can the 4930k.

 

Up at the top it even says "estimated wattage 781w" 1000w is basically overkill for everything unless your rich. Get a 850w like the RM850 from Corsair

Overclocking will eat into that pretty heavily. Also, PSU's generally like being run at 50% load, that's when they're most efficient.

[AMD Lover]

Haven't heard anyone recommend the most underwhelming line of Corsair PSUs in a while.

 

Don't get me wrong. They're not terrible, they are not Diablotek level. But they are not amazingly good for the money. They have crappy secondary capacitors in a unit which is supposed to be high quality. If buying Corsair, go HX,HXi, AX or AXi unless on a budget.

 

There are better supplies out there for the money, even some of Corsair's own.

It would last through the warranty and basically after 5ys (Its Warranty) you should have bought a new PSU already even if it ends up being the same or less wattage because any PSU degrades.

[Askew]

1kw is more than enough, way more.

 

Just pointing out that X99 and new CPUs are here now, I woudn't be jumping on to X79 chipset if I were buying today.

[TheSLSAMG]

It would last through the warranty and basically after 5ys (Its Warranty) You just dropped $150 on an 80+ Gold PSU, why shouldn't it last longer/be built out of quality components? you should have bought a new PSU already even if it ends up being the same or less wattage because any PSU degrades. Any PSU degrades, yes. But it isn't a huge issue. I have a 350W Dell ATX PSU. It is not very high quality, it was run for at least 5 years in a system before I ended up with it, but it still runs my G3258 (4.6GHz, 1.3V) fine with an 8800GTX, even at load. That's a setup that should produce around 350W at peak load. This is only one case, but I am sure there are more cases of this out there.

[MegaDave91]

With new Nvidia graphics cards on the horizon and x99 having just launched, you might want to hold off for a little bit.

[Savant]

Holy crap, get a 5820k.

[AMD Lover]

 

It would last through the warranty and basically after 5ys (Its Warranty) You just dropped $150 on an 80+ Gold PSU, why shouldn't it last longer/be built out of quality components? you should have bought a new PSU already even if it ends up being the same or less wattage because any PSU degrades. Any PSU degrades, yes. But it isn't a huge issue. I have a 350W Dell ATX PSU. It is not very high quality, it was run for at least 5 years in a system before I ended up with it, but it still runs my G3258 (4.6GHz, 1.3V) fine with an 8800GTX, even at load. That's a setup that should produce around 350W at peak load. This is only one case, but I am sure there are more cases of this out there.

 

Good point and when he buys another one after 5yrs he could put this one in another build. 

[TheSLSAMG]

Holy crap, get a 5820k.

Eh, DDR4 is overpriced, the 5820K only has 28 PCI-E lanes and the 4930K is still an amazing CPU.

[laxer]

As others have said, I wouldn't suggest anything under 850W but, the 1000W you have now should be more than enough. 

[APrettyCoolWalrus]

No a 1500 watt power supply is the minimum you can get. Obviously.

[Savant]

Eh, DDR4 is overpriced, the 5820K only has 28 PCI-E lanes and the 4930K is still an amazing CPU.

Not it's not if he's local to a Microcenter you can get a 5820k for $290.

 

Good MoBo for $350 or cheaper. RAM, that's where it gets expensive.