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how much power will i need?

shadow196

im going to overclock an amd fx 8320  and msi r9 270 to the highest extent i can. will 550 watts be enough or do i need more power? i will be running an air cooler and a few case fans (maybe 2-3) im hoping to get 4.5-4.8 ghz. please help m with this. thanks in advance

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If the psu isn't utter crap, you'll be fine. The system should only pull ~300w at load. 

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A good quality 500/550W unit should suffice. Seasonic X-550, Seasonic SSR-550RM, Antec Edge 550 are good units to look at.

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